Tag Archives: defeatism

Anti-imperialism and the working class

Where does ‘military support’ end and other forms of support begin? asks Nick Rogers What should be the role of communists and working class militants in inter-state conflicts within the international capitalist order of states? In this article I attempt to rethink some of the theoretical positions we have inherited from more than 80 years ago. ...

The US, Iran and imperialist rivalries

Nick Rogers takes issue with other Weekly Worker writers in their assessment of international relations and the imperialist drive to war In this article and a subsequent one I seek to explore a number of areas of ambiguity within the formulations of the Hands off the People of Iran campaign - and some straightforward differences. I believe ...

Third campism is a stinking corpse

James Turley argues that the left, rather than twisting words, must approach defeatism creatively This article stems from a too brief (as they always are for subjects as gravely important as this) discussion at a meeting addressed by the Hands Off the People of Iran campaign at the Socialist Workers Party's Marxism 2008. Though the meeting, held ...