Organisation and Tactics

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Wednesday, 17 December 2008

Written by Socialist Appeal

Introduction

Socialist Appeal is the British section of the International Marxist Tendency, which is active in around 40 countries. Our aim is to spread the ideas of Marxism, in an organised fashion, in the labour and youth movement. Only the British working class has the ability to change British society, because of the central role they play in production and their shared interest in establishing socialism.

However, we must carefully study the history and traditions of the British working class in order for Marxist ideas to connect with them. There are all too many groups who simply declare themselves the vanguard of the British working class, and have a dismissive attitude to the class’ real traditions.

In this section readers will find a series of articles explaining our position on the class struggle in Britain, the key points in the history of the British working class and the lessons to be learnt from them, and the strategy of the Marxists in relation to the movements of the masses.

Introductory articles

Interview With Ted Grant on Militant - Fred Weston

Origins of British Trotskyism - Rob Sewell

Where to Begin? - Lenin

Our Programme - Lenin

The Trade Unions in Britain - Leon Trotsky

Longer articles

Problems of Entryism - Ted Grant

On the Mass Organisations - Ted Grant

How the Militant Was Built and How it Was Destroyed - Rob Sewell

Marxism and the Labour Party - Rob Sewell

The New Turn: A Threat to Forty Years' Work - In Defence of Marxism

The Trade-Unions in the Epoch of Imperialist Decay - Leon Trotsky

Marxist classics and books

Bolshevism: The Road to Revolution - Alan Woods

History of British Trotskyism - Ted Grant

In the Cause of Labour: a History of British Trade Unionism - Rob Sewell

Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder - Lenin

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back - Lenin

What is to Be Done? - Lenin

Audio

Bolshevism - Alan Woods