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Across Britain, industry is going to the wall. Steelworkers in Port Talbot are being thrown on the scrapheap. Automation threatens to destroy swathes of jobs. To protect our lives and livelihoods, we need socialist planning and workers’ control.
On this day in 1917, Lenin returned to Russia, arriving into Petrograd’s famous Finland Station. This was the beginning of his one-man struggle to politically reorient the Bolshevik Party – a vital stepping stone towards the October Revolution.
Writing for the latest issue of the ‘In Defence of Marxism’ magazine, with the upcoming launch of the Revolutionary Communist International, Alan Woods discusses the history of Marxist internationalism, and the lessons for communists today.
In June, we are launching the Revolutionary Communist International. In this episode, Fred Weston explains the historic importance of the original Communist International led by Lenin and Trotsky, and the lessons we can apply today.
In response to the crisis of the capitalist system, some have turned to the methods of direct action. In this podcast Joe Russell will explain the limits of this approach and the revolutionary communist alternative.
This June sees the launch of the Revolutionary Communist International. We publish here a synopsis of the RCI Manifesto, outlining the communist programme that we are fighting for. Join us today, and help build the forces of communism worldwide.
The Shut Down Rafael campaign aims to shut down an Israeli-owned arms factory in Newcastle. Our comrades, who have been involved in the campaign, offer a critique of its methods, underscoring the need for a revolutionary, class-based approach.
Continuing our ‘sailing under a false flag’ series, exposing the historic crimes of Stalinism, and defending the genuine ideas of communism, Rob Sewell examines the infamous ‘Third Period’, when fatal mistakes allowed Hitler to come to power.
141 years ago this week, Karl Marx – the founder of scientific socialism and one of the greatest revolutionaries in history – died. In this episode, Josh Holroyd explores the theories and events that inspired and shaped the young Karl Marx.
With the western imperialists facing defeat in Ukraine, their boastful jingoism has turned into its opposite. In this episode, Hamid Alizadeh explains what forces lie behind the conflict, and why Communists must take a revolutionary, internationalist position.
This June, communists from across the globe will be meeting at the IMT’s World School of Communism: a six-day school of Marxist ideas, where we will also found the Revolutionary Communist International. Find out more about the exciting talks on offer.
The Enlightenment was an enormous conquest for human thought which was characterised by intellectual honesty and bold materialism. In this episode, Ben Curry will explain the value these ideas hold for Communists today.