The Cuban Revolution was one of the most inspiring events in history, creating the first workers’ state in the Western hemisphere. In this talk, Keelan Kellegher discusses the struggle for socialism in Cuba and where it must go from here, to spread the revolution and free itself from isolation.
There is no doubt that the Chinese revolution, led by Mao, is one of the greatest events in human history. It freed China from the shackles of imperialism after a heroic, decades-long struggle. In this talk, Daniel Morley from the RCP Executive Committee discusses Mao’s life, legacy and limits. This revolution was the fruit of the tremendous determination and spirit of sacrifice of the Chinese masses. And at the head of this movement was Mao Zedong. Since Mao’s death, capitalism in China has been gradually restored by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) bureaucracy. Mao is seen to have led a […]
“Let there be no blinking the question. These are not the times to be nice about mere words: the fact is that there is but one mode of obtaining the Charter, and that is by insurrection.” George Julian Harney. In this talk given at the London Marxist School, Rob Sewell draws out the lessons of the Chartist movement. Chartism was the first time ever that British workers fixed their eyes on the seizure of political power: in 1839, 1842 and again in 1848. In this struggle, they conducted a class war that at different times involved general strikes, battles with […]
“Latin America has everything required to build a paradise on Earth, but its people have been forced to endure a hard purgatory… For 500 years the lands and peoples of Latin America have been ruthlessly and systematically looted.”