Socialist Appeal - International Marxist Tendency
Marxism. Socialism. Revolution.
On 28th September 1864, delegates from different countries gathered in St. Martin’s Hall in London. This was the most serious attempt yet to unite the advanced layers of the working class on an international scale. Alan Woods looks at the history of international revolutionary organisation and the need for a Marxist International today.
One hundred and fifty years ago, on 28th September 1864, the International Working Men’s Association, more commonly known as the First International, was born. This first international proletarian organisation paved the way for the growth of working class organisation and spread of Marxism worldwide. Rob Sewell looks at the history of the First International, 150 years on.
Ninety years ago, on 21st January 1924, Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the Russian Revolution, died from complications arising from an earlier assassin’s bullet. Rob Sewell looks back at the life and ideas of Lenin, the great Marxist and revolutionary leader.
20th August 2013 marks the 73rd anniversary of the assassination of Leon Trotsky. To remember the life of this heroic revolutionary, we are republishing Trotsky's speech entitled "I Stake My Life!", an address made for the opening event of the Dewey Commission on the Moscow Trials on 9th February 1937.
5th August marks the anniversary of the death of Frederick Engels, lifelong friend and collaborator with Karl Marx, and one of the most important figures in the development of Marxist ideas. To commemorate this anniversary, we are publishing an article by Lenin on the death of Engels.