Marxist Voice

In this recording from the International Marxist Winter School 2014, Rob Sewell – editor of Socialist Appeal – discusses the important contributions made by Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx’s closest friend and political peer. In particular, Rob explains Engel’s groundbreaking analysis of the family, the state, evolution, and natural science, all from the standpoint of the Marxist method of dialectical materialism.

In this talk at the Sussex Marxist society, held as part of Black History Month, Paul Bolton of the Glasgow Marxists, provides a historical and materialist analysis of the origins of racism, discussing its roots in slavery and its intrinsic link to class society. As Malcolm X, the revolutionary leader of the black struggle, stated: “you can’t have capitalism without racism.”

In this talk to the Sussex Marxist Society, given on the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War One, Alan Woods – author of “Bolshevism: the Road to Revolution” and “Reformism or Revolution” – analyses the causes behind the “Great War” and discusses the role of imperialism within global capitalism today.

In a recording from this year’s International Marxist Tendency winter school in London, Fred Weston – editor of www.marxist.com – discusses the global crisis of capitalism and analyses the mass movements breaking out across the world, from Burkina Faso to Italy. What is the task of the Marxists in such a period?

Recorded on 2nd November at the International Marxist Tendency Winter School 2014, Jorge Martin – International Secretary of the Hands Off Venezuela campaign – discusses the case of the 43 students that have been abducted in Ayotzinapa, Mexico, and explains the political and social background to these events: a background of corruption, anger, and mass protest in Mexican society.

In this talk at the Southampton Marxist society, Alan Woods – editor of In Defence of Marxism and author of Reason in Revolt: Marxism Philsophy and Science – discusses the philosophy of Marxism – dialectical materialism – and its application to the world of nature and science. Modern science – from chaos theory to evolution – demonstrates the correctness of the Marxist, dialectical method.

Fred Weston, editor of www.marxist.com – website of the International Marxist Tendency – speaks at the UCLU Marxist Society in London, discussing the events and processes taking place in the Middle East, from the Arab Revolutions in 2011, to the civil war in Syria, and the latest developments with Iraq, ISIS, and the Kurds.

At a recent meeting of the Sussex Marxists, Adam Booth – editor of www.socialist.net – discusses the events surrounding the Scottish referendum and analyses the question of independence and nationalism, putting forward a Marxist perspective on the way forward for workers and youth in Scotland, Britain, and internationally.