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Communist University 2010
Letters
Revolution, yes
Arthur Bough’s letter (December 11)
commenting on my review of The devil’s whore raises a number of
important questions, some of which I shall answer here.
He objects firstly to my describing the English civil war
period as a time of social revolution. Although, as comrade Bough says,
the “commercial bourgeoisie was still largely tied to sections of the
old aristocracy”, I must agree with most Marxist writers on these times
and reassert their revolutionary character.
- Poles; Futile; Greek power; Third period; Their solution;
Sharpe pupil; Reconciliation
Paper chase
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HOPI
Parti
Communiste Français
Factions at the recent
'factionless' congress provided little
hope. Jean-Michel Edwin reports
Classic
Marxism
Lars
T
Lih
is an
acclaimed scholar living in Canada. Ben Lewis
spoke to him about his book, Lenin rediscovered: ‘What is to be
done?’ in context (2006) and some of the questions it raises for
the left in understanding its own history and tradition
Book
reviews
Hillel Ticktin
reviews Simon Pirani's The Russian
Revolution in retreat, 1920-24: Soviet workers and the
new communist
elite Basees/Routledge series, Russian and east European
studies,
2008
David Douglass
reviews Lewis H Mates's Political activism
and the popular front Taurus, 2007
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- Our central aim is the organisation of communists,
revolutionary socialists and all politically advanced workers into a
Communist Party. Without organisation the working class is nothing;
with the highest form of organisation it is everything.
- The Provisional Central Committee organises members of the
Communist Party, but there exists no real Communist Party today. There
are many so-called ‘parties’ on the left. In reality they are
confessional sects. Members who disagree with the prescribed ‘line’ are
expected to gag themselves in public. Either that or face expulsion.
- Communists operate according to the principles of
democratic centralism. Through ongoing debate we seek to achieve unity
in action and a common world outlook. As long as they support agreed
actions, members have the right to speak openly and form temporary or
permanent factions.
- Communists oppose the US-UK occupation of Iraq and stand
against all imperialist wars but constantly strive to bring to the fore
the fundamental question - ending war is bound up with ending
capitalism.
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