Revolutionary Ideas

It’s official: Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana are going to launch a new left party! But what should it stand for? How can it build a real working-class alternative to Starmer and Farage? Listen to find out...

Karl Marx once famously said “the philosophers have interpreted the world in various ways, but the point is to change it.” In this recording from Socialist Alternative's Revolutionary Ideas Festival last November, we...

In this episode, we speak with two Marxists from the Movement for a Socialist Alternative (ISA Nigeria) about the ongoing battle to free Daniel Akande and all jailed activists. We also touch on prospects for future...

25: The New Party We Need by Socialist Alternative

In this episode we sat down with members of Socialist Alternative in the United States, who are currently organising in the wake of Donald Trump’s recent election victory. We ask: What does his election represent? What...

The Conservative Party is licking its wounds after its disastrous showing at the General Election. Never in their history have the Tories received such a low share of the vote. But Starmer’s win is extremely shallow...

The Tories are on their way out! But a Labour government will be just as committed to serving the interests of big business. A new left, anti-war political party with socialist policies must be urgently built to...

Through the 1960s until the 1990s, the Militant Tendency gained infamy for its defence of Marxist and socialist ideas within the labour movement in Britain. It took the fight to the Thatcher government in the 80s, both...

The years 1931-49 were years of reaction, fascism and inter-imperialist war, but also of revolution. In this episode of Revolutionary Ideas we ask: What was the genuine Marxist approach to the World War at the time, and...

The Spanish Revolution 1931-38 was one of the great workers' revolutions of the 20th century. But it was also one of the great tragedies. Stalinism played a crucial role in its eventual defeat. What were the reasons for...

Since the explosion of struggle against systemic racism and state violence in 2020, a new generation of workers and young people have asked: what sort of approach is needed to help in the fight for liberation? At the...

Over the last few years, the #metoo movement has exposed the widespread sexual abuse in society often perpetrated by men in positions of power such as Jeffrey Epstein, and most recently with the high-profile accusations...

Lenin’s classic book, The State and Revolution is a must-read for all who want to get a firm understanding of how the state works. How do socialists approach complex issues like the police? How can the working class...

On Christmas 1914, soldiers across the trenches of WWI disobeyed orders and dropped their guns. In this act of resistance during the imperialist war, a glowing example was set - of working class solidarity and...

From Spain, to Argentina and beyond, women have increasingly staged feminist strikes against abuse, femicide, rape and oppression. We ask in this episode of Socialist Alternative's monthly podcast: what is the way...