Socialism is not Statism
Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 25 2019 14:44
A spectre haunts the world today. It is the spectre of “socialism”. Commentators of left and right, of reactionary or reformist inclination, agree that “after three decades in the wilderness, socialism is back.”
Abolishing ICE by funding it
Submitted by Scott Jay on Jan 8 2019 05:42
In spite of promises to "Abolish ICE," Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others voted to fund it on their very first day in office.
The Significance of the German Revolution
Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 24 2018 16:58
Reflections on the CWO/ICT Public Meeting in London (November 17 2018).
A Hundred Years On: Lessons of the German Revolution
Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 10 2018 13:05
9 November is an auspicious date in the German historical calendar. 80 years ago this was the anniversary of Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass) when synagogues were burned and 10,000 Jewish males were marched to concentration camps. It was the first step on the road to the genocide of millions. 28 years ago it was the day that the GDR authorities announced the dismantling of the Berlin Wall. However, a century ago it was also the date when the Kaiser announced his abdication in the face of a workers’ revolution which had begun with mutinies in Kiel before spreading across Germany.
Is an over-supply of labour depressing wages?
Submitted by QQ on Oct 30 2018 19:10
Are trade union bureaucrats correct in saying Marx believed an over-supply of labour depresses wages? We take a look at what Marx called "the absolute general law of capitalist accumulation" to discover if this is true.
Mexico: Is It Business As Usual?
Submitted by BenS6 on Jul 21 2018 08:43
The recent massive victory of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador who headed up a left populist movement in Mexico was greeted with jubilation by the Left in this country and worldwide.
Back to the Future: Rebranding Social Democracy
Submitted by Internationalis... on Apr 12 2018 12:43
There are two ways to read Inventing the Future. One is a fairly innocent critique of the “post-68 left”, and an outline of how to build a desirable post-capitalist future through a flawed Gramscian framework. The other is a critique of working class self-activity, and a call for a benevolent class of technocrats who can gradually reform capitalism for the masses.
The Poverty of Luxury Communism
Submitted by QQ on Apr 5 2018 21:02
A spectre is haunting Europe and the US, the spectre of... productivist national protectionism from the Left. QQ and Mike Harman respond to Novara Media and Jacobin Magazine.
Anti-Shorten: The ALP is still selling bullshit
Submitted by With Sober Senses on Mar 13 2018 04:34
A critique of the rehashed social democracy of the Australian Labor Party. Republished from The Word From Struggle Street - an anticapitalist blog from Brisbane
'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.
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