markhayes9

Apr 8
8 min

What effect did Stalinism's collapse have on the class struggle?

Striking miners protest in 1989: part of the largest wave of workers' struggles in Russia since the revolutionary wave of 1917-21....

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markhayes9

Mar 2
1 min

New book: An update of Luxemburg's 'What is Economics?'

An Update of Luxemburg's 'What is Economics': Economics is Still a Peculiar Science Kindle Edition by Phillip Sutton (Author) Format:...

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markhayes9

Mar 1
8 min

Notes on the fall of the Stalinist regimes

The Wall comes down: the bourgeois counter-offensive in the west hastened the fall of the Stalinist regimes In a previous text we...

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markhayes9

Feb 8
2 min

The 'Ridley Plan': how the British state came to play a spearhead role in the 80s counter-offensive

Extract from the 'Ridley Plan'' (Economy: Report of Nationalised Industries Policy Group (leaked Ridley report) | Margaret Thatcher...

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markhayes9

Jan 22
8 min

Notes on the bourgeois counter-offensive in the 1980s

“The changes of capitalism since the 1980's are usually explained by a twofold revolution, in computers and in finance. These undeniable...

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markhayes9

Oct 26, 2020
5 min

Debate on Luxemburg: Overproduction v the falling rate of profit

Since the 1970s, debates between organisations of the Communist Left on the explanation for capital’s historic crisis have tended to be...

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markhayes9

Oct 13, 2020
6 min

Suggestions for an immediate programme if the working class takes power

by Link Extract from “Bordiga and the Big City”, International Review no. 166: “We refer to the text written by Amadeo Bordiga in 1953...

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markhayes9

Sep 22, 2020
15 min

Bordiga and the Big City: A Critique

Vision of future vertical green city by Italian architect Paolo Soleri By Marin Jensen This is a response to an article published by the...

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markhayes9

Aug 6, 2020
9 min

Debate on Luxemburg: Key problems with her theory

By Link This text is also a product of the recent online discussion of Luxemburg's theory on the ICC's forum. Introduction I agree with...

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markhayes9

Aug 4, 2020
10 min

Debate on Luxemburg: "Impossibility" of accumulation or overproduction?

By MH This text is the product of, and a contribution to, a debate on Rosa Luxemburg's theory of accumulation which began on the ICC's...

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markhayes9

May 25, 2020
10 min

Critical comments on the CWO's perspectives

Introduction This text makes some critical observations on the text “The current crisis and the tasks of communists” from the November...

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markhayes9

May 14, 2020
7 min

Debate on the balance of class forces: NEW

Is the balance of power between the classes still the determining factor in the dynamic of capitalist society? Introduction The...

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markhayes9

May 5, 2020
11 min

Can the falling rate of profit explain decadence?

This is an extended and more developed version of a text I originally posted on the ICC forum as part of a discussion on theories of...

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markhayes9

Feb 16, 2020
10 min

The ICC's analysis of decomposition: some issues and problems

Introduction I’ve written before about the ICC’s analysis of decomposition, mainly because I realised it was key to understanding the...

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markhayes9

Nov 13, 2019
13 min

What is my view on the 'historic course'?

This is the full version of a text recently submitted to the ICC for publication. I have already commented online on the ICC’s response...

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markhayes9

Sep 17, 2019
28 min

Debate on the course of history

The following text by an ex-ICC member in defence of the concept of the historic course criticises some of my own views on this topic and...

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markhayes9

Aug 25, 2019
9 min

What does the ICC's analysis of decomposition mean for the balance of class forces?

Introduction Although I have already referred to it (see the text on this website), I realised I hadn’t fully grasped all the aspects of...

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markhayes9

Jul 31, 2019
17 min

On the ICC's concept of the historic course

This (rather long!) text is written as a contribution to discussion in the Communist Left rather than simply as a critique of the ICC's...

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markhayes9

Jul 21, 2019
8 min

On the resolutions of the 23rd Congress of the ICC

Editor's note: The ICC published a response to this text (and to the forum discussion on this topic) here. While I don't intend to reply...

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BREATH AND LIGHT

A personal contribution to discussion in the Communist Left

"Self-criticism, remorseless, cruel, and going to the core of things is the life's breath and light of the proletarian movement" (Rosa Luxemburg)

What effect did Stalinism's collapse have on the class struggle?

New book: An update of Luxemburg's 'What is Economics?'

Notes on the fall of the Stalinist regimes

The 'Ridley Plan': how the British state came to play a spearhead role in the 80s counter-offensive

Notes on the bourgeois counter-offensive in the 1980s

Debate on Luxemburg: Overproduction v the falling rate of profit

Suggestions for an immediate programme if the working class takes power

Bordiga and the Big City: A Critique

Debate on Luxemburg: Key problems with her theory

Debate on Luxemburg: "Impossibility" of accumulation or overproduction?

Critical comments on the CWO's perspectives

Debate on the balance of class forces: NEW

Can the falling rate of profit explain decadence?

The ICC's analysis of decomposition: some issues and problems

What is my view on the 'historic course'?

Debate on the course of history

What does the ICC's analysis of decomposition mean for the balance of class forces?

On the ICC's concept of the historic course

On the resolutions of the 23rd Congress of the ICC

BREATH AND LIGHT

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