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Welcome to Revolutionary Ideas, the Socialist Alternative podcast. In this series, we will explore Marxist theory and practice through conversations with socialist activists.
The May 7 elections will be an earthquake for British politics. With the collapse of the the two-party system, these elections are an opportunity for bold socialist campaigns. In this episode, we speak with two Socialist Alternative members running in these elections: - Mike Forster, anti-cuts campaigner in Huddersfield, running in Ashbrow ward with the People's Alliance for Change and Equality - Connor Rosoman, Socialist Alternative activist in London, running in Cathall ward as part of the Waltham Forest Independent Socialists
Hear from Socialist Alternative USA members Elan and Lydia speak on the momentous general strike against Trump and ICE, as well as next steps for the fightback!
Last week, Trump launched a military operation to capture Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro. US imperialism is ramping up its military threats across the world. But what comes next for Venezuela? Could we see more military action in Greenland, Cuba or elsewhere? And how can we build an effective struggle against imperialism? In this special episode of Revolutionary Ideas, we discuss with Andre Ferrari and Danny Byrne from ISA's International Political Committee about these questions and more!
With already over 60,000 members, Your Party has enormous potential. But what is going on inside it? Are the debates just about personalities, or are they political? Listen to this latest podcast from Socialist Alternative - revolutionary socialists organised in Your Party - to find out more!socialistalternative.info
With Trump and Farage on the rise, many are looking for answers about how we can push back the right wing. What is fascism? What does it look like, and how can we fight it? Listen to find out more and get involved today! socialistalternative.info
It’s official: Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana are going to launch a new left party! But what should it stand for? How can it build a real working-class alternative to Starmer and Farage? Listen to find out! socialistalternative.info
Karl Marx once famously said “the philosophers have interpreted the world in various ways, but the point is to change it.” In this recording from Socialist Alternative's Revolutionary Ideas Festival last November, we discuss the basics of Marxist philosophy and how it is useful for those fighting for revolutionary change across the world. Listen now! socialistalternative.info
In this episode, we speak with two Marxists from the Movement for a Socialist Alternative (ISA Nigeria) about the ongoing battle to free Daniel Akande and all jailed activists. We also touch on prospects for future workers’ struggle and the fight to overthrow capitalism and imperialism across the African continent. Follow the Nigeria Solidarity Campaign! Facebook - Nigeria Solidarity Campaign Instagram - NigeriaSolidarity
In this episode we sat down with members of Socialist Alternative in the United States, who are currently organising in the wake of Donald Trump’s recent election victory. We ask: What does his election represent? What are the prospects for building a fightback of workers and youth in the US? And what does Trump 2.0 mean internationally?
The Conservative Party is licking its wounds after its disastrous showing at the General Election. Never in their history have the Tories received such a low share of the vote. But Starmer’s win is extremely shallow. Despite five years of work purging the left and cosying up to big business in the name of electability, Labour also received the lowest the share of the vote this century. So how do we understand these events? What do socialists and Marxists say about where we should go forward from here? To find out, tune into this new episode of Revolutionary Ideas! socialistalternative.info
The Tories are on their way out! But a Labour government will be just as committed to serving the interests of big business. A new left, anti-war political party with socialist policies must be urgently built to challenge the capitalist parties and the racism of Farage. This episode of Revolutionary Ideas will discuss just how this alternative can be built going into a Labour government. Listen now!
Through the 1960s until the 1990s, the Militant Tendency gained infamy for its defence of Marxist and socialist ideas within the labour movement in Britain. It took the fight to the Thatcher government in the 80s, both in the struggle of the socialist Liverpool City Council, and in the struggle against the poll tax. What were the lessons of these fight? How was Militant built? Join us for another episode of Revolutionary Ideas to find out more! socialistalternative.info
The years 1931-49 were years of reaction, fascism and inter-imperialist war, but also of revolution. In this episode of Revolutionary Ideas we ask: What was the genuine Marxist approach to the World War at the time, and what lessons does this era carry for today? Join Socialist Alternative! socialistalternative.info/sign-up-to-socialist-alternative
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Since the explosion of struggle against systemic racism and state violence in 2020, a new generation of workers and young people have asked: what sort of approach is needed to help in the fight for liberation?
At the same time, there has been a right-wing backlash against the ideas of 'Critical Race Theory'. But do CRT provide a way forward? Or does Marxism have more to offer? Or are the two compatible?
To learn more, listen to and share this latest episode of Revolutionary ideas!
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Over the last few years, the #metoo movement has exposed the widespread sexual abuse in society often perpetrated by men in positions of power such as Jeffrey Epstein, and most recently with the high-profile accusations against Prince Andrew.
In this episode of REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS, we discuss a socialist feminist and Marxist approach to understanding and fighting the power and privilege behind this abuse, and how we can build a mass movement to fight back for International Women's Day 2022.
