Losing Momentum: Corbynism in the Rear-View Mirror
Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 1 2019 09:32
The authors of this text are three young people who have been, at various times and various degrees, supporters of Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party under his leadership, and, having broken completely with the capital-L Labour movement, wish to share our critique thereof, in the hopes that some of our comrades and friends will follow us. Our position is formed in part on the basis of our reflection on the Labour Party’s role as reconciler of the working class and capital, and in part on our reflections on our own experiences in the Corbyn movement.
The Renegade Kautsky and his Acolyte Eric Blanc
Submitted by Reddebrek on Aug 14 2019 02:33
Some thoughts on Kautsky, Jacobin magazine and the new Social Democratic current.
ANC: The Chosen Party for South African Capitalism
Submitted by Internationalis... on May 29 2019 13:46
The victory of the ANC in the South African election has yet again shown it is the capitalists’ chosen party for running South African capitalism. Its primary role is organising and enforcing the exploitation of the working class even when this means downing strikes in bloodshed as we saw at Marikana in 2012 (see leftcom.org).
Climate Change: Capitalism is the Problem
Submitted by Internationalis... on May 7 2019 09:37
The capitalist mode of production, characterised by exchange for profit, private property, wage labour and capital accumulation, has only existed for around 300 years. Since the late 19th century it has found its way to even the most remote corners of the Earth by the way of exploitation, dispossession and imperialist competition. It has brought immense scientific and technological progress but at great cost. Wars, poverty, hunger, inequality, and oppression have plagued this system throughout its existence.
Alliance for Workers' Liberty: Part of Capitalism's Left Wing
Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 1 2019 12:58
It is because the AWL appears to attract a number of genuine young militants who are seeking change that we have decided to examine here their politics and activity.
Syriza 2018: a Blast from the Past
Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 23 2018 19:18
A brief reminder. In January 2015 Paul Mason proclaimed on his Twitter account: "come to Athens – the revolution is happening". It is 2018 now, and three years later it is Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, who is ecstatic: "You did it! Congratulations to Greece and its people on ending the programme of financial assistance." What happened?
An 'Impossibilist' Socialist?
An 'Impossibilist' Socialist?
William Morris and the
Politics of Socialist Revolution
versus Social Reform
Colin Skelly
Why I am a communist
Eleanor Robertson on the need for a communist, as opposed to liberal or reformist, approach to fighting oppression. This post first appeared on Medium.
'Change the Rules': reifying labour under capital
Submitted by Is There No Alt... on Feb 5 2018 02:08
A critique of Sally McManus, the Australian Council of Trade Unions, and the 'Change the Rules' campaign from a communist perspective.
The pitfalls of the social economy – Miguel Amorós
The text of a 2017 presentation examining the significance of the “third sector” or “social economy”, the non-profit community development and assistance sector, its origins as a replacement for faltering government aid programs for excluded sectors of the population, its diversification and increasing economic impact on job creation, service provision and housing, its association with the “civil society” movement, its avoidance of conflict with state and private power and its reliance on parliamentary procedures and negotiations, its ideological smokescreens, and the rise of the “new commons” ideology as a delusional strategy for non-confrontational withdrawal from the system.
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