The failures of the Stop the War Coalition
Problems with Marx’s labour theory of value
The role and power of money
The nature of the bourgeois state
Austerity, cuts and the danger of war: what is the communist answer?
Did the Russian Revolution really change that much for women?
The Arab revolution
On March 27 2011 Israeli socialist Moshe Machover addressed a meeting of the CPGB. He argues that with the involvement of UN and Nato forces, the Libyan revolution had already been lost. The only solution now is an Arab-wide revolution.
Democracy
Green Betrayal in Iran: The Iranian working class movement a year after the rigged elections
Yassamine Mather speaks at a London Communist Forum fringe meeting at Marxism 2010. She looks at the current dynamics of Iranian society a year on from the rigged presidential elections of June 2009 and looks at the tasks of the solidarity movement in supporting the Iranian working class.
‘Bash the Fash?’ The BNP, the EDL and the tactical blunders of the left
Mike Macnair speaking at a London Communist Forum fringe at Marxism 2010. He outlines a history of fascism, the left’s varying responses in dealing with it and draws some conclusions on what strategy is needed to to fight reaction today.
October 1917: the ironic triumph of ‘old Bolshevism’
Using new archival research, Canadian scholar Lars T Lih spoke to a London Communist Forum meeting about the ‘April debates’ and their impact on Bolshevik strategy through to October 1917
The capitalist crisis in the USA
The speeches were delivered during a seminar at the London School of Economics on February 27 2010 to celebrate the 50th issue of the Marxist journal Critique, of which Hillel Ticktin and Mick Cox are the editors
The crisis of capitalism
This speech was delivered during a seminar at the London School of Economics on February 27 2010 to celebrate the 50th issue of the Marxist journal Critique, of which Hillel Ticktin is the editor
The crisis of capitalism
This speech was delivered during a seminar at the London School of Economics on February 27 2010 to celebrate the 50th issue of the Marxist journal Critique, of which Mick Cox is the deputy editor
Imperialism and its drive towards war
Mike Macnair and Moshe Machover addressed the AGM of Hands Off the People of Iran on November 28 2009 in London
The workers’ movement in Iran
Yassamine Mather, chair of Hands Off the People of Iran, outlines recent struggles in Iran – and the tasks for the solidarity movement
Hands Off the People of Iran, AGM 2009
Impressions from the AGM of Hopi, which took place on November 28 2009 in London. Subjects discussed include: imperialism’s drive towards war; why we oppose sanctions on Iran and the tasks of the solidarity movement. (hopoi.org)
Single state Palestine: Principled demand or cul-de-sac?
London Communist Forum debate between:
Jack Conrad (CPGB)
Tony Greenstein (Alliance for Green Socialism)
Moshe Machover (Matzpen co-founder)
Internationalism
Speaking at the ‘Marxism on Campus’ national event in Manchester on October 17, CS Executive Member Cat Rylance discusses what internationalism means and why communists place such emphasis on it.
Communist Students: Who we are and what we fight for
Communist Students National Executive member Chris Strafford talks about what CS stands for and why our vision for unity around the politic project of Marxism marks us out from the rest of the left student groups.