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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 32 pages. Illustrated. The central topics covered in this specific issue focus on global anti-imperialism, Trotskyism, and severe critiques of Western foreign policy, with a prominent emphasis on the ongoing political conflict in Venezuela:The Venezuelan Crisis: The front-page editorial strongly defends the Venezuelan government against the right-wing opposition coalition, MUD (Democratic Unity Roundtable). It frames the conflict not as a simple shortage of basic goods, but as a fundamental "choice of society".Critique of Western Media: The publication condemns international responses to Venezuela's street blockades (guarimbas). It criticises Western nations for calling Venezuelan vandalism "heroism" while heavily policing and suppressing political activists within their own borders (citing examples from Spain, the United States, Chile, and Argentina). (SL#125/10).…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 40 pages. Illustrated. Issue No. 20 (Autumn 2015) is a print publication from the British Trotskyist group Socialist Fight, edited by Gerry Downing. The publication focuses on revolutionary Marxist and international communist perspectives.Overview of Socialist Fight Operating as a micro-sect in British politics.Associated with entryist debates concerning the UK Labour Party.Known for contentious geopolitical stances regarding anti-imperialism and conflicts in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. (SL#125/10).…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 32 pages. Illustrated. The Organization: Socialist Fight is a far-left, revolutionary Marxist group based in the UK. It was formed by activists who split from other Trotskyist tendencies (such as the Workers Revolutionary Party and the Alliance for Workers' Liberty).The Magazine: They publish a regular print journal and online articles focused on anti-capitalism, trade union struggles, international anti-imperialism, and debates surrounding the Fourth International.Major Themes in Late 2013While exact full-text archives of Issue No. 15 are largely held in private left-wing archives or physical collections, Socialist Fight publications during October and November 2013 primarily focused on the following contemporary political events:The Syrian Civil War & Western Intervention: Throughout August and September 2013, the US and UK governments threatened military intervention in Syria following chemical weapons attacks. Socialist Fight heavily campaigned against any Western or NATO-led imperialist intervention in the Middle East.The Con-Dem Coalition Austerity: Domestically, the magazine targeted the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government's austerity measures. Key targets included the implementation of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, specifically the "Bedroom Tax" and council benefit caps which came into full effect earlier that year.Trade Union Resistance: Articles from this period urged rank-and-file trade union members to push for coordinated national strikes against privatization, particularly regarding the NHS and Royal Mail. (SL#125/10). …

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 36 pages. Illustrated. the publication was edited by an editorial board consisting of Gerry Downing, Ray Rising, Charlie Walsh, and Aggie McCallum following a political split over women's oppression and the defense of Roman Polanski. The issue focuses heavily on the structural crisis of capitalism, opposing the UK Coalition government's austerity cuts, and debating revolutionary strategy within trade unions and international conflicts.Core Contents & Page GuidePage 2: Editorial - "Only a United Anti-cuts Campaign based on strikes and occupations will defeat the Coalition assault"An analysis of the growing anti-cuts movement in the UK. It critiques the "Coalition of Resistance" conference and trade union leadership (such as Len McCluskey) from a revolutionary perspective, arguing that only rank-and-file militancy can defeat the government.Page 5: Three Days in the Life of an Unemployed Workers CentreA compilation of raw correspondence and logs from the Kilburn Unemployed Workers Group detailing the harsh psychological and material impacts of welfare sanctions on job seekers during British winters.Page 6: Ireland on the Rack: Defend the welfare state, defend the Republican Prisoners (By AJ Byrne)An article linking the Irish economic collapse and IMF bailout to the national question. It strongly criticises mainstream Irish politics, the United Left Alliance, and campaigns for the political status of Republican prisoners in Maghaberry prison.Page 7: After the Irish Bailout: The financial wolf pack targets new victims (By Nick Beams)An extracted Marxist analysis from the World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) explaining how the Irish financial crisis transferred private banking debts onto the working class.Page 8: Ireland: The Creepy Millionaires' Budget (By Michael Taft)An analysis showing how the Irish Budget of 2011 functionally slashed social welfare while offering tax breaks to high-income, non-wage earners.Page 9: Jimmy Reid: "It cannae be Lenin — he's deid" (Obituary by Tony Fox)A highly critical retrospective on the legendary Scottish trade unionist Jimmy Reid. It denounces his 1971 Upper Clyde Shipbuilders "work-in" as a reformist compromise and popular front tactic that ultimately protected capitalism.Page 12: The Jerry Hicks Campaign: Good Trot, Bad Trot and Trot in the Middle (By Gerry Downing)An insider account written during the Unite General Secretary election. It defends the grassroots campaign of Jerry Hicks against the eventually victorious left-bureaucrat Len McCluskey.Page 14: Obama's America: The Furlough—Intent and Impact (By Jake Cooper)A dispatch from San Francisco detailing how public sector furloughs and budget standoffs in California were used to erode union power and drive down the living standards of American workers.Page 16: Mumia Abu-Jamal, on Pennsylvania's death row for 29 years (By Dave Lindorff)An update on the legal battles, appeal developments, and international defense campaign surrounding the incarcerated journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal.Page 18: Class Struggle in Zimbabwe (By Ady, RIL-FI)An evaluation of the political betrayal of the working class by Morgan Tsvangirai and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) through their power-sharing coalition with Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF.Page 20: Trotskyist Turn in Nepal? (By Rajesh Tyagi / Comment by Ret Marut)A look into a statement by Nepalese Maoist theoretician Baburam Bhattarai claiming Trotskyism had become more relevant than Stalinism, met with heavy skepticism by the authors regarding the party's two-stage revolution theory.Page 21: Women's Oppression: Two opposing views of the sex industryA deep debate featuring materials from the Collective for Sex Workers and Supporters (COSWAS) in Taiwan advocating for decriminalization, juxtaposed against a report on the effectiveness of the Swedish model (criminalising the buyer) and classical texts by V.I. Lenin and Clara Zetkin. (SL#125/10_.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 32 pages. Illustrated. The publication was established in 2009 by Gerry Downing, a former oppositionist in the Healyite Workers Revolutionary Party. This second instalment followed the debut Winter 2009 issue and focused heavily on formulating a revolutionary Marxist response to global economic developments.Core Themes & ContentThe 2008 Financial Crisis: The overarching focus of the issue was addressing how imperialism's offensive against the global working class sharply intensified following the 2008 credit crunch.Defending Trotskyist Orthodoxy: The journal positioned itself against what it viewed as the "centrist" tendencies of other British far-left organizations, such as Workers Power, from which leading members had been expelled a few years prior.The "Swamp" Polemic: Heavily quoting Lenin's polemics on organizational freedom and discipline, the issue argued against capitulating to petty-bourgeois or reformist tendencies within the broader socialist movement. (SL#125/10).…