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The Transitional Program, authored by Leon Trotsky in 1938, clearly laid the theoretical groundwork for the construction of a mass socialist party in the US. Trotsky proposes a set of concrete transitional demands, such as the expropriation of super-wealthy individuals, and the creation of independent factory committees, while explaining that the uncompromising struggle to achieve these demands will inevitably lead the working class to fight independently for political power.
Although much has changed since the outbreak of WWII, many of the basic points laid out in the transitional program are just as relevant today as they were then. We hope to see you there.
Here is a link to the text:https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/10/prog-o21.html
We invite you to join us for a weekly discussion of pressing current topics and equally pressing lessons from classic Marxist historical and theoretical works.
We will be discussing the escalating tensions in the East China Sea since the establishment of China’s Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) in late November.
By proclaiming an ADIZ that contains the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands, also claimed by Japan, and a submerged rock claimed by South Korea, China has played right into Washington’s hands. Through its military and diplomatic “Pivot to Asia”, US imperialism is playing a reckless game of chicken in the East China Sea and elsewhere in an attempt to use its residual military supremacy to offset its China’s economic ascendency amid the US terminal economic decline. The result is eerily similar to the European powder keg in 1913, stoked by tensions between a declining Britain and an ascendant Germany in 1913.
Please read the following articles for background knowledge on the developments:
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/11/25/chin-n25.html https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/11/29/adiz-n29.html https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/12/05/adiz-d05.html https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/12/06/wolf-d06.html https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/12/06/bide-d06.html
In this weekly course, we study foundational Marxist works by Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, as well as contemporary works by the International Committee of the Fourth International. From these groundbreaking works, we aim to draw powerful political lessons for the present day.
For more information, visit: http://www.decal.org/courses/2986
In this weekly course, we study foundational Marxist works by Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, as well as contemporary works by the International Committee of the Fourth International. From these groundbreaking works, we aim to draw powerful political lessons for the present day.
For more information, visit: http://www.decal.org/courses/2986
In this weekly course, we study foundational Marxist works by Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, as well as contemporary works by the International Committee of the Fourth International. From these groundbreaking works, we aim to draw powerful political lessons for the present day.
For more information, visit: http://www.decal.org/courses/2986
In this weekly course, we study foundational Marxist works by Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, as well as contemporary works by the International Committee of the Fourth International. From these groundbreaking works, we aim to draw powerful political lessons for the present day.
For more information, visit: http://www.decal.org/courses/2986
In this weekly course, we study foundational Marxist works by Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, as well as contemporary works by the International Committee of the Fourth International. From these groundbreaking works, we aim to draw powerful political lessons for the present day.
For more information, visit: http://www.decal.org/courses/2986
In this weekly course, we study foundational Marxist works by Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, as well as contemporary works by the International Committee of the Fourth International. From these groundbreaking works, we aim to draw powerful political lessons for the present day.
For more information, visit: http://www.decal.org/courses/2986
In this weekly course, we study foundational Marxist works by Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, as well as contemporary works by the International Committee of the Fourth International. From these groundbreaking works, we aim to draw powerful political lessons for the present day.
For more information, visit: http://www.decal.org/courses/2986
