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By Fred Weston
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
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Fred Weston of the marxist.com editorial board spoke on "Italy 1969, The Hot
Autumn", at last weekend's Socialist Appeal day school on "1968 - Year of
Revolution".
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By Rob Sewell
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
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Lenin is probably the most slandered individual of the 20th century. As
leader of the Russian Revolution of 1917, he has been attacked by
bourgeois academics, Tory, Labour and Liberal politicians as well as
Establishment figures internationally. So what did Lenin
really stand for? And are his ideas still relevant today?
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By Rob Sewell
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Thursday, 17 April 2008 |
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Dialectical materialism is the philosophy of Marxism, which provides us with a scientific and comprehensive world outlook. For those prepared to take the time to study this way of looking at things, they will discover a revolutionary outlook that will allow them an insight into and understanding of the world we live in.
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By In Defence of Marxism
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Thursday, 10 April 2008 |
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An interesting video that shows the level of
conflict that erupted in Egypt a few days ago.
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By In Defence of Marxism
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Thursday, 03 April 2008 |
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This is a speech by Alan Woods to the 27th Congress of The Struggle, the Marxist Tendency in Pakistan. The congress took place from the 1st to the 2nd of April.
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By Militante Mexico
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Monday, 31 March 2008 |
This is the video of the XIII Congress of the Mexican Marxist Tendency Militante which took place in February.
Este es el video del XIII Congreso de la Tendencia Marxista Militante de Mexico.
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By Fred Weston
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Friday, 14 March 2008 |
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Five years into the war in Iraq, the position of US imperialism in the Middle East is becoming untenable. US imperialism and their supporters in Europe are facing a potentially devastating defeat. Fred Weston of Marxist.com talked to the University of London Union Marxist Society on Wednesday on the current situation and the future for the Middle East.
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By Barbara Humphries
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Friday, 07 March 2008 |
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Tomorrow is International Women's Day. Although governments and
political parties around the world pay lip service to women's
liberation, the liberation of women remains elusive. Barbara Humphries,
long-term labour movement activist and Marxist, spoke on Wednesday
evening at the ULU Marxist Society in London on the origins of International
Women's Day, the necessity for capitalism to divide society on the
basis of sex and how the emergence of class society made women
second-class citizens.
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By Mick Brooks
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Tuesday, 12 February 2008 |
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The coming to power of the Nazi party in Germany 75 years ago marks the
begining of one of the darkest periods of human history. What is
Fascism and how did it emerge in a country with the strongest labour
movement in the world? Mick Brooks of Socialist Appeal talks on the
story of the rise of the Nazis.
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By Mick Brooks
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Friday, 01 February 2008 |
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At a Youth School of the Socialist Appeal late last year Mick Brooks
introduced a discussion on 'What is money?'. Given the current
financial turmoil many are asking what is behind the jargon given by
economic commentators today. This serves as a useful introduction to
the idea and concept of money.
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By In Defence of Marxism
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Wednesday, 30 January 2008 |
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This is an interview with Lal Khan for a local radio station in Antwerp
(Belgium) made on January 11, 2008. Lal Khan, a leading figure of the The Struggle,
the Marxist wing of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), talks in this
interview about the history of Pakistan and the PPP, the 1968-69
revolution, Islamic fundamentalism, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto
and the prospects for socialist revolution in Pakistan.
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By Alan Woods
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Wednesday, 23 January 2008 |
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Listen to Alan Woods delivering a speech on the world political and economic perspectives for year 2008 at a meeting of the leadership of the International Marxist Tendency on January 13, 2008. (The speech can be downloaded in one MP3 file or divided into 3 parts: 1 - 2 - 3)
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By The Struggle
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Friday, 23 November 2007 |
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As we reported earlier, on 30 and 31 March 2007, the 26th national congress of
The Struggle, the Marxist Tendency in Pakistan, was held. Here we
provide a little taste of the congress, plus some fragments of Lal Khan speaking on Marxism on national television.
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By Alan Woods
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Friday, 02 November 2007 |
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"The Relevance of Marxism Today", a talk given by Alan Woods, editor of In Defence of Marxism, London 29 October 2007. Listen to the file here.
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By VHeadline
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Friday, 31 August 2007 |
Quislings and saboteurs within the administration ... 'sunny day
sycophants'
who snigger in secret behind the Venezuelan President's back
and put his
executive orders on hold!
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By Hands off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 22 August 2007 |
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Hands Off Venezuela has produced a new podcast that will be available
monthly, containing news from Venezuela as well as the campaign's
activities around the world. Our first
show contains news on socialist cities, an interview with one of the
film makers of No Volveran, a new documentary on the Venezuelan revolution, along with news from HoV Finland and Brussels, plus
Venezuelan music and lots more.
