For the final instalment of our series on women’s liberation, Lubna and Natasha, a Socialist Appeal and NEU activist, discuss the role that women have played in the class struggle throughout history, focussing particularly on the Russian Revolution, where the Bolsheviks were at the forefront of the fight for women’s liberation.
The former co-chair of West Ham, the pornography and tabloid tycoon David Sullivan, is the latest capitalist degenerate to be unmasked for a long history of sex crimes. True justice can only be delivered by wiping out the Epstein class.
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.