'The Man Who Loved Dogs' – reviewing a modern classic Leonardo Padura’s historical novel ‘The Man Who Loved Dogs’ brilliantly weaves together the lives of Leon Trotsky and his assassin Ramón Mercader, through the fictional character of Cuban writer Iván Maturell. This review by Alan Woods, written at the time of the book’s publication in English in 2014, touches upon some of the important political...
Germany: why did the AfD win in Saxony-Anhalt? The election result in the poor, rural East German state of Saxony-Anhalt, home to just 2.1 million residents, has hit the German ruling class like a thunderclap. Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has won nearly 44...
Lenin, Trotsky, and the struggle for theory We are proud to announce that Wellred Books – the publishing house of the Revolutionary Communist International – has republished Lenin and Trotsky: What They Really Stood For. This classic text is the response of Alan...
'Russia will collapse tomorrow' – 'and invade Europe in five years' 'Russia is about to collapse.' The economy is apparently cracking at the seams. Sanctions have finally worked. Oil refineries are going up in flames one after another. Ukrainian drones have paralysed half the country....
Dutch strike wave: welfare not warfare! The Dutch government is trying to impose a budget which cuts billions from the welfare state to spend billions on imperialist rearmament. This week, thousands of workers from across the Netherlands – dockers, rail and...
