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Defend Corbyn! Fight for Socialism!
The whole Establishment, including the Blairites, has rallied to attack Corbyn and protect the privileges of the ruling class. Defend Corbyn! Fight for Socialism! Read More + -
Red October: #JoinTheRevolution
Socialist Appeal invites readers to a weekend of revolutionary ideas, hosted by the Marxist Student Federation in London over the weekend of 23-25th October. Read More + -
Refugees welcome: make the bosses pay!
The current refugee crisis has brought out the horrors of capitalist society, whilst demonstrating the solidarity of ordinary working people, compared to the callousness of the ruling class. Read More + -
Why you should be a socialist
Capitalism is in crisis; inequality is growing. Yet there is enormous potential for transforming our lives on the basis of modern technology. Join the fight for the revolutionary socialist transformation of society. Read More + -
Corbyn landslide shakes the Establishment
The astonishing victory of Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour leadership represents a political earthquake of monumental proportions. It has turned the political map of Britain upside down. Read More +
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Events
Tue 29 Sep 18:00 - 20:00
Glasgow Marxists: Where is Britain going?
Wed 30 Sep 17:00 - 19:00
Newcastle Marxists: Marxism - What is it and Why is it relevant?
Wed 30 Sep 17:30 - 19:30
SOAS Marxists: Defend Corbyn! Fight for Socialism!
Wed 30 Sep 18:00 - 20:00
Swansea Marxists: Defend Corbyn! Fight for Socialism!
Latest news
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#PigGate: revelations highlight cracks in the Establishment
The latest revelations about the Prime Minister have lifted the lid, again, on the sordid and sleazy world of the elite. At the same time, the airing of such dirty laundry in public is yet another demonstration of the crisis of the Establishment, which is rapidly losing all moral authority and legitimacy in the eyes of the masses, following one scandal after another.
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Volkswagen scandal – the bosses can’t be trusted!
US regulators have discovered German carmaker Volkswagen has been systematically cheating its emissions tests on diesel vehicles, in order to increase its profits. The scale of the scandal is huge, but this is likely to only be the tip of the iceberg. Such “cheating” is an inevitable outcome of a system based only on profit.
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UEA Socialists interview left-wing Labour MP Clive Lewis
During freshers week the UEA Socialist Society had a chat with Clive Lewis, the left-wing MP for Norwich South and a firm supporter of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership. Here we publish an interview with Clive, where we found out his thoughts on the fight against austerity.
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Wolves on the prowl – boot out the Blairite saboteurs!
Day after day, there is a relentless barrage in the Tory media against the newly-elected Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn. The whole Establishment, including the Blairite ring-wing in the Parliamentary Labour Party, has rallied to attack Corbyn and protect the privileges of the ruling class. Defend Corbyn! Fight for Socialism!
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Labour Young Socialists launched - Marxist students elected onto steering committee
On Sunday 20th September, around 140 young activists and Corbyn supporters from across the country assembled at UCL university in London for the launching of the Labour Young Socialists, a new organisation that aims to mobile youth in defence of Corbyn and the fight for socialism. Two Marxist Student comrades were elected to its steering committee.
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Audio & Video
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The refugee crisis: a product of Imperialism Duration: 00:17:20 Date: 18 Sep 2015 |
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The Corbyn victory: a political earthquake Duration: 00:28:01 Date: 16 Sep 2015 |
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Crisis in the Middle East Duration: 00:01:47 Date: 19 Aug 2015 |
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Greece, SYRIZA, and the Euro Crisis Duration: 00:01:40 Date: 13 Aug 2015 |
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Perspectives for World Revolution Duration: 00:02:12 Date: 5 Aug 2015 |
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Crisis point in Greece Duration: 00:32:08 Date: 28 Jun 2015 |
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Syriza, Podemos and the Euro Crisis Duration: 00:59:07 Date: 4 Feb 2015 |
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Solidarity with the kidnapped Mexican students Duration: 00:40:50 Date: 18 Nov 2014 |
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Crisis in the Middle East - A Marxist Prespective Duration: 00:49:30 Date: 5 Nov 2014 |
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The Scottish referendum - a Marxist analysis Duration: 00:09:16 Date: 22 Sep 2014 |
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Fighting Fascism in the Ukraine Duration: 00:25:19 Date: 17 Sep 2014 |
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Iraq, ISIS, and Imperialism in the Middle East Duration: 00:22:31 Date: 15 Sep 2014 |
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The Fight Against Fascism in Ukraine Duration: 00:01:07 Date: 26 Jun 2014 |
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The Miners Strike of 1984 Duration: 00:39:47 Date: 26 Jun 2014 |
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UKIP and the 2014 Elections Duration: 00:16:12 Date: 6 Jun 2014 |
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25 Years On: The Tiananmen Square Movement of 1989 Duration: 00:21:42 Date: 6 Jun 2014 |
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Alan Woods speaking on Ukraine solidarity Duration: 00:09:53 Date: 3 Jun 2014 |
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Kiev authorities attack democratic rights and arm fascist gangs Duration: 00:24:38 Date: 20 May 2014 |
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Coup and crisis in Thailand - with Ben Gliniecki Duration: 00:13:52 Date: 15 May 2014 |
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The Crisis in Ukraine - with Alan Woods Duration: 00:18:59 Date: 13 May 2014 |
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Educate Yourself
Socialist Appeal are proud to publish this basic guide to help focus your studies of Marxist theory and practice. Visit the various tabs to find links to introductory articles, classic texts, and audio talks for different topics. Read More + -
The Fundamentals of Marxism
Marxist theory is the basis upon which our analysis, perspectives, program, and participation in the movement are based. It is our "guide to action." This why Socialist Appeal and IMT place so much emphasis on political education. To this end, we have created an extensive Education Plan to assist comrades in their political development. This is an important resource.
