Lars Lih on Bolshevism
95 years after the October Revolution, we invite you to join us to look back on an event that profoundly changed human history and which continues to inspire millions across the globe.
7:30pm, Sunday 11 November in central London
Eden: Did primitive communism ever really exist?
Lionel Sims argues that we lived in a form of communism for most of our existence, and it is class society which is 'unnatural'. Sims also outlines his theory on dragon myths, in one of the highlights of Communist University 2012.
Iran Tribunal: ‘Impossible to continue support’
Norman Paech, a prominent member of the German left, has joined others in withdrawing his support for the Iran Tribunal after approaches from supporters of Hands Off the People of Iran (this is a longer version of the article in the current WW).
Reforging the Party: The Leninist
Now online for the first time: every issue of The Leninist, factional journal of the old CPGB and forerunner of the Weekly Worker.
Comrades will see that our concept of democratic centralism has always been unity in action and freedom of debate.
Economics of the madhouse
Professor Paul Krugman - Nobel economics prize winner, Princeton academic, recipient of many awards and regular, twice-weekly columnist at The New York Times - has written a popular book explaining what in his view can be done to bring the current crisis to an end.
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Letters
General strike; Bloody obvious; No rebuilding; Bent stick; Red herring; Spelling it out; Human nature; Leave me out; Not comradely; Correction;
TUC Demo: Union lefts rely on general strike strategy
Saturday’s TUC demonstration showed that there is a burning desire to fight, writes Peter Manson. But ending the age of austerity requires a governmental alternative not on offer from Ed Miliband
Showing real interest
Robbie Rix brings you the latest, including news from the TUC demo
EU summit: Berlin demands yet more austerity
The October 18 EU summit was another exercise in procrastination, argues Eddie Ford, and Spain shows the worst is almost certainly not over
ULA Ireland: Sectarian self-annihilation
The United Left Alliance has gone into destruct mode. Anne Mc Shane reports
CPGB aggregate: Substitute for Marxism
The adoption of Keynesianism by the left and the confusion around the Assange case were the focuses of the latest CPGB members’ meeting, reports Michael Copestake
Durham Debate: Stalinism reinforces capitalist apologetics
Ben Lewis spoke at the Durham Union Debating Society
Hillsborough: Crown in the dock
Steve Freeman and Phil Vellender take a closer look at the Hillsborough cover-up and locate the blame at the very top
Scotland: Independence from what?
The Scottish National Party’s support for Nato confirms Alex Salmond as a canny bourgeois politician, argues Paul Demarty
