Francis Fukuyama came to prominence nearly two decades ago with his book The End of History and the Last Man. He argued the collapse of the Stalinist East European regimes meant not only the end of the Cold War but also ‘the end of history’. Liberal western-style democracy had won; and represented the most advanced and final form of human society.

Colin Barker looks at what makes a revolutionary situation—those moments in history when everything seems possible—and what shapes their outcome

In the wake of the English riots, Art Historian, John Molyneux, exposes the ruling class as the real source of violence in capitalist society.

Global capitalism is in its biggest crisis since the 1930’s, the ruling classes in Europe are struggling to maintain their European project and uprisings and riots have spread from the Arab world to Spain, Greece and Britain.

Global capitalism is in its biggest crisis since the 1930’s, the ruling classes in Europe are struggling to maintain their European project and uprisings and riots have spread from the Arab world to Spain, Greece and Britain.

Pat Stack makes the case for revolutionary Marxism rather than anarchism as the way of bringing about a better society

James O’Toole reviews Marxist critical literary theorist Terry Eagleton’s new book, Why Marx was right?, published by Yale University Press.

Tony Cliff, founder of what became the Socialist Workers Party, was a tireless fighter for socialism – here Ian Birchall, author of a new biography of Cliff, tells his story