Alan Woods - editor of www.marxist.com - discusses the latest economic developments in China, where panic on the stock exchange provides a perilous warning sign about the state of the Chinese - and world - economy. All the contradictions are now coming to the fore in the crisis-ridden global capitalist system.

In this recording from Red October 2015, Adam Booth - editor of www.socialist.net - analyses the current crisis of capitalism and discusses Marx's theories about why capitalism enters into crisis.

In this recording from the Red October 2015 weekend school, Jorge Martin discusses the lessons of the Spanish Revolution of 1931-37, and explains their relevance to the situation in Spain today.

Alan Woods - editor of In Defence of Marxism and founder of the solidarity campaign Hands Off Venezuela - comments on the results of the recent elections in Venezuela, where the counter-revolutionary opposition has won a majority, enabling them to now go on the offensive against the gains of the Bolivarian Revolution.

Alan Woods speaks on the national assembly elections which are due to take place in Venezuela on Sunday (English subtitles)

As David Cameron beats the war drum and Members of Parliament debate whether to commence airstrikes in Syria, Alan Woods - editor of www.marxist.com - discusses the Tory lies about the war, and looks at the scandalous behaviour of the Blairites towards Corbyn and their support for Cameron on the question of bombing.

What is behind the downing of a Russian plane in Syria? Alan Woods, editor of www.marxist.com explains.

Alan Woods, editor of In Defence of Marxism, discusses the recent terrorist atrocities in Paris, the role of imperialism in giving rise to Islamic fundamentalism, and the socialist alternative to such barbarism.

On Armistice Day - 11th November - Alan Woods analyses the factors behind the First World War - "The Great Slaughter" - and discusses the revolutionary alternative to imperialism and war today.

Marie Frederiksen of the Danish Marxists and the International Marxist Tendency discusses the scandals and corruption that is enveloping the bourgeois state at this time of deep capitalist crisis.

7th November marks the anniversary of the October Revolution of 1917 (25th October in the Old Style Calendar), when the Lenin, Trotsky, and the Bolsheviks lead the masses of workers, soldiers, and peasants to power in Russia.

In a special Bonfire Night talk at the Sussex Marxist society, Alan Woods, editor of www.marxist.com and author of Reason in Revolt: Marxist Philosophy and Modern Science and Bolshevism: the Road to Revolution, discusses the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and its legacy.

Alan Woods, editor of www.marxist.com, discusses the war in Syria, the crisis in Iraq, and the role of imperialism in the Middle East.

Josh Holroyd of Socialist Appeal discusses the history of the European Union and the capitalist interests that lie behind its creation.

In this talk from Revolution 2015 - hosted by the Marxist Student Federation in London - Adam Booth, editor of www.socialist.net, explains the historical origins, evolution, and development of money, banking, and the modern financial system under capitalism.