Theses on Reformism

Greek elections: A rout for the parties of austerity; an opportunity for theLeft

Dave Stockton Tue, 08/05/2012 - 06:39

The Greek elections have demonstrated a massive popular rejection of the governing parties who support the EU-IMF austerity memorandum that has caused so much suffering to ordinary Greek people over t Read more...

Reformism and the workers' movement - Introduction

Mon, 30/05/1983 - 10:59

The fundamentals of the Marxist critique of reformism were worked out by the founders and developers of scientific communism. Marx and Engels laid the foundations of this at the time of the Communist League in its famous Manifesto. They developed this critique in struggles within the First International and in their exchanges with the leaders of the early German Social Democracy (SPD). Read more...

Political parties and the working class

Mon, 30/05/1983 - 10:59

Political parties are organised bodies which have the goal of expressing common social interests and political conceptions concerning the organisation of the state, society and the economy. Read more...

The strategy of reformist parties

Mon, 30/05/1983 - 10:59

The reformist party is bourgeois in its goal and in its strategy. Read more...

Revolutionary tactics towards reformism

Mon, 30/05/1983 - 10:59

The onset of crisis has, historically, always been accompanied by working class struggle to defend past gains and to maintain living standards. Read more...

The United Front

Mon, 30/05/1983 - 10:59

The effective use of tactics to defeat reformism requires a firm grasp of the strategy of which these tactics are a component part. The series of related tactics that have become known as the united front must not be allowed to usurp their subordinate function. Read more...