Democracy & State > Stalinism
Dead Russians
12 Mar 2009
Jack Conrad defends Lenin and Trotsky, and issues a health warning about Arthur Scargill, George Galloway, Robert Griffiths and others who want to forget, belittle or maintain silence over the crimes of Stalin
China: Populism and plutocracy
29 Aug 2013
The trial of Bo Xilai reveals contradictions at the top of Chinese society, argues Paul Demarty
South Africa: Governmental communists turn to witch-hunting
04 Jul 2013
Outsiders are used to explain away the class struggle, writes Peter Manson
Istanbul revolt suppressed
20 Jun 2013
Esen Uslu reports from Istanbul on the brutal repression that finally saw off the rearguard action of the protestors
Turkey: Battle for secularism
13 Jun 2013
Opposition to creeping Islamisation is not confined to the protestors in Taksim Square and elsewhere, argues Eddie Ford. The army is also deeply disgruntled with the AKP
Turkey: In revolt against AKP dictat
13 Jun 2013
Esen Uslu reports from Istanbul
Kick Inside: Confined within the framework of Stalinism
31 Jan 2013
Paul Flewers reviews: Lawrence Parker The kick inside: revolutionary opposition in the CPGB, 1945-1991, November Publications, 2012, pp118, £6
SUPPLEMENT: Origins of the crisis in the SWP - part one
10 Jan 2013
The Soviet Union question
USSR polemic: In defence of defencism
10 Jan 2013
The Soviet Union did indeed feature a form a form of planning, argues Jim Creegan in his reply to Paul Flewers
'Official' CPGB History: Scotching the myths
10 Jan 2013
The history of the official CPGB was much more complex than tankies versus Euros. This is the book-launch speech given by Lawrence Parker in December
USSR Review: Sticking with old dogmas that have failed time and again
29 Nov 2012
Paul Flewers reviews: Workers Power, 'The degenerated revolution: the rise and fall of the Stalinist states', Prinkipo, 2012, pp584, £13.90
Durham Debate: Stalinism reinforces capitalist apologetics
25 Oct 2012
Ben Lewis spoke at the Durham Union Debating Society
Police slaughter and apologetics
13 Sep 2012
The Morning Star has come unstuck with its uncritical support for the ANC, writes Peter Manson
Diplomacy and dissonance
19 Jul 2012
The Morning Stars CPB is concerned and worried about the Communist Party of Chinas embrace of capitalist relations. Lawrence Parker reports
Ideologically bankrupt
14 Jun 2012
The South African Communist Party has published a new version of its programme. Peter Manson analyses 'The South African road to socialism'
A flag tainted with brown
24 Nov 2011
Chris Strafford condemns the Morning Star-sponsored meeting of nationalists, anti-Semites, and homophobes