Introduction to Reading Marx’s Capital, Steve Dobbs. Reproduced from Issue 1 of the journal. Marx’s Capital is, or should be, the bedrock of the revolutionary socialist movement. In the wake of the self-proclaimed socialist Jeremy Corbyn being el... read more
This is the second part of a reply to Heiko Khoo, by Peter Glover Is China capitalist? Marxist World says it is. Heiko Khoo disagrees. Heiko says: “The contention that China is capitalist is supported by a wide variety of facts and it is the dominant po... read more
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
PETE GLOVER explores the debate on the class nature of China and shows how an understanding based on Marx’s Capital is vital. Introduction In the discussion on China, the current Socialist Party/CWI position appears to be as follows: Categorizing Ch... read more
Introduction In 1949, Ted Grant wrote his seminal “Against the Theory of State Capitalism” [1], a polemic against Tony Cliff who argued that the Soviet Union was “state capitalist” and that the bureaucracy constituted a new ruling class through th... read more