One of capitalism’s oldest myths is that of the efficiency of the so-called ‘free-market’ and its superiority to a socialist planned economy. Defending economic planning, this talk responds to the libertarian ideas of the Austrian School of economics, whose ‘theories’ amount to vitriolic support of the unrestricted rule of capital at the expense of the needs of society.
In this latest episode of Marxist Voice, Ben Gliniecki outlines the economic basis of British imperialism and militarism today, and how communists can fight to overthrow imperialism.
50 years ago, after the long postwar boom, the world economy experienced its first truly global crisis. Falling output and spiralling inflation combined to devastate the working class. Today, capitalism faces similar turmoil. It must be overthrown.
In this podcast, Jack Tye Wilson explains Lenin and the Bolsheviks’ approach to the national question, the colonial revolutions, and the national question today, outlining the need for an internationalist class programme.