By Pete Glover, reproduced from issue 2 of the journal Marx and the State in 1848 Did Marx believe that a peaceful transition from capitalism to socialism was achievable? His earlier writings appear to answer this question in the negative. In November 184... read more
By Aneurin Delmas On Sunday 9th October the workers’ movement gathered in Altab Ali Park in East London in numbers of between 2,000 to 6,000. What prompted it? The celebration of the 80 year anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street. Comrades reading t... read more
By Steve Dobbs The British financial system is still reeling from a huge devaluation of the Pound in response to perceived risks and uncertainty from Brexit. This has plunged Sterling to an effective exchange rate lower than anything on record (from the ... read more
Being a Socialist Councillor, Steve Bush, reproduced from issue 2 of the journal I stood for election to my local District and Town Council last year. I had planned to stand again as a TUSC candidate as I had in the County Council Elections in 2013 when I... read more
We’re pleased to announce the first session of a new London Capital Reading Group, taking place this Saturday 8 October in Birkbeck College at 43 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PD, Room 112, at 3 - 5pm. There will be an introduction to the book and it... read more
Two members of the Marxist World Editorial Board, one from Northampton and one from High Wycombe, converged in Milton Keynes on Saturday 13th August for the Momentum organised Jeremy Corbyn rally outside the main railway station. It was a well-attended ev... read more
By Clive Healiss There’s a lot of talk currently about Universal Basic Income (UBI). Some see it as a logical conclusion of the Welfare State. Others dub it “Post-Capitalist Luxury Communism”. Others again see it as a utopian solution to... read more
Report by Steve Dobbs John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor and Corbyn’s right-hand man, was the key speaker at the #KeepCorbyn public meeting at Chalvey Community Centre in Slough on the afternoon of Saturday 23 July. Originally McDonnell was due to ... read more
Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work, Srnicek & Williams (Verso 2015). Review by Steve Dobbs. Reproduced from Issue 2 of the journal (available to buy here) Introduction Srnicek and Williams continue in a similar vein as Paul... read more
The leadership battle in the Labour Party is the most crucial political battle for the working class in Britain today post Brexit. The steely determination and courage of Jeremy Corbyn has stopped the coup of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) in its tr... read more