No, Marx Did NOT Get It Wrong!

On the Andrew Marr Show, today, Marr said that one of the main predictions made by Marx, in Capital, was that the capitalist system would collapse because of an irretrievable crisis. Marx was wrong, said Marr, and John McDonnell agreed with him. But, Marx did not get it…

The Tories Intend To Take Britain Out of The EU In Six Months

Its becoming clear that the Tories reason for calling the General Election now is that they know that all of the lies they have told about Brexit are quickly being exposed, and they now intend to take Britain out of the EU…

What is Mayism-Leninism?

Theresa May says there is no such thing as Mayism. Given the total vacuousness of her Tory Manifesto, and the fact that none of the vague aspirations it contains have even been costed, nor any attempt given to show how they would be paid for, I am led to agree. But, the political…

NHS Cyber Attack Shows Why Nuclear Weapons Are Useless

The cyber attack that has been launched today on the NHS, locking its systems with a ransom demand, shows just why nuclear weapons are now useless. No one knows what malicious code may be lurking in all of the various computer systems…

General Election — What Labour Should Say On Workers Rights and Industrial Democracy

The Tories say that they will protect and extend workers’ rights. It is, of course, nonsense. This is the same Tory Party that decimated workers’ rights in the 1980’s, in order to push…

Theresa May’s Team Fails The National Security Test

We are always told that the first duty of any government, the acid test, is to ensure the security of the nation. Theresa May’s team, as we are now apparently to call the Tories, has failed that test miserably. One of the main concerns of…

General Election — What Should Labour Say on Tax

As Marx says,

“No modification of the form of taxation can produce any important change in the relations of labour and capital.”

The US State Is Coming For Trump

Hour after hour, there was an unprecedented assault on Donald Trump, in the US weekend political shows. I remember the media coverage, and the way the Nixon administration gradually fell apart as a result of the uncovering of the Watergate scandal, but not even that…