News and updates about the activity of the Revolutionary Communist Party.
We invite our readers to this year’s International Marxist Tendency Winter School, being hosted by the UCLU Marxist Society in UCL, London. This year’s weekend school – held from 15-17th November and entitled “Marx Was Right!” – will cover the fundamental aspects of Marxism, at a time when more and more people are commenting on the relevance of Marx’s ideas. Please get in touch if you are interested in attending.
To open the new academic year, the University of London Union Marxist Society is hosting a debate between Alan Woods – editor of www.marxist.com and author of “Bolshevism: the Road to Revolution” – and Orlando Figes – Professor of History at Birkbeck University and author of “A People’s Tragedy” – on the true nature of the Russian Revolution. Come along on Thursday 10th October to hear both sides in what promises to be a fantastic discussion.
We publish here a report from the recent World School of the International Marxist Tendency, held in Greece, written by a Socialist Appeal comrade who was attending such an international Marxist event for the first time. The report gives a vivid description of the quality of the political discussions at the event, as well as of the enthusiasm with which the Marxists are fighting for socialist ideas across the world.
On Tuesday 09th of July Socialist Appeal and the SOAS Marxist Society hosted a discussion at SOAS to analyse and discuss the current revolutionary situation in Egypt and, more broadly, in the Middle East. Jorge Martin and Hamid Alizadeh from the International Marxist Tendency opened the meeting to a crowd of around 40 attendees. Diego Macias of the SOAS Marxist Society reports on the discussion and the views put forward by the Marxists in relation to the important revolutionary events in Egypt.
From 28-30 June, Socialist Appeal, in conjunction with the UCLU Marxist Society, hosted the 3rd Marxist Summer School, with over 100 attending during the course of the weekend. The aim of the school was to discuss the key contributions to Marxist theory made by Ted Grant, the leading Marxist theoretician and activist since the death of Trotsky, and founder of the Militant Tendency and Socialist Appeal.
This weekend, from 28th to 30th June, Socialist Appeal and the UCLU Marxist Society are hosting the third annual Marxist Summer School. We invite our readers to join us in UCL, London, for what promises to be a fantastic weekend of discussions exploring the ideas of Marxism and the ways in which we can fight back against the attacks of a capitalist system in crisis.
On Tuesday 11th June, Socialist Appeal and the Marxist Societies of SOAS and UCL organised a meeting at SOAS (the School of Oriental and African Studies), London, to discuss the current political situation and mass movement in Turkey. This followed on from the daily protests that were held in Trafalgar Square over the past week to show support for the Turkish demonstrators.
On Saturday 8th of June, a rally was organised in Trafalgar Square by the Turkish community of London in solidarity with the revolutionary process that is currently taking place in Turkey. This was part of a series of smaller rallies that were called every day this past week. Comrades from Socialist Appeal have participated throughout the week.
The magnificent movement of the workers and youth of Turkey is an inspiration to the whole world. It has turned into a tidal wave of mass protests against the vicious and reactionary Erdogan regime, and has acquired insurrectionary dimensions.Alan Woods, Marxist author, editor of www.marxist.com, and leading member of the International Marxist Tendency, will speak on the tremendous mass movement in Turkey at a meeting in London on Tuesday 11th June.
On Tuesday 4th June, around 1000 people rallied in Trafalgur Square, London, in solidarity with the movement in Turkey. The majority were from London’s huge Turkish community, with hundreds of Turkish youth present. They gave the protest an explicitly Communist and revolutionary message, with hundreds of red flags and revolutionary chanting.
The latest In Defence of Marxism magazine is out now. This summer 2013 edition contains articles on “Marxism and the Theory of Long Waves” by Alan Woods and “The Curve of Capitalist Development” by Leon Trotsky. Subscribe today to get the four editions of the magazine sent to you over the next year.
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.