Party & Programme > Economism
'Transitional' to what?
02 Aug 2007
Setting the scene for a series of articles on 'permanent revolution', Mike Macnair argues that the dictatorship of the proletariat must take the specific form of the democratic republic
Going into overdrive
06 Oct 2016
On the one hand, the Morning Star is supporting Jeremy Corbyn completely uncritically, writes Peter Manson. On the other, it claims the real action is ‘on the streets’
Victory and retreat
29 Sep 2016
Despite the talk about ‘wiping the slate clean’, Jim Grant of Labour Party Marxists expects the war to continue
Lock up the thugs
29 Sep 2016
Once more, the SACP finds itself on the wrong side of the class divide, writes Peter Manson
Return of the popular front
28 Jul 2016
The desire for a ‘party of the 99%’ represents a form of political collapse, argues Eddie Ford
Obscuring class politics
09 Jun 2016
Phil Duncan condemns socialists who supported the Bernie Sanders campaign and counterposes it to building a Marxist party
New federation put on hold
05 May 2016
Cosatu rival is yet to get off the ground, reports Peter Manson
Drawing lines of distinction
14 Apr 2016
We need to look beyond 2020, urges Paul Demarty
Tide turns against Zuma
07 Apr 2016
While the ‘official communists’ are now looking for a change of leadership, writes Peter Manson, they have no intention of championing working class independence
Straight-talking left
07 Apr 2016
There is nothing to fear from openly and honestly reporting our meetings, writes Sarah McDonald
Meaningless noise
12 Mar 2015
Workers Power has made a strange new ally. Daniel Harvey reports
Proceeds of crime
25 Sep 2014
The referendum exposed the economism of what still passes for the left, argues Paul Demarty
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
While the NUM waged war ...
07 Aug 2014
Mark Fischer introduces another Leninist reprint, this time on the fight against liquidationist tendencies in the CPGB
National socialist illusions
24 Jul 2014
Labour’s plans for the part-nationalisation of the rail network have caused confusion over at the Morning Star, writes Peter Manson
The Bolsheviks’ success and the ‘revolutionary’ fear of electoralism
24 Jul 2014
Mike Macnair reviews two books by August Nimtz in the context of the left's fear of politics