Marxist Voice

In the age of the Enlightenment, the young, ascendant capitalist class began to stretch it's wings against the spiritual dictatorship of the church, and the feudal monarchies that they propped up.Breaking the chains of obscurantist medieval dogma, bold thinkers and pioneers like Locke, Newton, Diderot and Rousseau fought for rationality and science and in so doing, theoretically cleared the ground for the great bourgeois revolutions.Today, however, the capitalism is decrepit and dying and the ruling class has turned away from the reason of it's youth. In fact, the irrational capitalist system threatens to drag human society back to a new dark age.In this episode, Ben Curry will discuss and defend the Enlightenment, which despite it's limits was an enormous conquest for human thought. We as Marxists lay claim to the bold materialism and clarity of thought which characterised the Enlightenment as theoretical armaments in our struggle against our own rotten ruling class.✊ Join our campaign to build a Revolutionary Communist Party: communist.red/join📰 Subscribe to The Communist newspaper today: communist.red/subscribe📚 Get your copy of Reason in Revolt: https://wellredbooks.co.uk/product/reason-in-revolt/💸 Donate to our special party launch fund: communist.red/donate

In episode two of 'Towards the RCP', we discuss why we have launched 'The Communist' newspaper, how we can use it as a tool to build the Party, and how we can pave the way for a weekly Communist paper.

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With only 10 weeks to go until the founding Congress of the Revolutionary Communist Party, we are launching a new weekly podcast series dedicated to building the Party.

Each episode, we will cover the key political events of the week, and delve into a particular aspect of communist organising – from Marxist education, to revolutionary finance, to building a workplace cell.

This week, we cover why we are launching the RCP, what makes it different, and how to get started with recruiting new revolutionaries.

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The Great French Revolution was one of the greatest events in human history. In just four years, the masses rose up and swept away the ancient regime that had stood for centuries, igniting revolutionary flames across Europe.Yet these heroic efforts ultimately prepared the way for the rule of the capitalist class, and could only herald what was to come: the struggle of the working class for socialism.Nevertheless, it is vital that all who are fighting for communism to carefully study these titanic events, and to grasp the dynamics of revolution in preparation for the colossal class struggles that are being provoked by the crisis of the capitalist system.In this episode, Keelan Kellegher discusses the epic drama of the French Revolution, drawing out lessons essential for every revolutionary communist today.✊ Join our campaign to build a Revolutionary Communist Party: https://communist.red/join📰 Subscribe to The Communist newspaper today: socialist.net/subscribe📚 Get your copy of the latest In Defence of Marxism magazine: https://communist.red/magazine/💸 Donate to our special party launch fund: https://communist.red/donate

From La France Insoumise, to Podemos, to the ‘Communist’ Party of Britain, a number of figures and groups on the left believe that rallying around the national flag is the best way to attract the support of the working class.This opportunism goes back a long way. Both the reformists and the Stalinists have tended to bend to the chauvinism of the ruling class, leading to the betrayal of workers and oppressed peoples.As communists, we understand that the working class has no nation, and that reshaping or filling nationalities with a ‘progressive’ content cannot lead the masses to emancipation.In this talk, Jack Tye Wilson argues why communists must reject these siren calls for ‘progressive’ patriotism. Instead, we must put forward a programme of proletarian internationalism. Only on this basis can the world working class achieve its common interests.✊ Join the campaign to build a Revolutionary Communist Party: https://communist.red/join📰 Subscribe to The Communist – the voice of the working class: https://communist.red/subscribe💸 Donate towards the launch of the RCP: https://communist.red/donate🔗 Read our latest news and analysis on The Communist website: https://communist.red🌐 Head to the international website of the IMT, for theory, news, and analysis: https://marxist.com/

John Reed, the author of Ten Days that Shook the World, once said that Lenin was the most loved and the most hated person alive. He was loved by tens of millions who wanted to change society, but hated by the ruling class and their apologists.

