SWP posters and leaflets at an election rally at George Square, Glasgow

#M2013: Paul Le Blanc’s review of Marxism 2013

The links.org.au online journal has published Paul Le Blanc’s take on this year’s Marxism festival. 

The SWP is undergoing a crisis which is only one aspect of a much larger phenomenon, taking place on a global scale within the revolutionary left. This involves a recomposition of the revolutionary socialist movement as a political force, in tandem with the struggles of the multi-faceted working class struggling against the effects of the present world crisis of capitalism.

In what follows, I want to offer a report on what I was able to observe while attending Marxism 2013. I will also take up various issues having to do with discussions and debates having to do with the Leninist tradition and how it relates to realities and struggles of our time.

► Read ‘Revolutionary elements in London: Marxism 2013 and its context’ here.

Note: This piece was published before rs21 was established as an independent organisation in January 2014. rs21 was founded by a group of people who had been in the opposition within the SWP and who left in response to its persistent mishandling of rape and sexual harassment allegations against a leading member.