Reply to Heiko Khoo on China’s Political Economy, Peter Glover, on behalf of the Editorial Board. Reproduced from Issue 1 of the journal [The original article by Heiko Khoo is here] At the heart of this discussion, I believe two important theories... read more
A Contribution to the Debate on the Character of China’s Political Economy, Heiko Khoo. Reproduced from Issue 1 of the journal. This article considers theoretical issues discussed by Marxists studying the nature of China’s socio-economic syst... read more
Marxist World sympathiser Seán Heffernan reports on latest developments from Ireland The Right2Water Campaign, which was a campaign spearheaded by a number of Trade Unions in Ireland that called for abolition of the water tax, although disgracefully refu... read more
Despite the attempts of the Blairites to undermine and discredit his campaign, Jeremy Corbyn has won the Labour leadership election. Whatever happens next, this is a major turning point for British politics, and shows that left-wing ideas are popular amon... read more
Greek Referendum: Vote No, but Mass Workers’ Action is Needed to Prevent Social Collapse Today (Sunday 5th July) the Greek population will vote on whether to accept the draconian austerity conditions of the Troika (IMF,ECB and EC) or not. Marxist World,... read more
Many on the left are in shock after the surprise victory by the Conservative Party in Britain’s General Election. Because of Britain’s first past the post electoral system, it took only a 0.8% increase in their vote to win them a slim majority in Parl... read more
Greece will hold early national elections on Jan. 25 following the failure of the conservative-led coalition government’s candidate for the presidential post, Stavros Dimas, to get the 180 votes needed to win out of 300. The Greek constitution now requi... read more
In recent issues of the Weekly Worker a controversy between Arthur Bough1, on the one side, and Bruce Wallace and Steve Dobbs2, on the other, has developed over some interesting questions. To begin with, let me say that Arthur Bough should at least take... read more
Introduction (Steve Dobbs) Over the last few months, it seems that every man and his dog have declared themselves a Marxist. Last month we saw the New York Times ask “Was Marx Right?”, with a series of replies from various left commentators. This mont... read more
ANDREW KLIMAN, JAN 24 2014 Recent statistics indicate that the second round of the double-dip recession in the Eurozone and the United Kingdom has ended, and that economic growth in the United States has improved.[1] Not surprisingly, policymakers have ... read more