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Lenin’s classic book, The State and Revolution is a must-read for all who want to get a firm understanding of how the state works. How do socialists approach complex issues like the police? How can the working class take state power, and what do we need to do to make that happen?
In this episode, our regular hosts, Tom and Connor will be joined by Sofia, from Socialist Alternative in Leicester. Listen now!
On Christmas 1914, soldiers across the trenches of WWI disobeyed orders and dropped their guns. In this act of resistance during the imperialist war, a glowing example was set - of working class solidarity and internationalism.
In this special Christmas episode of Revolutionary Ideas, our regular panelists Yaara and Tom interview Greg Briscoe from Socialist Alternative in London.
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From Spain, to Argentina and beyond, women have increasingly staged feminist strikes against abuse, femicide, rape and oppression.
We ask in this episode of Socialist Alternative's monthly podcast: what is the way forward for these movements?
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As Marxists, we follow the example set by the Russian Revolution of 1917, as the greatest event in human history - a milestone in the fight for a world liberated from oppression, exploitation and war.
But we are also often told lies about what the revolution was and what it represented. In this episode of Revolutionary Ideas, we will be interviewing Rob and Lilly from Sotsialisticheskaya Alternative (ISA in Russia).
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It is now one year since the infamous toppling of the statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol. One year on, many are still uncovering the truth about capitalism’s connection with slavery. How were they linked? And how is this history relevant still?
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Capitalism always wants to tell us how it works as a system. Like an 'invisible hand', the market delivers for us all - or so we're told...
But how does capitalism REALLY work? Listen to this episode of Revolutionary Ideas to find out!
'The Communist Manifesto', written in the 19th century, remains widely read, but not always understood. Often misrepresented and distorted by the capitalist class and Stalinism alike, it is more important than ever that we ask, “what did Marx and Engels really stand for?”. As we enter the stormy decade of the 2020s, with mass struggles on the horizon, rediscovering the real ideas of Marxism is needed to prepare us for events to come.
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Socialists want to change the world. But what is our underlying philosophy? How do we think change takes place?
To answer these questions, tune into the latest episode of Revolutionary Ideas!
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In this episode, we will be discussing with Becci Heagney from Socialist Alternative's Political Committee, about SA's recent reprint of Trotsky's classic work, "Marxism in Our Time". To purchase your copy of this, please order yours here - only £3!
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Christmas is a time of the year that millions of people look forward to around the world. It is also a time of massive consumption.
Some on the left have said "there can be no ethical consumption under capitalism". But is that true? And if it is, why? We will answer these questions in the Christmas special of Revolutionary Ideas - the monthly podcast from Socialist Alternative.
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This is one of our many recordings from the Revolutionary Ideas Online Festival, held on 28-29 November 2020. This was a weekend of Marxist discussion and debate held by Socialist Alternative.
Want to join our fight? Go to socialistalternative.net today and get in touch to play your role in the struggle for a world free of capitalist oppression!
This is one of our many recordings from the Revolutionary Ideas Online Festival, held on 28-29 November 2020. This was a weekend of Marxist discussion and debate held by Socialist Alternative.
Want to join our fight? Go to socialistalternative.net today and get in touch to play your role in the struggle for a world free of capitalist oppression!
This is one of our many recordings from the Revolutionary Ideas Online Festival, held on 28-29 November 2020. This was a weekend of Marxist discussion and debate held by Socialist Alternative.
Want to join our fight? Go to socialistalternative.net today and get in touch to play your role in the struggle for a world free of capitalist oppression!
This is one of our many recordings from the Revolutionary Ideas Online Festival, held on 28-29 November 2020. This was a weekend of Marxist discussion and debate held by Socialist Alternative.
Want to join our fight? Go to socialistalternative.net today and get in touch to play your role in the struggle for a world free of capitalist oppression!
This is one of our many recordings from the Revolutionary Ideas Online Festival, held on 28-29 November 2020. This was a weekend of Marxist discussion and debate held by Socialist Alternative.
Want to join our fight? Go to socialistalternative.net today and get in touch to play your role in the struggle for a world free of capitalist oppression!
This is one of our many recordings from the Revolutionary Ideas Online Festival, held on 28-29 November 2020. This was a weekend of Marxist discussion and debate held by Socialist Alternative.
Want to join our fight? Go to socialistalternative.net today and get in touch to play your role in the struggle for a world free of capitalist oppression!
This is one of our many recordings from the Revolutionary Ideas Online Festival, held on 28-29 November 2020. This was a weekend of Marxist discussion and debate held by Socialist Alternative.
Want to join our fight? Go to socialistalternative.net today and get in touch to play your role in the struggle for a world free of capitalist oppression!
This is one of our many recordings from the Revolutionary Ideas Online Festival, held on 28-29 November 2020. This was a weekend of Marxist discussion and debate held by Socialist Alternative.
