Workers' control, democracy, and power
In this podcast, Daniel Morley discusses the idea of workers' democracy, contrasting this with the formal democracy that we have under capitalism, and explaining the ways in which the working class ca...
23 Kesä 202158min
Idealism vs materialism: mind and matter
In this podcast, Ben Curry provides an in-depth history of the contrasting philosophies of idealism and materialism - two fundamental trends in philosophy, which have re-appeared in various forms thro...
16 Kesä 202146min
Materialism and dialectics in Ancient Greece
In this talk from 2016, Hamid Alizadeh of In Defence of Marxism discusses the history of philosophy in Ancient Greece, looking at the early developments in terms of dialectics and materialism - the fo...
9 Kesä 202150min
Dialectics, science and nature
In this talk from the Revolution Festival in 2016, Ben Curry gives an overview of the historical development of scientific theories and the philosophical ideas that lie behind some of the biggest scie...
2 Kesä 202150min
Labour, Starmer and the crisis in the party
The May elections were a disaster for the Labour party. But, rather than taking responsibility for this defeat, Starmer and the right have used this as an opportunity to scapegoat the left, and drag t...
26 Touko 202143min
What is consciousness?
What is consciousness? How does it arise? Where do our thoughts come from? And how do the mind and the material world relate to one another? In this recording of a talk given in 2014, Daniel Morley l...
19 Touko 20211h 15min
Is Marxism fatalistic | The philosophy of Marxism
In this podcast, Daniel Morley discusses the accusations of 'fatalism' levelled at Marxism by its enemies. Ironically, it is Marx's accusers who would make human beings passive victims of fate. They ...
12 Touko 202156min
Marxism vs Postmodernism | The philosophy of Marxism
Postmodernism is a trend in philosophy that has become mainstream, and heavily influences identity politics. But when we ask the question 'what is postmodernism?', we are often told that it is indefin...
5 Touko 202142min
