On May 26th, Fred Weston and Arash Azizi presented on the Arab Revolution and Iran at May Day Books in Minneapolis, MN. Fred Weston in dealing with the Arab Revolution dedicated some time to explaining the complicated situation in Libya and Syria, while Arash Azizi highlighted the effect of the revolution in rekindling the movement in Iran. [see Socialist Appeal]

Alan Woods, Political Editor of the In Defence of Marxism website and a leading cadre of the International Marxist Tendency, and Muayad Ahmed a leading cadre of the Worker Communist Party of Iraq & Editor of the ‘Alsheoiya Al-Omalya’ (Worker Communism) monthly paper, speaking on the way forward for the Revolution in the Arab world at a recent meeting in London.

Fred Weston, editor of In Defence of Marxism, speaks on the role of the Monarchy the day before the Royal Wedding at a meeting of Socialist Appeal in London.

Watch Lal Khan, Editor of the Asian Marxist Review, defending a Marxist position on Afghanistan on Pakistani TV in a debate with retired Lt. Gen. Talat (Defence Analyst) and Sen. Prof. Khursheed of the Jamaat-e-Islami on the “Witness with Quatrina” political talk show.

Jorge Martín, international secretary of the Hands Off Venezuela Campaign, is speaking on the Canadian Latin Waves radioprogramme about the Venezuela, Libya, the revolution in the Middle East and the movement in Wisconsin.

Video clips of Pakistani Marxists singing the Internationale at the end of their congress and the subsequent rally of the Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign.

Lal Khan recently appeared on Pakistan State TV, PTV, in the TANAZUR programme, hosted by Farrukh Suhail Goeindi. He spoke about the Arab Revolution, its impacts on Pakistan and on the perspectives for a similar movement in Pakistan and also the preparations of the Marxists for such a revolution. He also spoke on the character of the PPP and about religious fundamentalism. We are providing the links to the interview on PTV:

Alan Woods speaking at a recent meeting of the International Marxist Tendency on the question of the Arab Revolution.

Fred Weston, from In Defence of Marxism, speaking at a recent Socialist Appeal day school on Marxist Economics.

John Peterson of the Workers International League and Socialist Appeal magazine introduces a discussion of the heroic movement of the Egyptian and Tunisia masses that has transformed the atmosphere in the Middle East. ; Presented at Mayday Books in Minneapolis, MN on February 10th, 2011.

On Tuesday December 7th the University of London Union Marxist society concluded its autumn term programme of discussions with a special 'festive debate' will on the philosophies of Marxism and Christianity and their ability to further the human race.

Today, 45 years ago, on the 22^nd November 1965, Dipa Nusantara Aidit, leader of the Communist Party of Indonesia was executed in the aftermath of the coup by General Suharto. In the anti-communist purges that followed up to a total one million Indonesian communists were killed.

With the greatest crisis of capitalism since the Great Depression, a key question is what is the alternative to this crisis prone system? With the announcement of the most savage austerity package since the 1920s, which will completely undermine everything that supposed to constitute a civilized society, what is the real alternative? Can the capitalism be patched up and reformed, or do we need a fundamental change in society -- a new socialist society? But what is socialism? Hear Rob Sewell, editor of Socialist Appeal, speak to the students of the ULU Marxist Society in London.

Alan Woods speaking on "What is Marxism?" to a packed meeting of students at the University of London at the ULU Marxist Society.

In the midst of the biggest strike wave in France since the mid-1990s, Alan Woods, editor of In Defence of Marxism, addressed meetings of workers and youth in six French cities. This video (in English with French translation) was recorded at a packed meeting in Paris at the very end of the tour on the evening of the 16h - a day when millions of people were on the streets in France.