The revolutionary ideas of Rosa Luxemburg
On 15th January 1919, Rosa Luxemburg - one of the main leaders of the German Revolution - was brutally murdered by reactionary state forces, depriving the working class of one of its greatest fighters...
15 Jan 20191h 1min
Dialectics: from Hegel to Marx | Revolution Festival '18
In this talk from the 2018 Revolution Festival, Hamid Alizadeh (editor of www.marxist.com) looks at the ideas of Georg Hegel, the German thinker who resurrected the philosophy of dialectics.Dialectics...
11 Jan 201945min
Alan Woods: Macron - stripped of his liberal halo
Alan Woods, editor of In Defence of Marxism, discusses the magnificent gilets jaunes movement in France, which has exploded out of nowhere to land a blow against the ruling class. Ever since his elec...
18 Des 201819min
Alan Woods: Brexit - "Those who the gods wish to destroy, they first make them mad"
Alan Woods, editor of In Defence of Marxism, discusses the historic political crisis taking place in Britain, as the Tory Prime Minister's fate hangs in the balance. As Alan notes, the UK was once co...
12 Des 201818min
From barter to Bitcoin: what is money? | Revolution Festival '18
Money, the Bible says, is the "root of all evil". Under capitalism, it dominates over us, acting - in the words of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists - like a "chain of gold".But money has evolved a...
7 Des 201851min
Permanent revolution in Latin America
In this talk from the recent Revolution Festival, Jorge Martin discusses a new book co-authored by himself and John Roberts, which explores the application of Leon Trotsky's theory of permanent revolu...
30 Nov 201848min
The Suffragettes and the fight for equality: a century of struggle | Revolution Festival '18
In February 1918, the UK Representation of the People Act was brought in, giving the right to vote to women with property over the age of 30.In November of the same year, women in the UK were allowed ...
22 Nov 201844min
How did Bolsonaro win the Brazilian elections?
Jorge Martin, editor of América Socialista and writer for In Defence of Marxism, discusses the results of Sunday's presidential elections in Brazil, where the far-right candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, won ...
30 Okt 201818min
