A 2001 article by the ICC outlining the features and challenges of capitalism in the final phase of its’ decadence, known as decomposition.
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Activism, Amadeo Bordiga
1952 pamphlet in which Bordiga attacks the obsession with activism and argues for the importance of theoretical struggle.
The Principles of Communism, Friedrich Engels
This 1847 work succinctly describes the positions of the Communist Party and its Left Wing.
Workers’ Councils, Anton Pannekoek
This 1946 work describes the system of workers councils (or Soviets) and their role in the destruction of capitalism, as well as laying out more generally many positions of the Communist Left.
Centralised Party, Yes – Centralism over the Party, No!, Onorato Damen
A 1951 work outlining Damen’s view of ‘dialectical centralism’ as a synthesis of the Bordigist ‘organic centralism’ and Leninist ‘democratic centralism’ as a method of organising the Communist Party.
What is to be Done?, Vladimir Lenin
A 1902 work arguing for a centralised and disciplined vanguard party to lead the revolution, in a polemic against the newspaper Rabocheye Dyelo.
The Spirit of Horsepower, Amadeo Bordiga
A 1953 text describing the Marxist view of industrialisation and applying it to the Stalinist five-year plans to demonstrate their capitalistic nature.
The Communist Left and the Continuity of Marxism, ICC
An article originally published in ‘Proletarian Tribune’ and uploaded by the ICC in 2005 that outlines the basic positions of the Communist Left.
The National Question, Rosa Luxemburg
A 1909 work that outlines the Left-Communist view on national liberation and the right of nations to self determination, in contrast to the view of Lenin.