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
Social democracy should govern
23 Jul 2015
Marxists should not stand on the sidelines in the struggle between socialised and fictitious capital, urges Arthur Bough
Aspiring to what?
14 May 2015
Blairites are flying the flag for ‘aspiration’ - a subject about which they know nothing, argues Paul Demarty
Before the great betrayal of August
23 Apr 2015
Ralf Hoffrogge Sozialismus und Arbeiterbewegung in Deutschland: von den Anfängen bis 1914 Schmetterling Verlag, 2011, €10, pp216(1)
New era for Cuba?
16 Apr 2015
Will Havana embark on a Chinese road, asks Peter Manson
How not to arm ourselves
16 Apr 2015
Yassamine Mather looks at the problems resulting from the attempt to create ‘safe spaces’ in universities and student unions
Green-tinted glasses
29 Jan 2015
Despite the membership figures and the hype, notes Micky Coulter, the Green Party's increased popularity is not a sign of good times to come for socialists
Fantasy history, fantasy Marx
18 Dec 2014
Chris Cutrone’s arguments are characterised by dogma and vacuous circularity, writes Mike Macnair
Ireland: We need a united Marxist party
04 Dec 2014
The revolt against water charges poses sharp questions for the left, writes Anne McShane
Reinvigorated spirit
27 Nov 2014
Russell Brand Revolution Century, 2014, pp384, £20
Organise the militant minority
06 Nov 2014
The attacks on the miners were aimed at breaking organised labour in general; but union bureaucrats failed to rise to the challenge of building mass solidarity. Jack Conrad argued for a rank-and-file movement in this Leninist reprint
A better way of being
06 Nov 2014
Mass protest looks likely to sink the Irish government's introduction of water charges. Anne McShane spoke to a leading member of the 'Cobh Says No' campaign
Recalling the nine days
18 Sep 2014
A commitment to official union structures, and an inability to grasp the potential of organisations created by workers in struggle meant the miner's strike was a test most of the left failed, says Mark Fischer
No place for anti-Semitism
18 Sep 2014
A Communist Platform member has been shown the door. Peter Manson reports
Parvus: for German victory
11 Sep 2014
New translations shed light on the thinking of socialists who ended up supporting 'their' side in WWI. Mike Macnair introduces a second Parvus article
Can commerce be ethical?
07 Aug 2014
Ndongo Samba Sylla The fair trade scandal: marketing poverty to benefit the rich Pluto Press, pp208, £16