Marxism

Weak Arguments I have heard: "BUT THE STATE DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE THAT WAY!"

Submitted by Ivysyn on May 27 2020 19:59

First entry into a series of blogs where I address bad political arguments I have heard from others.

Marxism and Sexuality

Submitted by Internationalis... on May 10 2020 22:17

Contradictions at the heart of the capitalist mode of production affect human relations at the level of the superstructure. The ideological, cultural, linguistic, and organisational forms prevalent in contemporary society are not independent of the social and economic structure of our society, and are bequeathed to us from previous modes of production. Sexuality, like other spheres of human activity, is not exempt from this.

What Does the Communist Left Do?

Submitted by Internationalis... on Apr 24 2020 11:55

What we will focus on in the following is how we understand the inseparable link between theory and practice and how that reflects on our activity.

Interpreting Marx's Theory of the State and Opposition to Anarchism

Though Marx intended to dedicate a volume of Capital to the question of 'the State', he died before he could even begin that work. We are, therefore, left to reconstruct the 'Marxist theory of the state' from scattered references littered throughout Marx and Engels' collected works. My analysis investigates the shifts and contradictions in their thought, as well as the utility these contradictions served in misrepresenting the anarchist alternative.

What's the System? Review of an Angry Workers Pamphlet

Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 27 2020 14:06

The Angry Workers of the World (AWW), a group based in West London which publishes the irregular workplace bulletin WorkersWildWest, has released a pamphlet collecting their articles on history, crisis, and revolution. We want a new society – and don’t we need it! seeks to explain in a straightforward manner how the current system emerged and how a new society can replace it.

The Internationalist Communist Tendency

Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 22 2020 14:13

The International Bureau for the Revolutionary Party was formed in 1983. In order to give clearer expression to our existence as a united international organisation we decided to change the name of the organisation to the Internationalist Communist Tendency in 2009.