Communist Forum

Lars T. Lih, who has previously written for the Weekly Worker and is author of the infamous Lenin Rediscovered: 'What is to be Done?' in Context (published in paperback by Haymarket in 2008), addressed the October 31st OCF on his concept of ‘agreementism’ in Russia between the February and October Revolutions of 1917.

1 (0.00) Cop26: expect nothing much

2 (16.25) Covid: disastrous inaction

3 (22.15) ‘No offence’ equals censorship

4 (32.45) USA: Steve Bannon and January 6

5 (38.50) China: hypersonic hype

6 (45.30) Turkey: embassy crisis

7 (47.40) Assange:@ free him now

8 (48.40) Labour: left putrification

1 (0.00) Insulate Britain: counterproductive methods

2 (6.45) Climate change: civilisation breakdown?

3 (15.05) Killing of David Amess: underlying realities

4 (21.00) Brexit and Ireland: ongoing contradictions

5 (27.00) Afghanistan: no peace in sight

6 (30.15) CPB protocol: Lenin would have been excluded

1 (0.00) UK’s ‘biodiversity’: no surprise

2 (7.00) USA: Trump’s continuing legacy

3 (13.25) China: cold war continues

4 (23.40) Lebanon: latest ‘failed state’

5 (25.20) UKL’s pending energy crisis

6 (30.05) Sport: Saudi and Dubai aristocrats

With Kevin Bean for the Labour Party Marxist Steering Committee

1 (0.00) Labour conference: Starmer safe as leader – for now

2 (12.00) USA: instability continues post-Trump

3 (19.30) Dealing with China: ‘war socialism’ and ‘climate socialism’ combined?

1 (0.00) UN, climate change and COP26: expect ‘hot air’

2 (24.10) Aukus: new anti-China pact

3 (32.30) China: contradictions and divisions

4 (35.20) ‘Levelling up’ fiasco and rail shambles

5 (38.25) Russia and gas: ‘perfect storm’

6 (40.10) Taliban split? Where next for Afghanistan?

7 (43.10) Monarchy farce

8 (50.35) Labour conference: Starmer’s next steps and ongoing struggle

1 (0.00) Al Qa’eda: the story of 9/11

2 (34.40) Peru, ‘people’s war’ and genuine socialism

3 (51.40) Labour: a reliable second eleven or a working class party?

1 (0.00) Afghanistan: what next?

2 (23.30) German elections: red-green-red coalition?

3 (31.45) Tax the rich?

4 (35.00) Real anti-Semitism and its various forms

5 (40.35) Trade unionism (and its limits)

6 (43.55) Texas anti-abortionists and working class independence

7 (46.55) The politics of climate change

8 (53.40) China: ‘turning back to socialism’?

1 (0.00) Afghanistan: the humiliating collapse and what it tells us

2 (44.50) Unite union election and Labour

3 (55.10) Labour Against the Witchhunt: weaknesses of ‘official left’ thinking