In this talk from the main rally at Revolution Festival 2019, Alan Woods – editor of In Defence of Marxism – discusses his new book on the revolutionary movement that overthrew the Franco regime in Spain in the 1970s.
The Marxist Student Federation has made a significant leap in the last period, mobilising support for the climate strikes, UCU strikes, and running the Students4Corbyn campaign. The MSF conference will be electric – book your place today!
Johnson’s hollow gesture to relocate the House of Lords to “reconnect politics with voters” highlights just how out of touch these institutions are to workers. Socialist should support Rebecca Long-Bailey’s call to abolish this feudal relic!
In a bold move, leadership candidate Rebecca Long-Bailey has called for open selection. This is a clear challenge to the Labour right wing – one that should inspire activists to secure a left victory and complete the Corbyn revolution.
Despite losing good left-wing MPs such as Laura Pidcock at the last election, a new generation of Labour lefts have entered into Parliament to carry the torch of the Corbyn movement. Their speeches and actions provide a bold example for others to follow.
After the election, with the uncertainty of Brexit still hovering, it is a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire for the British capitalists. Boris Johnson’s government will soon become one of crisis.
The Tories have recently stepped in to save Flybe. But nothing has been solved and the company still lingers on the edge of bankrupcy, with 2,400 jobs at risk. We say: nationalise the airlines under workers’ control!
Rather than stabilising the situation in Britain, Johnson’s election victory will create further turbulence. With a coming crisis, he will be unable to deliver on his promises. There will be a dramatic shift in consciousness in the next period.
In this talk from last year’s Revolution Festival, Daniel Morley (writer for Socialist Appeal) looks back at the events leading up to the 1949 Chinese Revolution, explaining why the revolution played out as it did, and discussing the process that has unfolded since: from revolution to Tiananmen to capitalism.
Even with the Tories’ election victory, British capitalism remains in a deep crisis – one that has been years in the making. Further austerity and attacks are on the cards. We must overthrow this decrepit system!
In recent months the monarchy has been thrown into crisis, a symptom of the crisis of capitalism. First we had the proroguing of parliament, then Prince Andrew’s train crash interview and now the crisis of “Megxit.” Overthrow this feudal relic!