One of capitalism’s oldest myths is that of the efficiency of the so-called ‘free-market’ and its superiority to a socialist planned economy. Defending economic planning, this talk responds to the libertarian ideas of the Austrian School of economics, whose ‘theories’ amount to vitriolic support of the unrestricted rule of capital at the expense of the needs of society.
Surrealism was a revolutionary artistic movement founded in 1922 and led by writer and poet André Breton. The movement produced and influenced a galaxy of the 20th centuries finest artists. In this talk, Will Collins, from the RCP Central Committee, explains the Surrealist revolution and how it links to communism. Surrealist artwork deals in the bizarre and the strange. On the surface, it can seem as if this is all it is – though, it stands for something much deeper. In this talk, Will Collins from the RCP Central Committee explains how surrealism grew out of the general feeling of […]
This month marks the 250th anniversary of ‘The Wealth of Nations’ – the seminal work by bourgeois economist Adam Smith. Despite the denials of today’s liberals and free-marketeers, Smith’s theories paved the way for the revolutionary ideas of Marxism.
Growing support and success for the Greens is leading to greater scrutiny of their proposals. Leader Zack Polanski has suggested that the ideas of Modern Monetary Theory could offer a way forward. But is this reformist approach really a solution?