To understand the fall of Afghanistan to Taliban rule which took place last year, we must understand the history of the 1978 Saur Revolution and why it threatened US imperialism. In this episode, Jorge Martin discusses the decades of imperialist meddling and how we can put an end to it. π Read more: https://www.marxist.com/afghanistan.htm β Get involved with Socialist Appeal today: https://www.socialist.net/links
May 06, 2022β’53 min
Every political movement bases itself, consciously or unconsciously, on some sort of philosophy or world outlook. In this talk, Nat Arkwright introduces the basic tenets of dialectical materialism - the philosophy of Marxism - and discusses why it is that we need a revolutionary philosophy. π Learn more about the revolutionary philosophy of Marxism over on our education hub: https://www.socialist.net/science-and-dialectical-materialism.htm π Order your copy of Alan Woods' latest book 'The Hist...
Apr 29, 2022β’44 min
With days to go until the second round of the French presidential elections, we chat to Joe Attard - writer and activist with the IMT - to discuss the significance of the last round, whether the left should back Macron, and what lies in store for the class struggle in France. π Visit the site of the IMT's French section 'RΓ©volution': https://www.marxiste.org π© Visit In Defence of Marxism for regular theory, news and analysis: https://www.marxist.com β Get involved with the International Marxis...
Apr 22, 2022β’38 min
Spurred on by the crisis of capitalism, and the brutal Rajapaksa regime, a spontaneous mass movement has erupted in Sri Lanka, demanding the wholesale removal of the president and the entire parliament. In the latest episode of Marxist Voice, we sit down with Ben Curry - writer and activist for In Defence of Marxism - to discuss what lies ahead for the #GotaGoHome movement. π Read the latest on the events in Sri Lanka over on marxist.com: https://www.marxist.com/sri-lanka.htm π Sign up for the...
Apr 20, 2022β’36 min
The intensifying crisis of US capitalism has caused the myth of Joe Biden to unravel, exposing him as a hapless stooge of an ailing system. In this talk, Joe Attard explores the harsh reality of Biden's presidency. π Read more in Joe's article 'The myth of Joe Biden: 8 lies debunked': https://www.marxist.com/the-myth-of-joe-biden-8-lies-debunked.htm π Check out the website of the US section of the International Marxist Tendency for regular news and analysis of events in the US: https://www.sre...
Apr 12, 2022β’48 min
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. π Use the code 'ROSA1871' to get free delivery on Wellred Books' latest title 'The Revolutionary Legacy of Rosa Luxemburg': https://wellredbooks.net/rosa.html π Read mo...
Mar 25, 2022β’39 min
Join us for part two of our podcast series 'Women's liberation: The Marxist position' where we are republishing a talk by Laurie on the origins of women's oppression. An historical materialist understanding of oppression is crucial. Contrary to the beliefs of those who think that the oppression of women is somehow biological or innate, Marxists understand that women's oppression has not existed forever. Rather, it arose with the rise of class society, and it can be done away with through revolut...
Mar 18, 2022β’40 min
It has now been two weeks since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Since then, the hypocritical Western imperialists and their lackeys in the media have been pouring forth endless denunciations of Russia's actions. In this episode of Marxist Voice, we are joined by Jorge Martin (writer and activist for the International Marxist Tendency) to set the record straight on why this conflict is happening, who is responsible for this mess, and how Marxists and socialists should respond to this situation...
Mar 10, 2022β’1 hr 3 min
To mark International Working Women's Day, we are publishing a three-part series on Marxism and the fight for women's liberation. This week, we are joined by Fiona Lali, who will discuss the different ways that women are oppressed and exploited in capitalist society, and why only a Marxist, class-based approach can guide the struggle for women's liberation - not the ideas of bourgeois feminism. π Read more on Marxism and oppression: https://www.socialist.net/identity-oppression-liberation-marxi...
Mar 08, 2022β’33 min
With the recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the question of whether another world war will break out is on people's lips. In this republished talk from 2017, Ben Gliniecki answers this question, and draws out the Marxist approach to wars and imperialism. π Read the article on the same topic: https://www.socialist.net/will-there-be-a-third-world-war-article.htm π Keep up to date with the events as they unfold in Ukraine: http://www.marxist.com/ukraine-russia-conflict.htm π Learn more about ...
