Successful communist projects have culture at their core, as it is fundamental to embedding revolutionary ideas among the people and preventing revisionist decay, writes JOHN PATEMAN, ahead of this month’s major conference in Barnsley

Held in his favourite seaside town, this year’s international conference on Engels was a resounding success, with important contributions from Chinese scholars, reports JOHN PATEMAN

Infamous for the misunderstood events of 1956, visit the Hungarian capital today and you will find many proud relics of an era of full employment, free housing, education and leisure, writes JOHN PATEMAN