This week we ask: why is the left seemingly incapable of fighting the right wing? It is not simply a question of weak organisation or a lack of working-class support for a left-wing programme.
The deeper issue is that the left, as it currently exists, is organically incapable of solving the problems of the working class because it refuse to lay the blame on the capitalist system.
We trace the history of the left wing surge of the 2010s, in the form of Podemos, Jeremy Corbyn and Syriza, explaining why they ended in defeat. We examine the emergence of Zack Polanski and the Greens, alongside 'Your Party' to explain where their popularity comes from. Ultimately, we argue that the reforms being put forward will only work on the basis of a struggle against the capitalist system as a whole - which is what the Revolutionary Communist Party is trying to build.
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