The "Red Festival" of the comrades of FalceMartello held in Bologna, Italy, closed on June 29. Here we provide a link to more videos, including debates with international visitors from France and Spain, and an interview with Alan Woods who spoke at the festival.

Hear Fred Weston speaking to a recent meeting of Socialist Appeal in Edinburgh on the current Iranian Revolution. He also connects the movement against the Iranian regime with an analysis on the question of the state in a capitalist society.

Millions of people marched through Tehran and several other cities in the last few days to protest Iran's disputed presidential election in an extraordinary show of defiance that appeared to be the largest anti-government demonstration in Iran since the 1979 revolution. The revolutionary situation is unfolding in front of our very eyes. Hear Alan Woods speaking to a meeting in London on June 25, 2009.

Yesterday the Second Red Festival organised by the Marxist wing of Rifondazione Comunista, FalceMartello, ended. We will soon provide a report, but in the meantime a viewing of the videos produced by the comrades will give our readers a taste of the atmosphere that prevailed.

Hear Jorge Martín speaking to a recent meeting in London about the Iranian revolution. After describing the student movement and the turbulent events in 1999 - which we described at that time as the first shots of the Iranian revolution - and the new wave of labour and trade union movement of the past decade, Jorge analyses the meaning of the current events.

Millions of people marched through Tehran and several other cities in the last few days to protest Iran's disputed presidential election in an extraordinary show of defiance that appeared to be the largest anti-government demonstration in Iran since the 1979 revolution. The revolutionary situation is unfolding in front of our very eyes. Hear Alan Woods speaking to a meeting in London on June 25, 2009.

Alan Woods gives a lecture at the Chelsea College of Art in London in April 2009. He deals with the important role art plays in revolutionary political movements and speaks about how art changes to reflect the social and political events of the time.

John Peterson, National Secretary of the Workers International and editor of Socialist Appeal, interviewed by Our World Today on the subject of "What is Socialism?". The interview covers many of the traditional arguments made against socialism and defends the banner of revolutionary Marxism.

Construction workers travel to London on May 6 to demonstrate against a new wave of exploitation. Workers gather outside London Olympics site as the sun rises, and later outside Parliament, to make their voices heard and to demand justice for all workers.

This year marks the 90^th anniversary of the founding of the Communist International. Mick Brooks spoke at a recent Socialist Appeal Day School on the rise of the "world party of socialist revolution" under Lenin and Trotsky and its subsequent political and bureaucratic degeneration under Stalin.

Recently the Marxist society of the University of London Union met for a discussion on ‘Marxism and Darwinism’. The topic of this meeting was chosen in order to coincide with the recent exhibitions and publicity surrounding the 150^th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s masterwork, ‘Origin of the Species’ in November this year.

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.