OCF video – ‘Communism in motion: has the worm turned?’ with Chris Knight

Anthropologist Chris Knight reviews his book Blood Relations: Menstruation and the Origins of Culture 30 years on. You can read articles he has written for the Weekly Worker here Chris Knight is a British anthropologist and high-profile political activist. He became a lecturer in anthropology at the University of East London in 1989 and a professor Read more about OCF video – ‘Communism in motion: has the worm turned?’ with Chris Knight[…]

OCF video – ‘The Mental World of the Pre-1914 SPD’ with Andrew Bonnell

Australian historian Andrew Bonnell speaks at the Sunday 22 November 2020 Online Communist Forum to introduce his newly published study, ‘Red Banners, Books and Beer Mugs: The Mental World of German Social Democrats, 1863-1914’. The hardback is available to buy on Amazon and an affordable paperback version will be published by Haymarket Books in Autumn Read more about OCF video – ‘The Mental World of the Pre-1914 SPD’ with Andrew Bonnell[…]

First English translation: Zinoviev’s Halle speech

‘World revolution and the Third International’ Grigory Zinoviev’s speech to the pivotal Halle Congress of the Independent Social Democratic party of Germany on October 20 1920. To commemorate the centenary of Zinoviev’s speech we publish it in English online for the first time thanks to Ben Lewis. You can also find his corresponding Weekly Worker Read more about First English translation: Zinoviev’s Halle speech[…]