Le communisme

Cette conférence est un moment décisif de l’histoire mondiale. Elle se tient en février 1945, à la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, alors que l’Allemagne nazie est sur le point de s’effondrer. Les trois principaux dirigeants alliés s’y réunissent : Franklin Roosevelt pour les É ...  Show more

En 1748 paraît à Genève un ouvrage anonyme intitulé De l’esprit des lois. Son auteur, Montesquieu, est déjà connu pour ses Lettres persanes. Mais ce nouveau livre marque un tournant.L’ouvrage est immédiatement remarqué. Montesquieu y analyse les formes de gouvernement, les princi ...  Show more

Can we construct a society free of state coercion and inequality? Is there a place for Capitalism in that society?  

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The crisis of capitalism has brought serious attacks on the rights of women. Capitalism has failed women through austerity and imperialist warmongering that has seen places like Gaza turned to rubble and working class women in Britain pushed into further financial insecurity. In ...  Show more

In this lecture, Breht provides an accessible but rigorous introduction to the Marxist theory of history: historical materialism. Breht explains how historical materialism is dialectical materialism applied to the evolution of human societies over time, ...

Socialism and communism are often mentioned in the same breath, and they do share a common history, but socialists aren't necessarily communists -- and vice versa. Learn more about both concepts and how they've been put into practice in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this a ...  Show more