Britain
The Southwark Two
The Southwark 2, The Feeble Full-Timer And The Laughable Revolutionaries
I Couldn't Paint Golden Angels (review)
I COULDN'T PAINT GOLDEN ANGELS
Albert Meltzer's Autobiography.
Published by AK Press £12.95. ISBN 1-873176-93-7
The Dynamics of "Protest†Seen in the Recent Petrol Blockades in Britain
SOME NOTES CONCERNING FUTURE PROLETARIAN INSURGENCY
Part one: The Dynamics of "Protest" Seen in the Recent Petrol Blockades in Britain
On the Condition of the English Working Class
Work by Engels before he met Marx. Not recommended reading, unless you hate Irish people.
Aufheben Introduction
Aufheben: (past tense: hob auf; past participle: aufgehoben; noun: Aufhebung)
There is no adequate English equivalent to the German word Aufheben. In German it can mean "to pick up", "to raise", "to keep", "to preserve", but also "to end", "to abolish", "to annul". Hegel exploited this duality of meaning to describe the dialectical process whereby a higher form of thought or being supersedes a lower form, while at the same time "preserving" its "moments of truth". The proletariat's revolutionary negation of capitalism, communism, is an instance of this dialectical movement of supersession, as is the theoretical expression of this movement in the method of critique developed by Marx.
Dole autonomy versus the re-imposition of work: analysis of the current tendency to workfare in the UK
Dole Autonomy versus the Re-imposition of Work:
Analysis of the Current Tendency to Workfare in the UK
1. Introduction
Anti-Capitalism as an Ideology... and as a Movement?
The recent series of international Summit mobilizations have been referred to by some as a 'movement', and have often been treated by the state as a unitary entity. Yet the 'movement' has little existence outside the mobilizations, and is riven with internal contradictions. If anything, it is a political rather than a social movement; as such the question of its ideology needs to be addressed. We analyse the relation to the mobilizations of four ideological tendencies that have become salient from the UK perspective: the progressive liberals, the established left, anarchist/black bloc and Ya Basta! We suggest that for the supposed 'anti-capitalist' mobilizations to become a proletarian movement, connections need to be made with the struggles of the wider proletariat.
Preface: From anti-'globalization' to opposing the war
Aufheben #8 Editorial
For the first time in more than half a century, the main Western powers have been conducting a war in Europe. The tragedy of the Kosovo war was the sheer absence of an adequate internationalist response.
Reply to Animal's Reply
The third text in an exchange of views prompted by Aufheben's publishing in 1997 of a critique of the Class War organisation. (For the other texts, see links at end of article.)
As the reply-proper (below) to the Animal reply makes clear, the article 'Death of a Paper Tiger' was not written by Aufheben. 'Intakes' articles in Aufheben are 'guest' articles and so do not go through the normal editorial process (of editing, criticism etc.) but nevertheless are considered useful contributions.
