Revolution
Conflict and war in Syria
02 June 2015Judith Orr spoke to Syrian socialist Joseph Daher about the resistance, the regime, the West and rise of Isis after more than four years of conflict in the country
The Emperor's New Clothes cuts through the lies to show an alternative
21 April 2015The Emperor’s New Clothes starring Russell Brand is a refreshing antidote to the election’s consensus of austerity and racism, says Tomáš Tengely-Evans
Social and economic contradictions mean the Arab revolutions will erupt once again
17 February 2015Four years after the fall of Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak, how do the Arab revolutions stand?
How to beat the regime in Egypt
02 December 2014A leading member of the Egyptian Revolutionary Socialists spoke to Judith Orr about the impact of the counter revolution—and the prospects for new struggles
Revolutions of 1989: 'there was lots of shock and not much therapy'
04 November 2014Socialist Worker spoke to Jane Hardy, a socialist activist and writer specialising in global political economy. Her book, Poland’s New Capitalism (2009) was translated into Polish and has been read by the new left there.
Revolutions of 1989: how the old regime was torn down
04 November 2014Revolt swept across Eastern Europe 25 years ago, toppling the Berlin Wall and the Stalinists who built it. The real socialists were cheering, argues Tomáš Tengely-Evans
An evening in Russell Brand’s disorganised revolution
28 October 2014Raymie Kiernan was in the audience at the Ritzy in south London, one of 200 cinemas that got a live feed of Russell Brand’s discussion on revolution last week
As Russell Brand calls for revolution - we say another world is possible
21 October 2014More and more people are demanding a better world, and it’s the working class who have the power to fundamentally change the system, writes Sadie Robinson
Only workers can end our rulers’ barbaric world of war
05 August 2014The news has been dominated by the outbreak of the First World War and Israel’s assault on Gaza.
Syria - the regime makes people suffer in rebel held areas
22 July 2014Ghayath Naisse, a Syrian socialist in the Revolutionary Left Current, compares life in government and rebel held zones
Lessons to learn in Egypt
22 July 2014Leading member of the Revolutionary Socialists in Egypt, Sameh Naguib, analyses the scale of the revolution’s retreat and the balance of power with its enemies
Revolution, not 'peace process' talks, can win freedom for Palestine
15 July 2014Millions of people across the globe are rightly furious at Israel’s latest attacks on Gaza. They want to see an end to the killing.
Tiananmen Square: Another China is possible
15 April 2014The protests in Tiananmen Square that began 25 years ago this week showed the possibility of real socialism emerging in China, writes Dave Sewell
Learning we are powerful - how do workers become revolutionary?
25 February 2014More and more people are angry with the cruel, inefficient capitalist system, writes Dave Sewell. But when will they gain the confidence to take it on and end its exploitation?
Counter-revolution can’t wipe out the memory of struggle
28 January 2014Events in the Middle East and North Africa have posed the question of what revolutions achieve. Media commentators are keen to point out that the prospect of a new military president means Egypt is reverting to “business as usual”.
Nothing good on the table at Syria talks
28 January 2014Talks in Geneva between the Western-backed elements of the Syrian opposition and representatives of dictator Bashar al-Assad were deadlocked as Socialist Worker went to press.
Egyptian army kills activists on revolution’s anniversary
28 January 2014Socialists in Egypt prepare for long struggle amid a deadly clampdown and pro-army rally, says Judith Orr
‘We are not afraid’ - Egyptian Revolutionary Socialist speaks out against state crackdown
17 December 2013Mahienour El-Massry, a lawyer and a member of the Revolutionary Socialists in Egypt, on current struggles and a warrant for her arrest
Can there be a revolution?
12 November 2013Revolution is being hotly debated since Russell Brand wrote an article in the New Statesman calling for the overthrow of the current political system. And Brand’s argument that we need a revolution to get rid of our system riddled with “lies, treachery and deceit” has received a lot of support. It’s no surprise so many people feel that to get rid of inequality we will need a revolution.
The revolution we need
05 November 2013Revolution made it into the mainstream media recently after comedian Russell Brand called for “total revolution” in the New Statesman.
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