Party & Programme

Did Lenin lead to Stalin?

The bosses argue Lenin lead to Stalin. This article shows how Lenin opposed Stalin and the rise of the Soviet bureaucracy.

Rob Schofield  ·  01 February 2000

The Russian Revolution of 1917

How the Bolsheviks were able to lead the world's first successful workers' revolution.

Workers Power  ·  01 January 2000

1905: The dress rehearsal

A look at the Russian Revolution of 1905, the 'dress rehearsal' for 1917.

Rob Schofield  ·  01 November 1999

Socialism in a ‘backward’ country

The 'three concepts of the Russian revolution' that grew up prior to the outbreak of the mass struggle in 1905.

Workers Power  ·  22 October 1999

Colin Ward: miner and socialist (1957–1999)

Obituary for Colin Ward, sacked miner and revolutionary socialist.

Workers Power  ·  21 September 1999

Lenin and the theory of imperialism

Imperialism is a specific stage of capitalism, represented by the division of the world's markets into giant monopolies dominated by financial capital.

Rob Schofield  ·  01 September 1999

Marxism and the national question

The Marxist programme on the national question.

Jeremy Dewar  ·  01 July 1999

Lenin’s fight against economism

An outline of the struggle against economism and the beginnings of Leninism.

Workers Power  ·  21 June 1999

Bruce Groves (1949–1999)

Obituary for Bruce Groves, founder member of Workers Power and campaigner for the disabled.

Workers Power  ·  15 June 1999

Marxism and war

The communist policy on war.

Workers Power  ·  01 May 1999

Marxism and the family

The nuclear family is not as normal as its defenders would have us believe.

Workers Power  ·  01 April 1999

Socialism: the transition to communism

'Socialism is a good idea, but...' is an argument we have all faced. This article outlines how the transition is grounded in the everyday conditions of capitalism.

Workers Power  ·  01 March 1999

The philosophy of Marxism

The materialist and scientific foundations of Marxism.

Workers Power  ·  01 February 1999

The Marxist theory of political economy

Why Marxist political economy explains things better than the capitalists' economic models.

Workers Power  ·  01 January 1999

Where did Marxism come from?

The three strands of thinking that make up scientific socialism.

Workers Power  ·  01 December 1998

Resolution on the Characterisation of the Working Class

A political-economic analysis of the working class under capitalism.

Workers Power  ·  01 June 1998

Marxism versus postmodernism

By Colin Lloyd “The last few years have been marked by an inverted millenarianism in which premonitions of the future, catastrophic or redemptive, have been replaced by the end of this or that (the end of ideology, art or social class, the ‘crisis’ of Leninism, social democracy or the welfare state etc. etc.); taken together, […]

Workers Power  ·  01 January 1997

Nationalism, Nation States and National Liberation

Principles, strategy and tactics in the struggle for national liberation.

Workers Power  ·  19 April 1995

Theses on the United Front

Theses on the united front and how revolutionaries use the tactic to win support and leadership within workers' struggles

Workers Power  ·  01 January 1994

Marxism and the national question

Is the national question Marxism's achilles heel?

Workers Power  ·  30 September 1993

30 Theses in Defence of Trotskyism

1992 edition of our theses on the nature and principles of Trotskyism.

Workers Power  ·  01 July 1992

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