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Some thoughts on the proposed charter of the Communist Workers of Iran

Posted on January 28th 2010 | 1 comment
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Ben Lewis welcomes the initiative of Communist Workers of Iran and offers some fraternal criticisms

We welcome the political platform of the Communist Workers of Iran (CWI). We have proofed and edited the English text and are publishing it in the hope that, at a time when the Iranian masses are on the move once more, [...]

Ecology and economism

Posted on January 24th 2010 | No comments
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Ben Lewis reviews Martin Empson’s Marxism and ecology: capitalism, socialism and the future of the planet Bookmarks, pp32, £1.50

In some ways, this Socialist Workers Party pamphlet is a useful read. Although it hardly presents a thoroughgoing critique of capitalism and its plundering of nature, it carries arguments, backed up by numerous figures and statistics, that [...]

Coming out for Wales

Posted on January 11th 2010 | No comments

In 2010 we might jsut see a sporting world where homosexuality is at least less of a taboo, and for this we must thank Alfie Thomas, writes Ben Lewis
It is rare that you read or see something in the news that cheers you up. The far left press’s eternal Panglossianism – occasionally tantamount to [...]

Blind, dumb logic of capitalism

Posted on January 11th 2010 | No comments

James Turley reviews Mark Bould and China Miéville (eds) Red planets: Marxism and science fiction Pluto, 2009, pp293, £19.99

When English literature departments first arose in Anglo-Saxon academia, their purpose was in some ways relatively well defined. The bourgeoisie, so its political allies in the aristocracy and flunkies among the intelligentsia argued, was culturally bereft; worse, [...]

Historical Materialism conference 09

Posted on December 17th 2009 | No comments
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James Turley reports on the Historical Materialism conference
Hundreds of leftwing academics and students gathered last weekend for the annual Historical Materialism conference. HM is a relatively prominent journal of ‘critical Marxist theory’, principally operated by Socialist Workers Party members and supporters as a complement to their International Socialism, which we may call a journal of [...]

Where now for the Greek working class?

Posted on December 9th 2009 | No comments

Callum Williamson looks at the re-emergence of the struggle in Greece
 On Saturday 6th of December 2008 15 year old anarchist, Alexander Grigoropoulos, was shot dead by police in the Exarhia district of Athens. This was to spark weeks of rioting and the ascendance of a new movement in Greece. With this new movement came a [...]

Manchester CS: Communists in the French Resistance (Voice files)

Posted on November 25th 2009 | No comments
Explaining the resistance

Explaining the resistance
‘Communists in the French Resistance’ Part 1
‘Communists in the French Resistance’ Part 2
Matthew Cobb communist and author of ‘Resistance: The French Fight Against the Nazi’s’ spoke on the role of communists in the movement to expel the Nazi occupiers and overthrow the colloborationist government under Marshall Petain. He gave comrades an account of the [...]

National event: Fighting For Marxism On Campus

Posted on September 3rd 2009 | No comments
Karl Marx: News of the Coming Revolt

[ October 17, 2009; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Saturday October 17 2009
Manchester University Student Union, Oxford Road
Meeting Room 1, 10am – 6pm
Capitalism is in its deepest crisis since the 1930s. The world is at an historic turning point. The crisis comes at an enormous human cost – soaring unemployment, house repossessions, wage cuts and attacks on basic services and social security provision. The [...]

How not to stop the BNP

Posted on July 25th 2009 | 7 comments
Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons using their platform

The continued rise of the British National Party raises key questions about the left’s strategy. Ben Lewis takes a look at the Socialist Workers Party’s analysis and argues for a root-and-branch rethink
Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons using their platform
The election of BNP leader Nick Griffin and acolyte Andrew Brons to the European parliament has been [...]

Organising school students video

Posted on May 15th 2009 | No comments

This presentation was made at the Communist Students conference in April 2009. If you would like to get involved, or have any questions, then please get in touch. [...]

 
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