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Socialism
September 1995: What, today, are the prospects for socialism?
Many on the left, including figures previously identified with
revolutionary Marxism, are now utterly pessimistic.
But socialism, far from being 'finished', will
once again become the idea that guides workers and youth in the
struggle for a new society.
From
Socialism
Today
Socialist Party
publication 2002: Hannah Sell's book answers questions
such as 'Could things be different?' 'How could socialism work?' and
'Is there an easier way to change the world?'
Published in August 2004 to mark the 30th
anniversary of the Committee for a Workers' International, a new
introduction by Peter Taaffe to his 'History of the CWI'
War, Islam and the revolutionary left
Peter Taaffe's pamphlet was published on the CWi
website in February 2002. It analyses war, Islam and examines how
Marxists should approach these questions.
"11 September ['9/11'] and its aftermath underlined in
a stark fashion the crushing dominance, economically and militarily,
of US imperialism. However, the limits of this power will be
demonstrated in the coming period..." September 2002.
Written by Peter Taaffe in November 2003,
about the Vietnam war of the 1960s and 1970s this online CWI
publication anticipates the difficulties the US regime has faced in
its occupation of Iraq.
Written by Lynn
Walsh in January 1991, just before of the ferocious US-led
air war on Iraq, the 38-day prelude to the brief but devastating
four-day land assault by US, British, French and other imperialist
forces.
The rise of Stalinism
A collection of articles on the Russian
revolution. New addition:
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Russia: How the
Bureaucracy Seized Power
(1987) A detailed study
Science and Philosophy
A contribution to a
discussion on modern science and the Big Bang theory.
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Marxist debates of the
1990's
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This pamphlet, written in 1999, is an answer to criticisms of the
Socialist Party's position on a number of key issues facing the
workers' movement in Britain and internationally.
As well as globalisation, new technology and perspectives for the
world capitalist economy, we also touch on the trade unions, the
character and methods of building a revolutionary party and a number
of other important issues. Opens in new window
Critical Debates of the 1990s:
"1991 marked a turning point...We have
entered a more disturbed period in world history, marked by sharper
inter-imperialist rivalries and a deepening capitalist crisis."
"For Marxists, the crucial
problem of strategy and tactics is this: How can a revolutionary
minority win the support of the majority of the working class and
other exploited layers..."
The Scottish debate covered the questions of
the revolutionary party and its programme; reformism; and the role
of a workers' revolutionary international.
Discussion which developed two vital tasks facing Marxists: to
defend the genuine ideas of scientific socialism and to campaign to
re-establish a mass party of the working class.
Marxist analysis of modern capitalism. Lynn
Walsh explains the reasons behind capitalism's economic turmoil, and
debates a number of issues.
Discussion within the ranks of Militant Labour on the issue of the
party, the character of the party structures, and party democracy,
began in 1996 with this document by Peter Taaffe.
A reply to the politics of the Socialist
Workers Party in Ireland. A 1999 document by the Socialist Party in
Ireland.
History
of British Trotskyism
BBC radio 4 interviews Peter
Taaffe, general secretary, Socialist Party England and Wales, on the
history of the Militant Tendency in the UK.
Published in 1995, this book,
transcribed in full for the Socialist Party website, is the official
history of the Militant Tendency.
The 'Militant' newspaper appeared
in 1964, and began its rise to prominence in the 1970's. The
Militant Tendency fought against Margaret Thatcher's government and
against the Labour Party bureaucracy's rejection of socialism.
A city of half a million, formerly
a major seaport of the mighty 'British Empire', which witnessed a
convulsive movement of the working class and compelled Prime
minister Thatcher, the 'Iron Lady,' to beat a retreat in 1984.
Peter Taaffe defends the history
of the Militant in reply to attacks by former members Ted Grant and
Rob Sewell.
Marxism and Ireland
Written by Peter Hadden in 1994,
this book remains a compelling Marxist historical analysis of the
history of division and rule in Ireland up to the August 31, 1994
IRA announcement of a ceasefire.
Marxism and
the Philippines
October 2006: Debate with Sonny Melencio,
a long time socialist activist in the Philippines, a Central Council
member of the Laban ng Masa left coalition. Written by Peter Taaffe
of the International Secretariat of the Committee for a Workers’
International.
Marxism and Sri Lanka
Important lessons drawn from a critique of Sri Lankan socialists in the year 2004.
Correspondence from Chris Rodrigo led to an important document from Siri
in Sri lanka and the CWI
Marxism and Cuba
By Peter Taaffe, May 2000. The Militant
Tendency published in 1978 articles analysing the nature of the
Cuban regime. Doug Lorimer, of the Australian-based Democratic
Socialist Party, subjected them to criticism. Cuba: Socialism and
Democracy is Taaffe's reply. The original Militant pamphlet is
appended.
Revolutionary
history
Speech by Ron Blom examining ‘Red
Week’, November 1918, in the Netherlands, and the radical
movements in the conscript Dutch armed forces during World War One. |
Marxist
Classics
Recommended
Reading
Karl
Marx
The
Communist Manifesto
Marxist
view of the development of human society
Frederick
Engels
The
materialist conception of history
The
"division of labour"
The
"economic conditions"
Vladimir
Lenin
The
State and Revolution
The
Historic Service Of Marx And Engels
The
Three Sources And Three Component Parts Of Marxism
The
Historical Destiny Of The Teaching Of Karl Marx
On
The Theory Of Marxism
Leon Trotsky
In
Defence of October
Stalinism
and Bolshevism
Lessons
of October
The
Class, The Party and the Leadership
Transitional
Programme
The
ABC Of Dialectical Materialism
Marxism
and Individual Terrorism
Leon
Trotsky’s Assassination
James
Connolly
Socialism
Made Easy
The
Friends of Small Nationalities
Labour
in Irish History
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