News and updates about the activity of the Revolutionary Communist Party.
We are very pleased to invite our readers to a special one day conference on revolutionary Latin America and Spain. Join us for a series of talks and open discussions – organised by the International Marxist Tendency, the Bolivia Solidarity Campaign and Hands Off Venezuela – on the great social movements of youth and workers occurring across the Spanish Speaking world.
Over 50 activists, trade unionists, youth and Latin American activists, met in London on 4th May to discuss about the legacy of Hugo Chávez and the challenges facing the Bolivarian revolution. The meeting reaffirmed our rejection of the opposition claims of electoral fraud and renewed our commitment to defend the democratically expressed will of the Venezuelan people to elect Nicolás Maduro as president.
We are proud to announce the launch of the new biography of Ted Grant, entitled “Ted Grant: the Permanent Revolutionary”. Alan Woods, the author of the book, will be publically launching the book at a meeting on May Day – Wednesday 1st May – hosted by the UCLU Marxist Society in London.
On Thursday 11th April, a packed Socialist Appeal meeting at University College London saw miners’ leaders and trade unionists recall the brutality of Thatcher and the bitter lessons etched into their consciousness. The speeches from John Dunn, of the Justice for Minerworkers campaign, and Chris Herriot – an ex-miner from Scotland – demonstrated the anger that exists across the country towards Thatcherism and the passion to fight for a socialist alternative.
There was a record participation of 110 attendees at Socialist Appeal sellers’ annual conference over the weekend of 6th and 7th April. The increased quantity was also expressed in a higher quality than ever before. Never has Marxism been as relevant and potentially powerfully as today, and never before have the ranks of the Marxists been as confident and optimistic.
The huge response from ordinary people to the death of Hugo Chavez has highlighted the massive impact that the Venezuelan Revolution has had on millions of people worldwide. Never has the Venezuelan Revolution been more relevant than today. This explains why over 70 people came to see Alan Woods – editor of www.marxist.com and founder of the Hands Off Venezuela campaign – speak on the legacy of Chavez and the tasks of the Venezuelan Revolution now that its leader has passed away.
8th March every year is International Women’s Day – a celebration of the important role played by women in the class struggle throughout history. To mark this day, we would like to highlight several articles that may be interest to readers regarding the question of women and the class struggle.
Between 15th-17th February, supporters of the International Marxist Tendency from Britain, Denmark, Sweden, and Austria met for the annual Marxist Winter School, this year hosted by the UCLU Marxist Society in London, and the event proved to be a great success.
Over the weekend of the 26th and 27th of January, Socialist Appeal supporters from Scotland and the North of England came together in Newcastle University Students’ Union to discuss the fundamental ideas of Marxism. This was the second annual Marxist Weekend School to be held in Newcastle and provided all those who attended with an opportunity to take part in extensive discussions on a variety of topics.
The IMT World School that was held in
Italy between 31 July and 5 August was a tremendous success. About 225
comrades from many different countries and continents travelled to the
Italian seaside resort of Marina de Massa in order to attend a week of
intense but enjoyable and educational meetings.