Why was the Rojava Revolution defeated? – exclusive interview with Fred Weston For many years, the Rojava Revolution was hailed as a model for revolutionaries to follow. Today, it has been betrayed. To learn the lessons from the heroic movement and its tragic defeat, we sat down for an interview with Fred Weston, author of ‘Rojava: why was the revolution defeated’ from the brand new issue of the In Defence of Marxism...
Anarchism in practice – new ‘In Defence of Marxism’ magazine OUT NOW! This July marks 90 years since the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. In this titanic struggle between revolution and counter-revolution, millions of workers and peasants rose up and fought valiantly against fascism....
Earthquakes devastate Venezuela: “We’ve been taken over. The revolution is lost.” The earthquakes in Venezuela – which left over 4,500 dead, 16,740 injured, and perhaps more than 50,000 missing – could not have come at a worse time.
Germany: how ‘saving democracy’ assisted the rise of fascism The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is currently polling around 27 percent. Many warn that we are ‘five minutes away from 1933’. The established parties are campaigning with the slogan ‘save democracy’ to win back a...
Canada: 200 at the largest ever Edmonton Communist Summer School The 2026 edition of the Edmonton Communist Summer School was the best one yet. With over 200 in attendance for the weekend of July 4 and 5, this was the largest known Communist meeting in Alberta since at least the...
