Alan Woods, editor of the In Defence of Marxism website, speaks about the history of philosophy at the UCLU Marxist Society in London, giving an overview of philosophical thought from the early Greeks, through the British empiricists and the German romantics, to the revolutionary ideas of Marx, Engels, and dialectical materialism.
In this edition of Ask The Communist, leading members of the Revolutionary Communist Party answer your questions: Do communists oppose AI? What would a communist party do with the monarchy? And how do communists approach the trade unions?
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 the state, mass demonstrations and even armed insurrection.
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 episode, Daniel Morley discusses Mao’s life, legacy, and limits.