Adam Booth – editor of www.socialist.net – provides a Marxist analysis of the state, contrasting it against the reformist and anarchist analyses, examines the role of the state today at a time of capitalist crisis, and discusses how society and the state can be transformed in a revolutionary manner.
The Epstein files have exposed, albeit partially, the inner workings of the ruling class and the state. Through money, diplomacy, intelligence services, organised crime, and universities, the Epstein class preserves its rule. It cannot be reformed – it must be burned down.
The British state is prosecuting the barrister representing Palestine Action activists, for the ‘crime’ of reminding jurors of their right to acquit the accused! This is yet another egregious attack on the Palestine movement and our democratic rights.
Chartism was the first time ever that British workers fixed their eyes on the seizure of political power: in 1839, 1842 and again in 1848. In this struggle, they conducted a class war that at different times involved general strikes, battles with the state, mass demonstrations and even armed insurrection.