Left wing communism

Category: German-Dutch Communist Left


Opportunism in relation to pro-Palestinian student protests

French, Spanish, Dutch The group “Internationalist Perspective” (hereafter IP) published an article on 11-5-2024 entitled “The student protests: a mixed signal“, in solidarity with the pro-Palestinian student demonstrations in the USA and elsewhere. As usual, IP responds opportunistic to what…

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Opportunisme par rapport les manifs étudiants pro-Palestiniens

English, Spanish, Dutch Le groupe “Internationalist Perspective” (ci-après IP) a publié un article le 11-5-2024 intitulé “The student protests : a mixed signal“, en solidarité avec les manifestations étudiantes pro-palestiniennes aux États-Unis et ailleurs. Comme d’habitude, IP répond à ce…

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What Lenin borrowed from Hilferding

Capitalist crisis, valorization, imperialism as theorized by Marx, Engels, Kautsky, and in particular Lenin – Hilferding Spanish Contents Hilferding and Lenin suffered from simplifications and distortions when they developed their notorious idea of financial capital. This article will confront this idea with Marx’s analysis of the development of the financial…

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Avec Lénine et Trotski : Pour ou contre la guerre ?

Sur “une deuxième conférence non publique de groupes principalement trotskistes et léninistes qui s’est tenue récemment en Italie” Par Aníbal et Fredo Corvo Spanish, Italian, English Effets des thèses du bolchevisme : certaines en faveur des causes bourgeoises et d’autres…

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Controverses:  Cahier Thématique n°3, a critical appraisal

The French journal Controverses published Thematic Notebook No. 3 critiquing the International Communist Current (ICC). While addressing some relevant points, it displays sectarian and dogmatic tendencies, undermining its value.

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With Lenin and Trotsky: For or Against war ?

On “a second non-public conference of mainly Trotskyist and Leninist groups held recently in Italy” By Aníbal and Fredo Corvo Spanish, Italian, French Effects of the theses of Bolshevism: some in favor of bourgeois causes and others with open weaknesses…

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Save comrade Lenin

Bordigism in support of Leninist errors and nefarious tactics … amidst some bickering and some signs of critical lucidity By Aníbal “El Comunista” – “The Internationalist Proletarian” – “Per il Comunismo”, in its recent publication “El Comunista, no. 27”: “The…

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David Adam: Labor-Time Accounting and the Withering Away of the State. Contributions to the critique of common misconceptions

New on Red & Black Books Cover text In their critique of capitalism, Marx and Engels clearly formulated the fundamental principles of the alternative to capitalism: Some critics of capitalism do not like this alternative. They want to live in…

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Michel Roberts and his Leninist biases. How not to understand what imperialist capitalism is and to confuse about it

By Aníbal Spanish Michael Roberts edited an article on dependency theory, a theory that was very influential especially in Latin America. Michael Roberts comments on a book edited by Claudio Katz (La teoría de la dependencia después de cincuenta años.La…

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Imperialist capitalism. Pros and cons of an article from Prospettiva Marxista (Italy)

Spanish Several critical comments are necessary regarding the article WHEN WAR WILL BE REALLY WORLDWIDE (Prospettiva Marxista – March 2024) This article contains several valid and appropriate statements about imperialist capitalism and the various forms of warfare it engenders. It…

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When war becomes truly worldwide

By Prospettiva Marxista Spanish Even vis-à-vis the topic of war the trend of the bourgeois ideological vulgate, when observed over no small span of time, tends to be nonchalantly discordant, again a prisoner of the “eternal present.” From the ideological…

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National liberation movements and capitalist imperialism

– Leninism, neo-Leninism, and the German-Dutch communist left – Spanish Introduction We have defended the positions and theoretical developments on this question in various texts based on the German-Dutch communist left. In this text we focus on a neo-Leninist expression…

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