Review by Steve Dobbs It is now widely recognised that the EU faces an existential crisis, and this was the subject matter of Katya Adler’s BBC documentary which aired on BBC Two last night (watch here). Adler takes us around some of the countries of Eu... read more
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 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
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
By Bruce Wallace This article is also featured in Kindle Magazine. Man makes his own history, but he does not make it out of the whole cloth; he does not make it out of conditions chosen by himself, but out of such as he finds close at hand. Karl Marx The... read more
By Steve Dobbs Comrades, I write this in very difficult circumstances. Following the collapse of all public utilities, my candlelight has nearly run out and I can hear Nigel Farage and his legions of storm-troopers fast approaching, punctuated with the so... read more
Overcoming Capitalist Crisis: Anti-Austerity or Socialism? Bruce Wallace, reproduced from Issue 1 of the journal A Storm is Brewing As this journal goes to press [early Feb 2016], storm clouds are gathering ominously over the world capitalist economy. Th... read more
Pete Glover offers his opinion on the Left with regards to the upcoming EU Referendum ‘There go the people. I must follow them, for I am their leader’ -Ledru-Rollin ‘This is a local shop for local people. We’ll have no trouble here.’ -League of ... read more