The main problem with the triumphalist explanation of the dissolution of the Soviet Union was that it encouraged a grotesquely inaccurate, even delusional, appraisal of the historical situation confronting the world capitalist system. ..…

Many students were keen to hear Marxist critique of Frankfurt School, providing the ideological basis for the right-wing politics of Social Democratic Party, Greens, Left Party and the trade unions.. ..…

The two main (corporate dominated) parties were institutionalized and Ackerman concludes that “the United States [like the Soviet Union] is also a party-state, except instead of being a single-party state, it’s a two-party state. ..…

Another limitation of in United States was its unwillingness to address how the diminution of power related to the atrophy of union, in particular the absence of vibrant democracy. ..…

In April, the representatives of the two main Kurdish parties of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) discussed the issue of a separation referendum and decided to hold the vote this year. . ..…

France's Labor Minister Myriam El Khomri says she’s reached no agreement with the head of the country’s main union over controversial labor market reforms. ..…

The organization that led the action at Dodge Main, the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM), inspired other similar formations at other plants, linked organizationally through the creation of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. ..…