The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State – a reading guide
This reading guide for The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State can help comrades understand this classic text by Engels.
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What is to be done? – a reading guide
We present here a reading guide to What is to be done? which can help comrades digest the key ideas from this classic text by Lenin.
20 years since the invasion of Iraq: The brutal legacy of imperialism
The US-led invasion of Iraq began twenty years ago. Two decades on, the country has been torn apart by war, sectarianism, and fundamentalism. To end the horror and barbarism of imperialism, we must fight for revolution and overthrow capitalism.
Storming heaven: The Paris Commune
Josh Holroyd discusses the lessons of the Paris Commune – when the working class seized power for the first time in history.
Strikes and industrial militancy in the 1970s
Hundreds of thousands of workers are walking out together next week – the latest wave in Britain’s strike tsunami. Not since the 1970s has the country seen such levels of industrial action. We must learn the lessons from this period of struggle.
Women, the family, and the Russian Revolution
In this talk, Natasha Sorrell discusses how the Bolsheviks approached the women’s question, the gains that were won in the Revolution, and the conditions that led to their reversal.
The death of Stalin – and the disaster of Stalinism
Yesterday marked 70 years since the death of Stalin. In recognition of this anniversary, Keelan Kellegher discusses why the Russian Revolution degenerated, the role of the Stalinist bureaucracy, and the reactionary legacy it left behind.
Sovereignty and independence: The national question in Ukraine
In this discussion, Jorge Martin discusses the war in Ukraine and how it connects to the national question.
Identity and oppression
Marxists are irreconcilable fighters of all oppression, and strive to uphold the maximum unity of the working class.
Anarchism
Marxism and anarchism have the same end-goal of abolishing class society. But Marxism and anarchism diverge fundamentally in their ideas, outlook, and methods.
Fascism
The madness of fascism highlights the historic crisis and dead-end of capitalism. Fascism can only be fought with class struggle and Marxist leadership.
The national question
Nations have not always existed, nor will they exist in the future. Marxists are internationalists, but we also uphold the right to national self-determination.