Merkel and the environment: smog and mirrors
After spending over a decade in power attempting to greenwash her capitalist programme, Merkel’s environmental agenda is quickly unravelling under pressure from big business.
February 2019
Review: Margarethe von Trotta’s “Rosa Luxemburg”
Steve Jones reviews the re-release of an inspiring film about the life and ideas of Rosa Luxemburg, the great revolutionary leader and founder of the German Communist Party.
Marxist Student Federation on the rise
This year’s national conference of the Marxist Student Federation demonstrated the confidence of the Marxists in Britain, who are enthusiastically fighting to bring a socialist Labour government to power.
Pakistan: Marxist student arrested – release Rawal Asad!
Marxist student activists in Pakistan are being repressed for their solidarity campaigning. We urge all our readers to support victimised comrades and demand the release of those arrested.
Bye bye Blairites! Now show the rest the door
Seven right-wing MPs have split away from the Labour Party, much to the relief of grassroots members. But many of their treacherous ilk have been left behind. They must be replaced at the first opportunity.
Students rise up to fight capitalism’s climate crisis
Thousands of school students took to the streets last Friday, demanding immediate action against the impending climate catastrophe. We need system change, not climate change.
No coup! No war! Hands off Venezuela!
US imperialism is continuing in its attempts to bring about regime change in Venezuela. We publish here a statement from the International Marxist Tendency, explaining why it is the duty of all socialists to fight this coup.
Venezuela: British imperialism is an accomplice to Trump’s coup
Trump and his administration are continuing to tighten the screws on Venezuela. The Tories and Blairites have been reliable handmaids to US imperialism in this task. Hands off Venezuela!
Student climate strikes demand radical change – we need a revolution
Thousands of students will walk out from school tomorrow as part of an international protest against politicians’ passivity in the face of existential environmental crises. We must demand a bold socialist alternative.
Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution
In this video from the 2018 Revolution Festival, Alan Woods (editor of In Defence of Marxism) discusses the events of the English Civil War – England’s revolution.
Brexit crisis will reshape political landscape forever
The neverending Brexit saga is taking its toll on both of Britain’s major political parties, exposing the faultlines and widening the rifts. The question is not if there will be splits, but when.
Luciana Berger and Liverpool Wavertree: what really happened?
Grassroots Labour members should be able to hold their representatives to account. But Labour right-wingers have vehemently opposed this basic democratic principle.