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How can communists use elections?
Fiona Lali’s election campaign shows that revolutionary ideas can connect with wide layers of people. In this episode, we sit down with Daniel Morley to discuss elections, parliaments, and broader questions around communist methods and tactics.
Communists and elections: Parliament, positions, and the party
The success of Fiona Lali’s election campaign demonstrates the widespread impact that revolutionary ideas can have, if raised boldly and skillfully. But it also raises questions about communist methods and tactics – an art that Marxists must master.
Why bourgeois democracy is a dictatorship of the rich
We’re told we live in a democracy, but whether we vote for Starmer or Sunak, we’re going to get pretty much the same thing. In this episode, Ben Gliniecki will explain that behind capitalist ‘democracy’ is the dictatorship of the rich.
D-Day 80 years on: The truth about the Second World War
Today, western leaders gathered in Normandy, allegedly to commemorate the lives lost in the fight against Nazism. But as Alan Woods explains, the Allied leaders played an insignificant role in defeating fascism, compared to the struggle and sacrifice of the Soviet people.
What is Stalinism?
The USSR was the most progressive state in history, yet within ten years it had transformed into a bureaucratic regime. In this episode of Marxist Voice, Rob Sewell will discuss the main processes that led to the degeneration of the Russian revolution.
Under a false flag: The Moscow Trials cover-up
Continuing our series on the historic crimes of Stalinism, and in defence of the genuine ideas of communism, Rob Sewell examines the Moscow Trials of the 1930s – a kangaroo court, through which the bureaucracy drowned Bolshevism in blood.
May 1968: Lessons for the struggle on campuses today
On 3 May 1968, police brutally attacked student protestors in Paris, setting in motion a revolutionary struggle that could have toppled French capitalism. Given the parallels with the Palestine movement today, we must study the lessons of this rich experience.
The Portuguese Revolution of 1974
Fifty years ago today, the Portuguese Revolution began when a section of the military moved against the dictatorship, unleashing a powerful workers’ movement. Rui Faustino draws out the lessons from this inspiring, but also tragic, episode in the class struggle.
The Iranian Revolution of 1979
In 1979, the Iranian masses erupted into struggle, sweeping away the hated regime of the Shah, and wielding power through popular councils. In this podcast, Hamid Alizadeh explains why this powerful revolution failed, and the lessons for today.
The partition of India: A crime of British imperialism
From the Middle East to Ireland, the historic crimes of British imperialism have left devastating scars. As elections get underway in India, Ravi Mistry examines one of the most heinous of these atrocities: partition of the Indian subcontinent.
Under a false flag: Stalinism and ‘Popular Frontism’ – a trap for the working class
Continuing our series on the historic crimes of Stalinism, and in defence of the genuine ideas of communism, Rob Sewell examines the disastrous ‘Popular Front’ policy in the 1930s, which consigned the revolutionary working class to defeat.