![[Video] China: Communist or Capitalist?](https://communist.red/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Hammer-and-sickle-the-communist-featured-image.png "[Video] China: Communist or Capitalist?")
Fred Weston, from the editorial board of
Marxist.com, spoke to a packed house at May Day Books in Minneapolis,
MN, USA on June 1st. Around 30 people came to hear Fred present a
Marxist analysis of the state of the Chinese economy and the future of
1/5 of humanity. We present here a video of Fred’s presentation and the
question and answer session, which covered topics as varied as the
difference between socialism and communism to an explanation of the
Asiatic mode of production.
Members of Prospect union in the Science Museum group have been on strike over wages, with minimum hourly rates falling significantly below the real living wage whilst directors’ salaries have grown substantially. Socialist Appeal pledges solidarity!
Are the terms ‘socialism’ and ‘communism’ interchangeable? Thomas Soud from the Warwick Marxists sets out to answer this question.
Running simultaneously and arguably as crucial as the election for
Unite’s General Secretary itself is the BA dispute and a proposal to
‘settle’ it. 12 months ago British Airways cabin crew on an 80% turn
out, voted by a brilliant 92% to take strike action to defend their hard
won terms and conditions. The dispute started as a result of the
imposition and erosion of ‘Terms and Conditions’ but has been diverted
by British Airways and is now being defined by staff travel and the
disciplinary process. But with scores of cabin crew suspended and a
dozen sacked, the proposed ‘deal’ is already unravelling.