WW archive > Issue 880 - 08 September 2011
The theory of capitalist disintegration
More and more people are saying, 'Marx was right'. But can the present crisis of capitalism be explained by the tendency for the rate of profit to fall, famously discussed by Marx? Profits are high and there is a massive overaccumulation of capital. This is edited version of the speech by Hillel Ticktin to Communist University 2011
Letters
Left joke; String 'em up; Rage; Distortions; Jarrow myth; Neofolk; Eminently sane; Wonderful; Sex strike; Perplexed; Lake campaign; Stop eviction
Capital's busted flush
The bourgeoisie has no answers to the continuing economic crisis, writes Eddie Ford
Home and the guild of house cleaners
In 1921, the party's paper gave its view of women and communism
Market logic challenged by eight-hour general strike
This week the increasingly moribund government of Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has faced simultaneous attacks on two fronts: from the speculators and the European Central Bank, on the one hand; and from a general strike by the most militant section of Italy's organised working class, on the other. Toby Abse reports
Cash boost
Robbie Rix is more confident we can raise what we need each month
Ten years of blood and fire
The anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks coincides with a resurgence in 'liberal interventionism'. James Turley evaluates the bloody harvest of both
A triumphant victory?
Claire Fisher and Maciej Zurowski report on the English Defence League demonstration in east London and the response of anti-fascists
A victorious debate
The 1920 Halle congress of the Independent Social Democrats of Germany (USPD) was a turning point for our movement. It was also a moment of triumph for Grigory Zinoviev. This is an excerpt from Ben Lewis's introduction to a new book, 'Zinoviev and Martov: head to head in Halle'