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RMT activists Janine Booth and John Pencott offer their views on fighting the wave of job cuts that face the rail industry. These were the opening remarks at an online meeting held on 16 July 2020, hosted by Tubeworker and Off The Rails, bulletins written by and for Tube and rail workers respectively and published by Workers' Liberty. Tubeworker: https://workersliberty.org/tubeworker OTR: https://workersliberty.org/rails Video: https://youtu.be/PtNKvZE07HQ All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

Introductory speeches from a meeting of the same name, which outline the complex events that led up to the war, left responses and legacies of the war. Sarah Correia is a researcher at LSE, researching memories of the Bosnian war. Martin Thomas talks about the response of much of the left at the time. A recent interview on this topic with Sarah Correia: https://workersliberty.org/story/2020-09-09/bosnian-war-25-years-later And an article by Martin Thomas: https://workersliberty.org/story/2020-09-09/left-and-bosnia December 2020 marks 15 years since the end of the Bosnian war. In 1992 after Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence, a Serb-backed military assault took place, bringing ethnic cleansing, rape and destruction of mosques. Under the banner of “peace” and opposing Western intervention many on the left sided with, or failed to oppose, the Serb nationalists. Workers' Liberty argued an international arms embargo should be lifted so that the Bosnians could defend themselves. This meeting will outline the complex events that led up to the war, the left responses and the legacies of that war.

The 1945 Labour Government - an introduction by Mark Catterall to what lead to the election victory and what socialists today can learn from it. From a meeting in May 2020. Upcoming meetings: https://workersliberty.org/meetings Video: https://workersliberty.org/story/2020-09-07/video-1945-labour-government-causes-and-lessons

A speech by Dan Davison, a labour activist and sociology PhD student at the University of Cambridge, for a talk on C.L.R. James and the Haitian Revolution held in July 2020. Future meetings: https://workersliberty.org/meetings Read online: https://workersliberty.org/story/2020-08-26/black-jacobins-haitian-revolution-against-slavery All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio Cyril Lionel Robert James (CLR James) was born in Trinidad in 1901. He wrote his first book, a novel called Minty Alley in the 1920s (published in 1936), while a school teacher in Trinidad; the book is a critique of class and colonialism, and indicated a lifelong interest in integrating race and class struggles. James, spent six years in the UK before the Second World War, joining the ranks of British Trotskyism. In 1938 he travelled to the US at the invitation of the American Socialist Workers’ Party and stayed for 15 years. In the same year The Black Jacobins was published. James left the Trotskyist movement in 1951 and from that time, until his death in 1989, James had a long and varied socialist and literary “career”, remaining a Marxist but also heavily influenced by Pan-Africanism. The Black Jacobins is the story of the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804, focusing on the life and leadership of the ex-slave leader Toussaint L’Ouverture. It is also a history of European colonialism, the slave plantation system, the huge sugar factories of the French colony of San Domingue (the eastern half of the island that is now Haiti). Slave resistance came first in the form of flight to the mountains and forming of maroon band. But the French Revolution created a political conflict in the colony, one of many dimensions, including of whites against the French monarchy, of the free people of colour as well as the slaves. One ex-slave Toussaint Breda, later Toussaint L’Ouverture (meaning opening to liberty) joined up with the expanding slave army in the mountains; they created a disciplined fighting force. What happened next is a complex story of shifting alliances, increasing radicalisation, the end of slavery, and a war for independence.

Workers against slavery: the US Civil War, the First International and the British working class. A Workers' Liberty pamphlet by Sacha Ismail. In 1865, slavery was abolished in the United States at the end of a four year Civil War. This Workers' Liberty pamphlet looks at the stand taken during the war by workers in Britain, who organised mass protests against slavery and against British ruling-class plans for military intervention in support of the slave-owners. It tells the story of how this internationalist and anti-racist struggle revived the British labour movement, gave workers the confidence to fight for the vote, and contributed to the birth of Karl Marx's International Working Men's Association, the "First International". PDF of this, including photos and scans, at https://workersliberty.org/workers-against-slavery All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio Anti-racist resources: https://workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources Contents: Title quotes Timeline Introduction Britain and the American Civil War Workers against slavery The Voice of Lancashire The Voice of London Renewing the labour movement The birth of the First International Enfrachising labour black and white Solidarity Picture captions: Karl Marx; Ernest Jones; Black soldiers; mass demonstration; Peterloo; Reconstruction; Slaves What to read

