Published below is a comradely critique from Jacob Richter of platform text of the ‘Communistisch Platform’, our comrades who run a website in Dutch. In this letter Jacob Richter felt it necessary to address some apparent shortcommings and questions some of the formulations of the platform:
In May 2014 comrades of the Marxist Center founded a magazine in the Dutch language: Komas (Compass). The magazine is build around a platform, which incidentally also bears the name of the group: Communistisch Platform. The group is a campaign to establish a party-movement. For ours readers we publish an English translation of the Communistisch Platform.
While the Socialist International Congress in Brussels of 1891 was coming to a close, a small city nearby, famous for the development of its industries and socialist workers’ organisations, was preparing to welcome the delegates during their last days in Belgium. Proud as they were, the socialists from the city of Ghent did their best […]
Thomas continues with his three-part on Bebel and the congress of 1891 in Brussels. This is the second part of a three-part series on the influence of August Bebel and of German social democracy in general on the proceedings of the international socialist congress of 1891 1. We left off on Wednesday morning August 19, with […]
Geary explains what Marxists understand under “programme”, why it matters and what differences there are. Marx and Engels took programme seriously This will be the first part of a series on the question of “programme”. I intent to write a three-part on this question. This will be an introduction. The second part will be an […]
Levi explains the differences between the limited bourgeois concept of democracy and the genuine communist goal of gaining full democracy. Communist democracy? People have become increasingly fed-up with the political structure of society. The people want an end to the constant attack on them, most notably austerity measures. A demand which the state, in times […]
Thomas is delving into the early history of the modern workers movement and one of its giants: August Bebel who today died exactly 100 years ago. A giant of the workers movement The launch of this site marks the 100th aniversary of August Bebel’s death. Bebel was the leader of the German social democratic party […]