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This pamphlet examines the 1926 British general strike through the Marxist perspective of Leon Trotsky, revealing how the potentially revolutionary struggle of the working class was betrayed by both the trade union bureaucracy and the disastrous, opportunist policies of Stalin’s Communist International.
By analysing this historic defeat, the lectures provide essential lessons for today, emphasising that an independent, internationalist, and revolutionary socialist party must be built to lead the working class against the ongoing crimes of the ruling elite.
The events of January 2026 in Minneapolis shocked the entire world and made clear that the transformation of American democracy into a military and police state is no longer merely a theoretical possibility. It is unfolding before our very eyes.
Yet although the fascist character of the government is increasingly recognised, most analyses continue to focus on the person of Trump—his psychology, his temperament, his supposed uniqueness. The deeper causes of the collapse of American democracy are ignored.
Compiled in this volume are statements, articles and lectures by David North, the Socialist Equality Party and other authors of the World Socialist Web Site from 2015 to 2026. They analyse the political and economic foundations of the rise of Donald Trump and explain why the fascist danger can only be defeated with a socialist programme.
The lectures address the most urgent political questions preoccupying masses of workers and young people throughout the world: What are the causes of the genocide in Gaza, and how can it be stopped?
The book demonstrates how Zionism originated in the nineteenth century, with the support of the imperialist powers, in direct opposition to the widespread support for socialism in the Jewish working class. And North explains the socialist and internationalist strategy that is necessary to mobilise the working class against the Netanyahu regime and the imperialist system, which is now leading the planet into a devastating third world war.