Our Pamphlets

For a more up-to-date list, see our Catalogue.

The Platform of the ICT - In English, French, Italian, Farsi and Spanish versions. £1

For Communism - An Introduction to the Politics of the ICT. £3

Class Consciousness and Revolutionary Organisation - The issue of “consciousness” is one of the most important for the working class and for revolutionaries. Our approach is unashamedly historical and attempts to draw out the real experience of the working class in its struggles of the last two centuries. £4

1917: Party, Class and Soviets in the October Revolution - The Russian Revolution of October 1917 was unique. It was the only time in history when workers themselves took over the running of the state in a conscious attempt to build socialism. The fact that it eventually failed does not diminish its power to inspire. out of print

1921: Beginning of the Counter-Revolution? - Kronstadt, adoption of the NEP, banning of factions, the failure of the March Action in Germany and the adoption of the united front policy, made 1921 a highly significant year in the degeneration of both the Russian and international revolution. £3

Sylvia Pankhurst's Revolutionary Years - Pankhurst’s time in the East End (1912-24) spanned some of the most traumatic years of capitalism’s existence. 50p

Trotsky, Trotskyism, Trotskyists - How Trotsky, who made such an enormous contribution to revolutionary practice, ended up giving his name to a movement which returned to the counter-revolutionary errors of Social Democracy. £3

Stalin and Stalinism - The lie that the former USSR was “really existing socialism” remains a potent weapon against the working class. This pamphlet not only examines the origins of the regime that emerged from the defeat of the October Revolution but also explains the motivations of Stalinism. £1

Holocaust and Hiroshima - Examines how the nature of imperialist warfare comes to inflict mass murder on the world through an examination of these seminal events. 50p

Capitalism and the Environment - Translated from Prometeo these articles were written some time ago but show that our late comrade was ahead of his time in analysing the unsustainability of capitalist production. £1

Spain 1934-39: From Working Class Struggle to Imperialist War - Reprint of key CWO articles long out of print and translations of contemporary documents from the Italian Left in exile. New introduction. £3

Platform of the Committee of Intesa 1925 - (new edition) The start of the Italian Left’s fight against Stalinism as Fascism increased its grip. £3

South Africa’s New Turmoil - An analysis of class relations in the period after the fall of apartheid thrown into relief by the strike wave which followed the Marikana massacres. £2