What are the historical causes of the conflict in Israel and Palestine? What is the role of British and US imperialism? In this talk, Fracesco Merli discusses the way forward for the Palestinian struggle against oppression and for national liberation, and how it connects with the revolutionary movement against capitalism on a world scale. 🔗 Stay up to date with situation in Israel-Palestine: https://www.marxist.com/israel-and-palestine/ 🎟️ Get your ticket to the International Marxist Universit...
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marxists have a great deal to learn from the tremendous insights of the materialist thinkers of the Enlightenment, one of the most revolutionary periods in human history. In this talk, Ben Curry explores the road to genuine knowledge that was paved by these giants, drawing out the lessons we must apply to the movement today. 🔗 Brush up on your Marxist philosophy over on our education hub: https://www.socialist.net/science-and-dialectical-materialism.htm 📚 Get your hands on a copy of Alan Woods...
Jun 23, 2022•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Latin America is a region in turmoil. Before the pandemic even struck, there were a series of powerful revolutionary uprisings. In this talk, Jorge Martin will discuss the events that have challenged the capitalist system, making a balance sheet of the experiences and shortcomings of the "progressive governments" of a decade ago. 🌎 Read our analysis of events in Latin America on In Defence of Marxism: http://www.marxist.com/americas.htm 📚 Pick up a copy of Jorge's book 'Permanent Revolution in...
Jun 16, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast The events surrounding the upsurge in the Black Lives Matter movement forced the issue of racism to the front of people's minds. In this episode of Marxist Voice, Fiona Lali explains why we must link the fight against racism with the fight against capitalism, to bring an end to the racist divisions of bourgeois society. 🔗 Read more about the Marxist view on how to fight racism over on our education hub: https://www.socialist.net/racism.htm 📚 Get yourself a copy of our pamphlet 'A Marxist Intro...
Jun 10, 2022•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast The capitalist state, that is in essence the police, army, courts, and prisons, is a weapon of the ruling class used against the rest of us. In this episode of Marxist Voice, Olivia Ruadh will explore how the state developed, how it is maintained, and how to fight against it. 🔗 Read more about the Marxist analysis of the state over on our education hub: https://www.socialist.net/the-state.htm 📚 Pick up a copy of Lenin's classic 'The State and Revolution' from Wellred Books UK: https://wellredb...
Jun 03, 2022•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of Marxist Voice, Ben Gliniecki answers the vital question of how we can build revolutionary leadership today, drawing from many examples of previous attempts to do so, most notably the example of the Bolshevik party - the only party to ever lead the working class to power. 🔗 Read more about revolutionary strategy and the lessons of Bolshevism over on our education hub: http://www.socialist.net/organisation-and-tactics.htm 📰 Subscribe to the In Defence of Marxism magazine, and ...
May 25, 2022•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast As the crisis of capitalism deepens across the world, women are facing a sharp increase in harassment and violence. In Britain, the brutal murder of Sarah Everard sparked widespread anger and dismay at the treatment of women. But how do we solve this crisis of women's safety? For Marxists, the first step in fighting for the true liberation of women is to understand the root cause of this oppression, which is to be found in class society. 📚 Read more about the fight for women's liberation over o...
May 20, 2022•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Opponents of Marxism often accuse it of being indifferent to the sanctity of the individual. But do capitalism and its apologists really respect the individual any more than Marxism does? In this talk, Ellen Morton explores the real role of morality in class society. 🔗 Learn more about Marxist philosophy over on our education hub: https://www.socialist.net/education 🎫 Get your tickets for the International Marxist University: https://www.socialist.net/imu 📰 Subscribe to Revolution Scotland: h...
May 12, 2022•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. 🔗 Read more: https://www.marxist.com/afghanistan.htm ✊ Get involved with Socialist Appeal today: https://www.socialist.net/links
May 06, 2022•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. 🔗 Learn more about the revolutionary philosophy of Marxism over on our education hub: https://www.socialist.net/science-and-dialectical-materialism.htm 📚 Order your copy of Alan Woods' latest book 'The Hist...
Apr 29, 2022•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. 🌐 Visit the site of the IMT's French section 'Révolution': https://www.marxiste.org 🚩 Visit In Defence of Marxism for regular theory, news and analysis: https://www.marxist.com ✊ Get involved with the International Marxis...
Apr 22, 2022•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. 🌏 Read the latest on the events in Sri Lanka over on marxist.com: https://www.marxist.com/sri-lanka.htm 📝 Sign up for the...
Apr 20, 2022•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. 📚 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 🌎 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, 2022•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. 📚 Use the code 'ROSA1871' to get free delivery on Wellred Books' latest title 'The Revolutionary Legacy of Rosa Luxemburg': https://wellredbooks.net/rosa.html 📚 Read mo...
Mar 25, 2022•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2022•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. 📚 Read more on Marxism and oppression: https://www.socialist.net/identity-oppression-liberation-marxi...
Mar 08, 2022•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. 📚 Read the article on the same topic: https://www.socialist.net/will-there-be-a-third-world-war-article.htm 🌍 Keep up to date with the events as they unfold in Ukraine: http://www.marxist.com/ukraine-russia-conflict.htm 📚 Learn more about ...
Mar 04, 2022•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Patanè discusses the differences between anarchism and Marxism, and how we can fight against our common enemy: capitalism and the bourgeois state. 🔗 Learn more about Marxism and anarchism using our education hub: https://www.socialist.net/anarchism.htm �...
Feb 24, 2022•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. 🔗 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 📰 Subscribe to the IDOM magazine here: https://w...
Feb 17, 2022•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2022•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2022•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2022•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2022•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 “spontaneity” 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, 2022•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2021•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2021•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2021•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2021•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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
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