I.
Capitalism is a system that wraps its appendages across the entire globe. It is only international revolution that can bring its downfall. This was made undeniable in the 1920’s and remains so today.
II.
That capitalism is in its period of decadence and has been since the onset of the first world war. This decadence, which corresponds to the real domination of capital, makes it so that it is no longer possible to make enduring reforms to the benefit of the class, or to organise via unions in a revolutionary fashion.
III.
The job of revolutionaries is not to become the official leaders of the class, nor can the party be substituted for the class. The job of the party is to provide a balance sheet for the revolution, to safeguard it from elements of capitalist ideology, and to help propel the rest of the class forward in its development.
IV.
We uphold the centrality of class struggle. However we do not ignore how race and gender effect the lives of proletarians. We see an analysis of other forms of oppression as immensely more productive than ignoring them completely as other groups may choose to do. These differences are not to be ignored, but are something we must take into account in pursuit of proletarian unity.
V.
We uphold that reformist measures will not provide us with a stepping stone to a free society, but only serve to strengthen the grip of capital.
VI.
That the “Left” is merely the left wing of capital, and as such we reject calls for “Left Unity” as detrimental to the communist movement. We are, however, open to correspondence with those who genuinely reside within the proletarian camp.
VII.
That at the core of Marx and his work resides his humanism, and thus the regard for the proletariat as the revolutionary subject. This remains true today, even if capitalism is in a more advance state than it was at his time.
VIII.
The rejection of the USSR’s and other projects’ claim to socialism. These projects were nothing more than state capitalism at its most extreme. In the same breath, we oppose the view self-management and the notion of cooperatives as having anything in common with the communist movement. Rather, state capitalism and self-management reside firmly in the left and against communism.
IX.
Opposition to all forms of nationalism and movements for “national liberation”.
X.
That not only is the abolition the workplace, and of work as alienated labor necessary, but the abolition of education as a sphere separate from daily life is necessary as well in pursuit of the total abolition of alienation.
Without Restraints 