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About Me


We are active revolutionaries committed to methods of struggle which empower workers. Our aim is a socialist society where production is geared to the needs of all, not the profits of a few. Such a society, unlike the old Soviet Union, must be under the direct democratic control of workers. We believe such a society will not come about without co-ordinated calls for action - a programme. We believe we need an international party to develop that programme and win the majority of workers to it. That party must be a model of the direct democracy we preach. Uniquely on the socialist left, we practise collective decision-making.
Capitalism is responsible for dividing us and oppressing minority groups. We utterly oppose discrimination on the basis of race, gender, sexuality, age or disability.
Just as capitalism exploits workers, so it plunders and pollutes the environment uncontrollably. We believe the very survival of the earth now depends on its overthrow.
We want to see the left rebuilt. We are therefore opposed to the sectarianism, opportunism, dogmatism, reformism and cynical contempt for democracy which prevails on the socialist left. We aim to help build a revolutionary international that workers can trust.
Check the Founding Statement in our blog for a full description of us - or just message us to discuss any aspect of our politics.
More news items and analysis are available at our regularly updated website, permanentrevolution.net . Our Australian supporters have a website here.
Note: Permanent Revolution is a newly-formed group and we are in a discussion process with sympathisers in a number of countries. Until that process is complete all views and documents here are those of UK Permanent Revolution unless otherwise indicated.

My Interests

Marxism, Lenin, Trotsky, Transitional Programme, revolution, socialism, left politics, environment, anti-racism, Che Guevara, communism, anarchism, libertarianism, Alexandra Kollontai, Clara Zetkin, Rosa Luxemburg, Fourth International, Paris Commune, Chartists, Russian Revolution, James Cannon, Socialist Party, Socialist Workers Party.

I'd like to meet:


All open-minded people interested in revolutionary socialist politics. We are fully committed to left regroupment around a common programme and welcome contact from other groups.

Cities in which we're based include London, Cardiff, Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield - but we welcome interest from anywhere.

Please note, we cannot reply to comments in the section below! Message us to discuss any aspect of our politics, or post comments to our blogs, where we can also post.

Music:

The Coup, The Clash, Dead Prez, Bessie Smith, Billie Holliday, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, KRS1, Bob Marley, Gil Scott-Heron, Woody Guthrie, UB40, Asian Dub Foundation, Green Day, Chumbawumba, Paul Robeson.

Movies:

Battleship Potemkin, Land and Freedom, Strike, Battle of Algiers, La Regle du Jour, Metropolis, Counterplan, City of God, Rocinante, Sea Coal, The War Game, Burning An Illusion, Fahrenheit 9/11.

Books:

What Is To Be Done?, Capital, Trotskyist Manifesto, Communist Manifesto, State and Revolution, Transitional Programme, The Permanent Revolution.

Heroes:

No heroes - just influences.

My Blog

PR9 out now - summary here

There is no shortage of self-reverential looking back to 1968 in the media  the generation of "68-ers" who now run a lot of it have made sure of that. For all that, May 68 continues to traumatise our...
Posted by permanent revolution on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:42:00 PST

PR8 out now - summary here

Permanent Revolution 8, Spring 2008 - Out Now!The USA takes centre stage in the current issue of our journal.The Democratic Party is going through one of its periodic bouts of enthusiasm and "renewal"...
Posted by permanent revolution on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:47:00 PST

Stop The St Athan Military Academy!

Below is the text of a leaflet produced by the Stop The St Athan Military Academy, a campaign in which Welsh PR members are playing a leading role. If you don't know why this issue is important, read...
Posted by permanent revolution on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:31:00 PST

PR7 out now!

Over the past year and a half, PR's magazine has gained a reputation for sober and thorough analysis unmatched on the left. The new issue is out now. Contents include:Briefings:Fighting for abortion r...
Posted by permanent revolution on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:20:00 PST

UK Shop Stewards network takes off

The launch of an inter-union, national shop stewards' network is a welcome if long overdue development. Trade unionism has taken a terrible beating over the last 25 years in Britain. Of course, there ...
Posted by permanent revolution on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:48:00 PST

G8 2007 - report from the blockade

Report from Rostock 07 by Bill JenkinsAround 10,000 protestors based in three camp sites around the centre had agreed on Wednesday, the opening day of the summit, to seize the three key roads, which f...
Posted by permanent revolution on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:55:00 PST

Don't miss Paul Mason at PR Summer School 2007!

The first PR summer school takes place from 29 June to 1st July in London - featuring Newsnight's Paul Mason talking about his sensational book about the new world working class, Live Working or Die F...
Posted by permanent revolution on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:26:00 PST

UK elections: Labour slump, but can a new workers' party take off?

Time for a new workers party?It is two years since the Socialist Party launched its campaign for a new "mass workers party". At the second conference it is time to ask some hard questions.Why has the...
Posted by permanent revolution on Tue, 08 May 2007 12:05:00 PST

Wales Does Not Need the St Athan Death Academy!

In a recent appearance on BBC's Question Time, Wales' First Minister Rhodri Morgan endured public humiliation as he refused to utter a word on the subject of Iraq. Now, with the award of a potential ...
Posted by permanent revolution on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:57:00 PST

Bush's last push - why the Baghdad offensive can finish him

The United States' ruling class is divided and even in disarray over Iraq. Mass popular opinion wants troops to leave and soon. Invasion was easy, occupation a disaster. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi...
Posted by permanent revolution on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:17:00 PST