People, parties, and psychology: The role of the individual in history
Did Napoleon change history? Did Lenin make the Russian Revolution? Or do individuals simply express much deeper historical forces? Jack Tye...
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Is the Frankfurt school Marxist?
The Frankfurt School has had an enormous influence on universities, culture and much of the modern left. But how does Critical Theory compar...
Capitalism in the imperialist epoch
Trade wars, inflation, recession, debt and protectionism; the world economy has entered a new and unstable period. But why? Adam Booth expla...
Is Silvia Frederici a Marxist?
Silvia Federici has become one of the most widely read ‘socialist feminists’ of the last fifty years. But is her explanation of women's oppr...
The English Materialists | A Revolution in Philosophy
Marx and Engels didn't develop their ideas in a vacuum. They built on centuries of philosophical development, including the ideas of the Eng...
Plato, Aristotle & the Origins of Philosophy
How did philosophy begin? And why are arguments from over 2,000 years ago still central to Marxism today? In this episode of Marxist Voice ,...
Can art change the world?
Art is a necessity of life which is kept shackled by the profit motive. Art is something which workers yearn for. But what really is art? An...
Will America go Communist?
The United States has existed as the dominant imperialist power for over 80 years. In that time it has meddled in countries across the entir...
What Are The Prospects for World Revolution?
Despite vast technological progress, modern society has yet to achieve abundance. Instead, global capitalism continues to drive deepening co...
Traore, Sankara's legacy and imperialism in West Africa
Since he came to power in September 2022, the leader of Burkina Faso’s military government, Ibrahim Traore, has attracted attention all over...
How China became capitalist
Whilst the Chinese Communist Party rule over China, it works with a capitalist mode of production. This is a historic peculiarity which orig...
Rise and fall of US Imperialism
The relative decline of US imperialism is a process having enormous effects on every corner of the globe and every capitalist market. The US...
The failures of 'lesser evilism' and the popular front
Those on the left are increasingly being pushed the idea that we must support, vote for and publicly defend the 'lesser evil' in politics. M...
1945: Liberation, revolution and betrayal
A revolutionary wave swept through Europe towards the end of the Second World War. In France, communists formed the backbone of the armed re...
What would socialism look like?
Most people today are well aware of what they are against, poverty, austerity, racism, imperialism and much more. However, very few people h...
Revolutions in Materialist Philosophy
From the Renaissance to Marx, this talk from the London Marxist School traces the revolutionary developments of materialist philosophy. Begi...
Defying US imperialism: Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution stands as one of the most revered revolutions in the history of capitalism. Fidel Castro and Che Guevara began as anti-...
Feuerbach, philosophy, and the birth of Marxism
Dialectical materialism, the philosophy of Marxism, did not fall from the sky. Nor was it just a ‘good idea’ that Marx came up with one afte...
100 years of Malcolm X: From Nation to Revolution
The name Malcolm X is synonymous with the black liberation movement internationally. His life was dedicated to this struggle, ultimately lea...
World Perspectives 2026
In order to change the world, you must first understand it. This is why communists discuss politics, economics and the state of class consci...