Party & Programme > Class and consciousness
Wide open for the class
19 Apr 2012
What is class-consciousness? Paul B Smith discusses the possibility of a political revival
In the era of pandemics
18 Mar 2021
Covid-19 has brought with it the potential for genuine transformation. Mark Kosman unashamedly looks on the bright side
The misuses of Gramsci
25 Feb 2021
Quoted by charlatans to provide an air of magic, praised for his ambiguities, more revered than read: David Broder calls for a serious engagement with a political strategy that still has considerable relevance
Socialism, nationalism and Ireland
07 Jan 2021
Before and during the Second International there were many different approaches to the questions of socialism and nationalism. In Ireland James Connolly banked on nationalists taking a positive attitude towards the cause of labour. In his next article Marc Mulholland will look at Ireland’s conservative revolution
Lenin in his own words
07 Jan 2021
Consistent Bolshevik message
07 Jan 2021
Did Lenin’s April theses lead to a complete change of policy? Lars T Lih continues his series, arguing that the opposite is the case
Overcoming group identity
22 Oct 2020
Marc Mulholland evaluates Karl Kautsky’s thesis on the nomadic origin of classes and the state
Oppression and moralism
16 Jul 2020
BLM protests must be supported, but they are often misdirected. Black liberation must be linked to the class struggle, argues Jim Creegan
Who will pay the price?
09 Apr 2020
As a result of Covid-19, class divisions will become ever clearer, writes Paul Demarty
Learn the lessons
12 Jul 2019
Rather than attempting to run capitalism, argues Peter Manson, in current circumstances we must aim to build Marxist parties of extreme opposition
Neither kings nor bureaucrats
23 May 2019
US author and political broadcaster Suzi Weissman reports on the miraculous organisation of a conference on Leon Trotsky, which took place in Havana
Dashing of a dream
09 May 2019
Michael Roberts provides the political and economic background to the general election in South Africa
Learn the lessons
11 Apr 2019
Peter Moody comments on the collapse of the most prominent revolutionary group on the US left
A basic necessity
21 Mar 2019
Tony O’Brien: ‘Tackling the housing crisis with publicly owned construction by direct labour organisations’, self-published, 2018, pp200, £10
Women’s rights and class struggle
07 Mar 2019
Forty years ago Iranian women rebelled against the Islamic government. We should not only remember their struggle: we should uphold the original aims of International Women’s Day, says Yassamine Mather
Commitment and collectivity
28 Feb 2019
René Gimpel continues his examination of the conflict between Jean-Paul Sartre’s political and philosophical passions