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One year ago today the Marxist theoretician Ted Grant died after more than seventy years of political activity. His death marked the end of an era, but not the end of the struggle for the ideas he always defended.
This instalment, in a series of articles published by Socialist Appeal over the year that marks the 90th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, looks at the tumultuous events of the July days in Petrograd. What attitude Lenin and Trotsky took towards the movement of the workers in the capital is a valuable lesson in the tactical flexibility of the Bolsheviks. The impotence of the Kornilov reaction that followed demonstrates the irresistable power the working class wields when it is united.
A review of Farrell Dobbs' account of the Teamsters struggle in 1934, against bosses intent on holding down workers pay
and conditions. The Teamsters rebellion gets to the
heart of what trade unionism is all about, showing how workers' innate ability
to organise and manage their affairs on a collective basis is brought into
sharp focus by the battles to improve their lives.
This is the second part of the recording made at the 
After World War II the British imperialists were in a hurry to leave
India. The Partition of British India in 1947, which created the two
independent states of India and Pakistan, was followed by one of the
cruellest and bloodiest migrations and ethnic cleansings in history.
On April 26th 1937 General Franco commissioned from the German High
Command, against Republican Spain, the aerial bombardment of the small
and defenceless Basque town of Guernica,
visiting a hell on earth in the form of bombs weighing up to 1000lbs
across the town of 10, 000 people. Two months later, seventy years
ago, Pablo Picasso unveiled Guernica. Despite his enormous prestige the
establishment rarely tell us that Picasso was a man of the left.
In his article (
How the West Was Stolen, by Hopalong Harry Whittaker, is a rip-roaring
polemic from an old gunslinger and former UCATT shop steward now living
south of the river, but hailing originally from Glasagae way. We hope
readers enjoy the gallop as he ranges from historical polemic to cinephile
opinionation.
In order to understand the partition of the
sub-continent and the terrible conditions it had to face it is necessary to
identify the role of imperialism in India and cover certain historical ground. In the year of the 60th anniversary of India's
independence here is first of a series of articles marking this event.
The lie peddled by the entire establishment, from the mass media to the universities and schools; from the Tories to Lib Dems, is New Labour's line that the left made Labour unelectable in the 1980s. Special venom is reserved for the Militant Tendency and the National Union of Mineworkers led by Arthur Scargill.
This year marks the 300th anniversary of The Act of Union between Scotland and England. This was accompanied by the merger of the parliaments into one Westminster Parliament. In January 1707, the Scottish parliament voted 110-67 to ratify The Treaty of Union, which became law four months later.
As armaments were piled up in preparation for the Second World War 
Yesterday was May Day, or International Workers Day. Here we take a look at the historical origins of this day of struggle.
