The savage plans announced by George Osborne in today’s budget will force young people to pay for the crisis of capitalism so that the rich can keep their mansions and their millions. We are being forced, by rich Tories and their rich friends, to pay for a crisis of capitalism that we did not cause. For people aged 18-21 the automatic entitlement to housing benefit is being cut, in essence treating Read more…
As tension in Europe mounts in the run up to the Greek referendum on Sunday we publish below a statement by the International Marxist Tendency (IMT), whose section in Greece is the Communist Tendency of Syriza. We join the IMT and the communists of Syriza, without reservation, in calling for a No vote and for a continuation of the fight against austerity by breaking with capitalism and fighting for socialism in Greece, Read more…
The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle. But what is class and where did it come from? Why do Marxists place so much emphasis on class? What is required to overthrow class society? And what would a society without classes look like? Join us at Revolution 2015 to discuss these questions and others in the session on the Rise of Class Society. RECOMMENDED READING: Origins Read more…
As a wave of radicalisation is sweeping the world people are looking for different ideas to explain capitalism’s crisis and to provide a solution. Can anarchism play this role? What is its relationship to Marxism? Are the two compatible? Join us at Revolution 2015 to discuss these and other questions. Daniel Morley from the Editorial Board of Socialist Appeal will introduce the discussion and there will be plenty of time for Read more…
Join us at Revolution 2015 to discuss questions of climate change, capitalism and crisis. Adam Booth, PhD in environmental engineering and Shahrar Ali, deputy leader of the Green Party will introduce the session, which will include plenty of time for debate and discussion from the floor. RECOMMENDED READING: IPCC report: climate in crisis; revolution needed by Adam Booth The environment, consumerism and socialism by Kevin Harriman and Kevin Nance Climate change: another product of Read more…
“Gold? yellow, glittering, precious gold?… Thus much of this will make black white, foul fair; Wrong right, base noble, old young, coward valiant. …What this, you gods? Why, this Will lug your priests and servants from your sides, Pluck stout men’s pillows from below their heads; This yellow slave Will knit and break religions, bless the accursed; Make the hoar leprosy adored, place thieves And give them title, knee and approbation, Read more…
Socialist Appeal and the Marxist Student Federation invite our activists, supporters, and readers to Revolution 2015 – a weekend of talks, discussions, and debates about revolutionary ideas and socialist alternatives, covering Marxist theory, history, current events, and action. Hosted by the UCLU Marxist Society on the weekend of 26-28th June – book your tickets now! All the meetings are at UCL. See this page for maps of the area. Email contact@marxiststudent.com if you Read more…
Marxist students will be at the End Austerity Now demonstration on Saturday 20 June marching under the banner “The system is broken: fight for revolution“. In our own words, here’s why we’ll be joining tens of thousands of others on Saturday’s protest: “I’m graduating in less than a month, which should be an exciting milestone in a person’s life, but it doesn’t feel like it. We leave university with a ton Read more…
The Tories are still in government and no one is in any doubt about just how vicious their austerity will be. They have already outlined their plans to cut the living standards of the working class while the rich pile up all of society’s wealth for themselves. We are furious at being made to pay for a crisis for which we bear no responsibility. We will march on Saturday 20 June, Read more…
We publish here a speech by Kevin of the Cambridge Marxist Society at the anti-austerity demonstration called by the Cambridge Marxists on Saturday 30 May, in conjunction with the Cambridge People’s Assembly. A video of Kevin’s speech can also be seen below. ———————————————— “Elect a majority Conservative government, and you will get a clear plan, working every day to secure you and your family a brighter future.” So says our dear Read more…
The system is broken: fight for revolution! The Tories are still in government. Less than 50% of their planned cuts were carried out during the last Parliament. Now they plan to make more than double the cuts they have already, and these ones will be much more painful. The People’s Assembly Against Austerity have called a demo for 20 June demanding an end to austerity. Marxist students and revolutionary young people Read more…
Marxist Students have lent their support and solidarity to a campaign at King’s College London (KCL) fighting to achieve fair pay and reasonable working conditions for part-time student staff. General Teaching Assistants (GTAs) are widely-exploited by university management as a source of cheap labour, being saddled with complex duties including marking, lesson planning and seminar leading at a fraction of the wages of full-time academics. A report, published in March by KCL GTAs, Read more…
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