Indonesia: workers' revolution or 'democratic coalition'?
by Martin Thomas

From permanent revolution to permanent confusion
In latter-day Trotskyism the theory of 'permanent revolution'-- anti-landlord or anti-colonial revolution being merged with socialist revolution under the leadership of the working class -- has become a dogma, used more to obscure the fact of many colonies winning freedom on a capitalist basis than to enlighten. In part 1 of a two-part article, Clive Bradley discusses the issues. (Originally published in Workers Liberty [Britain] No. 7).