[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.
[Audio] Marxism and Religion Alan Woods talks at the IMT Winter School in Berlin on the topic of 'Marxism and Religion'. Alan explains the materialist conception of the world, integral to the theory of Marxism, and contrasts it to the idealist perspective that gives rise to religion. Alan explains the nature of religion as a means of consoling the oppressed with a life after death.
[Video] Funeral of murdered workers outside Mitsubishi factory in Venezuela We publish here two videos of the funeral for the murdered Mitsubishi workers outside the factory with about 2000 people present.
[Video] Venezuela: The assassination of comrade Tiko Tiko These two videos show how the workers only had stones and the police was firing live ammunition, contrary to reports in the Venezuelan bourgeois media. The first video shows the moment in which Javier Marcano (Tiko Tiko) was killed.
[Video] Repression of Anzoategui Police against Mitsubishi workers in Venezuela We publish here videos of the brutal repression of the Anzoategui Police against the Mitsubishi workers on January 29, which ended up in two workers dead.
[Audio] A Marxist view of art and culture Alan Woods spoke at the IMT Winter School in Berlin on the subject of the relationship between Art and the Class Struggle.
[Video] France - Reinforce PCF with Marxist ideas Jérôme Métellus, member of Parti communiste français and La Riposte, talks about the congress of the PCF held in December 2008. Before the congress the Marxists of La Riposte presented their document "Renforcer le PCF, renouer avec le marxisme". The document obtained a resounding success which went beyond any expectations: 5419 or 15.04% of the total valid votes.
[Video] “Pakistan's Other Story - The 1968-69 Revolution” Inaugurated in London On Thursday, January 22rd, there was a successful inauguration of Dr. Lal Khan's new book, "Pakistan's Other Story - The 1968-69 Revolution" in London. Young and old, students and trade unionists, turned up to hear a panel of speakers including Zakir Hussain, Qayyum Butt, and Alan Woods who addressed the audience before Lal Khan spoke.
[Video] General strikes and the student movement in Italy Roberto Sarti, member of FalceMartello, talks about the economic and political situation of Italy, the elections of April, the congress of Rifondazione Comunista in July and the recent strike movement of the workers and the youth.