Summer School 2024 - The Sect Form: Part 1

May 30, 2025 - 32 mins read

Introduction The Marxist left in Britain, Germany, and perhaps Europe as a whole is in crisis. This is not a unique observation; it could even be considered a cliché. It should not be news to anyone here that Marxist organisations, whatever their flavour, are small and essentially irrelevant, aside from brief revivals on the back of spontaneous movements. To those of us familiar with the Marxist left, what remains is a social milieu, composed largely of students and academics, middle-class ideologues, and the rare tired worker, organised into small activist groupings1.

Decay and Rebuilding - Statement of Purpose

May 11, 2025 - 4 mins read

Who are we? Decay & Rebuilding is a communist and marxist educational project with the aim of combating sectarian and reductionist tendencies within the socialist movement. That means we do not accept the manner in which theoretical positions are posited as explanations of historical and political phenomena and view approaches which situate theory in this way – for example, a reductive approach to modes of production which stipulates class categories as uncomplicated social realities (ie.

The Decay and Rebuilding Website is being Built

November 14, 2024 - 1 min read

This website is on its way! Max here, just putting this up to let you know that the website is live, and we’re ready to work on ideas for what to do with the September 2024 Decay and Rebuilding Summer School content. Cheers!