COP26: Can capitalism save the planet?
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 ‘solutions’ of the ruling class, and explain why none ...
3 Nov 202145min
When the communists ruled in Bavaria [from In Defence of Marxism 34]
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 ...
14 Okt 20211h 3min
Alan Woods on the History of Philosophy
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...
6 Okt 202152min
Why are they really banning us? | Socialist Appeal Labour Conference 2021 fringe meeting
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 right’s war against the left wing of the party which has been wage...
28 Sep 202135min
Morality and class society | The ABCs of Marxist philosophy (Part 9)
Is there such a thing as good and evil? Who decides, and why? Why is there so much suffering and cruelty in our society, and how can we end this? Daniel Morley will discuss all of these questions in t...
1 Sep 202123min
Dialectical logic: necessity and chance | The ABCs of Marxist philosophy (Part 8)
What is causation? Is the universe determined and predictable? And where does that leave humanity, with its notions of free will and moral responsibility? And how does this affect our role as revoluti...
25 Aug 202124min
Dialectical logic: part and whole | The ABCs of Marxist philosophy (Part 7)
Thought is inherently about generalisation and universals. It takes us beyond the immediacy of the here and now, and links things. This contradiction - between part and whole, individual and type - is...
18 Aug 202123min
Dialectical logic: contradiction and opposition | The ABCs of Marxist philosophy (Part 6)
If we want to understand how things change, we must understand things as self-moving, rather than seeing all change as a result of external forces. But how does matter move itself? How and why does de...
11 Aug 202126min
