‘March separately, strike together’: The United Front tactic
In this episode of Marxist Voice, Sarah Vedrovitch discusses the United Front, a tactic adopted by the Communist International to connect the communists to the broader working class.
The lessons of the Communist International
Socialism in one country: Why Stalin abandoned Marxism
In this talk, Jack Tye Wilson provides a Marxist response to Stalin’s “theory” of ‘socialism in one country’, and outlines the disastrous consequences of the Comintern’s abandonment of internationalism.
Lenin’s struggle against ultra-leftism
In the third part of our podcast series on the lessons of the Communist International, Thomas Soud covers the ultra-left mistakes made by the young forces of communism, and how Lenin and the Comintern corrected this “infantile disorder”.
Socialism or barbarism: The German Revolution 1918-1923
In part two of our series on the lessons of the Communist International, Lubna Badi outlines the events of the German Revolution of 1918-1923 and draws out the lessons for communists today.
From Marx to Trotsky: The history of the Communist International
To kick off our six-part series on the lessons of the Communist International, Fiona Lali outlines the rich history of Marxist internationalism, stretching from Marx and Engels’ efforts to build the First International, through to Trotsky’s Fourth International.