Mar 04, 2022β’57 min
While anarchism understands power in an idealist, abstract way, Marxism looks for a material understanding of where it comes from and how it is maintained, based on a concrete study of history. In this talk from Revolution Festival 2021, Andrea PatanΓ¨ discusses the differences between anarchism and Marxism, and how we can fight against our common enemy: capitalism and the bourgeois state. π Learn more about Marxism and anarchism using our education hub: https://www.socialist.net/anarchism.htm οΏ½...
Feb 24, 2022β’41 min
In the latest episode of Marxist Voice, Yola Kipcak combats the ideas of postmodernism, which reject the notion of objective truth or lawfulness in the world. These ideas are at odds with Marxism, which has a rational, materialist approach. π Want to learn more? Check out the recent article 'Marxism vs Postmodernism', which was published in the In Defence of Marxism theoretical magazine: https://www.socialist.net/marxism-versus-postmodernism.htm π° Subscribe to the IDOM magazine here: https://w...
Feb 17, 2022β’49 min
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was one of the greatest minds that humanity has ever known. His development of the dialectic, placed on a materialist basis by Marx, provides key insights into the logic of all change, development and transformation in nature, society and the human mind. Want to learn more about the history of philosophy, including how Marx developed Hegel's dialectical approach to reality? Get yourself a copy of Alan Woods' most recent book 'The History of Philosophy: A Marxist Per...
Feb 10, 2022β’38 min
The slew of scandals emanating from Buckingham Palace - most recently the sexual abuse allegations levelled against Prince Andrew - are eating away at the public's opinion of the Monarchy. In this talk, Andy Southwark discusses the real role of the Monarchy as an important reserve power of the ruling class, maintained as a counter-revolutionary weapon to be deployed in the fight against socialism. Get involved with Socialist Appeal today: https://linktr.ee/socialistappeal
Feb 03, 2022β’42 min
One of capitalism's oldest myths is that of the efficiency of the so-called 'free-market' and its superiority to a socialist planned economy. Defending economic planning, this talk responds to the libertarian ideas of the Austrian School of economics, whose 'theories' amount to vitriolic support of the unrestricted rule of capital at the expense of the needs of society. Want to learn more? Adam's article on Marxism vs libertarianism is available in the latest issue of In Defence of Marxism, the ...
Jan 27, 2022β’49 min
In this talk, Rob Sewell discusses the life and ideas of Lenin, and how we can follow in his footsteps. Lenin's understanding of the Marxist method allowed him to navigate the twists and turns on the road to revolution. Anyone seriously committed to fighting for socialism must learn from his life and ideas. Read more about Lenin's formative years in the article 'The Young Lenin' in the latest issue of In Defence of Marxism, available from https://www.socialist.net/subscribe Get involved with Soc...
Jan 21, 2022β’49 min
On the 103rd anniversary of the death of the revolutionary martyr, Rosa Luxemburg, Marie Frederiksen, author of The Revolutionary Legacy of Rosa Luxemburg, dispels some of the most common myths surrounding her life and ideas. In particular, she takes apart the idea that Luxemburg developed some particular theory about how βspontaneityβ is somehow superior to organised revolutionary action; and the idea that she was opposed to the Russian Revolution and Bolshevism. Purchase your copy of The Revol...
Jan 19, 2022β’40 min
Lights! Camera! Revolution! In this podcast, Steve Jones provides a Marxist analysis of cinema, investigating what it can reveal about society, and how it can be used as a propaganda tool - both for and against the establishment. Get involved with Socialist Appeal today: https://linktr.ee/socialistappeal Check out our 'Films to watch in quarantine' series for more politically-oriented film recommendations: https://www.socialist.net/films-to-watch-in-quarantine-a-marxist-guide-part-one.htm
Dec 29, 2021β’38 min
In this podcast, Niklas discusses why the USSR collapsed and how this led to the Putin regime today. Far from signalling the victory of bourgeois democracy and the 'end of history', the restoration of capitalism in Russia triggered one of the biggest economic and social crises in world history. Get involved with Socialist Appeal today: https://linktr.ee/socialistappeal Read more on this subject in Niklas' article for In Defence of Marxism: https://www.marxist.com/the-collapse-of-the-soviet-union...
