Marxist Audio Archive

The pandemic has exposed the system that puts profits before needs. Capitalism is going through the deepest crisis in its history. It is an economic, social and political crisis, which is now expressing itself in political turmoil and growing class struggle across the globe. While the ruling class attempts to bury Marxism, it has in fact never been so relevant as it is today. We need revolutionary ideas that will enable us to overthrow this rotten system.

Fred Weston, editor of In Defence of Marxism (www.marxist.com), gives this keynote presentation.

Listen to Fightback editor Alex Grant on Cheri DiNovo's "Left, Lefter, Leftist". This month: The "Freedom" Convoy, and where is the Conservative Party going? You can also listen on Cheri DiNovo's Soundcloud, here.

This week, Joel and Alex are joined by Ukrainian Marxist Peter Mikhalenko, to discuss the conflict in Ukraine, what's happening, why, and what position socialists should take. 

We are living in a time of unprecedented upheavals. Capitalism is creating the condition for revolution around the world... even in Canada.

This week, Joel and Alex discuss the War Measures Act, counter-protests against the convoy, and governments lifting pandemic measures. 

For the vast majority of its existence, humanity has lived in classless societies with egalitarian relations between individuals. By analyzing the development of the earliest class societies, we can begin to understand the material basis for the oppressive class relations that still exist under capitalism. 

In this episode, comrade Sebastian Seyva produces part two of "The Origins of Class Society", an article by Josh Holroyd and Laurie O'Connel that originally appeared in no. 35 of In Defence of Marxism. You can subscribe to In Defence of Marxism here. 

Welcome to This Week In The Canadian Revolution, a new weekly podcast from Fightback!

We are living in a time of unprecedented upheavals. Capitalism is creating the condition for revolution around the world... even in Canada. 

Join us every week as we analyze what Trotsky called "the molecular process of revolution", to prepare for the struggles that are to come.

For the vast majority of its existence, humanity has lived in classless societies with egalitarian relations between individuals. By analyzing the development of the earliest class societies, we can begin to understand the material basis for the oppressive class relations that still exist under capitalism. 

In this episode, comrade Sebastian Seyva produces part one of "The Origins of Class Society", an article by Josh Holroyd and Laurie O'Connel that originally appeared in no. 35 of In Defence of Marxism. You can subscribe to In Defence of Marxism here. 

Listen to Fightback editor Alex Grant on Cheri DiNovo's "Left, Lefter, Leftist". This month: Omicron, housing and homelessness, and inflation. You can also listen on Cheri DiNovo's Soundcloud, here.

In our final episode of the year, we are sharing speeches from one of our recent launch events for our biweekly paper. A newspaper is an essential tool for Marxist organizing, and these speeches explain why.

You can subscribe to Fightback by visiting marxist.ca/subscribe.

In recent years, the struggle against discrimination and oppression based on gender and sexual orientation has developed into mass movements in numerous countries. It is becoming increasingly clear that the struggle against systemic oppression is a struggle against capitalism.

In this talk, comrade  Koral  discusses The LGBTQ Struggle and the Fight for Socialism.