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By Fred Weston
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Wednesday, 15 August 2007 |
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Fred Weston, editor of the website In Defence of Marxism, talks about
the current situation in Brazil at the London Aggregate of the
Socialist Appeal at the begining of July. The occupied factories
movement in Brazil is symptomatic of the extreme instability throughout
the Latin American continent, as is the Lula governments attempts to
divide the working class along race lines and its recent attacks on the
CIPLA and Flasko occupied factories. Listen to part 1 and part 2.
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By Rob Sewell
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Sunday, 08 July 2007 |
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This is one of the recordings made at the Socialist Appeal (Britain) day school
in June, where comrades gathered to discuss the Marxist theory of the
State and the Revolutionary Tactics of the Bolshevik Party in 1917. In
the first part of this session Rob Sewell talks about the nature of
revolution, and how a revolutionary situation occurs not necessarily in
a boom or slump, but more likely in a rapid change in living
conditions. This file may take a while to download.
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By Rob Lyon
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Wednesday, 27 June 2007 |
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This audio file, recorded on the 11th June at the Socialist Appeal
London aggregate, hears Rob Lyon talk on the National Question in
relation to the current and historical situation in Quebec.
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By Heiko Khoo
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Thursday, 21 June 2007 |
In the video Chavez refers to the relevance of Karl Marx's ideas in direct
connection with the processes of the Venezuelan revolution. His views
are expanded on
by members of the Revolutionary Marxist Current (CMR).
This version is in Spanish with Chinese subtitles.
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By Al Jazeera
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Friday, 15 June 2007 |
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Al Jazeera's programme The Listening Post
discussed the media coverage of the RCTV story. Debaters included Pablo
Navarrete, HOV's Jorge Martin and a representative of RSF.
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By programme maker Nadim Mahjoub
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Thursday, 14 June 2007 |
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Listen to an interview with Yossi Schwartz from Haifa,
Israel, on Hamas and Fatah, the next war and the boycott of Israel, conducted
on 13 June 2007 for Resonance FM Radio, and broadcast on 15 June. [File size: 9.3 MB]
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By In Defence of Marxism
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Monday, 11 June 2007 |
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Documentary videos on the history of the struggle of CIPLA
and Flasko, two factories occupied and under workers' control in Brazil (in
Portuguese)
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By In Defence of Marxism
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Friday, 08 June 2007 |
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Escucha las conferencias de Alan Woods durante su visita a México. Estas serán transmitidas por una estación de radio de internet surgida durante la lucha contra el fraude electoral: www.lanuevarepublica.org
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By VIVE TV
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Wednesday, 16 May 2007 |
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The debate in Venezuela about socialism and property relations in particular can benefit from the experience of workers' control in factories like Sanitarios Maracay and Inveval. This is a video interview screened on VIVE TV, where Gonzalo Gómez interviews workers from Sanitarios Maracay. (in Spanish) |
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By Alan Woods
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Tuesday, 01 May 2007 |
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As we reported last week, 40 people packed the NUJ Headquarters in London to find out about the theory of the Permanent Revolution.
Alan Woods was invited to speak at the Hands Off Venezuela meeting to explain the theory and its
relevance today. Here is the audio files of Alan speaking.
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By Hugo Chavez
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Friday, 27 April 2007 |
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Chavez encourages Venezuelans to study Trotsky's Transitional Program on Alo Presidente April 2007. See the video clip here.
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By In Defence of Marxism
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Friday, 09 February 2007 |
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A few days ago, Alan Woods was interviewed by the BBC 4 radio programme
PM about Venezuela. Although parts of the interview were cut, it is is significant that a Marxist was able to speak on the Venezuelan Revolution, socialism and Hugo Chavez since this was broadcast in
prime time, between 5pm and 6pm. The full radio programme can be
listened to here but we compiled a 5 minute mp3 file of the part where Alan is speaking.
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By Alan Woods
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Thursday, 25 January 2007 |
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Este es un fragmento de video de 10 minutos mostrando a Alan Woods en la televisión venezolana. Alan desenmascara el mito de que el hay que construir el socialismo gradualmente, y responde al argumento de los reformistas de que de lo contrario la democracia estaría amenazada. Por el contrario, el propio Chávez ha hablado de la necesidad de una "revolución dentro de la revolución" para contrarrestar a la burocracia. |
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 25 January 2007 |
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After the first video on the struggle at Sanitarios Maracay, a factory in Venezuela under workers' control, Hands Off Venezuela has produced a second video showing how the workers are holding a workers' assembly and how they discuss and vote on issues such as nationalisation. Topics covered include the previous boss's acts of sabotage, logistics of workers' control and socialism of the 21st century.
