November 28, 2020 Engels at 200 Friedrich Engels’, the co-inventor of Marxism, was born 200 years ago, on 28th November, 1820. As lives go, Engels lived a full one: raised…
October 28, 2020 Thinking about the Future: Brexit and Ireland’s Orientation In 2016, the Workers’ Party supported the Brexit referendum, largely on the basis of the EU’s extreme pro-capitalist nature. The devastation wrought by years…
October 5, 2020 Why workers need a party When it comes to organising, progressives don’t need to reinvent the wheel – the mass workers party is the only vehicle that can bring us…
October 3, 2017 From Petrograd to Brussels: Reflections on Revolutionary Strategy then and now The centenary commemorations of the October Revolution have, as yet, been fairly low key. Labour movement activists with a political bent and, of course,…
June 28, 2014 Catholic Marxism At first glance Marxism and Catholicism have little in common: one is thoroughly materialist in outlook, the other a prime defender of idealism. Whereas…
April 28, 2014 Strategy of Attrition: Part II Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus (Outside of the Church there is no Salvation) In order for strategies to become more permanently established they need to…
April 28, 2014 The Strategy of Attrition: Part I Conquest or Destruction of the State? St Paul preaches to the Victorians Right from its beginnings in early 19th century, socialism has been bedevilled by…