We fully regard civil wars, i.e., wars waged by the oppressed class against the oppressing class, slaves against slave-owners, serfs against land-owners, and wage-workers against the bourgeoisie, as legitimate, progressive and necessary. Vladimir Lenin, Socialism and War (1915) What is Legitimacy? Much is made about the distinction between legitimate […]
Capitalism
Works laying out the Left’s view of contemporary capitalism.
Society of the Spectacle, Guy Debord
Debord’s 1967 work of analysis of culture under capitalism, and criticism of previous Marxists – positing that they functioned as part of the same spectacle of capitalism.
The Coming World Crisis, John
An essay outlining the reasons for capitalist collapse within this century.
State Capitalism and Dictatorship, Anton Pannekoek
Part 1 The term “State Capitalism” is frequently used in two different ways: first, as an economic form in which the state performs the role of the capitalist employer, exploiting the workers in the interest of the state. The federal mail system or a state-owned railway are examples of this […]
Theses on Decomposition, ICC
A 2001 article by the ICC outlining the features and challenges of capitalism in the final phase of its’ decadence, known as decomposition.
Nation or Class?, ICC
A 2006 pamphlet outlining in detail the position of the Communist Left both historically and in the present day on national liberation and anti-imperialism.
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.