Karl Marx no longer exists

from the Hungarian communists The Hungarian Communist Workers’ Party has held its 25th Extraordinary Congress 11 May 2013 in Budapest. We have changed the name of the party. Our party Continue reading →

A people’s policy on Europe

by Robert Griffiths Some English and British nationalists tend to oppose the EU because they fear or resent close relations with foreigners. However, as in the case of Ukip, this antipathy Continue reading →

Contradictions in the UKIP brand

Robert Griffiths continues his series on the rise of UKIP The United Kingdom Independence Party (Ukip) is an alliance of some big capitalists in both finance and manufacturing, with elements Continue reading →

What’s behind the advance of Ukip?

Above top UKIP 2nd preferences 2012 London Mayor election Above bottom Eastleigh Bye election Where UKIP votes came from by Robert Griffiths The United Kingdom Independence Party (Ukip) grew out Continue reading →

Education for Tomorrow on the capitalist crisis

There is a deep capitalist crisis underway, inflicting huge damage to working people and leading to war and conflict internationally.  The rich are increasing their wealth at the expense of Continue reading →

A call to the labour movement

The Tory-LibDem government is attacking the living standards and democratic rights of workers and their families on a scale not seen in Britain since the 1930s. It is an integrated, Continue reading →

May Day reflections

by Robert Griffiths According to a Special Branch report in 1942, general secretary Harry Pollitt criticised left-wing MP S.O. Davies at a clandestine meeting of Communist Party trade unionists.   Continue reading →

What’s Left? Industrial strategy, the labour movement and manufacturing in Britain

One of Margaret Thatcher’s grimmest legacies was, in Seumas Milne’s resonant phrase the ‘pulverising deindustrialisation’ of Britain. This was achieved in part through the forcible destruction of entire industries, but Continue reading →

Capitalism corrupted by Reaganite budget director, David Stockman

from Zoltan Zigedy On the rare occasion, an article appears in the mainstream press that takes a deeper, more thoughtful view of human affairs, a document that gives a hint Continue reading →

Financialisation, the euro and the crisis

Building on his work as a leading member of the renowned Research on Money and Finance group, Costas Lapavitsas, a leftist political economist, has written a significant book on the Continue reading →