However, it's length and scope may seem daunting to new comrades. With this in mind, Socialist Appeal has compiled a shorter list of classic works and other important writings we think will serve to lay a strong foundation in the ideas and… Read More +
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Dialectical Materialism and Science
Dialectical Materialism is the philosophy or methodology of Marxism. Every political movement, party, or even statement of any kind bases itself, consciously or unconsciously, on some sort of philosophy or world outlook. Marxism is concerned with effecting a radical change in society, and therefore requires an exceptionally clear, thoroughgoing, and systemic set of philosophical principles.
The ideas of Dialectical Materialism, based on the best traditions of philosophical thought, are not a fixed dogma but a system of tools and general principles for analysing the world materialistically and scientifically.
If we are to understand society in order to change it, this cannot be… Read More +
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Historical Materialism
Historical Materialism is the result of Dialectical Materialism applied to human society and history. It encompasses the general theory of how and why society develops in the way it does. A deeper, more concrete understanding of these principles in combination with a study of real, living history of class struggles enables us to come to a general understanding of where capitalist society is headed and what political strategy is required to successfully influence the course of events.
The basic principles of Historical Materialism are that human society has inherent laws guiding it - its developments are by no means arbitrary or… Read More +
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Marxist Economics
Marxist economics is the study of the laws of motion of capitalist society. Why does capitalism perpetually go into crisis? Why does mass unemployment exist? Are commodity production, the domination of the market, and rich and poor natural, immutable states of being for humanity? Or are they merely the products of this specific mode of production - capitalism? If so, is there any way capitalism can exist without these problems, or by minimising them?
Marxist economics is a “holistic” way of analysing capitalist economy. It starts out by placing it in its real historical context (rather than dreaming up abstract idealisations… Read More +
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The State
Like money, the state is something we are all very familiar with and take for granted, but its real essence tends to elude us. The ideologists of capitalism have tried, in various ways, to justify the capitalist state as supremely rational; a neutral arbiter for society, and the embodiment of justice. For Marxists, the state is not at all neutral, nor just. It is certainly anything but rational. We must strip the vale of mysticism away and reveal the state’s real basis. To do that, we have to treat the state historically - taking in its origins, rise, and eventual… Read More +
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Russia, Lenin, Trotsky and Stalinism
The Russian Revolution is the greatest event in world history for Marxists. For the first time, the working class successfully took and held power. The slaves fought back and won. For these reasons, the name of Lenin and Trotsky, and the entire 1917 episode, has been deliberately dragged through the mud by the bourgeoisie ever since.
Naturally they are aided in this task by the degeneration of the revolution and by the existence of Stalin’s monstrous dictatorship. However, Stalinism represents the opposite of Bolshevism’s real traditions, which readers can read about in this section, as well as the Marxist explanation for… Read More +
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Anarchism
Radicalised youth, seeking to understand how to change modern society, naturally tend to look to both Marxism and Anarchism in equal measure. The question as to which philosophy, or which combination of the two, has the best answers, has long been at the forefront of the minds of revolutionaries.
