Marxist Voice

In this recording from the recent REVOLUTION! Marxist festival, Fred Weston – editor of www.marxist.com – discusses the crisis in Britain following the political earthquake of the Brexit vote, analysing the tensions within the Tories over Europe and the ongoing civil war within the Labour Party.

We publish here a video of a recent talk from the International Marxist Tendency (IMT) 2016 Conference where Anam Patafi, women’s organiser for the Pakistani section of the IMT, discusses the oppressive conditions facing women in Pakistan and explains the revolutionary way forward for women’s liberation.

In this video from a recent day school on Marxist economics, Ben Gliniecki of the Socialist Appeal Editorial Board discusses the development of Marx’s theories on capitalism, examining the classical economists preceding Marx who were influential in shaping his ideas on questions such as the Labour Theory of Value.

In this video from the recent World Congress of the International Marxist Tendency in July 2016, Alan Woods – editor of In Defence of Marxism – discusses the main processes taking place in terms of global political and economic developments; above all, the extreme turbulence and instability of the world situation.

John Peterson, editor of Socialist Appeal USA, discusses the polarised and radicalised political situation in America. With the demagogic Donald Trump growing in popularity on one side, and Bernie Sanders now officially backing Hillary Clinton for president on the other, what is the way forward for workers and youth in the USA in the fight for socialism?

July 2016 marks the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, in which the workers of Spain rose up spontaneously in an attempt to defeat the fascist forces of General Franco. To commemorate this historic event, we publish here a recording from the Red October 2015 weekend school, in which Jorge Martin of the International Marxist Tendency discusses the lessons of the Spanish Revolution of 1931-37, and explains their relevance to the situation in Spain today.

As another Labour leadership contest gets underway, Rob Sewell – editor of Socialist Appeal – discusses the class divisions within the Labour Party and the way forward for the movement that has developed around Jeremy Corbyn. How do we defeat the Blairite coup? And how can we fight the Tories and their austerity?

As another Labour leadership contest begins, Alan Woods – editor of In Defence of Marxism​ – discusses the rapidly changing political situation in Britain, which finds its most acute expression in the civil war that has opened up within the Labour Party.

We publish here a video from a recent meeting of Socialist Appeal supporters in London where Alan Woods – editor of In Defence of Marxism – discusses the political earthquake of the Brexit vote, which has sent shockwaves across Britain, Europe, and the whole world.

In advance of the upcoming referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union, Alan Woods – editor of In Defence of Marxism – explains the real motivations of the Stay and Leave camps, which are both dominated and led by reactionaries. The EU referendum is a fight between two wings of the Tory Party. Rather than supporting either of these, it is the task of Marxists to tell the truth, expose the lies and hypocrisy on both sides, and fight for a Socialist Europe.

In this video from a recent Socialist Appeal day school on Marxist economics, James Kilby compares and contrasts the economic theories of Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes, and analyses the material conditions and historic factors that led to the “post-war boom” – the 25 year period of capitalism upswing that followed the end of the Second World War.