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By Alan Woods
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Wednesday, 24 January 2007 |
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Este video de 11 minutos muestra a Alan Woods en el canal de TV de la Asamblea Nacional. Alan advierte contra las peligrosas ideas de Heinz Dieterich, las cuales diluyen el auténtico contenido de lo que es el "socialismo del siglo XXI". |
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By Alan Woods
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Tuesday, 23 January 2007 |
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Este es un fragmento de video de 11 minutos mostrando a Alan Woods en la televisión venezolana. Alan habla de la amenaza de contrarrevolución en Venezuela y se opone a la noción de que la revolución es irreversible. En la medida en que las palancas fundamentales de la economía sigan en manos privadas la oligarquía puede volver. Alan Woods está en firme desacuerdo con las ideas reformistas expresadas por intelectuales tales como Heinz Dieterich. |
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By Alan Woods
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Monday, 22 January 2007 |
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Este es un fragmento de video mostrando a Alan Woods en el canal de TV de la Asamblea Nacional. Alan discute sobre su libro Razón y Revolución, y explica desde un punto de vista marxista qué es la revolución, qué significa el socialismo y cómo se puede evitar el surgimiento de una burocracia. |
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By Hands Off Venezuela blog
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Tuesday, 19 December 2006 |
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This is a new video from the Hands Off Venezuela team in Caracas. They covered the
demonstration of Sanitarios Maracay workers for nationalisation under
workers control on December 14th (see reports by William Sanabria and Rob Sewell).
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By Alan Woods
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Monday, 18 December 2006 |
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As we have reported earlier, Alan Woods participated in the International Bookfair in Caracas and presented his book on the Bolivarian Revolution. La Patria Grande filmed the whole conference and put its footage online. We are please to link to the videos with Alan Woods speaking. Click here to go to the overview page (in Spanish).
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By Hands Off Venezuela delegation
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Tuesday, 05 December 2006 |
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Hands Off Venezuela tours Sanitarios Maracay, a factory in Venezuela under workers control, to learn more about the revolutionary process taking place there, and to offer solidarity to the workers. An impressive video which gives a taste of workers' democracy in action and how this is linked to the Bolivarian revolution |
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By Jorge Martin
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Monday, 16 October 2006 |
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Jorge Martin talks about the revolutionary movement in Mexico that has developed in response to huge election fraud, which has seen the presidency stolen from the popular candidate Lopez Obredor. |
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By Alan Woods
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Friday, 06 October 2006 |
Interview with Alan Woods, editor of the In Defence of Marxism
website, about the Middle East (from Israel-Palestine to Pakistan and
Afghanistan). “The situation in the Middle East is spiralling out of
control. This ‘war on terrorism’ has had results that are
diametrically opposed to what was intended." Interview by Resonance FM Radio,
London. Listen to it here.
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By Alan Woods
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Tuesday, 05 September 2006 |
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Alan Woods speaks on the Spanish Revolution in a youth meeting of Socialist Appeal. Listen to the audio file here (wav file) or here (smaller mp3 file).
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By Hugo Chavez
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Tuesday, 29 August 2006 |
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Here we publish a video clip of Venezuela's President, Hugo Chavez, thanking the international solidarity campaign "Hands Off Venezuela" and its founder Alan Woods. Chavez thanks HOV for organising a mass rally for him in Vienna the night before. London, UK May 18 2006. |
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By Manzoor Ahmed - www.ptudc.org
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Friday, 18 August 2006 |
Marxist Member of Parliament Manzoor Ahmed speaks in the Pakistan
Assembly on the budget 2006, CUT motions, inflation and increasing
prices, and the militant MP speaks out against privatisation. Watch the video at the PTUDC website.
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By The Struggle - www.struggle.com.pk
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Monday, 14 August 2006 |
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20 minute video clip of the annual congress of the
Pakistani Marxist Tendency "The Struggle" that took place in March
2006, where a thousand
comrades from all over Pakistan were present.
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By Yossi Schwartz in Haifa, Israel
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Monday, 14 August 2006 |
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A few weeks ago Nadim Mahjoub interviewed Yossi Schwartz, a Marxist from Haifa, Israel who writes for In Defence of Marxism. This interview was part of the Middle East Panorama show on Resonance FM
Radio, 21 July 2006. Listen to it here.
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By In Defence of Marxism
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Thursday, 27 July 2006 |
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As you all
know comrade Ted Grant died last week on Thursday, July 20. Today the BBC spoke
to Alan Woods. The interview will be broadcast tomorrow, Friday, July 28 at
16.00 UK
time on the BBC Radio 4 programme “Last Words” on FM92-95 and 198LW in the UK.
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By Ted Grant
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Monday, 24 July 2006 |
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Here we publish a video interview with Ted Grant, who was interviewed by Rob Sewell in April 2001.
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