Want to join our fight? Go to socialistalternative.net today and get in touch to play your role in the struggle for a world free of capitalist oppression!
This is one of our many recordings from the Revolutionary Ideas Online Festival, held on 28-29 November 2020. This was a weekend of Marxist discussion and debate held by Socialist Alternative.
Want to join our fight? Go to socialistalternative.net today and get in touch to play your role in the struggle for a world free of capitalist oppression!
This is one of our many recordings from the Revolutionary Ideas Online Festival, held on 28-29 November 2020. This was a weekend of Marxist discussion and debate held by Socialist Alternative.
Want to join our fight? Go to socialistalternative.net today and get in touch to play your role in the struggle for a world free of capitalist oppression!
This is one of our many recordings from the Revolutionary Ideas Online Festival, held on 28-29 November 2020. This was a weekend of Marxist discussion and debate held by Socialist Alternative.
Want to join our fight? Go to socialistalternative.net today and get in touch to play your role in the struggle for a world free of capitalist oppression!
This is one of our many recordings from the Revolutionary Ideas Online Festival, held on 28-29 November 2020. This was a weekend of Marxist discussion and debate held by Socialist Alternative.
Want to join our fight? Go to socialistalternative.net today and get in touch to play your role in the struggle for a world free of capitalist oppression!
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In this episode of Revolutionary Ideas, the podcast from Socialist Alternative, we’ll be discussing LGBTQ+ liberation, with Jade Ritchie from Socialist Alternative in Leicester.
In recent years, corporations hopped on to Pride, as a marketing technique. But will that deliver real liberation? Or, is a much more radical change of the system needed?
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In this episode of Revolutionary Ideas, the podcast from Socialist Alternative, we'll be discussing the issue of women's liberation under capitalism, and why socialism is needed in that struggle, with Sarah Wrack from the Political Committee of Socialist Alternative, and Katia Hancke from the Socialist Party, Socialist Alternative's sister organisation in Ireland.
From the very earliest class societies, women's oppression has been central to oppression in other areas of life, including in the workplace. But how is that the case? Why is that? And what can workers, socialists and union activists do to challenge this?
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In this part, we'll cover the record of the Bolsheviks and past socialists organisations and movements, as well as the way forward for the feminist movement.
To recap, last week we focused on the origins of women's oppression and the Marxist classic from Friedrich Engels, "The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State".
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In this episode of Revolutionary Ideas, the podcast from Socialist Alternative, we'll be discussing the issue of women's liberation under capitalism, and why socialism is needed in that struggle, with Sarah Wrack from the Political Committee of Socialist Alternative, and Katia Hancke from the Socialist Party, Socialist Alternative's sister organisation in Ireland.
From the very earliest class societies, women's oppression has been central to oppression in other areas of life, including in the workplace. But how is that the case? Why is that? And what can workers, socialists and union activists do to challenge this?
This episode is a two-parter – so make sure to follow us and come back next week for the second part!
In this part, we're going to focus on the origins of women's oppression and the Marxist classic from Friedrich Engels, "The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State".
Next week, we'll cover the record of the Bolsheviks and past socialists organisations and movements, as well as the way forward for the feminist movement.
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In this episode of Revolutionary Ideas, the podcast from Socialist Alternative, we'll be the growing conflict between Trump and China's Xi Jinping.
This time, we'll be talking with two socialist activists in China and Hong Kong. Vincent Kolo, from chinaworker.info and Jaco from ISA Hong Kong will be joining us. We will be addressing the various questions concerning socialists, workers and youth around the world: where is the conflict between the US and China going? What are the prospects for revolution in China? And what is the likelihood of the new US-China 'cold war' blowing over into war?
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In this episode of Revolutionary Ideas, the podcast from Socialist Alternative, we'll be discussing Trotskyism.
This time, we'll be talking with Danny Byrne, a member of International Socialist Alternative’s International Executive. We’ll try to answer questions about the role Trotsky played in the Russian Revolution, the main ideas that he stood for, and why they are still relevant today.
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In this episode of Revolutionary Ideas, the podcast from Socialist Alternative, we'll be covering the national question in Israel-Palestine.
This time, we'll be discussing with Tuvaal Klein, a member of Socialist Alternative’s sister organisation in Israel-Palestine, Socialist Struggle. We’ll try to answer questions about the origin of the conflict in the region, who benefits from it, how to solve it, and what the international community can do to help.
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In this episode of Revolutionary Ideas, the podcast from Socialist Alternative, we'll be giving a short introduction to Marxist ideas.
This time, we'll be discussing with Claire Laker-Mansfield, a member of the Political Committee of Socialist Alternative and an avid socialist activist, about the basics of Marxism. We'll try to answer questions like what is Marxism? Why you should become a Marxist? And how can socialism solve the Coronavirus crisis?
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