Critics of Marxism often suggest that scientific socialism paints a mechanical view of history, without any role for individuality or free will. Daniel Morley discusses the question of necessity and chance, and the need for revolutionary leadership.

In this episode of Marxist Voice, Khaled Malachi defends the scientific status of Marxism, and reveals the faults in Karl Popper’s one-sided approach to both science and history.

In this podcast, Ben Curry mounts a defence of materialism: against idealist interpretations of quantum mechanics, mystical theories of consciousness, Big Bang creationism, and many other examples of mysticism.