Sunday March 8th marked International Working Women’s Day. This day was created by Socialists and Communists to highlight the role of working women under capitalism and in overthrowing it. Communists have always been at the forefront of the struggle against women’s oppression. But what is it that we actually say on this topic? How can women’s oppression be overthrown? In this talk from Revolution Festival 2025, Manon Powrie, leading RCP member, spoke on this topic.
Fatalistic, teleological, class reductionist, Messianic… there’s no end to the high-sounding mutilations that Marx’s ideas receive at the hands of their adversaries. In this podcast, Jack Tye Wilson combats these attacks, and uncovers Marx and Engels’ rich insights into the historical process.
Hear the author of A Communist History of the British General Strike talk on the contents of his new book. And order your copy of the book.
Last week the High Court ruled that Palestine Action could no longer be brandished as terrorism, coming after the inability to find a jury which would sentence the activists. Both the harsh repression from the British state and the inability to put this repression into practise in a systematic way shows the mess the British ruling class is in. Here we share Nelson Wan, RCP executive committee member speaking on this topic at our 2025 Revolution Festival.