Capitalist crisis, class struggle, and Marxism in Britain today

Josh Holroyd discusses the lessons of the Paris Commune – when the working class seized power for the first time in history.

Hundreds of thousands of workers are walking out together next week – the latest wave in Britain’s strike tsunami. Not since the 1970s has the country seen such levels of industrial action. We must learn the lessons from this period of struggle.

In this talk, Natasha Sorrell discusses how the Bolsheviks approached the women’s question, the gains that were won in the Revolution, and the conditions that led to their reversal.