COMMUNIST REVIEW (“New Series”, CR) is the theory and discussion journal of the Communist Party of Britain, and has been published continuously from Autumn 1988. Here you will find contents, editorials and the text of one major article from the most recent editions, and full pdfs of all previous editions for which we have digital versions. You will also find links to the Communist Party online shop, where you can buy individual editions and subscribe.
For the first two decades of its existence, CR appeared on average five times every two years; but with issue No 52 publication shifted to quarterly, albeit occasionally delayed. Then, from July 2024 (CR112) to March 2026 (CR122) the journal appeared bimonthly; but more recently it has had to drop back to every four months, due to increased print and distribution costs.
The move to bimonthly production was prompted by the need to engage more consistently in the battle of ideas and emotions. That need still remains, in particular over: the issues of neoliberalism, imperialism, neocolonialism, racism and fascism; climate change and the challenge of contemporary technological advances; diversionary trends such as post-Marxism and so-called ‘Western’ Marxism; the degradation of social life through the ruling class’s use of the culture industries and the education system; and the countering of slanders against People’s China, Cuba and the other socialist countries.
To continue to tackle these matters effectively, we are, from November 2026, publishing Communist Review as two parallel journals: the traditional paid-subscription print (or digital) edition (‘CR’), pdfs of back issues of which appear in the archive on the main part of this site; and a new free digital-only version, CR Online, accessible by the link given above. The object is to publish CR Online as frequently as CR, but interim between CR publications.