Theory

“Democratic Socialism” or Taming Capitalism

Latest developments make it necessary to briefly recall what the tendency of “democratic socialism” championed by the reformist circles leading these movements actually means. In Turkey, this necessity has become even more pressing recently due to a rather unexpected reason. Öcalan’s “initiatives,” which emphasize ...

published on 25 December 2025

Clean Technology Under Dirty Capitalism?

The idea that no alternative presented as a solution under the capitalist system to the problems created by that very system can be a genuine solution is proving itself with concrete examples in the field of so-called green/clean technology. The term green/clean technology is used to characterize technologies...

published on 9 December 2025
From Colonialism to Imperialism

CHAPTER THREE

Today, we are at a crucial historical turning point, with imperialist war drums beating due to the crisis of the capitalist system on the one hand, and the workers’ movement beginning to make its voice heard again in various parts of the world on the other. Without waging a systematic struggle against the entrenched...

published on 17 October 2025

As the Middle East is Reshaped: Erroneous Attitudes in the Name of Anti-Imperialism

Revolutionary Marxists take the side of neither Israel nor Iran. Marxists focus principally on the class character of the warring parties, analysing which class interests the war serves, for what aims, and as a continuation of which policies. Here, we are dealing with two regional capitalist powers, both connected...

published on 24 August 2025

“The International Far-Right” or the Global Co-operation of Fascism

It would not be correct to expect the current global fascist escalation process to be an exact copy of fascism between 1920-40, with all its symbols, institutions, rituals, and practices. Fascism develops by adapting to current conditions, resorting to different forms of dissimulation, wearing modern clothes,...

published on 26 June 2025

Is Globalization Coming to an End?

The world has been shaken for a quarter of a century by a deep system crisis and an accompanying imperialist struggle for sharing and hegemony. If the right-wing views that advocate eliminating globalization succeed in taking even a small step towards eliminating the global functioning of capitalism, the only...

published on 16 May 2025

Only Revolution Can Cleanse This Filth

The capitalist system, floundering in its historical crisis, continues to exist alongside the immense unemployment it has created, the deepening poverty of the masses, and the imperialist wars of division it has spread. The rulers of this system, which is turning our world into an increasingly chaotic and hellish...

published on 2 March 2025

Marxism and the Ideological Traditions of the Turkish Left

The period between 1960 and 1971 represents a very significant episode in the history of the left-wing movement in Turkey. Indeed, during this period, the socialist movement in Turkey opened itself to masses, leaving behind the protracted years that passed with silence and lack of organisation. Embracing...

published on 30 January 2025

Historical Experience and the Theory of Permanent Revolution

It is very important to overcome the theoretical confusion reproduced at a more intellectual level by some “revolutionary Marxist” circles who adapted themselves tothe Third Worldism and hoodwinked by these movements. Here, we only touch briefly on the matters such as; why and how in backward countries had the petty...

published on 30 January 2025

Principled Attitude in Trade Union Struggle /2

Although it appears to be inspired by revolutionary Marxism, petty-bourgeois revolutionism, which cannot fully absorb it, causes various left deviations as it manages to creep in the labour movement. Such tendencies have been expressed in various political forms in the past and continue to do so today. However, the...

published on 10 January 2025

Variations of Bonapartism from Nasser to Chavez

With the overthrow of the Assad government in Syria, the last bastion of Baathism was destroyed. On this occasion, we see that the confusion about Baathism within the socialist movement has once again been exposed. This article from 2006 deals with both Chavismo and Baathism , analysing their similarities, their...

published on 3 January 2025

Principled Attitude in Trade Union Struggle

The question of how to approach the trade union struggle has always given rise to important debates, depending on different political conceptions. This question has lost none of its importance today. Especially in view of the conditions of decline of the labour movement, it is clear that the class today needs views...

published on 26 June 2024

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