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.
Is Marxism “leftist”?
Kate Woolford explores a marxist approach to leftist morality.
Economic challenges and mistakes: Cuban leadership offers self-criticism
Cuban leaders are opening up on problems from poor food production, lack of exports, emigration, black-market scalping, and mismanaged ‘liberalisation’ of state control of the economy, writes W.T. Whitney Jr.
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.