The one-time "Prince of Darkness" Peter Mandelson is now Donald Trump's biggest fan. Starmer should sack him today. My latest column for Solidarity: www.ericlee.info/blog/the-one...

"Mamdani will win the support of liberals and working-class voters. But if he wants to take his progressive vision further, he needs the support of the city’s Jewish community too — and to get that, he needs to listen to their concerns." Read my full column here: www.ericlee.info/blog/zohran-...

Dan Gallin, who passed away last month, was one of the outstanding leaders and thinkers in the international labour movement. LabourStart is honoured to have published two collections of his articles -- this one is from 2021. www.labourstart.org/resistance/

A personal take on the life of Dan Gallin (1931-2025) - mentor, comrade and friend. www.ericlee.info/blog/dan-gal...

In another 8 days, I'm running 5K to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK. Please give what you can. Thanks! www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

My latest book - on the Georgian uprising of 1924 and its role in the split between the Socialist and Communist movements - is now available for pre-order: mcfarlandbooks.com/product/The-...

Lots of great books, @erictlee.bsky.social and @tkblauvelt.bsky.social in one sweep & shot, and so many Tbilisi people here...

New campaign! Freedom for jailed trade union activists in Azerbaijan - build the campaign, spread the word! Thank you. bit.ly/labor-desk

#AfS: Das Buch von @erictlee.bsky.social über Georgiens "vergessene Revolution" wird nun erstmals auf Deutsch veröffentlicht. Rezensent Zaal Andronikashvili bedauert den fehlenden Rückgriff auf georgischsprachige Quellen, hält es aber dennoch für eine wertvolle Grundlage: library.fes.de/pdf-f...

It was the final battle of the Second World War in Europe, lasting weeks beyond V-E Day. And both sides wore the same uniform. Learn more about the Georgian uprising on the Dutch island of Texel here: www.nightofthebayonets.com

Azerbaijan: Listen to our interview with Nilufar Mammadrzayeva, trade union activist from the embattled 'Labor Desk' - 4 of whose leaders are now in jail. www.buzzsprout.com/2313632/epis...

Are you a young worker? Start your day on the net at www.youngworker.org

Jailed Turkish trade unionist freed - thanks to you! International solidarity works! bit.ly/ismet-is-free

"Israelis are increasingly turning to tactics like ongoing, mass street protests that are reminiscent of the 'Arab Spring' at its height. Maybe an 'Israeli Spring' could bring down the most right-wing, corrupt and unpopular government the country has ever known." More here: bit.ly/enough-of-bibi

New campaign - now live! USA: Support striking workers at Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas in New York City bit.ly/forgetthealamo

Get your 2025 LabourStart mug today! Use the code LST1 at checkout for a 10% discount across the site. tufac.bigcartel.com/product/labo...

"As Donald Trump has embraced the foreign policy of 'America First' ... Europe needs to prepare for a world in which the United States has withdrawn back into itself. It is 1940 and blitzkrieg has been unleashed." Read the full article: www.ericlee.info/blog/why-the...

Trade union activism is NOT extremism. Show your support to the jailed leaders and activists in the trade unions of Belarus. www.labourstartcampaigns.net/show_campaig...

"Putin tells Lukashenko what to do, and Lukashenko does what he is told. Putin is playing the same role in Belarus as the tsars did in the 19th century, ensuring that democratic revolutions in countries bordering the Russian empire are swiftly crushed." Read more: www.ericlee.info/blog/belarus...

Today is World Book Day (in the UK, at least) and what better day to share with you all the cover of my next book -- coming out in English this year.

Is this the worst country in Europe to be a trade unionist? Listen to the latest LabourStart podcast to find out. www.buzzsprout.com/2313632/epis...

In 1940, future Labour Party leader Michael Foot, wrote a blistering attack on those who appeased aggression in Europe - the "guilty men". 85 years later, another Munich conference, and more guilty men. My column this week: www.ericlee.info/blog/munich-...

