1: Commodities It is impossible to understand the way in which the Capitalist system works without some knowledge of basic Marxian economics. Such knowledge is invaluable to the Socialist because he can use it to expose the myth that the capitalist is the lynch-pin of society and without him, civilization would perish. The Marxist theory…

Socialists know that it is difficult for our fellow-workers to recognise and acknowledge their servile status because wage-slavery is cloaked with many disguises. The absence of legal forms of slavery and serfdom serve to hide the true nature of modern slavery. And because the capitalist class with their media of indoctrination, it is indeed difficult to find the truth….

The psychology of crime Crime, in particular robbery with violence is now so rampart in our society that everyone, from the politican to the parson has expressed their views as to its cause and possible cure. Some claim that young people are lazy, and are not interested in work. Others advocate stiffer penalties for those…

The word game The double standard of capitalism is well exemplified by the function advertising play in society. The efforts of people like teachers, who continually tell us the virtue of being satisfied with our lot, and the professionals of advertising who reply that we should not be, that such a thing is vital for…

Economic crisis The government have recently outlined a programme to prevent what they call an “economic crisis”. They tell us that we have been spending too much abroad, and at the same time not producing enough here, to pay for these things. They have imposed a ban on various things from food stuff, to radio…

Ganja and the system Ganja is big business, that we knew all along, what is perhaps new to most is the fact that plane load of the stuff was being collected here on an almost daily basis! Hardly a week goes by without the discovery of some plane, awaiting its load. This is now said…

En enero, el Partido Piquetero, una secta trotskista de Argentina, solicitó al SPGB nuestra postura sobre tres cuestiones relacionadas con las armas nucleares y la guerra nuclear. Prometieron publicar nuestra respuesta. Por lo que sabemos, no han publicado nuestra respuesta. Tampoco han confirmado siquiera su recepción. Por alguna razón, pidieron que se respondiera con un…

En los últimos días,Venezuela ha vuelto a ocupar titulares en todo el mundo.Explosiones,movimientos militares,presión internacional,acusaciones cruzadas y mucha confusión.Para entender lo que ha pasado hasta ahora,conviene apartarse un poco de la propaganda,tanto del gobierno venezolano como de Estados Unidos y de quienes defienden a uno u otro bando.

Si hay trabajadores asalariados, NO es socialismo. Si todos los productos, bienes y servicios son vendidos en el mercado con el propósito de producir ganancias, NO es socialismo. Si el mundo está dividido en naciones, NO es socialismo. Si existe un gobierno de cualquier tipo por encima del pueblo, NO es socialismo. A menos, que…

Un mondo senza guerra può essere soltanto con l’introduzione di un cambiamento sociale fondamentale. Tale cambiamento sarà l’opera della classe socialista e non della politica pacifista. Quest’ultima è stata accettata, sia nel passato sia nel presente, da diversi partiti politici nonchè da vari gruppi d’individui, che sembravano seguire nel campo politico, due linee del tutto apposte,…

El logo de la hoz y el martillo significa la colaboración de clases,‭ ‬es decir,‭ ‬la unidad‭ ‬campesina-laboral,‭ ‬la cual se deriva de la herencia leninista,‭ ‬pero no se deriva de ninguna manera de la tradición marxista que ha evolucionado a través de tres principios interrelacionados, que son:‭ ‬la lucha de clases, la concepción materialista de la historia, y la teoría…

Israel, el representante canalla de EE. UU. en el Medio Oriente con su propia agenda, inició la guerra actual atacando a Irán con el objetivo declarado de evitar físicamente que adquiera la bomba nuclear. Según Netanyahu, la posesión de la bomba nuclear por parte de Irán representaría una amenaza existencial para el Estado de Israel….