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.

Niklas Albin Svensson introduces a discussion at the World School of the International Marxist Tendency on the book "Russia: From Revolution to Counter-Revolution". He covers the history of Russia from the October Revolution to the restoration of Capitalism in the 1990s.

Over 70 attended the Freshers week meeting of the UCLU Marxists, where Fred Weston of the marxist.com editorial board, spoke on the topic "What is Capitalism? What is Socialism?"

One of the great classics of Marxism is the book by Frederick Engels entitled 'The Origins of the Family, Private Property and the State'. Engels applies the method of historical materialism to this earliest period of pre-history to uncover the past. Rob Sewell, editor of Socialist Appeal, gives an introduction to the book and explains how class society came into existence.

At the recent Marxist summer school in London, Alan Woods - author of "Bolshevism: the road to revolution" - explores the ideas of Bolshevism and discusses the vital role of Lenin and Trotsky in the Russian Revolution of 1917.

Rob Sewell walks through London explaining the ideas of Karl Marx from the point of view of his life in the city.