How To Beat The Racists, part 10 of 10. Contents: How Europe underdeveloped Africa — by Chris Reynolds No Sweat: workers of the world unite against sweatshop labour — by Sacha Ismail 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-racists Anti-racist resources: https://workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio In particular, other publications: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6axvxELjd0hAoRSscUR_CaXWMzmLpT0G In 2001, the far-right British National Party (BNP) more than tripled its vote share in the general election, reaching record levels for any UK fascist party in some constituencies. This was fuelled in large part by the Labour Party and the New Labour government. The left and the labour movement were, as a whole, not taking the fight against racism as seriously as they should have. The republished pamphlet aimed to convince labour movement activists of the importance of the fight against racism, and anti-racists of the importance of the labour movement — and the fight to transform it once more into a militant force for human solidarity and progress. It sketches a programme to beat racism, and the kind of radical anti-racist and anti-fascist labour movement we need. Decades later, racism and fascism have again been rising. The labour movement and the left, as a whole, still do not take anti-racism seriously enough. With the upsurge of anti-racist activism and protests, anti-racists, in general, still do not look to the labour movement. The fight to transform the labour movement, imbue it with radical anti-racist politics, and to beat racism is as important as ever.

How To Beat The Racists, part 9 of 10. Contents: "No-platform" and free speech — by Violet Martin Self-defence is no offence Lewisham: a turning point The Anti-Nazi League: The poverty of "anti-fascism" — by Mark Osborn 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-racists Anti-racist resources: https://workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio In particular, other publications: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6axvxELjd0hAoRSscUR_CaXWMzmLpT0G In 2001, the far-right British National Party (BNP) more than tripled its vote share in the general election, reaching record levels for any UK fascist party in some constituencies. This was fuelled in large part by the Labour Party and the New Labour government. The left and the labour movement were, as a whole, not taking the fight against racism as seriously as they should have. The republished pamphlet aimed to convince labour movement activists of the importance of the fight against racism, and anti-racists of the importance of the labour movement — and the fight to transform it once more into a militant force for human solidarity and progress. It sketches a programme to beat racism, and the kind of radical anti-racist and anti-fascist labour movement we need. Decades later, racism and fascism have again been rising. The labour movement and the left, as a whole, still do not take anti-racism seriously enough. With the upsurge of anti-racist activism and protests, anti-racists, in general, still do not look to the labour movement. The fight to transform the labour movement, imbue it with radical anti-racist politics, and to beat racism is as important as ever.

How To Beat The Racists, part 8 of 10. Contents: What is the Nation of Islam? The Black Panthers: The cult of the gun — by Dan Katz The Panther Programme (1966) 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-racists Anti-racist resources: https://workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio In particular, other publications: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6axvxELjd0hAoRSscUR_CaXWMzmLpT0G In 2001, the far-right British National Party (BNP) more than tripled its vote share in the general election, reaching record levels for any UK fascist party in some constituencies. This was fuelled in large part by the Labour Party and the New Labour government. The left and the labour movement were, as a whole, not taking the fight against racism as seriously as they should have. The republished pamphlet aimed to convince labour movement activists of the importance of the fight against racism, and anti-racists of the importance of the labour movement — and the fight to transform it once more into a militant force for human solidarity and progress. It sketches a programme to beat racism, and the kind of radical anti-racist and anti-fascist labour movement we need. Decades later, racism and fascism have again been rising. The labour movement and the left, as a whole, still do not take anti-racism seriously enough. With the upsurge of anti-racist activism and protests, anti-racists, in general, still do not look to the labour movement. The fight to transform the labour movement, imbue it with radical anti-racist politics, and to beat racism is as important as ever.

"Minnie Lansbury - a different sort of Labour councillor", intro speeches with Janine Booth, author of 'Minnie Lansbury: suffragette, socialist and rebel councillor', and Selina Gellert, the great niece of Minnie Lansbury — from a meeting by the same name. Upcoming meetings at: https://workersliberty.org/meetings Video version: https://youtu.be/Cer7PeO0Nb4 Janine's books: https://fiveleaves.co.uk/product/minnie-lansbury-suffragette-socialist-rebel-councillor/ and https://www.janinebooth.com/writing/guilty-and-proud-it-poplars-rebel-councillors-and-guardians-1919-25 Two videos by Janine Booth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8zC24zVOk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8IFbUlmCDA Janine Booth will speak about this inspiring working-class woman. The daughter of Jewish immigrants to London's east end, Minnie was one of the Poplar Labour councillors who carried out extensive reforms in the interests of the borough’s working class and, when the council began to struggle financially, led a mass campaign for poor boroughs to receive more funding. Defying the Tory-Liberal coalition government, she went to prison as a result, along with 29 other councillors. They won! She was a member of both the Labour Party and the Communist Party inspired by the Russian Revolution. Before that she was a suffragette, a campaigner for the rights of war widows, orphans and disabled ex-servicemen. The Poplar council which took on the government in 1921 was very different from Labour councils today and Minnie Lansbury was very different from virtually all our Labour councillors. We can draw great inspiration from her story – what lessons can we learn for our struggles now?

