Lal Khan recently appeared on Pakistan State TV, PTV, in the TANAZUR programme, hosted by Farrukh Suhail Goeindi. He spoke about the Arab Revolution, its impacts on Pakistan and on the perspectives for a similar movement in Pakistan and also the preparations of the Marxists for such a revolution. He also spoke on the character of the PPP and about religious fundamentalism. We are providing the links to the interview on PTV:

Alan Woods speaking at a recent meeting of the International Marxist Tendency on the question of the Arab Revolution.

Fred Weston, from In Defence of Marxism, speaking at a recent Socialist Appeal day school on Marxist Economics.

John Peterson of the Workers International League and Socialist Appeal magazine introduces a discussion of the heroic movement of the Egyptian and Tunisia masses that has transformed the atmosphere in the Middle East. ; Presented at Mayday Books in Minneapolis, MN on February 10th, 2011.

On Tuesday December 7th the University of London Union Marxist society concluded its autumn term programme of discussions with a special 'festive debate' will on the philosophies of Marxism and Christianity and their ability to further the human race.

Today, 45 years ago, on the 22^nd November 1965, Dipa Nusantara Aidit, leader of the Communist Party of Indonesia was executed in the aftermath of the coup by General Suharto. In the anti-communist purges that followed up to a total one million Indonesian communists were killed.

With the greatest crisis of capitalism since the Great Depression, a key question is what is the alternative to this crisis prone system? With the announcement of the most savage austerity package since the 1920s, which will completely undermine everything that supposed to constitute a civilized society, what is the real alternative? Can the capitalism be patched up and reformed, or do we need a fundamental change in society -- a new socialist society? But what is socialism? Hear Rob Sewell, editor of Socialist Appeal, speak to the students of the ULU Marxist Society in London.

Alan Woods speaking on "What is Marxism?" to a packed meeting of students at the University of London at the ULU Marxist Society.

In the midst of the biggest strike wave in France since the mid-1990s, Alan Woods, editor of In Defence of Marxism, addressed meetings of workers and youth in six French cities. This video (in English with French translation) was recorded at a packed meeting in Paris at the very end of the tour on the evening of the 16h - a day when millions of people were on the streets in France.

The discussions on World Perspectives are the foundations from which everything else flows in terms of the perspectives and work in each country, our priorities, tasks, etc. The instability on a world scale has only deepened since the World Perspectives document was drafted, in the autumn of 2009. But the main lines of the perspectives have been entirely confirmed by the march of events. This is a recording of the lead-off given by Alan Woods at the 2010 World Congress.

Some 50 activists participated in a very intense day of discussions during the Conference of Hands off Venezuela in London, on May 22. The main guests of the Conference were Katy Jaimes and Elías Chacón, active in the Socialist United Party (PSUV) and the PSUV youth as well as the movement of occupied factories, who had travelled from Venezuela to report on the current situation of the Bolivarian revolution. The Conference also featured a discussion on the Fifth International led off by Alan Woods. Here we present videos of their interventions.

Fred Weston, from the editorial board of Marxist.com, spoke to a packed house at May Day Books in Minneapolis, MN, USA on June 1st. Around 30 people came to hear Fred present a Marxist analysis of the state of the Chinese economy and the future of 1/5 of humanity. We present here a video of Fred's presentation and the question and answer session, which covered topics as varied as the difference between socialism and communism to an explanation of the Asiatic mode of production.

On Thursday April 22, Radio Nacional de Venezuela, the country’s leading radio aired an interview with the editor of Marxist.com, Alan Woods. The interview, which was broadcast live across the country, took place at 11 am and was repeated at 6 pm, lasting about an hour. The reaction from listeners who telephoned the station was extremely positive, showing once again the existence of a very receptive audience for the ideas of the IMT in Venezuela.

On the evening of Monday 22 March Alan Woods was interviewed by one of the main TV channels in Pakistan. Channel 5 is one of the biggest news channels, and is owned by the Khubrain (News) Group of newspapers, which produces papers in Urdu, English, Pashto, Sindi and Punjabi. The interview was conducted by the well-known journalist Saeed Qazi, whose popular programme is watched by millions. It was broadcast on prime time with Urdu subtitles, and repeated twice the following day.

The Cuban Revolution is one of the great events of human history. The small island was completely dominated by US imperialism until the revolution of 1959 shattered the Batista dictatorship and introduced a nationalised planned economy in the years following the revolution. Since then impressive achievements in health care and education have been met with loud shouts of "dictatorship" from the bourgeois press. What was the background to the revolution and why did it develop in the way that it did? Where is Cuba going today?