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How To Beat The Racists, part 2 of 10. Contents: Scapegoating refugees: Labour's new racism Immigration: Their lies, and our replies Solidarity with the Roma people — by Cathy Nugent Whole playlist: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/how-to-beat-the-racists Read the articles online, download the pdf, order a paper copy, or subscribe to our newspaper: https://workersliberty.org/beat-the-ra...

How To Beat The Racists, part 1 of 10. Contents: Cut the roots of racism! Fight for a workers' government! — by Sacha Ismail and Faz Velmi A programme to beat racism Workers can unite, do unite — by Jim Denham Whole playlist: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/how-to-beat-the-racists Read the articles online, download the pdf, order a paper copy, or subscribe to our newspaper: https://wor...

"Religion... is the opium of the people", wrote Marx in 1843. What did Marx and Engels say about religion? How should Marxists and socialists think, talk and act about religion today? Introductory speech by Kate in a talk: 'Opium of the people': Marx on Religion. All upcoming meetings here: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio Video: https://youtu.be/tk...

What is the history of mind-altering substances, and of prohibition? Are there potential medical benefits that prohibition has limited? Are we just libertarians who have a live and let live attitude to what people consume? Are their public health benefits to legalising currently illegal drugs? Who are the real victims of the drugs trade and are we just advocating for criminal enterprises to gain c...

The AWL has long argued for Marxists to intervene in the Labour Party to politically shape it, despite many obstacles of organisation and ideology, particularly during the Blair years. What is the basis for that argument, and how has the Corbyn period reshaped the Labour Party to make it an instrument for socialist organising? What are the limitations of the Corbyn project? And what does the prosp...

Why not a united Ireland? Ireland, Brexit, and Partition, 100 years after the declaration of the Irish Republic by Dail Eireann. Part 1 of 5: Why not a united Ireland? This Workers’ Liberty pull-out discusses the interaction of Brexit with the partition of Ireland. It reviews the basic and long-standing arguments why Northern Ireland, as it stands, is not a viable democratic political unit. It sur...

Why not a united Ireland? Ireland, Brexit, and Partition, 100 years after the declaration of the Irish Republic by Dail Eireann. Part 2 of 5: timeline. This Workers’ Liberty pull-out discusses the interaction of Brexit with the partition of Ireland. It reviews the basic and long-standing arguments why Northern Ireland, as it stands, is not a viable democratic political unit. It surveys the histori...

Why not a united Ireland? Ireland, Brexit, and Partition, 100 years after the declaration of the Irish Republic by Dail Eireann. Part 3 of 5: What's wrong with the Six Counties? This Workers’ Liberty pull-out discusses the interaction of Brexit with the partition of Ireland. It reviews the basic and long-standing arguments why Northern Ireland, as it stands, is not a viable democratic political un...

Why not a united Ireland? Ireland, Brexit, and Partition, 100 years after the declaration of the Irish Republic by Dail Eireann. Part 4 of 5: The mind of Irish Republicanism. This Workers’ Liberty pull-out discusses the interaction of Brexit with the partition of Ireland. It reviews the basic and long-standing arguments why Northern Ireland, as it stands, is not a viable democratic political unit....

Why not a united Ireland? Ireland, Brexit, and Partition, 100 years after the declaration of the Irish Republic by Dail Eireann. Part 5 of 5: The mind of Irish socialists. This Workers’ Liberty pull-out discusses the interaction of Brexit with the partition of Ireland. It reviews the basic and long-standing arguments why Northern Ireland, as it stands, is not a viable democratic political unit. It...

PJ aka the Repeat Beat Poet, is a hip hop and spoken word artist, and an activist. He spoke to Janine Booth, a trade unionist, Workers' Liberty activist, and poet about George Floyd Protest, police, fighting racism, and more. Video: https://youtu.be/eN96j9nB2sg See https://www.facebook.com/repeatbeatpoet/ for PJ's page and https://www.facebook.com/JanineBoothTheBigJ for Janine's. More from Workers...

A panel debate with speakers: Ruth Cashman from Workers' Liberty, Neil Faulkner from Mutiny, and Kady Tait from Red Flag. Introduction and summation speeches only. See upcoming debates from Workers' Liberty: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online As protests against police brutality and racism continue, alongside struggles over the government's mishandling of the pandemic, and with massive job cuts...