How To Beat The Racists, part 7 of 10. Contents: Martin Luther King and Malcolm X — by Dion D'Silva Was Malcolm X a socialist? — by Martin Thomas Black trade unionists today 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-racists Anti-racist resources: https://workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio In particular, other publications: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6axvxELjd0hAoRSscUR_CaXWMzmLpT0G In 2001, the far-right British National Party (BNP) more than tripled its vote share in the general election, reaching record levels for any UK fascist party in some constituencies. This was fuelled in large part by the Labour Party and the New Labour government. The left and the labour movement were, as a whole, not taking the fight against racism as seriously as they should have. The republished pamphlet aimed to convince labour movement activists of the importance of the fight against racism, and anti-racists of the importance of the labour movement — and the fight to transform it once more into a militant force for human solidarity and progress. It sketches a programme to beat racism, and the kind of radical anti-racist and anti-fascist labour movement we need. Decades later, racism and fascism have again been rising. The labour movement and the left, as a whole, still do not take anti-racism seriously enough. With the upsurge of anti-racist activism and protests, anti-racists, in general, still do not look to the labour movement. The fight to transform the labour movement, imbue it with radical anti-racist politics, and to beat racism is as important as ever.

How To Beat The Racists, part 6 of 10. Contents: The roots of anti-semitism — by Dan Katz The roots of racism — by Jeni Bailey Unemployment 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-racists Anti-racist resources: https://workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio In particular, other publications: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6axvxELjd0hAoRSscUR_CaXWMzmLpT0G In 2001, the far-right British National Party (BNP) more than tripled its vote share in the general election, reaching record levels for any UK fascist party in some constituencies. This was fuelled in large part by the Labour Party and the New Labour government. The left and the labour movement were, as a whole, not taking the fight against racism as seriously as they should have. The republished pamphlet aimed to convince labour movement activists of the importance of the fight against racism, and anti-racists of the importance of the labour movement — and the fight to transform it once more into a militant force for human solidarity and progress. It sketches a programme to beat racism, and the kind of radical anti-racist and anti-fascist labour movement we need. Decades later, racism and fascism have again been rising. The labour movement and the left, as a whole, still do not take anti-racism seriously enough. With the upsurge of anti-racist activism and protests, anti-racists, in general, still do not look to the labour movement. The fight to transform the labour movement, imbue it with radical anti-racist politics, and to beat racism is as important as ever.

How To Beat The Racists, part 5 of 10. Contents: A short history of black people in Britain William Cuffay 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-racists Anti-racist resources: https://workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio In particular, other publications: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6axvxELjd0hAoRSscUR_CaXWMzmLpT0G In 2001, the far-right British National Party (BNP) more than tripled its vote share in the general election, reaching record levels for any UK fascist party in some constituencies. This was fuelled in large part by the Labour Party and the New Labour government. The left and the labour movement were, as a whole, not taking the fight against racism as seriously as they should have. The republished pamphlet aimed to convince labour movement activists of the importance of the fight against racism, and anti-racists of the importance of the labour movement — and the fight to transform it once more into a militant force for human solidarity and progress. It sketches a programme to beat racism, and the kind of radical anti-racist and anti-fascist labour movement we need. Decades later, racism and fascism have again been rising. The labour movement and the left, as a whole, still do not take anti-racism seriously enough. With the upsurge of anti-racist activism and protests, anti-racists, in general, still do not look to the labour movement. The fight to transform the labour movement, imbue it with radical anti-racist politics, and to beat racism is as important as ever.

