What is it?

A trade union can function without its bloated bureaucrats. In fact it will only really function as a force for socialist change without them.

If the process of production inevitably produces a bit of extra value, and that extra bit comes only from what the workers contribute, why should the profits go into the pockets of the business owners?

Unlike pacifists – who reject all wars – socialists oppose some wars, support others and will be prepared to wage war against the capitalist enemy.

Malcolm X was a heroic fighter for black liberation who had started his evolution from nationalism and separatism to socialism but was brutally murdered before its completion.

Clara Zetkin led the struggle for a socialist-led, working class based women’s organisation in Germany in the 1880s-1890s

What is the programme and why is it important?

Revolutionary leadership is needed to break the hold of the reformists and win the working class to communism.

Can capitalism be reformed through parliament?

How Marx and Engels transformed socialist ideas into a scientific critique of capitalism.