Marxism

100 Years Since Livorno

Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 22 2021 22:43

In January 1921, more than three years after the October Revolution in Russia, some two years since the murder of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in Berlin at the behest of the German Social Democratic Party, and in the aftermath of two wasted years of workers’ factory occupations in Italy itself, the intransigent revolutionaries in the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), led by Amadeo Bordiga, finally won the day and broke from the old party of compromise and accommodation with capital to form the Communist Party of Italy (PCd’I).

Marxism and politics - Ralph Miliband

Ralph Miliband's out of print introduction to Marxism. “The best primer on Marxism and politics ever written and Miliband's best book.” —Leo Panitch, professor of politics, York University

An Introduction to the Work of the CWO and ICT

Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 5 2021 22:13

The article which follows is a transcript of an introduction to an online meeting of CWO members and sympathisers on 21 November 2020.

The Illusion of State Intervention in the Economy: The Eternal Anti-Working Class Weapon of Reformism

Submitted by Internationalis... on Dec 12 2020 13:38

With each new jolt to the capitalist structure its crisis deepens. The disruption of production and distribution caused by the coronavirus pandemic has only added to the existing woes of the system. And, as ever, the working class is being fed illusions about the beneficial effect that state intervention would bring to their conditions and to the "community" in general, irrespective of class.

200 Years On: Engels and his Revolutionary Contribution

Submitted by Internationalis... on Dec 1 2020 21:37

Today (28/11/20) marks 200 years since the birth of Friedrich Engels. For this occasion we reproduce an article from Revolutionary Perspectives 1 (Series 3), originally published back in 1995 for the 100th anniversary of Engels’ death.

MMT: A Bankrupt Theory for a Bankrupt Capitalism

Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 13 2020 01:42

Review: The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and How to Build a Better Economy by Stephanie Kelton (published by John Murray, 2020).

In Times of Lockdown: How to Contact and Work Towards Joining the CWO

Submitted by Internationalis... on Oct 9 2020 19:04

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Gramscism or Marxism?

Submitted by Internationalis... on Oct 8 2020 00:43

The following is our foreword (with additional footnotes) to the book Gramsci between Marxism and Idealism by Onorato Damen, which we translated and published last year. The book is still available to order, but you can now download the PDF of it for free HERE.