How To Beat The Racists, part 4 of 10. Contents: What is fascism? The battle for Cable Street Trotsky on fascism: Demonstrations are not enough; For workers' unity against the fascists; No to state bans!; The causes of fascism Oldham, Burnley and Bradford: The threat from the fascist BNP 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-racists Anti-racist resources: https://workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio In particular, other publications: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6axvxELjd0hAoRSscUR_CaXWMzmLpT0G In 2001, the far-right British National Party (BNP) more than tripled its vote share in the general election, reaching record levels for any UK fascist party in some constituencies. This was fuelled in large part by the Labour Party and the New Labour government. The left and the labour movement were, as a whole, not taking the fight against racism as seriously as they should have. The republished pamphlet aimed to convince labour movement activists of the importance of the fight against racism, and anti-racists of the importance of the labour movement — and the fight to transform it once more into a militant force for human solidarity and progress. It sketches a programme to beat racism, and the kind of radical anti-racist and anti-fascist labour movement we need. Decades later, racism and fascism have again been rising. The labour movement and the left, as a whole, still do not take anti-racism seriously enough. With the upsurge of anti-racist activism and protests, anti-racists, in general, still do not look to the labour movement. The fight to transform the labour movement, imbue it with radical anti-racist politics, and to beat racism is as important as ever.

Brazil is now one of the epicentres of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The far-right Bolsonaro government's irrational response to the pandemic has triggered political turmoil. The Black Lives Matter movement has organised against widespread racism and police violence in Brazil. A Workers' Liberty activist from Brazil discusses the political background to current events. Introductory speech from June 28 2020 meeting. Video version: https://youtu.be/cLK0ax23ZEA Future events: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

How To Beat The Racists, part 3 of 10. Contents: Police injustice — UK — by Alan McArthur Free Mumia abu-Jamal! America's racist death penalty The police after Macpherson: still armed and dangerous — by Sacha Ismail Police violence: "representative"? Police violence — the facts Free Satpal Ram! Racist attacks What we say on the police 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-racists Anti-racist resources: https://workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio In particular, other publications: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6axvxELjd0hAoRSscUR_CaXWMzmLpT0G In 2001, the far-right British National Party (BNP) more than tripled its vote share in the general election, reaching record levels for any UK fascist party in some constituencies. This was fuelled in large part by the Labour Party and the New Labour government. The left and the labour movement were, as a whole, not taking the fight against racism as seriously as they should have. The republished pamphlet aimed to convince labour movement activists of the importance of the fight against racism, and anti-racists of the importance of the labour movement — and the fight to transform it once more into a militant force for human solidarity and progress. It sketches a programme to beat racism, and the kind of radical anti-racist and anti-fascist labour movement we need. Decades later, racism and fascism have again been rising. The labour movement and the left, as a whole, still do not take anti-racism seriously enough. With the upsurge of anti-racist activism and protests, anti-racists, in general, still do not look to the labour movement. The fight to transform the labour movement, imbue it with radical anti-racist politics, and to beat racism is as important as ever.

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-racists Anti-racist resources: https://workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio In particular, other publications: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6axvxELjd0hAoRSscUR_CaXWMzmLpT0G In 2001, the far-right British National Party (BNP) more than tripled its vote share in the general election, reaching record levels for any UK fascist party in some constituencies. This was fuelled in large part by the Labour Party and the New Labour government. The left and the labour movement were, as a whole, not taking the fight against racism as seriously as they should have. The republished pamphlet aimed to convince labour movement activists of the importance of the fight against racism, and anti-racists of the importance of the labour movement — and the fight to transform it once more into a militant force for human solidarity and progress. It sketches a programme to beat racism, and the kind of radical anti-racist and anti-fascist labour movement we need. Decades later, racism and fascism have again been rising. The labour movement and the left, as a whole, still do not take anti-racism seriously enough. With the upsurge of anti-racist activism and protests, anti-racists, in general, still do not look to the labour movement. The fight to transform the labour movement, imbue it with radical anti-racist politics, and to beat racism is as important as ever.

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://workersliberty.org/beat-the-racists Anti-racist resources: https://workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio In particular, other publications: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6axvxELjd0hAoRSscUR_CaXWMzmLpT0G In 2001, the far-right British National Party (BNP) more than tripled its vote share in the general election, reaching record levels for any UK fascist party in some constituencies. This was fuelled in large part by the Labour Party and the New Labour government. The left and the labour movement were, as a whole, not taking the fight against racism as seriously as they should have. The republished pamphlet aimed to convince labour movement activists of the importance of the fight against racism, and anti-racists of the importance of the labour movement — and the fight to transform it once more into a militant force for human solidarity and progress. It sketches a programme to beat racism, and the kind of radical anti-racist and anti-fascist labour movement we need. Decades later, racism and fascism have again been rising. The labour movement and the left, as a whole, still do not take anti-racism seriously enough. With the upsurge of anti-racist activism and protests, anti-racists, in general, still do not look to the labour movement. The fight to transform the labour movement, imbue it with radical anti-racist politics, and to beat racism is as important as ever.

