Britain was once the workshop of the world. Today, British capitalism is struggling with stagnant growth, declining productivity, collapsing public services and a deepening economic crisis.In this discussion, Adam Booth examines the decline of British capitalism and the historica ...Show more
The state and the crisis of bourgeois democracy
In this episode of Marxist Voice, Ben Gliniecki, General Secretary of the RCP, outlines the Marxist theory of the state, explains why the Epstein revelations have exposed the true nature of liberal democracy, and discusses how a working-class alternative to bourgeois rule can eme ...Show more
People, parties, and psychology: The role of the individual in history
Did Napoleon change history? Did Lenin make the Russian Revolution? Or do individuals simply express much deeper historical forces?Jack Tye Wilson tackles one of the biggest questions in Marxist theory: the relationship between the individual and society. This episode explains ho ...Show more
Is the Frankfurt school Marxist?
The Frankfurt School has had an enormous influence on universities, culture and much of the modern left. But how does Critical Theory compare with the Marxist method?Daniel Morley examines the ideas of Adorno, Horkheimer and Marcuse, explaining where they came from, why they beca ...Show more