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Prometheus - A Journal for Socialism and Democracy

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Jake Fremantle discusses two recent books on ecological politics by Nicholas Beuret and Thea Riofrancos and the pathways to resisting capital's ecological destruction.

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05.02.2026 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Rida Vaquas provides a history of how the Gotha Programme came into being and how socialist organisations came to merge.

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28.01.2026 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The CPGB was seen as subservient to the Moscow line. Dylan Murphy argues that the struggle against fascism in the 30s complicates this view.

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19.01.2026 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can profit exist within a socialist economy? Antonio Garcia investigates works from Marx's 'Capital' to 'Economic Problems of the USSR,' arguing that the latter is not a 'modernisation' of Marxism but a refutation of it.

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After the Your Party founding conference, what's next for the British Left? Harry Holmes offers a review of the politics of the British left at the close of 2025, looking at their limits and the challenges ahead.

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16.12.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How do we develop a politics of self-emancipation? Andreas Chari offers some brief thoughts on the mass party, programme and republicanism.

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10.12.2025 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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James T reviews Quinn Slobodian's book on the intellectual origins of the contemporary far-right's fusion of racism and neoliberalism.

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21.11.2025 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Editorial Board of Prometheus offers our solidarity to the comrades of Linksjugend [’solid] in light of recent attacks by the German press.

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18.11.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How do we organise around a sortition-based conference? Kieran Glasssmith, a founder of the Democratic Socialists, offers a plan.

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10.11.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sortition is sold as the solution to our democratic deficit. Michael Chessum argues that it is a chimaera ripe for undemocratic manoeuvres.

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04.11.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Left in Britain has restarted discussing the merits of sortition. Ewan Cameron introduces sortition as a component of socialist strategy.

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04.11.2025 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Faced with the increasing militarisation of our schools, Prometheus Editorial Board member Vik Chechi-Ribeiro argues for an anti-militarist politics that merges socialism with the worker movement.

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At Prometheus we have interviewed these groups to provide a guide for people to understand them and their political differences more.

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You can read and sign their unity declaration here:

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In the run up to the founding conference of Your Party, several groupings and campaigns have developed and emerged. At The World Transformed, seven of these groupings came together to present a minimum unity declaration.

22.10.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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With the state of "partyist" forces in Britain having seen better days, how do we raise the red banner of republican communism again? Joe Carman spoke at the CPGB's Communist University, offering some pointers.

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17.10.2025 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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For a member led, Socialist party | Prometheus In an unprecedented display of unity, seven groups have declared an agreed programme in the fight for a socialist and member led Your Party

In an unprecedented display of unity, seven groups on the left came together at The World Transformed Festival to agree on a programme for winning a member-led socialist Your Party.

Read their proposal below:

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πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ Thank you all for coming to our panel yesterday. Thanks to The World Transformed Festival for the opportunity. We'll hopefully see you all next year!

In the meantime, we're looking for submissions on anti-oppression and anti-imperialist struggles, as well as reflections on this year's TWT.

12.10.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Labour Left and its MPs actively mislead the workers’ movement. Talal Hangari exposes the consequences of their politics.

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03.10.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What lessons can be gained from Wendy Goldman’s book 'Women, the State and Revolution'? Noemi Chiavassa engages in a critical reflection.

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02.10.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Critics of the recent deportations in the US fail to analyse their motivations, either overlooking the question entirely or attributing it to simplistic solutions. Antonio Garcia attempts to uncover the true motivations of the American bourgeoisie.

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25.09.2025 08:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Are there any lessons from the 1917 Leeds Convention? Gabriel Salter argues it can guide the debates around new left parties in the present.

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24.09.2025 08:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How can the exploited develop class consciousness? Raju J Das develops an approach to educational activity based on the Marxist worldview.

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20.09.2025 09:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How should Marxists engage with the new Left Party? The Marxist Unity Caucus, a faction within @rs21.bsky.social, argues for establishing a caucus fighting for an explicitly communist horizon.

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18.09.2025 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What principles should communists hold firm to in the new party? Chris Strafford argues for working-class power and political independence.

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10.09.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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With the glacial pace of the development of Your Party rivalling the pace of the heat death of the universe, Archie Woodrow examines the progress so far, the inner factions and their politics.

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Where should the new Left Party draw its strength from? Owen Brown argues that community unionism can serve as a working-class base.

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02.09.2025 08:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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How do we engage with the new Left Party? As revolutionaries or as reformists? Morgan Rhys Powell engages with a recent A*CR perspective.

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21.08.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The World Transformed

πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ Prometheus will attend this year's The World Transformed Festival, details TBA.

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18.08.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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With a new Left Party on the horizon, how do we practise our democratic principles and restore the power of Socialist politics? Talah Hangari argues in favour of open and permanent factions.

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05.08.2025 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How the new Left Party will be structured and what its purpose will be remain open questions. We republish a recent piece by @maxshanly.bsky.social that offers a framework for building a democratic and socialist party.

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