Are we now in a period of transition from capitalism to socialism? H. Ticktin’s concept of decline and transition
Submitted by Internationalis... on Sep 25 2018 12:24
Capitalism must be overthrown before a transitional period can be initiated. There must be a total rupture with value production. In order for this to happen the working class must capture political power and set about consciously transforming social production relations. Ticktin’s conceptions seem like those other aficionados of a seamless transition to communism, who have long lost hope in the working class being the agent of revolution.
Did Trotsky point the way to socialism?
Transcript of the opening remarks from a debate between Adam Buick arguing No (for the Socialist Party of Great Britain) and Hillel Ticktin arguing Yes, (Critique Journal) taking place on 24th January 2009 at Hillhead Library in Glasgow. Full video recording also available online.
Government cuts - 'Are they really as stupid as they seem', by Hillel Ticktin
There are a surprising lack of convincing explanations as to why the capitalist class is pushing through the present unprecedented austerity drive - even at the risk of provoking both mass opposition and a double-dip recession. The following excerpts, from Hillel Ticktin's recent articles in Critique, do offer an interesting partial explanation:
Political consciousness and its conditions at the present time - Hillel Ticktin
Why are the working class not turning against the real cause of their misery — capitalism — as they have done in the past?
Towards a political economy of Stalinism - Paul B Smith
Submitted by messenger2 on Feb 15 2010 20:19
Paul B.Smith reviews Hillel Ticktin's book: Origins of the Crisis in the USSR: Essays on the Political Economy of a Disintegrating System (from Radical Chains no.4).
Decline as a Concept - and Its Consequences - Hillel Ticktin
This article produces a summary of a theory of decline of capitalism.
Political Economy of a Disintegrating Stalinism by Hillel Ticktin
Submitted by blebber on Feb 15 2010 15:40
A Marxist analysis of Putin's Russia.
A Marxist Political Economy of Capitalist Instability and the Current Crisis - Hillel Ticktin
Hillel Ticktin on a Marxist political economy of the financial crisis of 2008-9 and capitalism's uncertain future.
What was the USSR? Part II: Russia as a non-mode of production
Submitted by libcom on Apr 9 2005 13:30
Aufheben critique Hillel Ticktin's analysis of the Soviet Union. Having disposed of the theory of the USSR as a 'degenerated workers' state', Ticktin's theory presents itself as the most persuasive alternative to the understanding of the USSR as capitalist.
