Socialism
“We are trying to transform society”: a socialist perspective on the abortion rights struggle

Karina Garcia, a socialist feminist activist, spoke to Peoples Dispatch in the wake of the Roe v. Wade draft decision

CPI(M)’s Party Congress kicks off in Kerala

The All-India Congress is a culmination of a months-long process where the smallest units of the party elect their leadership and send delegates to conferences at a higher level.

Aijaz Ahmad: critic, scholar, communist

In memory of Aijaz Ahmad whose insights continue to illuminate and inspire

Aijaz Ahmed demise Leading Marxist philosopher and activist Aijaz Ahmad dies at 81

Both as an academic and as a public intellectual, Aijaz Ahmad was actively associated with various socialist and anti-imperialist movements across the world

“China’s successful battle against poverty is a part of its process of socialist construction”

A recent study published by the Tricontinental: Institute of Social Research provides a detailed understanding of methods and motivations behind the Chinese initiative, which has lifted more than 850 million people out of absolute poverty since 1949

Socialist Movement of Ghana First National Congress of Socialist Movement of Ghana charts a new course for the region

The First National Congress of the Socialist Movement of Ghana (SMG) – previously the Socialist Forum of Ghana (SFG) – was held from July 30 to August 1 in Winneba

China celebrates centenary of the Communist Party 

The celebrations which have been ongoing since last year highlight CPC’s achievements which led China out of feudalism, colonial occupation, poverty and numerous wars to become the world’s second largest economy and a technological superpower

Prof. Aijaz Ahmad: Withering of the state identical to dictatorship of the proletariat

Prof. Aijaz Ahmad and Vijay Prashad discuss the significance of Karl Marx’s historic text, The Civil War in France

‘Democrats and Republicans are two pillars of the Pentagon’

Gloria La Riva, the presidential candidate from the Party for Socialism and LIberation in the US, spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the upcoming elections.

“For Che, the revolution was intrinsically international”

Prof. Aijaz Ahmad talks about Che Guevara, the internationalist. He explains how internationalism was at the very core of Che’s understanding of socialism and revolution

How Vietnam’s socialist approach is winning the battle against COVID-19

Vietnam, with a population of 100 million people, has not recorded a single death from COVID-19. There has not been a single local case of the virus in the last three months.

Why a ‘New Deal’ can’t be just switched on today

The globalization of finance means that any State that violates the dictates of finance, such as by attempting a New Deal financed by a larger fiscal deficit or taxes on the rich, runs the risk of a capital flight from its shores and hence a financial crisis