Podcast

In this video, Alan Woods – editor of www.marxist.com – discusses the latest economic developments in China, where panic on the stock exchange provides a perilous warning sign about the state of the Chinese – and world – economy. All the contradictions are now coming to the fore in the crisis-ridden global capitalist system.

In this recording from Red October 2015, Adam Booth – editor of www.socialist.net – analyses the current crisis of capitalism and discusses Marx’s theories about why capitalism enters into crisis. As the global economy teeters on the brink of a new world slump, it is more important than ever to understand the cause of capitalism’s crises.

In this talk from Red October 2015, as Britain prepares itself for a referendum on the question of the EU, Josh Holroyd of Socialist Appeal discusses the history of the European Union and the capitalist interests that lie behind its creation. What is the socialist alternative to the crisis of European capitalism?

Alan Woods – editor of www.marxist.com – comments on the results of the recent elections in Venezuela, where the counter-revolutionary opposition has won a super-majority, enabling them to now go on the offensive against the gains of the Bolivarian Revolution. What has failed in Venezuela is not socialism, but reformism and bureaucracy – the attempt to make only half-a-revolution.

As David Cameron beat the war drum and Members of Parliament debated whether to commence airstrikes in Syria, Alan Woods – editor of www.marxist.com – discusses the Tory lies about the war, and looks at the scandalous behaviour of the Blairites towards Corbyn and their support for Cameron on the question of bombing.

Next week sees world leaders gather in Paris for the COP21 United Nations conference on climate change. In a recording from earlier this year, Shahrar Ali – deputy leader of the Green Party – and Adam Booth – editor of www.socialist.net – discuss the capitalist causes of the climate crisis, and the way forward for humanity.

In these video and audio recordings, Alan Woods and Daniel Morley discuss the origins and factors behind the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and terrorism, and the role of imperialism in creating this barbarity. How should workers and youth respond in the face of terrorism?

In this talk from the International Marxist Tendency’s World School 2015, Niklas Albin Svensson discusses the degeneration of the Socialist International, the betrayal of the Social Democratic leaders in the face of imperialist war, and the Zimmerwald Conference, where the idea for the Third – Communist – International was born.

In a special Bonfire Night talk at the Sussex Marxist society, Alan Woods, editor of www.marxist.com and author of Reason in Revolt: Marxist Philosophy and Modern Science and Bolshevism: the Road to Revolution, discusses the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and its legacy.

In this video from the International Marxist Tendency’s Red October weekend school, leading figures from the labour movement provide their analysis on the Corbyn movement, discussing how to defend the new Labour leader against the Tories, the Blairites, and the right-wing media, and how to fight for socialism in Britain and internationally.

In this talk from REVOLUTION 2015 – hosted by the Marxist Student Federation in London in June – Adam Booth, editor of www.socialist.net, explains the historical origins, evolution, and development of money, banking, and the modern financial system under capitalism. What is the socialist alternative?

In this video, Hamid Alizadeh – of the International Marxist Tendency and editor of the Iranian Marxist website www.mobareze.org – outlines the imperialist causes of war and poverty that are behind the current refugee crisis. Hamid explains how this refugee crisis is yet another demonstration of the crisis of European capitalism, and highlights how the instinctive response from workers and youth is for solidarity and internationalism, not racism, nationalism, and xenophobia.