state capitalism

Class Struggle in China

Submitted by Internationalis... on Sep 6 2019 13:26

The role of China in the imperialist pecking order has been covered many times on our website (leftcom.org). Here we deal with China’s evolution from a largely agrarian society to an industrial powerhouse which has also created the world’s largest working class – and what comes with that is, of course, simmering class conflict.

Paths of revolution - M. Sergven

One of the first anarchist critiques of state capitalism of the Russian revolution

Marximation

Submitted by Reddebrek on Jun 3 2019 23:47

Looking at one of the less orthodox ways of marking the 200th anniversary of the death of Karl Marx.

1980-1: Class Struggle in Poland

Submitted by Internationalis... on May 28 2019 15:32

As a follow up to our recent article about Solidarność (see: leftcom.org) we are republishing three of the leaflets that the CWO and Battaglia Comunista distributed in 1980-1 among workers in Britain, Italy, France, and the USA on the events unfolding in Poland.

Solidarność: Trade Unionism or Self-Organisation?

Submitted by Internationalis... on May 23 2019 12:25

Political and economic crises led to the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc. The downturn in the post-war accumulation cycle, the Cold War, the USSR’s disastrous intervention in Afghanistan, as well as the popular revolts in Central and Eastern Europe all played a role. But it is the class struggles of 1980s Poland to which we turn our eye here.

Civil War in Venezuela: An Economic and Human Catastrophe

Submitted by Internationalis... on May 17 2019 09:52

The latest news coming from Venezuela tells us that in Caracas and elsewhere, the demonstrations for, and against, the Maduro government are carrying on. The army, which largely supports the elected President, is dealing brutally with demonstrators and the death toll on the streets has reached several dozen.

Humanitarian Aid... for War

Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 11 2019 10:44

War or no war, one thing is certain, and that is the bourgeoisie — Chavista or oppositionist — cannot take society anywhere. There is no viable solution based on the nation and certainly not a capitalist one.

The Venezuelan Crisis

Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 7 2019 11:32

Recent political events in Venezuela have once again brought to the fore its devastating economic situation. The struggle for power between Maduro and Guaidò, or between a fraudulently re-elected president and an opposition candidate who has proclaimed himself president, besides giving Venezuela a grotesque image, hides the real scenario of an economic and political human tragedy.