If you’re a fan of the writer George
Orwell then you may find Gordon Brown’s recent proposals to install lie
detectors into phone lines at benefit offices frighteningly reminiscent of the
novel ‘1984’, which was about a draconian totalitarian state that constantly
monitored its citizens, and brain washed them into submission. Well, it seems
that Orwell was only 24 years out.
Our task is to learn the lessons from history in order to prepare for the revolutionary events taking place today and in the future.
One of our regular readers sent this letter to the Prime Minister. Strangely, he did not get a reply
In reviewing
Robert Brenner’s theories, Mick Brooks looks at the causes of capitalist crisis
and delves into such questions as the tendency for the rate of profit to fall
and overproduction. This article is to be considered as a contribution to the
debate among Marxists on the causes of capitalist crisis.
The food crisis has pushed the
number of hungry, undernourished people
in the world to almost 1bn, in what
the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation described on Tuesday as a
“serious setback” to global efforts to
reduce mass starvation.
Fred Weston explains Trotsky’s role in clarifying the Marxist understanding of fascism and how to fight it.
Our aim is to spread the ideas of Marxism, in an organised fashion, amongst workers and youth. We must study the history and traditions of the working class.
A series of reading guides meant to help readers understand the Marxist classics on our reading list.
A series of reading guides to help our readers understand the classics of Marxism.
The crisis of world capitalism is unfolding
relentlessly and with gathering speed. First came the financial crisis (the
so-called credit crunch), but now the second phase has begun – the crisis of
the real economy – and it is accelerating as each day goes by. This is leading
to sharp changes in consciousness, rising working class militancy and the
beginnings of polarisation within the labour movement itself.
From the Speakers Corner internet radio show, Heiko Khoo interviews
David Brandon, Marxist historian, on the British state, crime,
punishment, transport and slavery.
Under a socialist society, the entire economy will be democratically managed by the working class for the maximum benefit of mankind.