"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/tkYVbmxuqRY

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 capitalist respectability? Intro from meeting 3 of 4 in The state, crime, prisons, and the police series. Future meetings and more: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio Referenced: ‘The Inner Level’ by Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson Rat Park study http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Park further reading A review of the Inner Level published in Workers’ Liberty’s newspaper Solidarity: https://www.workersliberty.org/node/33768 https://workersliberty.org/story/2018-06-06/psychedelic-drugs-therapy https://workersliberty.org/story/2018-07-17/what-should-labour-do-about-policing https://workersliberty.org/story/2017-07-26/prescription-opioids-opiate-people https://workersliberty.org/story/2017-07-26/story-banning-legal-highs https://workersliberty.org/story/2013/05/08/cuts-will-undermine-drugs-progress https://workersliberty.org/story/2013/01/09/end-%E2%80%9Cwar-drugs%E2%80%9D Many of the above will be in audio form in Solidarity. Look for the recording of that issue, or search for the title, you may find

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 prospect of a Starmer-led Labour Party mean for class struggles ahead? Intro to the meeting of the same name, from April 2020, by Cathy Nugent. Upcoming meetings: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online Part of the ABCs of Marxism series of meetings. More at: https://www.workersliberty.org/abcs-marxism Related reading: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2010/06/15/labour-party-perspective https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2017-07-26/organise-labours-newcomers-remake-party https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2020-03-11/left-opposition-starmer Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Aa4IkIrW9I&list=PL6axvxELjd0gjNYHKiuMs7xQ0OdYSTcZg

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. It surveys the historic inadequacies of the often-heroic Irish Republican tradition in dealing with the issue of Partition, and the political logic of the recurrent transitions of Republican currents, once revolutionary by their own lights, into conventional bourgeois politics. The articles are all by Sean Matgamna. All sections of this pull-out: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/why-not-a-united-ireland Read online, download PDF, subscribe: https://www.workersliberty.org/wl-3-66 All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

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 unit. It surveys the historic inadequacies of the often-heroic Irish Republican tradition in dealing with the issue of Partition, and the political logic of the recurrent transitions of Republican currents, once revolutionary by their own lights, into conventional bourgeois politics. The articles are all by Sean Matgamna. All sections of this pull-out: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/why-not-a-united-ireland Read online, download PDF, subscribe: https://www.workersliberty.org/wl-3-66 All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

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 surveys the historic inadequacies of the often-heroic Irish Republican tradition in dealing with the issue of Partition, and the political logic of the recurrent transitions of Republican currents, once revolutionary by their own lights, into conventional bourgeois politics. The articles are all by Sean Matgamna. All sections of this pull-out: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/why-not-a-united-ireland Read online, download PDF, subscribe: https://www.workersliberty.org/wl-3-66 All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

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 historic inadequacies of the often-heroic Irish Republican tradition in dealing with the issue of Partition, and the political logic of the recurrent transitions of Republican currents, once revolutionary by their own lights, into conventional bourgeois politics. The articles are all by Sean Matgamna. All sections of this pull-out: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/why-not-a-united-ireland Read online, download PDF, subscribe: https://www.workersliberty.org/wl-3-66 All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

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 surveys the historic inadequacies of the often-heroic Irish Republican tradition in dealing with the issue of Partition, and the political logic of the recurrent transitions of Republican currents, once revolutionary by their own lights, into conventional bourgeois politics. The articles are all by Sean Matgamna. All sections of this pull-out: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/why-not-a-united-ireland Read online, download PDF, subscribe: https://www.workersliberty.org/wl-3-66 All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

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 set to follow, and the climate crises, what should class-struggle socialists say and do? How can we revive workplace organisation and militancy, and confront the global wave of right-wing nationalism of which Trump, Johnson, Bolsonaro, Modi, Netanyahu, and others are a part? Where next for the left? This panel brings together speakers from three different revolutionary socialist groups to discuss the issues, with plenty of time for questions and discussion from the floor. Write up of the debate: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2020-07-13/whats-way-forward-revolutionary-left Video: https://youtu.be/oVd0iFA2_tw Workers' Liberty: https://workersliberty.org/ Mutiny: https://www.timetomutiny.org/ Red Flag: https://www.redflagonline.org

