October 3, 2017 Lenin and the Revolutionary Nature of His Vanguard Theory Introduction The Miliband-Poulantzas debate in the 1970s,[1] while at times quite personalised and cantankerous as well as at times downright tendentious, also had a…
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,…
October 30, 2016 Review of Capitalism: Competition, Conflict, Crises by Anwar Shaikh For a long time, neo-classical economics has been the economic orthodoxy. Neo-classical economics is a patchwork of theories all with a general aim of…
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…
May 5, 2014 What is at stake with the Labour Theory of Value Marx has been getting a lot of media attention recently, with articles exploring his relevance in the New York Times, The New Yorker, Time…
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…
March 13, 2014 What is Historical Materialism? When we are born we see the world without preconceptions. The sense data from the world flows into our brains without systematic categorisation. For…