As the leader of the Russian Revolution, Lenin was a man who changed the world. A convinced Marxist, he created the Bolshevik Party, the most revolutionary party in history. Lenin translated the ideas of Marxism into reality.

One hundred years since his death, the bourgeois historians continue to slander him and his ideas.

Join Alan Woods and Rob Sewell, authors of the anticipated book In Defence of Lenin, on the centenary of Lenin's death for a discussion on his real life and ideas. By understanding the significance of Lenin, we can understand how to carry out the revolutionary struggle for communism today.

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For communists, China has a special importance, as it is home to the largest working class in the world.While the western capitalists denounce China as a totalitarian dictatorship, and the Stalinists praise it as a socialist motherland, Marxists must have a scientific understanding of the Chinese regime.In this episode, Jorge Martín explains the real nature of China today; its place in the world capitalist system; as well as the crisis, inter-imperialist conflict, and class struggle headed its way in the coming period.📚 Get your copy of 'China's Long March to Capitalism': https://wellredbooks.co.uk/product/chinas-long-march-to-capitalism/✊ Join the campaign to build a Revolutionary Communist Party: socialist.net/join📰 Help us launch 'The Communist' newspaper by taking out a subscription: socialist.net/subscribe💸 Donate to our special party launch fund: communist.red🌐 Head to the website of the IMT, for theory, news, and analysis: marxist.com/

The October Revolution was not just an act of economic and political emancipation for the downtrodden masses, it also represented artistic and creative emancipation.Individual geniuses - such as Eisenstein, Meyerhold, Stanislavski, Tatlin, El Lizzitsky, and Shostakovich - rose to prominence and revolutionised their artforms.But more remarkably, millions of ordinary people were given access to the world of art and culture, previously denied to them by the bourgeois class. A spiritual and cultural uplifting on this scale had never been seen in human history.In this episode, Nelson Wan discusses these outstanding artistic achievements, and why another revolution in art will not be brought about until the revolution in society is completed.✊ Join the campaign to build a Revolutionary Communist Party: https://socialist.net/join📰 Help us launch 'The Communist' newspaper by taking out a subscription: https://socialist.net/subscribe💸 Donate to our special party launch fund: https://communist.red🌐 Head to our website for theory, news, and analysis: https://socialist.net/

The coup in Gabon in August was most recent in a series of setbacks for French imperialism. The Sahel region of West Africa, which France has historically treated as it's colonial back yard, is today known as the 'coup belt', and has seen military takeovers in Chad, Niger, Mali, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone and Guinea.In this talk, Josh Holroyd will explain the causes of these seismic events, as well as the revolutionary way forward: the masses can't be duped by the cynical Chinese and Russian imperialists, but must rely on their own forces. 📚 Get your copy of Lenin's 'Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism': https://wellredbooks.co.uk/product/imperialism-the-highest-stage-of-capitalism/🚩 Check out the launch website of 'The Communist', coming January 2024: https://communist.red/🌐 Head to our website for theory, news, and analysis: https://socialist.net/✊ Join the campaign to build a Revolutionary Communist Party: https://socialist.net/join💸 Donate to our special party launch fund: https://socialist.net/donate

The Soviet Union stands out in history as the first time a workers' state began the task of planning the economy.In this talk, Adam Booth uncovers the dynamics and laws of the Soviet economy, explaining the objective forces which propelled the policies of the Bolsheviks, and later the Stalinist bureaucrats.Through understanding the Soviet economy, we can see the potential of economic planning today, as well as a glimpse of what a future communist society might look like.🌐 Head to our website for theory, news, and analysis: https://socialist.net/📚 Subscribe to In Defence of Marxism: https://socialist.net/magazine✊ Join the campaign to build a Revolutionary Communist Party: https://socialist.net/join📰 Help us launch 'The Communist' newspaper by taking out a subscription: https://socialist.net/subscribe💸 Donate to our special party launch fund: https://socialist.net/donate