We need to abandon the whole Bolshevik legacy, including that of China, and start over, if we hope to have a chance for a ‘real socialism’ or neo-communists. All the tired jargon of archaeo-marxist ideological posturing is obsolete now and we need a new kind of politics, party, historical vision.
We are pleased to republish from Workers Today this very important article by the late Domenico Losurdo (1941-2018), a distinguished Italian Marxist scholar and communist militant. Losurdo outlines three distinct waves of social experiment in the young Soviet state in the 15 years following the October Revolution and makes a comparative analysis with the development … Continue reading Domenico Losurdo: Reflections on the transition from capitalism to socialism