Far from being a neutral force standing above society, Marxists understand that the state is a tool for the suppression of one class by another. In this talk from the recent Marxist Student Federation summer school, Fiona Lali discusses the origins of the state, and refutes the views of the reformists and anarchists on this question.
With students and young people burning with anger at the crisis-ridden capitalist system, we discuss how the Revolutionary Communist Party can recruit and organise on university campuses, and how to link this work to the wider class struggle.
On this day in 1917, Lenin returned to Russia, arriving into Petrograd’s famous Finland Station. This was the beginning of his one-man struggle to politically reorient the Bolshevik Party – a vital stepping stone towards the October Revolution.
Writing for the latest issue of the ‘In Defence of Marxism’ magazine, with the upcoming launch of the Revolutionary Communist International, Alan Woods discusses the history of Marxist internationalism, and the lessons for communists today.