Authors – Marxist Theory

July 8, 2026 2 min read

Class Character of China -Debate 2007 – 2019

The rise of China to become the world’s second-largest economy within a relatively short period has been one of the defining developments of mod...

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CWI

April 1, 2026 99 min read

Programmatic Foundation of the CWI and the Historical Struggle for a Revolutionary Socialist International 2026

The First, Second and Third Internationals Stalinism and the Struggle of Trotsky and the Left Opposition Trotsky, the Fourth International and the Tra...

CWI

November 20, 2025 50 min read

Our Programme and Transitional Demands

Peter Taaffe 1995, Militant Labour Members’ Bulletin 13 FROM TIME to time it is necessary for our organisation to re-evaluate its programme, its...

Peter Taaffe

November 19, 2025 7 min read

The ‘Name Change’ Debate – Introduction

Editor’s note: In 1996, a debate took place which became known as the ‘Name change debate’ in what was then Militant Labour, soon to...

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November 18, 2025 1 min read

Debates in the CWI

Contents (1) The ‘Open Turn’, 1991-92 (2) The Collapse of Stalinism, 1991-92 (3) The ‘Name Change’ Debate, 1996 (4) Party, Programme, ...

CWI

November 18, 2025 1 min read

Abbreviations Used in the ‘Open Turn’ Debate

Editors note: While under threat of expulsion from the Labour Party, these documents used the following conventions: NEB – National editorial Bo...

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November 18, 2025 66 min read

The ‘Open Turn’ Debate – Introduction

For Marxists, the crucial problem of strategy and tactics is this: How can a revolutionary minority win the support of the majority of the working cla...

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November 18, 2025 2 min read

The ‘Open Turn’, Debates in the CWI, 1991-92

Contents (1) Introduction (2) Scotland, Perspectives and Tasks, CWI Majority (xx xxx 1991) (3) Majority and Minority Resolutions (4) The New Turn – ...

CWI

November 6, 2025 7 min read

Inkatha Chief Attacks Inqaba

Originally published in Inqaba ya Basebenzi No.26 (April 1988) It wasn’t the first time (or the last) that peace talks with Inkatha collapsed. But w...

MWT

November 6, 2025 6 min read

When Ivin Malaza Died

Originally published in Inqaba Ya Basebenzi No.24/25 (October 1987) Not only at BTR and Zincor, but also at a number of other workplaces, leading work...

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