"The politics of identity", an opening speech by Cathy Nugent, part of the "ABCs of Marxism" series of meetings. For future online meetings see: https://www.workersliberty.org/c19-online Video: https://youtu.be/vx7jjLC0Fq4 Identity politics is an approach which prioritises social and cultural identities. This is usually, but increasingly not always, to advance the interests of marginalised and opp...

Even the Prison Officers Association say that the majority of prisoners should not be locked up in prison. But what would calling for the abolition of prisons mean now? What does justice mean for us now and what would it mean in the socialist future? "Do we need prisons?" introductory speech by Anita Downs in "The state, crime, prisons, and police" series of meetings. All meetings coming up at: ht...

Mark Osborn and Sacha Ismail discuss the history of the Civil War, British workers' mobilisation and the lessons for the internationalist, anti-racist left of today. Introductory speeches from a meeting of the same name. Upcoming meetings: https://www.workersliberty.org/c19-online . All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio **Timeline** 1850s US politics convulsed by issue of slavery; breakdown...

“Left Unity: is Momentum fit for purpose?” introductory speech by Ruth Cashman, trade unionist and Labour Party activist, and Momentum NCG candidate. Future meetings: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online Video: https://youtu.be/dil6nKoHSYI See https://www.facebook.com/RuthCashmanforMomentumNCG Meeting hosted by Lewisham and Sheffield Workers' Liberty. Mentioned articles in discussion: https://the...

Janine Booth interviews musician Rhoda Dakar, who talks about Two-Tone, policing, the centrality of class and much much more! Rhoda Dakar was in The Bodysnatchers and The Special AKA, and performed in "Free Nelson Mandela" Rhoda Dakar's latest single: https://orcd.co/standtogether Workers' Liberty anti-racist resources: https://www.workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources Rhoda's soundcloud: https...

The state has undergone a lot of change in the last 100 years and since the partial or full lock down in many countries driven by the spread of Covid-19, we have seen an increase in its powers both in Britain and internationally. What has neoliberalism meant for the role of the state? Are we now more prepared for greater state intervention in the economy and into our lives? And how should we think...

How did the Corbyn surge of the last few years end up with Sir Kier Starmer as Labour Leader? And what should socialists be doing within Labour now? Duncan, an education worker from South London introduces the situation at a discussion group in April 2020. Upcoming meetings and more at https://workersliberty.org/c19-online Video: https://youtu.be/gDV92V1NpHs

Josh Lovell, a Hertfordshire Labour County Councillor, speaking in late May 2020 about the situation of Local Government finance, in the context of Covid-19 and austerity that has now been hammering council budgets for now over a decade; and why the Labour movement must fight the council cuts. A campaign Josh helped initiate: https://fightcouncilcuts.carrd.co/# — please get involved! Josh's 'top l...

How do we build a militant industrial union, a union which can fight for all education workers during and beyond the Covid-19 crisis? What are the lessons from industrial unions of the past? How should our union respond to government's handling of the crisis? School workers and NEU members from Workers' Liberty host a meeting to discuss the issues. Introductory and concluding speeches in a meeting...

Lois Weiner on "Where now for the US left?", during the movement against police brutality, racism, and more, sparked by the murder of George Floyd; in Covid-19 crisis; and in the wake of Sanders' withdrawal from the Democratic Party primaries in lieu of Biden; and more. Introductory speach from a Workers' Liberty meeting of the same name. Upcoming meetings at: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online...

2020 will see — for the first time! — a significant reduction in global CO2 emissions. Opening speeches by two socialist environmentalist activists, in Workers' Liberty, from the "Climate change and coronavirus" meeting. Upcoming meetings all at https://workersliberty.org/c19-online . Video of these speeches: https://youtu.be/RYX9xrxt8WI The Coronavirus crisis has also seen workers and governments...

"Crime and policing" is session 2 in a 5 part series of meetings "The state, crime, prisons and the police". This is a recording of the introduction given by a Workers' Liberty activist. • For upcoming meetings, see https://workersliberty.org/c19-online • Part 1: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/what-is-the-state-1-of-5 • Listen, download, subscribe to Workers' Liberty audio at: https://work...

"What is the state?" an introduction by Matt Cooper. This is part of "The ABCs of Marxism" series of meetings, and also session 1 of 5 in "The state, crime, prisons and the police" series of meetings. Upcoming meetings in both series and beyond can be found at https://workersliberty.org/c19-online Part 2: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/crime-and-policing-2-of-5 Listen, download, subscribe...