World War One: The Great Slaughter
To commemorate Armistice Day – 11th November – Alan Woods analyses the factors behind the First World War – “The Great Slaughter” – and discusses the revolutionary alternative to imperialism and war today.
November 2015
Warning shots fired by army establishment against Corbyn
According to recent comments by General Sir Nicholas Houghton during Remembrance Sunday, we should be “worried” if Jeremy Corbyn became prime minister. These words are just the latest in a series of “political” statements to be made by leading members of the UK armed forces – a warning of what to expect in the future.
Review: Cosmonauts – Birth of the Space Age
Ben Gliniecki reviews “Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age”, an exhibition currently running at the Science Museum in London, which is an extraordinary collection of Soviet spacecraft and artefacts – a testament to the fantastic power of a planned economy.
Reinstate Andrew Fisher! Defend Corbyn! Fight for Socialism!
On Friday 6th November, Andrew Fisher – a longstanding Labour left-winger, recently appointed as a political advisor to Jeremy Corbyn – was suspended from the Labour Party. These latest actions by the Labour Party bureaucracy are a clear provocation and attack against Corbyn and his supporters.
Victor Serge on the Russian Revolution of 1917
In these extracts from “Year One of the Russian Revolution”, published in 1930, Victor Serge explains how the events of 1917 reflected the revolutionary forces within society and outlines the key role of the Bolshevik Party and its leadership in the October Revolution, which took place 98 years ago.
Introduction to Eisenstein’s “October: Ten Days That Shook the World” by Alan Woods
To commemorate the anniversary of the October Revolution of 1917, we publish here a short speech by Alan Woods on Sergei Eisenstein’s masterpiece “October – Ten Days that Shook the World”.
Guy Fawkes: revolutionary or a terrorist?
In a special Bonfire Night talk at the Sussex Marxist society, Alan Woods, editor of www.marxist.com and author of Reason in Revolt: Marxist Philosophy and Modern Science and Bolshevism: the Road to Revolution, discusses the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and its legacy.
“We demand free education, funded by expropriation!”: Marxist students join thousands on national student demo
Marxist students joined thousands of students and youth from across the country as part of the national demonstration on Wednesday 4th November in London against tuition fees, against the scrapping of maintenance grants, and for free education. The fight for free education is a fight for socialism.
Turkey: How did Erdoğan win the elections?
On Sunday, the party of the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the AK Party, won a comfortable majority in Turkey’s parliament. This came as a huge shock to many workers and youth. How could this blatant murderer and aspiring despot get the support of large sections of the population?
Syria, imperialism, and the refugee crisis
We publish here two recent video talks in which Alan Woods and Hamid Alizadeh discuss the Syrian civil war, the role of imperialism in the Middle East, and the refugee crisis that has been created as a result, as millions flee war and poverty.
Generation Y: A generation ‘lost’ to austerity?
A recent report by the Equality and Human Rights Commision has warned that young people ‘have the worst economic prospects for several generations’. For Marxists, the findings of this report come as no shock. The task is for workers and youth to unite and fight against the capitalist system and its austerity.
Horror films: the decline of capitalism through the lens
Lenin once remarked that, “Capitalist society is and has always been horror without end.” It is a feeling unconsciously shared by millions and reflected in the popularity of the horror genre since the very beginning of cinema, demonstrating the anxieties and fears in the society of the times.