Theory and analysis

“Trade wars are good”: Trump threatens fragile world economy

  Join the Marxist Student Federation at Revolution 2018, a three-day festival of Marxist ideas held at Student Central on 19-21 October! One of the many topics of discussion will be “Trade wars: what are they good for?” In preparation, we republish this important article on Trump’s trade war and its destabilising effect on the world economy. In the last week, Trump announced his intention to raise tariffs on steel and aluminium Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

What is Money? – Part One: the Origins of Money

  Join the Marxist Student Federation at Revolution 2018, a three-day festival of Marxist ideas held at Student Central on 19-21 October! One of the many topics of discussion will be “From barter to Bitcoin: what is money?” In preparation, we republish this important article on the origins of money. In the first of a five-part series analysing the role of money within capitalist society, Adam Booth looks at the origins of Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

Ireland abortion referendum: a mighty blow against the Catholic Church

  Join the Marxist Student Federation at Revolution 2018, a three-day festival of Marxist ideas held at Student Central on 19-21 October! One of the many topics of discussion will be “From Abortion Rights to Feminist Strikes.” In preparation, we republish this important article on the recent abortion referendum in Ireland. The massive vote to repeal the 8th amendment and introduce abortion rights marks another major turning point for all progressive forces Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

Race and Class: No lie can live forever

  Join the Marxist Student Federation at Revolution 2018, a three-day festival of Marxist ideas held at Student Central on 19-21 October! One of the many topics of discussion will be “Martin Luther King and the Black Struggle.” In preparation, we republish this important article on race and class. “You can’t talk about solving the economic problem of the Negro without talking about billions of dollars. You can’t talk about ending the Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

Corbyn’s “government in waiting” vs the Establishment

  Join the Marxist Student Federation at Revolution 2018, a three-day festival of Marxist ideas held at Student Central on 19-21 October! One of the many topics of discussion will be “The first 100 days in power: what should Corbyn do?” In preparation, we republish this important article on the Corbyn revolution vs the establishment. Following a confident speech at the Labour conference, Corbyn is set to be the next PM. The Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

Thugs attack Labour supporter: unite and smash the far-right!

  Jade Unal, who runs a Young Labour group in Wakefield was recently brutally beaten by a far-right mob after attending a meeting put on by her local Labour Party. Having been called a “Labour c**t”, there is very little doubt that this attack was politically motivated. While the attack left terrible bruises and possibly lasting emotional trauma, she is luckily in stable condition. This incident leaves little doubt that a resurgent Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

Book Launch: Germany 1918-33 – Socialism or Barbarism

  Wellred Books and Socialist Appeal are proud to announce the launch of a new book by Rob Sewell, providing a Marxist analysis of the lessons from the 1918 German Revolution, its defeat, and the subsequent rise of Fascism. ORDER YOUR COPY OF “GERMANY 1918-33: SOCIALISM OR BARBARISM” TODAY FROM WELLRED BOOKS https://wellredbooks.net/pre-order-germany-1918-1933-socialism-or-barbarism.html This book launch is being held as part of Revolution 2018 – a three-day festival of Marxist ideas, and will Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

Red wave sweeps universities

  Once again, this autumn, Marxist students have been out and about on campuses up and down the country signing up eager students to university Marxist societies. This year has been the most successful year yet for the Marxist Student Federation, with thousands signing up to join societies across 33 campuses, and hundreds attending meetings up and down the country. Scotland The term kicked off with the Edinburgh and Glasgow university freshers’ Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

Vile Tory students are a product of their decaying capitalist system

  As the Tory party conference draws to a close, it is clear that the threat of a government led by Jeremy Corbyn is ever in the minds of much of the Tory faithful. Their unwavering defence of a decrepit status quo has alienated many – particularly younger – voters, who see in Labour a positive alternative to austerity. The Party was in luck however, as the Plymouth University Conservative Society decided Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

Marketisation of Education. How can we fight it?

Students and Workers, Unite and Fight! On the 27th September, the Save Our Staff student group (Manchester based) organised an Education for Sale panel event. It aimed to highlight the increased effects of marketisation in higher education. Since George Osborne announced a rise in tuition fees in 2010, to ‘bridge the gap’ in funding amongst the waves of cuts, universities have increasingly sought to sell their course to students, treating students as consumers. Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

Why I Fight: to change the world from Norwich to Nairobi

  In truth, there are many experiences and thoughts which have led me to Marxism. Having traveled extensively as a child, it’s hard not to visit the Global South and its poor masses and question the economic structures which exploit them. Also, as the son of a father whose childhood experiences of brutal poverty were repeatedly recounted at the dinner table, how could I not think we could do better? Yet, it Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

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