Dec 26, 2021β’50 min
In this podcast, Shaun Morris from the editorial board of Revolution Scotland discusses the future of the Union. The rise in support for Scottish Independence has the ruling class wringing their hands with worry. The breakaway of Scotland threatens to reduce the UK into a diminished Little England, and would intensify the class struggle in both nations. Get involved with Socialist Appeal today: https://linktr.ee/socialistappeal Get involved with Revolution Scotland, supporters of the IMT in Scot...
Dec 16, 2021β’33 min
In this podcast, Laurie O'Connel combats the idea that class society is eternal, by exploring its origins, it's development, and how we can change it. By understanding the birth of class society and the nature of its institutions, we can discover the means by which we can overthrow them. Get involved with Socialist Appeal today: https://www.linktr.ee/socialistappeal Read more about the origins of class society in the latest issue of the In Defence of Marxism theoretical journal: https://www.soci...
Dec 10, 2021β’50 min
In this podcast from last week's Marxist Student Federation rally, speakers from the UCU, NEU and the MSF outline the crisis facing the education sector, how we got here, and what we can do to support the UCU strike and put an end to marketisation altogether. Read more in our article 'UCU strikes - All out for victory!': https://www.socialist.net/ucu-strikes-all-out-for-victory.htm Get involved in Socialist Appeal today: https://linktr.ee/socialistappeal #UCUStrikes #OneOfUsAllOfUs #UCU
Dec 07, 2021β’34 min
The global economy has been down and up like a yo-yo over the past 18 months, with production stuttering in the face of the coronavirus crisis. In this podcast, James Kilby explores why capitalism repeatedly goes into crisis. Get involved with Socialist Appeal today: https://linktr.ee/socialistappeal
Dec 02, 2021β’36 min
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. Get involved in Socialist Appeal today: https://www.linktr.ee/socialistappeal
Nov 24, 2021β’43 min
Extreme inequality is the defining feature of Chinese society, now officially more unequal than even the USA. In this podcast, Daniel Morley discusses the future of China under capitalism, and what the crisis of Chinese capitalism means for the world economy. Get involved with Socialist Appeal today: https://linktr.ee/SocialistAppeal
Nov 18, 2021β’43 min
In this podcast, Rob Sewell discusses the explosive events taking place in Britain β explaining what lies in store for the labour movement, and why we must build the forces of Marxism in order to play a leading role in these titanic battles. Get involved with Socialist Appeal today: https://linktr.ee/socialistappeal
Nov 10, 2021β’49 min
Far from saving us, capitalism is killing the planet. We need a revolution. In this talk, Joe Russell discusses the climate crisis, the so-called βsolutionsβ of the ruling class, and explain why none of these can offer a way forward. Get involved with Socialist Appeal today: https://linktr.ee/socialistappeal
Nov 03, 2021β’46 min
In this narrated article - published in issue 34 of In Defence of Marxism, the quarterly theoretical journal of the International Marxist Tendency - Florian Keller explains how the events surrounding the Bavarian Soviet Republic represent one of the most inspiring episodes in the German Revolution of 1918-1923. In November 1918, Germany exploded into revolution. In the Spring of 1919, the working class succeeded in seizing power and declaring a Bavarian Soviet Republic. In its short, heroic life...
Oct 14, 2021β’1 hr 3 min
Watch Alan Woods' introduction to 'History of Philosophy: a Marxist Perspective' - an important new work published by Wellred Books. The text outlines how the best philosophical ideas of the past have laid the basis for the development of dialectical materialism, the philosophy of Marxism: the only set of ideas capable of explaining the real situation in society, and offering a roadmap towards a better world. Our philosophy is not simply a matter of academic interest. It is a guiding light in po...
Oct 06, 2021β’53 min
In July of this year, Socialist Appeal was proscribed by the Labour Party NEC. This move is part and parcel of Starmer and the Labour rightβs war against the left wing of the party which has been waged ever since he became leader. This decision to expel our supporters from the Labour Party is not a new idea. It is part of a long history by the right wing to eradicate Marxism and its influence from the party. Behind their attacks on us and the left of the party lie the establishment and the rulin...
Sep 28, 2021β’36 min
