Podcast

In this talk from a recent Socialist Appeal day school, Daniel Morley discusses the question of Imperialism – what Lenin described as “the highest stage of capitalism”.

In this recent talk from a Socialist Appeal day school, Adam Booth – editor of www.socialist.net – provides a Marxist analysis of fascism, analysing its historical rise and role, and discussing the nature of the far-right parties and leaders that are gaining support today.

In this talk from the REVOLUTION! 2016 festival, Ben Curry of the Leeds Marxists gives an overview of the historical development of scientific theories and the philosophical ideas that lie behind some of the biggest scientific revolutions in history.

In this video from the LSE Marxist society, Jorge Martin – editor of the Marxist magazine, America Socialista – discusses the life and legacy of Fidel Castro and the perspectives for the Cuban Revolution today.

In this talk from the REVOLUTION 2016 Marxist festival in London, Niklas Albin Svensson of the International Marxist Tendency discusses the Marxist perspective on war, analysing the various positions taken by Marx, Engels, Lenin and Trotsky in relation to the wars seen throughout the 19th and 20th Century.

In this recording from a recent meeting of Socialist Appeal supporters, Alan Woods – editor of In Defence of Marxism – discusses the sharp turning point in the world situation marked by the election of Donald Trump in the US elections.

60 years ago, on 23rd October 1956, the workers and youth of Hungary rose up in a political revolution against the Stalinist bureaucracy. Contrary to Stalinist slanders at the time, this was never a movement for the restoration of capitalism, but an attempt by the Hungarian working class to establish a healthy socialist society

To mark this year’s Bonfire Night in Britain, on 5th November, Alan Woods discusses the historical background behind the infamous Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in which Guy Fawkes attempted to blow up the English Establishment and spark a Catholic insurrection against King James I and the protestant monarchy.

In this recording from the recent REVOLUTION! Marxist festival, Fred Weston – editor of www.marxist.com – discusses the crisis in Britain following the political earthquake of the Brexit vote, analysing the tensions within the Tories over Europe and the ongoing civil war within the Labour Party.

We publish here a video of a recent talk from the International Marxist Tendency (IMT) 2016 Conference where Anam Patafi, women’s organiser for the Pakistani section of the IMT, discusses the oppressive conditions facing women in Pakistan and explains the revolutionary way forward for women’s liberation.