Peter Gay's 1985 book makes a compelling case for historians to use psychoanalysis, to make it part of their tool kit. I was convinced. My short review is here: www.ericlee.info/blog/review-...

"The unimaginable horror of this war is being fueled by transnational capital." Read my full article, "Goma and Global Capitalsim", here: www.ericlee.info/blog/goma-an...

This could have been a great, short introduction to the life of Stalin. Unfortunately, it isn't. I explain why in my short review. bit.ly/shaw-stalin

There aren't many books that I have read more than once, but this is one of them -- a short account of the life of Lenin's favourite proletarian and Okhrana super-spy Roman Malinovsky. Here's why I keep coming back to it: www.ericlee.info/blog/review-...

Who was McKinley -- and how did he die? Thoughts on Donald Trump's favourite president. www.ericlee.info/blog/trumps-...

... Imagine that -- software produced by the Chinese state that doesn't want anything to do with an organisation that campaigns for workers' rights (including in China). [2/2]

DEEPSEEK: I know I shouldn't have done this, but I downloaded the app and tried to create an account in order to use it. It rejected my email address, saying it could not work with my domain name (labourstart.org). [1/2]

I'll be there on 22 February. Will you?

The Mind of Stalin is a surprisingly interesting, well-written book -- and just 143 pages long. Some of it is a bit of a stretch, but much of it quite interesting - and relevant to my current research. My review is here: bit.ly/mindofstalin

"A Complete Unknown" is a fantastic film. Here's the bit that they left out of the story. www.ericlee.info/blog/a-compl...

I'm reading some of the older biographies of Stalin, written in the 1930s and 1940s. The idea that the Soviet dictator had been a secret agent of the tsarist police was commonplace. Here's my very short review of I Knew Stalin: www.ericlee.info/blog/review-...

This is how history books used to look, back in 1940. No footnotes, no bibliography, no index. Life was easier for historians then. Read my short review of a biography of Stalin written by Eugene Lyons, the first Western journalist to interview him: www.ericlee.info/blog/review-...

Dr Michael Mosley's book makes a compelling case for very low calorie dieting and rapid weight loss, but the diet he recommended may be difficult for many to follow. My review is here: www.ericlee.info/blog/review-...

Azerbaijani labour rights activist sentenced to 8 years in prison bit.ly/mammadov

My first article for Progressive Britain - and it's a call on the Labour Party to show solidarity with the Georgian people: www.progressivebritain.org/georgia-at-a...

US unions: In unity, maybe, there is strength www.ericlee.info/blog/us-unio...

If you read German, you may find this of interest - my latest thoughts about the crisis in Georgia: www.jungle.world/artikel/2025...

A full year of studying Esperanto on Duolingo every single day. In 2025, I'm going to ramp this up, also using other tools including real world meetups -- I hope.

Who rules Georgia? Not this guy. My latest column on the crisis in Georgia: www.ericlee.info/blog/who-rul...

Today I spoke at the annual conference of the Study Group on the Russian Revolution, at Northumbria University in Newcastle. I last spoke at one of their conferences in 1992. Here is what I said today: bit.ly/sgrr50

Let's make 2025 better - together.

122 journalists and media workers killed in 2024, says the IFJ bit.ly/122journalists

2024 is almost over. Don't forget to support our online campaigns in defence of workers' rights - click here: www.labourstart.org

The Georgian Declaration of Independence from 1918 - a visionary document created by men and women committed to democracy. What would those extraordinary people think of what the current Georgian government is doing today?

If I were in Tbilisi, I'd be marching with these guys.

For several months now, this has been my word processor. It doesn't get simpler and clearer and I'm loving using iA Writer again.

104 journalists killed this year, according to the IFJ - more than half of them in Gaza bit.ly/ifj-2024

ITUC calls for inclusive transition to democracy www.ituc-csi.org/Syria-ITUC-c...