Freedom and slavery: the birth of capital
Of all the catchwords used by capital’s paid and unpaid defenders, ‘freedom’ is surely the most used and the least understood. “Capitalism is freedom” according to Turning Point UK. Milton […]
Zinoviev and the Stalinist degeneration of the Comintern
The IMT has spent the past year commemorating the March 1919 centennial of the Third (Communist) International’s founding. In particular, we celebrate the extraordinary promise and lessons of its first
Bolshevism and Stalinism
An avalanche of books has recently been published to discredit Lenin, Trotsky and the Russian Revolution. First and foremost of these writers is Professor Robert Service. The aim of his
Marxismus und der Staat
Die Frage des Staates in einer kapitalistischen Gesellschaft ist von zentraler Bedeutung. Der Staat ist aus marxistischer Sicht kein über der Gesellschaft stehender unparteiischer Schiedsrichter, sondern in letzter Instanz „bewaffnete
Workers‘ democracy in the Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution is the greatest event in human history, because for the first time the working class not only led a revolution, but took power directly into their own
Lenin’s struggle against bureaucracy
[The Marxist method] explains bureaucracy as a social phenomenon, which arises for definite reasons. Lenin, approaching the question as a Marxist, explained the rise of bureaucracy as a parasitic, capitalist growth
Was ist marxistische Ökonomie?
Die aktuelle Krise des kapitalistischen Systems ist die tiefste, soweit die persönliche Erinnerung irgendeines Menschen zurückreicht, ja vielleicht die tiefste seiner ganzen Geschichte. Infolgedessen nimmt das Interesse an der Funktionsweise
Where to Begin? How the foundations of Bolshevism were laid
This week we are looking at a short, but pivotal text by Lenin, which laid out many of the tactics and methods that would play a key role in the
Top 10 lies about the Bolshevik Revolution
No other event in human history has been the subject of more distortions, falsehoods and fabrications the Russian Revolution. We publish here Alex Grant’s complete list of the 10 biggest
Warum wir eine revolutionäre Philosophie brauchen
Wenn man von Philosophie spricht, assoziieren die meisten Menschen damit ein realitätsfernes Spekulieren. „Philosophieren“ ist quasi synonym mit dem fruchtlosen Zeitvertreib, sich irrelevante Gedanken über „Gott und die Welt“ zu