On Thursday 10th October the Marxist Student Federation hosted a fiery debate between Alan Woods, editor of In Defence of Marxism, and Orlando Figes, Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London, on the topic of "The Russian Revolution: Triumph or Tragedy?"
George Tait Edwards introduces the next in a series of articles about early Chinese civilisation to help put into context the country's recent economic rise
Former Labour cabinet member, Bryan Gould, takes to task recent comments made by Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Rachel Reeves on the subject of the unemployed
Rightwing politicians and their press use talk of patriotism to disguise where their true loyalty lies: the wealthy elite, writes George Monbiot.
Eric Toussaint and Daniel Munevar put forward the case for abolishing third world debt
Thomas Riggins explores Lenin's take on the theory of knowledge of dialectical materialism and of empirio-criticism
Reports are that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is engaged in a massive, covert military buildup, writes Ellen Brown
All people receive new information through a kind of perceptual grid consisting of their background, education and prejudices, which modifies their capability to absorb new information
The 10-year-old Londoners I took to Wales were proof that a week in the countryside is worth three months in a classroom, writes George Monbiot.
George Tait Edwards MBE, explains China's recent economic success by examining its ancient history through the first of a series of articles