Category Socialism

Anti-imperialism: Yet another statist ideology

Anti-statism refers to opposition to state intervention into personal, social or economic affairs. — Wikipedia. Anarchy Magazine on anti-imperialism. Anti-Imperialism remains attractive to Leftists precisely because it mandates that anti-imps support whatever Popular Front-type formation happens to be in an…

Class and the Left

Andy at Socialist Unity has a long, thoughtful post about why The Labour Party may well get crushed in the next general election. Much of the reason is due to Labour ignoring their traditional constituency as well as changing attitudes…

Why is capitalism failing us?

Doug Page at Dissident Voice asks this in a thoughtful essay detailing the flaws of capitalism. The elite make the money, the workers get shafted, and overproduction leads to economic downturns. Standard Marxist theory, really, even if Page doesn’t appear…