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The Supreme Court Assaults Abortion Rights

The US Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the historic 1973 decision protecting a pregnant woman’s liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction. While this is a particularly egregious attack against working-class women, it is part of a broader assault on basic democratic rights and an attack on all workers and oppressed people. 
Editorial for issue 33 of Socialist Revolution. Subscribe to the magazine: srev.org/subscribe. 
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World in Crisis

With capitalism in its death agony, the world is experiencing turmoil: from the war in Ukraine, to the unresolved pandemic, to runaway inflation, and the threat of a new recession. In the following talk from the April national conference of Socialist Appeal, Fred Weston explains the fundamental driving factors of this crisis and how it is transforming consciousness, preparing the ground for an era of revolutionary upheaval. 
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Abortion Rights Under Attack: Fight Back With Class Struggle!

The Supreme Court’s position on Roe v. Wade would ban abortion access for millions of people in the US. This attack on abortion rights is a stark wake up call for all workers—an injury to one is an injury to all! In this episode, Laura Brown of Socialist Revolution discusses with Joel Bergman of Fightback. Episode republished from Fightback, the Canadian section of the International Marxist Tendency.
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Audio Series: My Journey from Feminism to Marxism

Our comrade outlines her journey from feminism to a revolutionary, communist struggle against women's oppression. This is part of an ongoing series on membership in the IMT, in which comrades explain what drove them to reject the capitalist system and embrace revolutionary Marxism. 
Read the full article: bit.ly/feminism-marxism.

No War But the Class War!

As the war in Ukraine drags into a new month, revolutionary Marxists must be crystal clear on the fundamental class dynamics of the situation. Lurking behind the lofty lies and rhetoric, the cruise missiles and the artillery, lie the class interests of the capitalists: the pursuit of markets, spheres of influence, natural resources, labor power, and profits. 
Editorial for issue 32 of Socialist Revolution. Subscribe to the magazine: srev.org/subscribe.

Black Struggle and the Right-Wing Frenzy Over CRT

In this episode, Antonio Balmer discusses the polarized debate over Critical Race Theory, the history of the mass struggles against racism in the US, and the fight against racism today. 
Read our article on this topic: bit.ly/marxism-crt. 
The episode is based on a session at the 2022 Montreal Marxist Winter School.

Let the Ruling Classes Tremble

Since 2021, 137 bills have been proposed limiting what schools can teach. What does this say about the capitalists' confidence in their system? Editorial for issue 31 of Socialist Revolution magazine. 
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Audio Series: Marxism vs. Postmodernism

Postmodernism is an amorphous philosophical school of thought that has grown to become one of the dominant schools of bourgeois philosophy. This article, first published in the IMT’s theoretical journal, In Defence of Marxism, is the first in a series of articles analyzing the different aspects of postmodernism from a Marxist perspective. Read it on our website at bit.ly/marxpomo.

The Crimes of Imperialism and the War in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine, with the human misery and death it will cause, is a stark reminder of the sharp and sudden changes we will continue to see in this epoch of capitalist crisis—which coincides with the relative decline of US imperialism. Read the full article: bit.ly/war-ukraine.

History Ain’t Over Yet

A tidal wave of class anger is building just beyond the horizon, and when the tsunami hits, the very shoreline will be transformed. Editorial for issue 30 of Socialist Revolution magazine, read it in full at srev.org/history-aint-over-yet.