Brian Becker on Empire Files: What the Russian Revolution proved possible

Nov 7, 2017

Brian Becker of the PSL is interviewed by Abby Martin on The Empire Files. The PSL’s new book “Storming the Gates: How the Russian Revolution Changed the World” can be ordered online and is 25% off on Nov. 7, the day of the anniversary (for one day only!)

Nov. 7, 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the seizure of power by workers and peasants in the Russian Revolution, regarded as the most world-altering event in the history of civilization.

Walter Rodney: “Marxism and African liberation”

Walter Rodney: “Marxism and African liberation”

The following is the text of a speech Walter Rodney delivered 50 years ago at Queen's College, New York, USA in 1975. Along with Cheddi Jagan's article, "Pragmatism and rightist opportunism," it was published in the pamphlet 1986 pamphlet, Yes to Marxism! by the...

Studying “Socialist reconstruction in America”

Studying “Socialist reconstruction in America”

Preface Discuss the case being made in the opening paragraphs of the Preface for the need to build socialist consciousness in the U.S. Why is it argued that Socialist Reconstruction is an unorthodox text within the Marxist tradition? If the book represents such a...

Walter Rodney: “Marxism and African liberation”

Walter Rodney: “Marxism and African liberation”

The following is the text of a speech Walter Rodney delivered 50 years ago at Queen's College, New York, USA in 1975. Along with Cheddi Jagan's article, "Pragmatism and rightist opportunism," it was published in the pamphlet 1986 pamphlet, Yes to Marxism! by the...

Studying “Socialist reconstruction in America”

Studying “Socialist reconstruction in America”

Preface Discuss the case being made in the opening paragraphs of the Preface for the need to build socialist consciousness in the U.S. Why is it argued that Socialist Reconstruction is an unorthodox text within the Marxist tradition? If the book represents such a...