The Rise and Fall of the Communist International
The Third International has been officially buried. In the most undignified and contemptible fashion it would be possible to conceive, it has passed off the stage of history. Hurriedly and […]
Capitalism and crisis
2007-08 saw the beginnings of a world economic crisis unlike any other we have seen. Since the end of the Second World War there have been seven official recessions, but
Why we need a communist international
Communism is internationalist, or it is nothing. Already, at the dawn of our movement, in the pages of The Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels explained that the workers have no country.
Base-building or Bolshevism?
How can we reach the masses? This question has been at the center of revolutionary debate since the birth of the socialist movement. Revolutions are preceded by preparatory periods of
Our origins and history: the unbroken thread of revolutionary communism
On 23 November 2024, the Italian section of the Revolutionary Communist International launched the Revolutionary Communist Party. We appeal to all communist militants who are critical of Stalinism to join us
The Organic Crisis of Capitalism
“Where were the Marxists in 2008, when the demise of Lehman Brothers almost brought about the collapse of capitalism?” asks a puzzled Ralph Atkins, the capital markets editor of the
The Truth about Stalin – a Reply to the Morning Star
On Monday 17 October, the Morning Star published a review of the new edition of Trotsky’s biography of Stalin written by Andrew Murray. While admitting that “this book has literary and historical
“The greatest event in human history”: Lenin and the Russian Revolution
One-hundred-and-seven years ago, on 7 November 1917, the Russian working class conquered power. This was the greatest event in human history. For the first time ever, workers and peasants overthrew
Die Rolle des Staates und der Sozialdemokratie
Ich bin von meinen schwedischen Genossen gebeten worden, ein kurzes Vorwort zu Lenins Staat und Revolution zu schreiben – eine Aufgabe, der ich angesichts der enormen Bedeutung dieses Werkes für
Demokratie, Bonapartismus, Faschismus
Die Demokratie gilt heute in der westlichen Welt als Wesensmerkmal der kapitalistischen Gesellschaft. Diese Vorstellung wurde in der krisenfreien Nachkriegszeit nach 1947 und besonders in der ideologischen Offensive nach dem