New YouTube video – ‘German Communism and the March Action of 1921’ With Ben Lewis

Posted on 22 March 202122 March 2021 by Ollie

This week marks the centenary of the German Communist Party’s fateful ‘March Action’, which led to around one hundred deaths, the arrest of thousands of working-class militants and around 100,000 people resigning from the party. To mark the anniversary, Ben Lewis spoke at a special Online Communist Forum dedicated to the issue. To read Paul Read more about New YouTube video – ‘German Communism and the March Action of 1921’ With Ben Lewis[…]

Video – ‘NEP, the banning of factions and Kronstadt – the turning point in the Russian Revolution?’ With Mike Macnair

Posted on 8 March 202122 March 2021 by Ollie

Mike Macnair addresses the 7 March Online Communist Forum. Mike Macnair is a member of the Provisional Central Committee of the CPGB and is also a prolific writer for the Weekly Worker, you can find his may articles on the WW archive. He is the author of the book Revolutionary Strategy (2008) which is available Read more about Video – ‘NEP, the banning of factions and Kronstadt – the turning point in the Russian Revolution?’ With Mike Macnair[…]

Video – ‘The Misuses of Antonio Gramsci’ with David Broder

Posted on 23 February 20218 March 2021 by Ollie

Jacobin’s Europe Editor David Broder addresses the Online Communist Forum on Sunday February 21 2021. For more from David Broder, you can find his recent articles in the Weekly Worker here You can find more videos from the CPGB on our YouTube page here And don’t forget to tune in to all our upcoming events live, you Read more about Video – ‘The Misuses of Antonio Gramsci’ with David Broder[…]

Video – ‘50 years since Siakhal, 42 years since the Iranian Revolution’ organised by Hands Off the People of Iran

Posted on 9 February 20218 March 2021 by Ollie

This is the video of a Webinar organised by Hands Off the People of Iran to commemorate two significant events in modern Iranian history. The speakers are Yassamine Mather and Hamed Sheibani. For more Marxist analysis of Iran and the Middle East from Yassamine mather, see her recent articles in the Weekly Worker here Hands Read more about Video – ‘50 years since Siakhal, 42 years since the Iranian Revolution’ organised by Hands Off the People of Iran[…]

Video – ‘The Anthropology of David Graeber’ with Chris Knight

Posted on 26 January 20218 March 2021 by Ollie

Chris Knight addresses the Online Communist Forum on January 24 2021 on the anthropology of the late David Graeber (1959-2020). 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 at the same institution in 2000. Knight is a Read more about Video – ‘The Anthropology of David Graeber’ with Chris Knight[…]

Video – ‘The Netherlands: the Struggle for Marxism in the Socialist Party’ with Emil and Agata

Posted on 18 January 20218 March 2021 by Ollie

Agata and Emil, Marxist activists in the Socialist Party in the Netherlands, address the January 17 2021 Online Communist Forum about the recent crisis that has engulfed the party. This crisis has followed from the expulsion of mainly younger and critical members, as well as the party leadership’s removal of funding for ROOD, the party’s Read more about Video – ‘The Netherlands: the Struggle for Marxism in the Socialist Party’ with Emil and Agata[…]

Communist University Winter 2021 – videos now available on our YouTube channel

Posted on 12 January 202118 January 2021 by Ollie

Session 1 – ‘The crisis in the United States and Prospects for the Left’ with Donald Parkinson from Cosmonaut magazine Session 2 – ‘System and hegemons – can relative decline be reversed?’ with Hillel Ticktin from Critique magazine Session 3 – ‘The continuing ethnic cleansing of Palestine’ with Author and Historian Ilan Pappé Session 4 Read more about Communist University Winter 2021 – videos now available on our YouTube channel[…]

Video – ‘The Revolutionary Jesus’ with Jack Conrad

Posted on 27 December 20208 March 2021 by Ollie

Jack Conrad was the founder editor of The Leninist, which was first published in November 1981. He has contributed numerous articles to the Weekly Worker and written a number of books and pamphlets, the latest being the second edition of ‘Fantastic reality‘, his book on Marxism and the politics of religion. For more videos from Read more about Video – ‘The Revolutionary Jesus’ with Jack Conrad[…]

Video – ‘Ireland’s conservative revolution’ with Marc Mulholland

Posted on 14 December 20208 March 2021 by Ollie

Oxford University historian Dr Marc Mulholland speaks at the Sunday 14 December 2020 Online Communist Forum on the subject of ‘Ireland’s conservative revolution’ and whether or not we should describe the movement in the 1920s as a revolution or war. For more videos from the CPGB, check out our YouTube page here And don’t forget to Read more about Video – ‘Ireland’s conservative revolution’ with Marc Mulholland[…]

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

Posted on 28 November 20208 March 2021 by Ollie

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 Video – ‘The Mental World of the Pre-1914 SPD’ with Andrew Bonnell[…]