The Long Crisis of British Marxism in the Shadow of Thatcher
In the long and winding struggle for socialism, we should also keep in mind Sivanandan’s lesson, that ‘unity has to be forged and reforged again and again’.
The British Left
A collection of 9 posts
Red Fightback: Our Commitment to Anti-Oppression
Oppressive behaviour must be combatted with determined criticism, a rejection of ego and an unflinching pursuit of practical restoration and concrete liberation.
Patriarchal Violence in British ‘Marxist’ Parties
The acceptance of (trans)misogynistic abuse and violence serves to alienate women from Communist organising - weakening our movement, and ultimately benefiting the same white supremacist patriarchal capitalist state that we are fighting to abolish!
Can Joanne Anderson be Liverpool's new hope for socialism? No.
If Liverpool is to have any claim of being a "socialist city", we must relearn the lessons of its radical past. The left needs to abandon electoral politics, including Labour and Joanne Anderson, and return to the path towards revolution, towards liberation.
YCL Must Expel Abusers
We call on the EC of the YCL to permanently expel the member found to have comitted an act of sexual harassment. If members are unable to achieve this, they should resign alongside those who have already left the organisation.
The Road to Nowhere: A Critique of the Parliamentary Programme of the CPB
Breaking the nightmarish logic of capitalist realism necessitates a shattering of illusions in left reformism and the ‘parliamentary road’ as representing anything other than a brake on working-class emancipation.