Issue 119 of the Communist Review has now been published and is available to purchase from Book Space Cardiff (26a Crwys Road, Cardiff, CF24 4NL).
This issue is published before the Communist Party Congress due to take place in November and as such it forms essential part of the internal analysis and discussion that takes place in the Party in order to improve current positions and adopt new ones.
Central to recent discussions both at societal level, within the broad left and within the Communist Party has been the Party’s position of sex and gender and in particular on women rights and trans rights. The Party’s position has been articulated in several previous texts, such as:
The gender recognition bill and equality law
Joint statement of the Supreme Court ruling
In issue 119, an alternative analysis of the subject is articulated based on Social Reproduction Theory aiming to unify our understanding of exploitation and discrimination under the same structure. A critique of this position is also included based on the current Party position taking a more materialist view.
This is an opportunity to read an in-depth analysis on the subjects of women and trans rights and also to observe the process of forming Party positions through dialogue, robust analysis and spirit of class struggle.
Additional material is included also in relation to standing for elections which is of particular interest to readers in Cymru as we are getting ready for the forthcoming Senedd elections next year. A thorough presentation of the contribution of Aimé Césaire to Marxist theory is also included as well as an article on current class struggle in Venezuela.
The Communist Review is the theory and discussion journal of the Communist Party of Britain, and has been published continuously from Autumn 1988. The Communist Review intends to engage more consistently in the battle of ideas and emotions, in particular with the issues of neoliberalism, imperialism and diversionary trends such as post-Marxism, and with the degradation of social life through the ruling class’s use of the culture industries and the education system. The journal also reflects major Communist Party of Britain priorities and initiatives, and seeks out and publishes articles on various Marxist approaches internationally, looking in particular at China, Africa, India, the Caribbean and so on.