With racism rife under capitalism, and following the explosive Black Lives Matter movement, the question of how to fight for black liberation is more pressing than ever. In this talk, Fiona Lali will discuss which is the way forward; Marxism, or black nationalism.
In this talk from Revolution Festival 2025, Joe Russell, RCP Executive Committee member will use this period of revolution as an important case study for historical materialism. How do changes in the economic base of society affect the realm of ideas, including religion? And how in turn, do such ideas become the most powerful weapon in the struggle to change the world?
Last Saturday’s half-a-million-strong demonstration was undeniably a victory for the struggle against racism and reaction. Why was it so massive? And how can we channel this energy into a powerful movement against the entire capitalist establishment?
Surrealism was a revolutionary artistic movement founded in 1922 and led by writer and poet André Breton. The movement produced and influenced a galaxy of the 20th centuries finest artists. In this talk, Will Collins, from the RCP Central Committee, explains the Surrealist revolution and how it links to communism. Surrealist artwork deals in the bizarre and the strange. On the surface, it can seem as if this is all it is – though, it stands for something much deeper. In this talk, Will Collins from the RCP Central Committee explains how surrealism grew out of the general feeling of […]