Marxist Audio Archive

The rise of AI has lead to widespread concern, ranging from fears of job losses and environmental destruction, to a total replacement of humanity. This has raised important (though hardly new) questions for science and...

Engels once called dialectics “the science of the general laws of motion, both of the external world and of human thought”. It is the philosophy of motion and change. It was on the foundations of this philosophy that...

“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” This presentation by Joel Bergman outlines the key processes shaping the class struggle in Canada. The changing world situation, and...

"For our demands most moderate are, We only want the earth." - James Connolly, 1907 James Connolly is often portrayed as simply an Irish nationalist. This couldn't be further from the truth. The leader of the Easter...

The global crisis of capitalism is shaking the world order, bringing about imperialist wars, class struggle, and revolution. In this presentation, Ben Curry (from the International Secretariat of the Revolutionary...

Most textbooks and documentaries would like us to believe that all historical progress is the product of ‘Great Men and Women’ with ‘Great Ideas’, in which the masses are merely the passive recipients of charismatic...

As the crisis of capitalism deepens, millions of people are looking for a way out. This has caused many on the left to look to the ideas of mutual aid. But what is mutual aid, and can it help us end capitalism? In this...

Canada is often painted as a calm country of polite compromise. Confederation is presented as the bright, hopeful moment when this friendly land of peace, order, and good government was born. The real history is very...

The Venezuelan Revolution and the unprecedented upsurge of the Venezuelan people in the early 2000s was one of the most inspiring events in recent history. The oppressed masses, rallying behind Hugo Chávez, waged a...

In 2012, Quebec students went on a months-long strike to reverse a planned 75 per cent tuition increase. At its height, hundreds of thousands of students refused to attend class, making it one of the largest movements...

The rich are killing the planet. Millions of students and youth have taken to the streets worldwide to confront this existential threat. Millions have concluded that the crisis cannot be solved without a radical break...

As Carney said in his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, “We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn’t mourn it.” The Munich Security Conference this year also echoed this, stating: “more than 80...

Trotsky’s theory of permanent revolution is one of the most important—and most misunderstood—ideas in the theoretical arsenal of Marxism. Drawing on the experience of the 1905 Russian Revolution, Trotsky explained that...

New left-wing figures like Zohran Mamdani in New York and Zarah Sultana in the UK are generating tremendous enthusiasm. These self-described socialists denounce capitalism and billionaires and propose bold reforms to...

As U.S. imperialism once again circles Iran with the threat of intervention, those who oppose Washington’s reach often mistake the Islamic Republic for an anti-imperialist ally. This perception is rooted in the regime’s...