Artificial intelligence and the nature of consciousness
In this talk from the Revolution Festival 2018, Daniel Morley of the Socialist Appeal editorial board examines one of the most long-standing questions of philosophy: what is consciousness?
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The 2008 crash to now: A decade of crisis
In this talk from the 2018 Revolution Festival, Rob Sewell – editor of Socialist Appeal – explains the causes behind the 2008 crash and discusses the revolutionary way forward for society.
From abortion rights to feminist strikes
To mark International Working Women’s Day – 8th March – we publish a talk from the 2018 Revolution Festival, where Ellen Morton and Fiona Lali of the Marxist Student Federation discuss the modern struggles taking place internationally against women’s oppression.
Marxism and morality
Speaking at the 2018 Revolution Festival, Jack Halinski-Fitzpatrick of Socialist Appeal provides a Marxist analysis of what role morality plays within class society, and how revolutionaries should derive their ethical framework and decisions.
Brexit, Corbyn, and crisis
In this video from the recent national conference of the Marxist Student Federation, Ian Hodson (president of the bakers’ union) and Rob Sewell (editor of Socialist Appeal) discuss the turbulent political situation in Britain and the misery facing workers under capitalism.
Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution
In this video from the 2018 Revolution Festival, Alan Woods (editor of In Defence of Marxism) discusses the events of the English Civil War – England’s revolution.
Freedom and slavery: the birth of capitalism
In this talk from the 2018 Revolution Festival, Josh Holroyd discusses the origins of the capitalist system, the violent and contradictory revolution it carried out across the world, and the implications these hold for the fight against capitalism today.
Hands Off Venezuela! Oppose the imperialist coup!
Jorge Martin of the Hands Off Venezuela campaign discusses the ongoing attempted coup, which is being aggressively pushed by US imperialism.
The revolutionary ideas of Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburg – the Polish-born Marxist and founder of the German Communist Party – was assassinated one century ago today. In this talk, Marie Frederiksen remembers the life and ideas of a true revolutionary.
Dialectics: from Hegel to Marx
In this talk from the 2018 Revolution Festival, Hamid Alizadeh (editor of www.marxist.com) looks at the ideas of Georg Hegel, the German thinker who resurrected the philosophy of dialectics.
Macron: stripped of his liberal halo
Alan Woods, editor of In Defence of Marxism, discusses the magnificent gilets jaunes movement in France, which has exploded out of nowhere to land a blow against the ruling class.
Brexit: “Those who the gods wish to destroy, they first make them mad”
Alan Woods, editor of In Defence of Marxism, discusses the historic political crisis taking place in Britain