Fred Weston, Editor of the 'In Defence of Marxism' website, talks about Karl Marx and the attempt of building the first international Workers' Party. This talk about the early days of the ideas of scientific Socialism highlights invaluable lessons for revolutionaries today.

This is a video recording of the book launch of Ted Grant: The Permanent Revolutionary. Alan Woods spoke and gave an account of Ted's struggle for and his contribution to the ideas of Marxism. In the speech he gives an account of the history of the 4th International and the role of the British Marxists, the rise of the Militant Tendency and its degeneration.

On April 29, Jorge Martin from the Hands Off Venezuela campaign was interviewed by Sylvia Richardson from Latin Waves on the results of the Venezuelan presidential election on April 14, the claims by the opposition that there had been fraud and the challenges facing the Venezuelan revolution.

At the recent annual  Marxist Winter School, this year hosted by the UCLU Marxist Society in London, the agenda was was dedicated to the 130th anniversary of Karl Marx’s death, with sessions covering the important contributions that Marx made towards the worlds of politics, economics, history, and philosophy. Here we provide the video of the session, led by Jorge Martin about the key question of building a Marxist international organisation.

Ted Grant's speech at a rally of the Militant tendency in 1984.

The recent congress of The Struggle in Pakistan opened with Fred Weston reading out a statement by the IMT on the death of Chavez and the way forward for the Venezuelan revolution. Here we provide a video of that session.

Latin Waves is broadcast on CJSF, the Simon Fraser University radio station in Vancouver, but then syndicated to a whole series of radio stations across North America and beyond. 

We reported recently on the extremely successful 32nd congress of the Pakistani Marxists of The Struggle. Here we provide a five minute video of the end of the congress when the comrades sing the Internationale, led by the famous Pakistani singer, Jawad Ahmad. It is worth watching as it gives a real flavour of the mood at the congress.

At the recent annual Marxist Winter School, this year hosted by the UCLU Marxist Society in London, the agenda was was dedicated to the 130th anniversary of Karl Marx’s death, with sessions covering the important contributions that Marx made towards the worlds of politics, economics, history, and philosophy. Here we provide the videos of the opening and closing sessions, by Alan Woods, regaring the The Relevance of Marxism Today and the tasks of the Marxists.

At a 2013 Marxist Winter School, John Pickard - former editor the Militant - explores the topic of Marxism and Science.

Rui Faustino is a librarian and a civil servant in Lisbon. He talks about the economic crisis in Portugal as part of the general crisis of European capitalism. The government is implementing the demands of the troika (IMF, ECB, EU) by attacking the conditions and rights of the workers and youth, which leads to a social disaster. Meanwhile unemployment is rising to a record high. The workers and youth fought back on several occasions with demonstrations and general strikes. He is proposing a united front of the Left Block (Bloco de Esquerda) and the Communist Party against the austerity measures in breaking with the capitalist conception of Europe.

Alex Grant, editor of the Canadian Marxist journal Fighback, speaks to a class of 150 students at Toronto's York University about the topic "Is Marxism still relevant?". The video was recorded in the autumn of 2012.

Today, Alan Woods, political editor of Marxist.com spoke on the BBC2 news and current affairs programme Daily Politics, highlighting the relevance of Marxism today as capitalism is shaken by severe crisis. Below you can watch the clip.

Tomorrow, Friday 15 February, Alan Woods, political editor of Marxist.com will be interviewed by Susana Mendonca on the BBC 2 news and current affairs programme Daily Politics. The interview, which was recorded yesterday, will cover a number of important issues, ranging from the Bolivarian Revolution and the role of Hugo Chavez to the relevance of Marxism today.

Alan Woods, editor of the In Defence of Marxism website, speaks about the history of philosophy at the UCL Universiy Marxist Society in London.