This article is part of a longer (work in progress) reply by Steve Dobbs and Bruce Wallace to Arthur Bough (Boffy) and his recent articles in the Weekly Worker. Specifically, this article below deals with the meaning of the rate of profit in relation to M... 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
The leadership-recommended slate system for internal elections to the national leadership is used in most leninist groups. It is not a natural system arising from the workers own experiences and democratic instincts but something artificially imported int... read more
Introduction This article was prompted by Geoff Jones’ comments to our initial document “What Is the Cause of the Current Capitalist Crisis?”. This article is concerned with specifically answering the following points (highlighted in bold) from Comr... 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
To Lih, or not to Lih, that is the question— Whether ’tis Nobler in the mind to suffer The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Book Reviews, Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? Peter Taaffe has written many great art... read more