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The struggle between bourgeoisie and proletariat will start.

November 21, 2022November 21, 2022 wisidagamage

By Raju Prabath Lankaloka At present, more and more people are showing their interest in learning about Marxism or Scientific Socialism. Due to the massive propaganda carried out by the capitalist media against it, the misconceptions on Socialism generated by Stalinist distortion, and the continued betrayals and political mistakes of the old left parties and the current petty-bourgeois organizations, for a few decades, there was a low level of interest among the people to learn the ideas of real Marxism. But as there is a collapse of capitalism nationally and…

Ten Days that Shook the World!

November 17, 2022November 17, 2022 wisidagamage

From: https://www.marxists.org/archive/reed/1919/10days/10days/ Transcribed from a 1919, 1st Edition, published by BONI & Liveright, Inc. for International Publishers, the publishing house of the Communist Party, USA, of which John Reed was a founding member.Transcribed and marked up for the John Reed Internet Archive, sub-Archive of the Marxists Internet Archive, by David Walters in 2001.Converted to eBook format for the Marxists Internet Archive by Pablo Stern in 2017.

India- Demand Climate Justice for All

November 17, 2022November 17, 2022 wisidagamage

By Yakub Climate justice programme observed at Udaipur Rajasthan by Street Vendors, Thela Vyavsayi Union, Udaipur and National Hawker Federation (NHF) RAJASTHAN UNIT.

THE PRESENTATION OF THE QUESTION BY MARX IN 1852

November 12, 2022November 12, 2022 wisidagamage

THE PRESENTATION OF THE QUESTION BY MARX IN 1852* “In 1907, Mehring, in the magazine Neue Zeit134 (Vol. XXV, 2, p. 164), published extracts from Marx’s letter to Weydemeyer dated March 5, 1852. This letter, among other things, contains the following remarkable observation:“And now as to myself, no credit is due to me for discovering the existence of classes in modern society or the struggle between them. Long before me bourgeois historians had described the historical development of this class struggle and bourgeois economists, the economic anatomy of classes. What…

Why you should become a socialist?

November 12, 2022November 12, 2022 wisidagamage

By Raju Prabath Lankaloka Has it ever occurred to you that we have the brains to send a probe to Pluto, one of the most distant objects in our solar system, and even invent self-driving cars, and yet we are powerless to solve our everyday problems? How true is that? The wonders of modern science are truly amazing, but we can’t provide enough homes to stop people from being forced to live on the street or provide decent jobs for our young people. Do we have an issue with the…

Turkey: Stop union-busting now!

November 12, 2022November 12, 2022 wisidagamage

Turkey: Stop union-busting now! Workers at the Philip Morris factory in Izmir, Turkey, are paid less than the poverty threshold — despite the company earning massive profits. The workers’ incomes are dwindling as a result of the country’s economic turmoil. Furthermore, there is discrimination between permanent and subcontracted workers, though they perform the same tasks and use the same machines. Recently, almost all the workers joined the union — but the company then sacked 124 of them in a brazen attempt at union-busting. While the workers conduct daily protests in front…

The failure of reforms – The lessons from Brazil

November 12, 2022November 12, 2022 wisidagamage

(This article was originally written in march 2021) *The failure of reforms – The lessons from Brazil* Participation of left parties in bourgeoisie elections to bring about change in the lives of working class and poor people throughout the world is one of the most contested issues. It has been since the times of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels during the first International in the 1800s. Socialists and Social Democratic Parties in the Second International debated this issue as well, including the Bolshevik Party debating whether to participate in the…

Consultation Meeting of Students Unions Rights in Pakistan….

November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 wisidagamage

Report by Nawaz Arain Karachi Pakistan Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) , organized a consultative meeting held at Karachi Press Club, on November 8th 2022 with the topic “Restoration of Student Unions” where the Sindh Student Union Act 2019 was discussed along with the challenges in its implementation and recommendations on how to move forward with it. Representatives of student organizations, teachers and human rights defenders took part in the meeting. Speakers & Ex- Students leaders shared their process, struggled regarding unions. Namely Mr. Asad Iqbal Butt, Prof. Touseef…

The meaning of October Revolution

October 28, 2022October 28, 2022 wisidagamage

By Raju Prabath Lankaloka One hundred and five years ago, on October 24 and 25 in 1917 according to the Julian calendar used by Imperial Russia (on November 6 and 7 according to Gregorian Calendar), the Russian working class seized power. Witnessing those earth-shattering events of October, American journalist John Reed wrote as below. “No matter what one thinks of Bolshevism, it is undeniable that the Russian Revolution is one of the greatest events in human history, and the rule of the Bolsheviki a phenomenon of worldwide importance.” Yet, the…

Peace, land and bread.

October 21, 2022October 21, 2022 wisidagamage

Karl Marx: “In my opinion, the biggest things that are happening in the world today are on the one hand the movement of the slaves in America started by the death of John Brown, and on the other the movement of the serfs in Russia.”