Adam Booth, writer for www.socialist.net, talks about the environmental crisis and its relationship to capitalism, analysing the question from a Marxist perspective. Adam discusses issues such as carbon trading, green economic stimulus, and the role of individual actions in averting climate change, and in contrast presents a socialist solution to the environmental and ecological problems facing society and the planet.
We have just breached one of the first, potentially irreversible climate tipping points, threatening catastrophic climate breakdown. Meanwhile, Indigenous climate activists protested the hypocritical, self-serving COP30 climate conference in Brazil.
The Spanish Civil War holds many important lessons for revolutionaries today. In this Marxist Voice, Joe Russell draws out these lessons.
The struggle against South African apartheid is a source of inspiration across the world. However, the understanding of how it was overthrown is limited, especially in the West. With the struggle to free Palestine, this topic holds a particular importance, as many on the left explain their support for the Boycott, Divest, Sanction movement on the lessons of South Africa. But what does this period really tell us about how our struggle today can be successful?
In this talk from Revolution Festival 2024, Fiona Lali explains the view of communists on this vital struggle.