In this speech Alan Woods analyses the present situation in Europe with particular emphasis on the crisis facing the Euro and how all this impacts on Greece, which is now facing a very sudden and sharp turn with snap elections in January that will almost certianly be won by SYRIZA.

Here we publish a speech given by Alan Woods at the World Congress of the International Marxist Tendency in July 2014. In his lead-off he outlines the crisis of capitalism and the rising tide of revolts around the world.

7th November marks the anniversary of the October Revolution of 1917 in Russia (25th October in the Old Style calendar). The Russian Revolution was the single greatest event in human history, marking the first occasion - with the exception of the brief episode of the Paris Commune of 1871 - when the exploited and oppressed overthrew their exploiters and oppressors. To celebrate this historic event, we publish here a recording from the Bristol Marxist society, in which Adam Booth - editor of www.socialist.net - provides an analysis of 1917, outlining the key processes during the Revolution, and drawing out the main lessons for Marxists today.

In this video from the International Marxist Winter School 2014, Marie Frederiksen, editor of the Danish Marxist newspaper "Revolution", discusses the real revolutionary history, ideas, and traditions of Rosa Luxemburg, and draws out the valuable lessons we can learn for today.

Ylva Vinberg, editor of the Swedish Marxist Journal, Revolution, speaks on the attitude of Marxists towards Feminism.

Alan Woods, editor of In Defence of Marxism (marxist.com), speaking on the clash between the imperialist powers that led to the outbreak of the First World War.

Click here to view the videos and listen to the audio files of the Solidarity with the Antifascist Resistance in Ukraine meeting in London, with Richard Brenner, Lindsey German, Boris Kagarlitsky, Andrew Murray, Alan Woods and Sergei Kirichuk. LINK

Over the past weeks tensions have been rising in Ukraine. Offices of left-wing organisations and trade unions have been raided and the "acting government" has started proceedings to ban the Communist Party. Along with the building up of several armed bodies composed mainly of fascists and Nazi elements it is clear that the regime is stepping up the civil war against the peoples of the East. In the meantime Russia and Germany, for their own interests, are trying to broker a deal. Jorge Martin explains the situation from a Marxist point of view and makes an appeal to build solidarity with Ukrainian anti-fascists.

The Workers' International League held its first National Marxist School over the weekend of June 13th and 14th. As part of the School, a public event was organized jointly with Hands Off Venezuela, to discuss the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution and the lessons for Latin America. Jorge Martin spoke on the Revolution and the lessons that revolutionaries can draw from it.

Tony Benn was a supporter and defender of the Bolivarian revolution from the very beginning. He collaborated with the Hands off Venezuela campaignand spoke on our platform on several occasions. Here is an audio file of what he said at the First National Conference of the Hands Off Venezuela Campaign in December 2005.

Greece has become a focal point in Europe. It is both where the economic crisis has acquired its most acute form and where the revolutionary backlash by the masses has been the most advanced. We are pleased to present Greece on the Brink, a documentary that follows the course of the Greek crisis from a Marxist perspective.

Fred Weston answers questions from the floor at the public meeting of the Communist Tendency of SYRIZA held in Athens on December 20th.

Fred Weston, Editor of "In Defence of Marxism" (www.marxist.com) gave a lead off on the crisis of capitalism, with particular emphasis on the situation in Europe. The event was an open meeting of the Communist Tendency of SYRIZA, which was held on Friday, December 20, at the CINE KERAMIKOS in Athens, held as a fringe meeting during the founding congress of the SYRIZA Youth. It was highly successful with over 100 attending.

In this video from the IMT World School 2013 Lal Khan, editor of the Asian Marxist Review, gives a speech about the economic, political and social situation in Pakistan and also about the work of the Marxists.

We here publish the video footage of the debate between Alan Woods - editor of www.marxist.com and author of "Bolshevism: the Road to Revolution" - and Orlando Figes - Professor of History at Birkbeck University and author of "A People's Tragedy" - on the true nature of the Russian Revolution, and what it meant for the people of Russia and the class struggle internationally.