Why I’m a Marxist and a patriot
On Saint George’s Day, Kate Woolford explores the communist movement’s relationship with patriotism.
Behind the Berlin Wall
Chris Cargill evaluates the Berlin Wall, the factors leading to its construction and the predatory capitalist forces unleased on the East Germans after unification.
Why are so many left-wing people losers?
Ben Ughetti discusses the factors behind the left’s repellent image.
Our right to protest
Michael Roch on the role of the “right to protest” in bourgeois democracy.
One year in Erskine
Nathan Hennebry discusses the Erskine hotel demonstrations of the past year and how deprived communities can fight for their living standards.
George Galloway: the people’s champion
Following the Rochdale by-election, Eben Williams outlines the credentials of the winner, George Galloway, and why communists should lend their support to him.
When Harry met Stalin
Eben Williams examines the contribution of Joseph Stalin to the CPGB’s programme, and the relationship he had with its General Secretary, Harry Pollitt.
Why the state fears working-class environmentalism
Nathan Hennebry reflects on his experience at the COP26 protest in Glasgow, and the distinctions between liberal and working-class environmentalism.
Longing for purpose
With the population becoming increasingly radicalised without an effective platform to express their anger, Ben Ughetti sets out how communists could offer a constructive outlet for popular dissent.
Spotify is tapped
Realising the revolutionary potential of the internet to challenge the commodification of music, capitalism needed Spotify to neutralise this threat, argues Michael Roch.
