Critics of Marxism often suggest that scientific socialism paints a mechanical view of history, without any role for individuality or free will. Daniel Morley discusses the question of necessity and chance, and the need for revolutionary leadership.
While workers across the world suffer the impacts of war, arms manufacturers are making bumper profits. The imperialists don’t export weapons to ‘defend democracy’, but to protect their narrow interests. Fight for revolution against the warmongers!
Record temperatures and wildfires have hit huge swathes of the planet in recent months. Only by taking power out of the hands of the bankers and billionaires can we plan society rationally, to avoid a complete climate catastrophe.
Workers at the Hinkley Point C site have taken successful wildcat strike action, inspiring others to follow their lead. Rank-and-file committees organising workers across different trades and employers will further strengthen these struggles.
In the third part of our podcast series on the lessons of the Communist International, Thomas Soud covers the ultra-left mistakes made by the young forces of communism, and how Lenin and the Comintern corrected this “infantile disorder”.
Workers at Amazon have successfully shut down a distribution centre in Coventry, as part of their ongoing battle for a living wage and union recognition. In order to beat the bosses, this struggle must be escalated to the wider workforce.
Councils across the country are sounding the alarm, warning of a black hole in their budgets. Services are being cut to the bone. Some local authorities are declaring bankruptcy. The labour movement must organise a mass campaign against austerity.
The humble chippy is the latest victim of the crisis of capitalism, with the industry warning of mass closures of fish and chip shops due to rising costs. To save these seaside stalwarts, we need to plan the economy along socialist lines.
Based on the tragic events of the 1925-27 Chinese revolution, Bertolt Brecht’s ‘The Decision’ provides a powerful commentary on the betrayals of Stalinism and the idea of revolutionary sacrifice – something that liberal critics cannot understand.
Across the world, all the key pillars of the establishment – from the institutions of bourgeois democracy, to the police, to the media – are being eroded and undermined by scandals, corruption, and crises. We need a revolution to overthrow the lot.
Workers at two Amazon UK warehouses are striking this week, marking a year since the first walkout by staff at the Coventry site, in a long-running struggle over pay and union recognition. The whole labour movement must offer their solidarity.
British capitalism is stumbling from one crisis to the next. In their effort to subdue stubbornly-high inflation, the ruling class is set to provoke a new slump. Enormous pressures are building in society. Revolutionary explosions impend.