Anarchism is naturally attractive to all those correctly alienated by bureaucracy in the revolutionary movement. Anarchists are certainly correct to reject Stalinism and careerism. However, it is not sufficient simply to reject these phenomena. We need to understand why bureaucracy and oppression exist and what role they play, in order to understand… Read More +
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Feminism
The discrimination and oppression of women is integral to class society, such that Engels even referred to it as the “first class oppression”. Along with the class system itself, the oppression of women often takes on the appearance of being natural, immutable and eternal, since it has been with us for so long.
But Marxism is a historical science, concerned with understanding the fundamental changes that society goes through. It cannot be satisfied with comfortable prejudices. A study of the origins of human society, as Engels famously conducted in his book The Origins of the Family, Private Property and the State,… Read More +
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Fascism
Fascism is something of a bogeyman in modern British society, and has an almost mythical character in bourgeois public opinion. But despite constant talk of it, very little is said about why it happened and how it may or may not happen again.
Fascism is really the death agony of capitalism and the “distilled essence of imperialism”. The fascists in Germany, Italy, Spain and other countries were only able to come to power on the back of defeats of the working class. Ultimately, the madness of fascism expresses the historic crisis and dead-end of capitalism that had arrived by the early… Read More +
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The National Question
The question of nationalities - that is, the oppression of nations and national minorities, which has characterised capitalism from its birth till the present time - has always occupied a central position in Marxist theory. Once again, the historical materialist approach of Marxism dissolves the apparent “natural” role of the nation as a necessary expression of human society. Nations have by no means always existed, nor will they always exist in the future.
The nation as we know it today is a product of the development of capitalism and its need to unify peoples into units of a certain size (depending… Read More +
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Imperialism and War
War is a constant feature of life under capitalism, especially in the epoch of imperialism. There has not been a single day of peace since the end of WWII, despite the appearance of WWII (and all previous wars) of being the “war to end all wars”. Capitalism is inherently unstable, competitive and violent. Moreover, there can be no final peace between the classes, since this system is based on the exploitation of the working class by the rich.
However, there are wars of different kinds under capitalism. The question of war is the hardest equation of all to judge, so careful… Read More +
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Revolutionary Strategy
Socialist Appeal is the British section of the International Marxist Tendency, which is active in around 40 countries. Our aim is to spread the ideas of Marxism, in an organised fashion, in the labour and youth movement. Only the British working class has the ability to change British society, because of the central role they play in production and their shared interest in establishing socialism.
However, we must carefully study the history and traditions of the British working class in order for Marxist ideas to connect with them. There are all too many groups who simply declare themselves the vanguard of… Read More +
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Revolutionary History
The ideas of Marxism and the need for a revolutionary party are not the result simply of a single individual, but arise from the study of history - the history of class struggle. In this respect, the revolutionary party is often referred to as being the memory of the working class, and our task is to learn the lessons from history in order to prepare for the revolutionary events taking place today and in the future.
In this section we present a series of articles and audios covering the key revolutionary struggles in history - from the early class struggles in… Read More +
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Marxist theory
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Marxism and the National Question Duration: 00:01:46 Date: 19 Aug 2015 |
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The Revolutionary Ideas of Rosa Luxemburg Duration: 00:01:53 Date: 7 Nov 2014 |
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Marxism and Feminism Duration: 00:57:28 Date: 30 Jun 2014 |
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World War One and Imperialism Duration: 00:01:03 Date: 30 Jun 2014 |
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French Revolution of May 1968 Duration: 00:52:35 Date: 26 Jun 2014 |
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Russian Revolution: Triumph or Tragedy - Alan Woods vs. Orlando Figes Duration: 00:01:14 Date: 7 Nov 2013 |
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Russia: From Revolution to Counter-Revolution Duration: 00:01:46 Date: 4 Oct 2013 |
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Origins of the Family, Private Property, and the State Duration: 00:01:12 Date: 27 Sep 2013 |
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Marx Walk - The Life of Karl Marx in London Duration: 00:59:21 Date: 13 Sep 2013 |
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The Italian hot autumn of 1969 Duration: 00:01:36 Date: 16 Aug 2013 |
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The Crisis of Capitalism Duration: 00:01:11 Date: 17 Jul 2013 |
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Lenin and Trotsky: What they really stood for Duration: 00:53:45 Date: 1 Jul 2013 |
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Marxism and Science Duration: 00:01:01 Date: 7 Mar 2013 |
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Karl Marx and the First International Duration: 00:01:21 Date: 7 Mar 2013 |
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The Relevance of Marxism Today Duration: 00:01:09 Date: 7 Mar 2013 |
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