Capitalism & Crisis
The decline of money
01 Mar 2012
If we are to understand the present crisis we need to grasp the decaying relationship between money, production and value. Hillel Ticktin discusses the growth of fictitious capital and impossibility of getting money to make money
Playing the blame game
22 Dec 2011
With hundreds of billions of debt due to be repaid in the first quarter of next year, writes Eddie Ford, the euro zone crisis has not gone away
Cameron in the court of King James
22 Dec 2011
The prime minister's speech on the King James Bible ticks every reactionary box going, argues James Turley
Cameron's Euro veto con trick
15 Dec 2011
Despite the deepening rift between the Tories and Liberal Democrats over Europe, writes Eddie Ford, both are committed to further attacks on the working class
Slaughter by austerity butchers
08 Dec 2011
The "Merkozy" plan for greater "fiscal union" looks set to be another failure, writes Eddie Ford
Defence of the nation-state
08 Dec 2011
Dave Douglass reviews VN Gelis "How the IMF broke Greece: eyewitness reports and role of the fake left" 2011, pp222,
Budget assault ups the ante
08 Dec 2011
Almost all Italian parties have fallen in behind the attacks fronted by the new government of technocrats, reports Toby Abse
Keynesian fantasies are no substitute
08 Dec 2011
The Fine Gael/Labour coalition has unveiled the country's fifth austerity budget. Despite that the leading factions of the ULA continue to dither, writes Anne Mc Shane
Marx's spectre haunts the wealthy and powerful
01 Dec 2011
The ruling class has no workable strategy for rescuing the system, argues Hillel Ticktin
Left rhetoric and reformist illusions
01 Dec 2011
The 1891 Erfurt programme adopted by the Social Democratic Party of Germany was regarded as a 'return to Marxism', writes Ben Lewis. If only the same could be said of Die Linke's 2011 version
Fear and positioning
24 Nov 2011
As the euro zone heads for possible disaster and 'economic Armageddon', writes Eddie Ford, both the US and UK governments have also admitted failure
Has capitalism reached the end of the line?
17 Nov 2011
Mike Macnair spoke to the November 12 CPGB aggregate on the Marxist understanding of the crisis. This is an edited version of his speech
Technocrats and bankers take over
17 Nov 2011
As the entire establishment falls in behind the new cabinet of bureaucrats, writes Toby Abse, Italian workers must prepare for the attacks that lie ahead
Marxist education not rote learning
17 Nov 2011
Communists in the CPGB will be prioritising the study of the fundamentals of Marxism, focussing initially on Marx's political economy, to combat the Keynesian quackery prevalent on the left, reports Alex John
Bye bye, euro too?
10 Nov 2011
While the departure of Silvio Berlusconi will be a cause for celebration amongst workers, it will open the way for a more effective government of vicious austerity, warns Toby Abse
EU leaders have no answers
10 Nov 2011
As Greece and Italy edge closer to the brink, Eddie Ford looks at the latest developments