[Video] World Economic Crisis - Interview with Alan Woods in Pakistani TV A striking indication of the echo that the ideas of The Struggle (the Marxist tendency in Pakistan) are getting in different social layers was the presence of several editors from the TV channel Five at their recent 2009 congress. This TV channel recently broadcast an hour-long interview with Alan Woods on the world economic crisis.
[Video] Visteon Factory Worker Occupations in Britain Hundreds of workers occupy three Visteon car manufacturing factories in Britain after the management closed them down, laying off the entire workforce with no notice, violating their contracts. This is reminiscent of the factory occupations of the 1970s.
[Video] Visteon Factory Occupation Workers go to Boss's House On Monday 6th April 2009, seven days after occupying their factory in Basildon, Essex, the Visteon car plant workers decide to give their former boss, Steve Gawne, a visit at his country manor to hand-deliver a letter demanding justice be served.
[Video] Visteon Factory Worker Occupations in Britain Hundreds of workers occupy three Visteon car manufacturing factories in Britain after the management closed them down, laying off the entire workforce with no notice, violating their contracts. This is reminiscent of the factory occupations of the 1970s.
[Audio] World Capitalist Crisis - The worst in history? Hear Rob Sewell, Political Editor of Socialist Appeal, leading off at a meeting after the "Put people first" demonstration in the lead-up to the G20 summit in London. He spoke on whether this is the deepest crisis capitalism has ever faced, and what you can do to help organise the fight back, as part of the struggle for socialism.
[Audio] The Paris Commune of 1871 Speaking on the 1871 Paris Commune at the IMT Winter School in Berlin, Greg Oxley explained: "The history of the Paris Commune is not just history, but it is our history. It is really the beginning of the concsious struggle for socialism. The Paris Commune was the first time the working class rose up, took power, held on to power for ten weeks before it was brutally crushed in the last week of May 1871."
[Audio] Trotsky's Writings of the 1930's At a recent meeting of the International Marxist Tendency in Canada, Alex Grant, editor of Fightback magazine, speaks on the writings of Trotsky in the 1930's. This period, encompassing the Great Depression and mass revolutionary movements, is a goldmine of ideas for today's youth and working class activists. Grant gives an overview of the flavour of Trotsky's writings of the period in order to encourage further reading and study.
[Audio] John Peterson of U.S. Hands Off Venezuela on the Jeff Farias Show John Peterson, U.S. National Secretary of Hands Off Venezuela, speaking on the state of the Venezuelan Revolution and its relevance to American workers.
[Video] Venezuela: Militant march of workers in Barcelona on February 3 On Tuesday February 3, industrial workers, workers from the service sector and from the state sector, together with members of dozens of communal councils, marched through the streets of Barcelona to condemn the killing of two Mitsubishi workers the week before.
[Video] Venezuela: La Verdad de la Masacre en Mitsubishi En la tarde del jueves 29 de enero dos trabajadores resultaron muertos por la policía del estado Anzoategui, Venezuela. Los dos trabajadores asesinados son Pedro Suarez, trabajador de Mitsubishi, y José Marcano, trabajador de la empresa autopartista Macusa. Ambos fueron muertos cuando la policía del estado Anzoategui trataba de desalojar a cientos de trabajadores que habían ocupado la planta de Mitsubishi (MMC).
[Audio] Women and Revolution Lis Mandl spoke at the IMT Winter School on the subject of "Women and Revolution". She looks at how the recent financial crisis has affected working women and how the women’s question is inseparable from the struggle of the working class as a whole.
[Audio] The International Situation At the end of January 2009 in a meeting of Socialist Appeal a discussion was held about the latest developments in the international situation. Alan Woods introduced the discussion.
[Audio] Cuba 50 years later – where is the revolution going? Fred Weston spoke at a recent day school of Socialist Appeal on how the Cuban revolution, starting out as a bourgeois democratic revolution, was forced to move against capitalism in order to achieve its aims, a brilliant confirmation of Trotsky’s theory of the Permanent Revolution. Now there are growing pressures inside Cuba to adopt the so-called “Chinese model”, i.e. changes that would eventually lead to the re-establishment of capitalism in Cuba. There are also those who resist this idea and are seeking ways of building socialism on the island.
[Video] Angry British workers demand answers! Angry workers at the Oxford BMW plant demand answers from their union leadership after a ruthless redundancy notice has been read out by the management.
[Audio] The German Revolution of 1918-19 Marie Frederiksen talks at the IMT Winter School in Berlin about how the German workers could have taken power in 1918-19. Unfortunately the German Communists committed a series of errors, errors which we must learn from and prepare for the future.
