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US admits failure and re-establishes diplomatic relations with Cuba – a change of tactics to achieve the same aim

The United States has admitted that its attempt to bully Cuba into submission had failed. This should be seen as a victory for the Cuban Revolution and its resilience against the relentless onslaught of the most powerful imperialist power. However, US imperialism has not given up on its aims: the restoration of the rule of private property and the destruction of the gains of the revolution; it has just changed the means to achieve the same result.

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The Life and Ideas of Friedrich Engels

In this recording from the International Marxist Winter School 2014, Rob Sewell – editor of Socialist Appeal – discusses the important contributions made by Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx’s closest friend and political peer. In particular, Rob explains Engel’s groundbreaking analysis of the family, the state, evolution, and natural science, all from the standpoint of the Marxist method of dialectical materialism.

 

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Fight fundamentalism and imperialism! Support the Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign!

The attack by the Taliban on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday 16th December 2014 was perhaps the most barbaric and brutal attack carried out by the fundamentalists to date. Now more than ever, it is vital to highlight the courageous work of the Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign and to ask for concrete solidarity for those fighting imperialism and fundamentalism in Pakistan.

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Pakistan: Barbarity of the Peshawar massacre

The massacre of 141 people including 132 children by the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban at the Peshawar Army Public School yesterday was probably the most heinous barbarity ever seen even in Pakistan, which has been victim to this scourge for decades now. Hardly a day passes without suicide attacks, terrorist bombing or target killings in this tragic country.

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Blairite Murphy elected as Scottish Labour faces crisis

The Blairite Jim Murphy has been elected as the new leader of Scottish Labour. This new leadership begins in far from happy times for the Labour Party, with Labour predicted to be heavily beaten by the SNP in Scotland at the next General Election. It is set to be a turbulent political period ahead in Scotland and the rest of Britain.

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“You can’t have capitalism without racism”: Solidarity with Michael Brown and Eric Garner

The murders of Michael Brown and Eric Garner have reverberated loudly worldwide. From New York to Palestine to Mexico, young people are fed up with this racist system that sanctions the death penalty for stealing a piece of candy, and are connecting their struggle across borders. In London, too, thousands of young people have taken to the streets in solidarity, with Marxist students showing their support at the demonstrations taking place.

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Russell Brand: exposing hypocrisy and expressing anger

Russell Brand’s appearance on Question Time last week demonstrated the real mood that exists within society, with the comedian receiving the largest applause from the audience for his fiery rhetoric against the bankers and bosses. Brand’s rising popularity is yet another expression of the growing radicalisation amongst workers and youth in Britain.

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The rise of food banks and poverty in the UK

Recently released figures have drawn attention to the rise of the food bank in Britain, with four million people in the UK now at risk of going hungry. Such statistics give an indication of the growing poverty in the country, highlighting the inability for capitalism to provide a basic standard of living for many ordinary people.

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Race and the Class Struggle

In this talk at the Sussex Marxist society, held as part of Black History Month, Paul Bolton of the Glasgow Marxists, provides a historical and materialist analysis of the origins of racism, discussing its roots in slavery and its intrinsic link to class society. As Malcolm X, the revolutionary leader of the black struggle, stated: “you can’t have capitalism without racism.”

 

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The Crisis of Cosmology – Part three

In the final part of his series on the crisis of cosmology, Adam Booth looks at the more recent attempts to take the field of theoretical physics forward and explains the role that Marxism and the philosophy of dialectical materialism can play in guiding scientific research.

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