Leon Trotsky: the life of a revolutionary
To mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution, we present this original documentary by the IMT celebrating the life and accomplishments of one of the revolution’s main leaders: Leon Trotsky.
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Marx’s Capital: Chapter 23-31 – The dynamics and origins of capitalism
In the final video from our Capital in a Day series, commemorating the 150th anniversary of Karl Marx’s Das Kapital, Ben Curry looks at the question of accumulation and inequality within capitalism.
Marx’s Capital: Chapter 12-15 – Machinery, technology, and productivity
Adam Booth looks at the ideas and concepts introduced in chapters 12-15 of Das Kapital, where Marx explains how the capitalists use machinery, organisation, and planning in order to reduce their costs and boost their profits.
Marx’s Capital: Chapter 4-11 – Exploitation, wages, and profits
In part three from our “Capital in a Day” series, Natasha Sorrell – a teacher in Sheffield – discusses where profits come from within capitalism: the unpaid labour of the working class.
Marx’s Capital: Chapters 2-3 – Money
In this video from our recent “Capital in a Day” event, Ben Gliniecki discusses the origins, societal role, and future of money.
Marx’s Capital: Chapter 1 – Commodities and the Labour Theory of Value
In this first of a series of videos from Socialist Appeal’s recent “Capital in Day” event – held to celebrate the 150th anniversary of volume one of Karl Marx’s Capital – James Kilby discusses the concept of the commodity.
150 years on: the relevance of Marx’s Capital
We publish here two video talks by Rob Sewell, editor of Socialist Appeal and co-author of “Understanding Marx’s Capital”, both taken at the recent “Capital in a Day” event.
Myths of Marxism: does the working class still exist?
We are frequently told that Marxism is no longer applicable as a theory in modern society because the working class – apparently – no longer exists. Supposedly “we are all middle class now”, thanks to rising wealth, automation, and deindustrialisation. Jack Halinski-Fitzpatrick explains how this is not the case. If anything, the working class is numerically larger and stronger than ever before.
Perspectives for World Revolution
Speaking at the recent World School of the International Marxist Tendency, held at the end of July 2017, Alan Woods – editor of In Defence of Marxism, www.marxist.com – discusses the current turbulence and volatility in the global economic, political, and social situation. The task is to break with the status quo and fight for revolution.
After the election: Tories in chaos, Blairism buried
The election on 8th June marks a fundamental turning point in British politics. It has transformed the country already, demonstrating the enormous anger that has built up against the Establishment and austerity. What is the way forward now for the Corbyn movement and the fight for socialism?
The theory of the Permanent Revolution
In April 1917, Lenin returned to Russia and politically re-armed the Bolshevik Party with the slogan “all power to the soviets”. In doing so, as Alan Woods discusses in this video, Lenin was affirming Leon Trotsky’s theory of the permanent revolution.
Trump’s chaos at home and hypocrisy abroad
Alan Woods, editor of In Defence of Marxism, discusses Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East, which is taking place at a convenient time for the new president, who requires a distraction from the crisis facing his administration back home.