Finding Evald Ilyenkov
In the era of alt-truth, disinformation and scepticism about the very possibility of knowledge, the work of a defiant Soviet thinker is attracting growing interest.
Evald Ilyenkov’s dialectical approach to philosophy from Spinoza to Hegel and Marx made him a target for persecution by the bureaucratic Stalinist authorities of his day.
The re-discovery of his original texts, suppressed or harshly redacted during his lifetime, is giving rise to an enhanced view of his contribution.
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Time’s up for neoliberalism
This is a handy booklet that will help you get to grips with that mysterious word, ‘neoliberalism’.
It explains what it is, where it came from and where it’s going.
Time’s up for neoliberalism also has four policy areas – the environment, economy, culture and democracy – where we put forward some revolutionary solutions. This is vital reading for everyone fighting for real democracy.
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Unmasking the State
A rough guide to real democracy by Paul Feldman
Analyses the historical origins of the contemporary British capitalist state and the long struggle for democracy and political rights, from the Levellers to the Chartists and beyond. Describes the changes to the state under globalisation and how representative democracy has been undermined. Makes a series of proposals for a new, transitional state to extend democracy into workplaces and society as a whole.
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What if?
A Jeremy Corbyn-led government would inevitably face a variety of challenges as it attempted to implement policies that went against the grain of the last 30 years of neoliberal economics and policy making.
Ending austerity, bringing the railways, water and other utilities back into public ownership, blocking the outsourcing of public services, allowing councils to build social housing, creating an infrastructure bank, restoring the welfare state and curbing financial power are what Corbyn calls the “new mainstream”.
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Democracy Unchained
Democracy Unchained discusses what is wrong with the existing system, what real democracy would look like and how it can be achieved.