By the Socialist Appeal Editorial Board   For most of the post-war period the Pacific region was treated like a United States lake. As the colonial territories of Australia, France, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States became independent between 1962 and 1994 they tended to side with the Western powers, with the […]

by Rufus Tyler The 1981 PATCO air traffic controllers’ strike was one of the largest strikes by federal employees in the United States.  This strike had ramifications that would be felt world wide by the working classes, especially in the United Kingdom and New Zealand.  It would also mark the ultimate betrayal by a man […]

By Miles Lacey Samoa is a small South Pacific country made up of two major islands – Upolu and Savai’i – and a few minor ones. It has a total area of 2347 square kilometres. That is half the size of the Auckland region. The population of Samoa is approximately 202,000 people with about 37,000 […]

 United States soldiers with prisoners in Grenada: 1983.  Source:  www.thoughtco.com  By Rufus Tyler “There was a rebel village five clicks down the road. Word came down from top brass: make it disappear. We…we didn’t know any better. We were…we were kids. I watched myself pick up the flamethrower…I just…went…off.” – SNL Introduction to Puppetry skit, […]

  Flooding in Brazil 2020.  Source: CGTN   By Rufus Tyler   “State of the environment and the Socialist versus the Capitalist response to It”.   This article will discuss the extent of the problem by covering two main points:(a) Anthropogenic (man-made) climate change and its adverse effects and (b) the effect of global warming […]

  Soviet tanks roll into Prague in Czechoslovakia on August 21st, 1968. Copyright: www.historytoday.com   By Rufus Tyler   1968 was a turbulent year for the bourgeois. There was widespread discontent in France, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Mexico, Pakistan, and widespread anti-war protests in the English-speaking countries. 1968 marked the high tide of capitalism, there had been […]

    By Rufus Tyler   Portugal is a small country in Southwestern Europe with about 10.8 million people (2017 estimate) the median age is 42.2. It’s about a third the size of New Zealand. It borders Spain and the Atlantic Ocean. Since joining the then European Community in 1986 the economy has become increasingly […]

By Rufus Tyler   In September 1970 Salvador Allende was elected into government at the head of a left-wing coalition, the Unidad Popular (UP). Even though the coalition was reformist, the bourgeoisie still feared the revolutionary potential of the UP government:

By Rufus Tyler   “Materialism” as a philosophical notion means that all things in the universe are made of the same thing – matter. There’s no heaven or hell, no ghosts or spirits. Materialism is a version of monism   Matter is not a social construct, it exists independent of human ideas and thought. This […]