The national question is one of the most complex questions that Marxists must grapple with. In this talk from the recent Marxist Student Federation summer school, Shaun Morris – editor of Revolution Scotland – explains how Marxists approach this question, drawing on Marx’s writings on Ireland, and Lenin’s writings on the subject.
In the 1950s and 60s, while the so-called Marxists couldn’t understand the post war boom, Ted Grant used the Marxist method to analyse what was happening. From this, he was able to understand that capitalism had not solved its contradictions but was destined for slump again. In order to understand the current crisis of capitalism, this period must be understood. Ted’s analysis at the time is not only useful for putting today’s crisis in context. His article shows how to apply Marx’s understanding of the capitalist economy to modern crises. At this year’s RCP summer camp, Nelson Wan explains Ted […]
In this excerpt from the ‘New Course’ – which was the opening shot in the Left Opposition’s struggle against Stalinism – Trotsky takes up the question of the Leninist method of understanding the world. This advice retains its full relevance for communists today.
On this day 85 years ago, Leon Trotsky was brutally attacked by a Stalinist assassin. He died the following day. This short obituary summarises the breadth of Trotsky’s marvellous contributions to humanity: as a theoretician, as a journalist, and as a working-class fighter.