Derek Bell

"To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace."

[Derek Bell @bellderek17]

A tribute to Gordon S. Wood (1933-2026), historian of the American Revolution https://t.co/4InnrPS64o

[Andre Damon (WSWS) @Andre__Damon]

The following lecture was delivered by Socialist Equality Party (UK) National Secretary Chris Marsden to public meetings in Sheffield, Manchester, Inverness, London and Glasgow, marking the centenary of the 1926 general strike.

[Derek Bell @bellderek17]

Trump designates Brazilian gangs as “terrorist organizations” in new imperialist intervention in Latin America https://t.co/cJpYHKpqUz

[Derek Bell @bellderek17]

The balance sheet of Castroism as Trump prepares war on Cuba https://t.co/KHBKqXJzgU

[Derek Bell @bellderek17]

Democrats enforce crackdown outside Delaney Hall as Congress prepares billions more for ICE and Border Patrol https://t.co/B9rI2IwrDA

[David North @DavidNorthWSWS]

The radicalism of the youth of the 1960 was not "drug inspired." It was a response to Vietnam, the struggle for civil rights, and, even more fundamentally, the fresh and not-forgotten horrors of the two World Wars. The 1917 October Revolution had not disappeared from memory, capitalism and anti-communism were in bad odor, Stalinism was increasingly discredited, and there was a revival of interest in Trotsky, whose extraordinary books were recognized as political and literary masterworks. This resurgence was suppressed by the reactionary political climate of the Reagan-Thatcher years to which Mr. Luce was exposed, to his own misfortune, during his intellectually formative years.

But Mr. Luce correctly detects a process of radicalization among the world's youth. The question is, at what point will this radicalization break beyond the bounds of the media-vetted pseudo-leftism of people like Sanders and Mamdani and reestablish contact with the the genuine Marxian-socialist political perspective and culture that was exemplified in the October Revolution and figures like Lenin, Trotsky and Luxemburg. This break must and will occur, and the rediscovery of Trotsky's extraordinary political legacy and writing will be a critical element of the reemergence of Marxism as a mass socialist movement based on the working class.

[Derek Bell @bellderek17]

Trotsky’s My Life: An imperishable contribution to Marxism and world literature https://t.co/DMlN7hWMEA

[Derek Bell @bellderek17]

Italian rank-and-file unions hold nationwide strike against austerity and war https://t.co/33Ew28W2NZ

[Derek Bell @bellderek17]

US murder spree in Latin American waters moves beyond 200 killed https://t.co/DrGfibdhhP

[David Walsh @DavidWSWSarts]

The way forward is the one the working class is being driven to forge in country after country: independent organization, new institutions of struggle, and a conscious break with the bureaucracies that have served as the principal obstacle to the international workers’ movement.

[Derek Bell @bellderek17]

On the shutdown of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert by CBS https://t.co/UQGYaDFxPn

[Derek Bell @bellderek17]

May 29 general strike in Italy: What way forward for the working class? https://t.co/dnPTIMbm9x

[Derek Bell @bellderek17]

Governments escalate the global war on online anonymity https://t.co/xX0v2y9drW

[Derek Bell @bellderek17]

Trump threatens Iran will be “decimated” if it does not accept US dictated deal https://t.co/v9u3xuqE9y

[David Walsh @DavidWSWSarts]

"There is nothing more improbable, impossible, and fantastic than a revolution the hour before it breaks out, and there is nothing simpler, more natural, and self-evident than a revolution after it has fought its first battle and won its first victory." Rosa Luxemburg, 1905

[Derek Bell @bellderek17]

New linguistic expertise deepens debacle for prosecution of Bogdan Syrotiuk https://t.co/Os67n9wzJc

[Derek Bell @bellderek17]

US attacks two Iranian-flagged tankers as Trump escalates war ahead of China summit https://t.co/PGb3cgtPf6

[David North @DavidNorthWSWS]

The May Day rally of the International Committee of the Fourth International denounced the Iran War and declared solidarity with all class war prisoners. The ICFI stressed that 2026 has witnessed the resurgence of a global working class movement against capitalism.

[David North @DavidNorthWSWS]

To watch the entire rally and join the fight for socialism, go to https://t.co/4jyovBRrun today.

[Derek Bell @bellderek17]

Lessons of the Turkish miners’ struggle in Ankara https://t.co/i76RTDH06d