If you're reading this, you probably already agree we need a change. The question is how. Many choose to organise locally and campaign around specific issues. There are plenty of charities, tenants' rights groups, food banks, migrant solidarity campaigns and so on. The list is as endless as the problems created by a world where billions toil for the profits of a few. But we want to strike at the heart of the matter — the capitalist system itself. What distinguishes us from pure activists is that when we participate in single-issue local struggles, our aim is to connect these isolated struggles together. We want to raise the sights of the people around us to the broader picture of class society and the revolution Britain is hurtling towards. Our goal is the success of the revolution in Britain and across the world. This would put the working class in charge of society and is the permanent solution to our present crisis. 

The Communist Society meets every week to study the revolutionary ideas of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Trotsky. We do not do this merely for the intellectual value of theoretical discussions, but to also distill their approach to history, philosophy, and economics, so that we can apply their methods to our current situation. By organising together, we're able to put these ideas into practice, bringing them to the local workers’ and students‘ movements on the streets, at pickets, and in protests.  

In the past five years we've seen revolutions in Nepal, Kenya, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Ecuador. This is very exciting, and shows what is to come. However, they were all defeated. We learn from history that capitalism produces social ruptures such as these, but a conscious and organised force is required to direct this energy against class society itself. As such, for the current period in Britain, where the forces of revolution are still a tiny minority, our aim is to create cadres. This is someone who has conquered the fundamentals of Marxism and can flexibly apply them; it is someone who could be dropped anywhere in the country, or abroad for that matter, and would be capable of crystallising a cell of communists around them. 

A revolutionary leadership made up of cadres like that would be prepared for the spontaneous uprising of the masses, and would be able to provide the political basis for a new socialist society. Such a leadership in times of revolution cannot be secured with bureaucratic or organisational methods, but only with the political clarity and inspiration of Marxism. There are no shortcuts. Our task today is to patiently develop our own leadership capabilities so that we can build a revolutionary communist party: a formidable force capable of defeating the counterrevolution when revolution erupts in Britain, overthrowing capitalism, and achieving international socialism within our lifetime. In the words of Lenin: 

"Without revolutionary theory

there can be no revolutionary movement."

Join REVSOC if you: 

• Want to learn more about Marxism and be well-rounded theoretically,
• Enjoy discussions among comrades about philosophy, history, economics and current events, nationally and internationally,
• Want to get stuck into local struggles, raise the banner of communism in public consciousness, and
• Want to fight to overthrow capitalism and build the socialist revolution!

Visit our Linktree for useful links and our social media accounts! The Communist Society is affiliated with the Southampton branch of the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP), the British section of the Revolutionary Communist International (RCI), fighting in over 70 countries around the world for the overthrow of capitalism and a socialist future for humanity. The RCI is not a loose federation, but a centrally coordinated, democratic world party of the revolutionary proletariat, which must be built in all countries to replace the international capitalist system with an international socialist system. Join us! 

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The Committee

All clubs and societies within the Students' Union are run entirely by students. The student committee for Communist Society this year are: