Capitalism & Crisis
The decline of money
01 Mar 2012
If we are to understand the present crisis we need to grasp the decaying relationship between money, production and value. Hillel Ticktin discusses the growth of fictitious capital and impossibility of getting money to make money
Left rhetoric and reformist illusions
01 Dec 2011
The 1891 Erfurt programme adopted by the Social Democratic Party of Germany was regarded as a 'return to Marxism', writes Ben Lewis. If only the same could be said of Die Linke's 2011 version
Fear and positioning
24 Nov 2011
As the euro zone heads for possible disaster and 'economic Armageddon', writes Eddie Ford, both the US and UK governments have also admitted failure
Has capitalism reached the end of the line?
17 Nov 2011
Mike Macnair spoke to the November 12 CPGB aggregate on the Marxist understanding of the crisis. This is an edited version of his speech
Technocrats and bankers take over
17 Nov 2011
As the entire establishment falls in behind the new cabinet of bureaucrats, writes Toby Abse, Italian workers must prepare for the attacks that lie ahead
Marxist education not rote learning
17 Nov 2011
Communists in the CPGB will be prioritising the study of the fundamentals of Marxism, focussing initially on Marx's political economy, to combat the Keynesian quackery prevalent on the left, reports Alex John
Bye bye, euro too?
10 Nov 2011
While the departure of Silvio Berlusconi will be a cause for celebration amongst workers, it will open the way for a more effective government of vicious austerity, warns Toby Abse
EU leaders have no answers
10 Nov 2011
As Greece and Italy edge closer to the brink, Eddie Ford looks at the latest developments
Referendum gamble plunges euro still deeper into crisis
03 Nov 2011
European leaders are stumbling from one crisis to another, writes Eddie Ford
Euro: disaster beckons
27 Oct 2011
Another summit, another failure. Despite repeated attempts to 'stop the rot' and save the euro there is still no sign of a 'comprehensive plan', writes Eddie Ford
Big bazooka or water pistol?
20 Oct 2011
As the European leaders gather in Brussels on October 23, it could be last chance saloon for the euro zone, writes Eddie Ford
Death by a thousand cuts
13 Oct 2011
With the clock ticking on the euro zone and the UK in danger of slipping in another recession, there is still no sign of 'bold vision' or a 'comprehensive strategy' from the ruling class, argues Eddie Ford
The crisis is financial, it is not economic
13 Oct 2011
Taking issue with Mike Macnair, Arthur Bough insists that the global economy remains in a long-wave upswing and advocates the setting up of workers' cooperatives
Saving labour or capital?
06 Oct 2011
Does the rate of profit tend to fall? The traditional Marxist argument upon which this theoretical proposition is based is badly flawed, argues Moshe Machover
Euro storm clouds gather
29 Sep 2011
World leaders are now frantically trying to cobble together a plan to prevent a catastrophic collapse of the euro zone, writes Eddie Ford. But it could be too little, too late
Facing the grim reaper
22 Sep 2011
Everyone can see the danger of a crash, from the IMF to the Financial Times. But, asks Eddie Ford, where is the Marshall Plan or New Deal?