In this recent talk to the UCLU Marxist Society, Alan Woods – editor of In Defence of Marxism – explains the main concepts behind the ideas of Marxism, including dialectical materialism – the philosophy of Marxism – and Marx’s economic analysis, which helps to provide us with an understanding of the deep crisis of capitalism that we see today.
We sat down with Fiona Lali, leading member of the Revolutionary Communist Party, to discuss the launch of her pamphlet ‘Why You Should be a Communist’. We also publish an extract from the pamphlet, which will play a key role in the RCP’s summer recruitment drive.
Ben, Lotta, Mia, and Peter sit down to discuss Lenin’s masterpiece: The State & Revolution. Written just before the events of October 1917, it is the sharpest analysis of the state, and a rebuttal of reformist and anarchist illusions.
In the second episode of our series on the Classics: Daniel, Nye, Georgina & Peter discuss the ideas of Engels’ Socialism: Utopian & Scientific.