Marxist Theory – Red Flag

B is for Bolshevism

Sunday, October 7, 2018

Bolshevism is the model of democracy and unity that won the world’s first socialist revolution

C is for Capital

Saturday, October 6, 2018

Capital, invested in human labour power and machinery, proved to be the most effective means yet for one class to exploit another.

D is for Democracy and Dictatorship

Friday, October 5, 2018

Marxists make a distinction between forms of government and the class nature of the state. We always ask, “which class interests are served by the state?”

Trotskyism in the 21st Century

Monday, November 23, 2015

Founding principles 1. The League for the Fifth International regards itself as a Leninist-Trotskyist international tendency fighting to build a Fifth International based on the Marxist foundations of the previous four Internationals. Our programme is

Theses on Electoral Tactics

Sunday, November 23, 2014

How should revolutionaries operate in elections and parliament? 1. In the epoch of progressive capitalism, parliament represented a forum in which the political leaders of the bourgeoisie and its allies debated and decided the policies

Theses on the United Front

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Our complete theses on the united front and how revolutionaries use the tactic to win support and leadership within workers’ struggles. Principles of the United Front 1.1 The united front is based on a series

What is the Working Class?

Sunday, November 23, 2014

What makes someone working class? How does the working class fit into capitalism? This resolution provides a political economic analysis of the working class under capitalism. Resolution on the Characterisation of the Working Class 1.

Theses on the Early Stages of Party Building

Sunday, November 23, 2014

This document outlines the early stages of building a revolutionary party. It provides guidelines for revolutionaries work across the class struggle and how to establish a firm foundation in the working class. Also available in

The Method and Principles of Communist Organisation

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Introduction Part one of the theses sets out Lenin’s conception of the relation between the communist party and the working class, correcting certain misunderstandings of Lenin’s famous (or infamous, depending on your point of view)

Theses On Reformism

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Reformism and the workers' movement The fundamentals of the Marxist critique of reformism were worked out by the founders and developers of scientific communism. Marx and Engels laid the foundations of this at the time