The Platform focuses primarily on influencing the SP through voting recommendations and writing articles that contribute to internal party debates.

The program calls amongst other things for the establishment of a democratic republic, workers’ militias, an elected judicial system and the nationalisation of the economy and healthcare.

[7] Karl Kautsky is often heralded for his role in the forging of the SPD party movement and his influence on the Russian October Revolution.

Kautsky is also heavily criticised by the Platform for his later role in the rightward turn of the SPD and his support for social democracy against Marxism after the split in the Second International.

More concretely, it puts a lot of emphasis on a pan-European political approach and takes up calls for Communist Party of the European Union and a Democratic Republic of Europe.

[17][18] The Marxist Forum organises meetings for SP-members where they discuss the SP's course and where motions are formulated to carry at party congresses.

In this episode, SP general secretary Arnout Hoekstra claimed that the six expelled members planned to start an armed civil war.

[24] Political commentator Nynke de Zoeten places the expulsions in the context of a party leadership that has expressed interest in entering a government coalition with the VVD, something which parts of the SP membership do not agree with.

[29] They claimed that his remarks about an upcoming coup in ROOD was unfounded, especially given the fact that the situation involved active members being elected in a democratic process.