Marx Talks

For Marxists, class is about more than the divide between rich and poor. Class plays a fundamental role in determining what gets made, how we live, the ideas that dominate society, and even the ways oppression is enforced. Find out what class really is, how it functions, and how recognising the divide between the working class and the capitalist class is the starting point for socialist politics.

The Revolutionary Socialist League is a Marxist organisation, founded in Kenya in 2018 by radicals who rejected the pro-China politics of the Communist Party of Kenya. This session will feature RSL activists who will outline their struggle to build an internationalist and socialist left in Africa.

From Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine to growing US-China tensions threatening conflict between two nuclear-armed superpowers, we are faced with constant reminders that war is in the DNA of capitalism. This session will explain why the capitalist system produces war, and how socialists have historically fought against militarism.

The tensions between the US and China have been steadily escalating under the Trump and Biden administrations. Nowhere is this more evident than in the field of microchips, where the US has been making it increasingly difficult for China to acquire cutting edge equipment and knowhow. This matters because chips are vital to nearly every sector of the economy, from AI and telecommunications through to the military-industrial complex. At the same time, China is the biggest customer for the major US chip firms. This talk explored the implications of these various conflicts and contradictions for the future of the world system.