Reformism
Social Democracy and Imperialism: The Problem with Kautsky
The ongoing debate about the legacy of Karl Kautsky has touched on many issues of socialist strategy today. In this article, originally published in the magazine Ideas de Izquierda from Argentina, the author focuses on a central question: imperialism.
Matías Maiello
May 25, 2019
Karl Kautsky: From Pope to Renegade
In the last few years, there has been a revival of interest in Kautsky's politics in both academia and on the political left.
Doug Enaa Greene
October 3, 2018
The Problem of Reformism
Revolutionaries have classically rejected the reformists’ political method of relying on the electoral/legislative process and the capitalist state. Here is why.
Robert Brenner
August 20, 2018
The Politics of Rupture
In political theory and philosophy, especially leftist theory and philosophy, one not infrequently encounters the notion of ‘rupture.’ But what does a ‘rupture’ refer to, and why does it matter?
Ben Rosenfield
April 20, 2018
Reformism, Centrism and Revolution
Initial conclusions from the debates that took place during the recent Tenth International Conference of the Trotskyist Fraction.
Emilio Albamonte
August 22, 2016SYRIZA and the Position of Revolutionaries
The unprecedented results of the Greek elections in May 2012 that gave SYRIZA the possibility of forming a government led by Alexis Tsipras bring to light once more the debate around the position of revolutionaries regarding the political forces to the “left of the left”. This is even more important taking into account that SYRIZA is softening its discourse.
Philippe Alcoy
June 16, 2012