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' Liberty at https://workersliberty.org **Questions asked** 1. What are your views on the recent events in the USA? The killings of George Floyd and Tony McDade, the protests, the police clampdown? 2. What are your views on the protests? 3. How do you respond to people who say they support peaceful protests but condemn ‘rioting’? 4. How similar or different do you think policing of BAME communities is between the USA and the UK? Why? 5. What specific demands do you think will be effective against police brutality? People have been variously calling for: defund the police; disarm the police; scrap the police; make the police accountable to elected scrutiny committees; sack all cops and make them reapply for their jobs; reorient the police towards helping vulnerable people and away from social control? Do you agree with these? Which do you prefer? Are there others that you would advocate? 6. As a spoken word artist, how have you used this medium to fight racism? What are its strengths and its limits in the anti-racist struggle? 7. Which other BAME spoken word artists (or writers or musicians) would you recommend people listen to/read? 8. To what extent do you think police brutality is an issue of class? 9. How well do you think the left and the labour movement involve BAME people and fight against racism? What more could it do? 10. How important is it for us to debate and educate ourselves about these issues? Are there any subjects or resources that you would recommend? **Poets, musicians, artists mentioned:** Solomon O.B. Aliyha Hasinah Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan George the Poet Kojey Radical Liv Winter Lowkey Boots Riley Nina Simone **Books/authors mentioned:** bell hooks Angela Davis The End of Policing by Alex Vitale (https://www.versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing free ebook) Staying Power by Peter Fryer The State of Africa by Martin Meredith Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century by Kehinde Andrews

"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 oppressed people. The approach has been criticised as divisive. But what is “identity”? How do we assess criticisms of identity politics and the role social media plays in promoting those politics? What alternative approaches are there for fighting social oppression? Is a universalist socialist politics adequate? Relevant articles: • https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2017-10-18/experience-and-revolutionary-politics • https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2013/04/10/marxists-oppression • https://www.workersliberty.org/index.php/story/2020-02-05/morning-stars-identity-politics

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: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online . Video: ***Notes from meetings below*** **Key facts** • 79,645 people in prison in the UK • 69% of these have not committed any violent crimes • 27% are BAME (13% in UK population) • 5% are women. 89% of women have not committed any violent crimes • Percentage reporting drug addiction rose 8.4% from 2013/14 to 15% in 2018/2019 (effect of spice) • Mental health – 26% women & 16% men had mental health treatment in the year before prison • 87 suicides in 2019 • 1 in 3 have learning disability or learning difficulty • 62% have reading age of 11 or lower (compared to 15% in population) • 1 in 7 homeless at release (37% of women) • Only 17% in PAYE job a year after release • The number of detained children has decreased, but less so among BAME children. 50% of detained children are BAME • Short sentences of 6 months or less are less effective in reducing reoffending than community sentence. Yet number of community sentences has fallen by half in a decade • 44% leaving prison reoffend within a year **Trends:** • Self harm, violence to each other and staff are all at record high levels. • Prison population was rising until last two years • Overall length of sentences increased • Staffing and budget reduced 2010 – 2015 (POs reduced by 26%) • Inspectors issued ‘urgent’ notifications for many prisons – uninhabitable, inmates in cells for long periods due to lack of staff. Cuts & privatisation • Recruitment from 2016 – POs now 10% down compared to 2010 • No relationship between prison numbers and crime figures **Covid in prisons:** • April – up to 4000 planned to be released due to Covid (vulnerable / pregnant • Less than 100 actually released due to poorly understood plans (up to end of May) • Single cell occupancy would require release of 10,000 – 15,000 • Opted for restrictions rather than release (stopping visits, association) • Prisoners complain of lack of PPE for officers **History:** • Before 1700s – death penalty, public humiliation, corporal punishment, transportation. Prison while awaiting trial. 1777 John Howard – debtors & murderers, women, children, men, should be separated! • 1800s – hard labour, religious instruction. (last public execution 1868)(Hulks ended 1857) • 1877 – 1907 - idea of reform and training, • Early 1900s Churchill, prisoner in Boer war 1899 – reforms – shorter sentences, less harsh • 1948 – Abolished penal servitude and flogging • 1965 – Abolition of death sentence • 1990 – ‘Prison works’ more punitive approach – subsequent Labour and Tory governments – increased prison population, privatisation • 1990 – Strangeways riot Woolfe report (cells should have toilets!!) • Incentives and Earned Rewards Scheme – slavery? **References:** • http://www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk/Portals/0/Documents/Bromley%20Briefings/Prison%20the%20facts%20Summer%202019.pdf • https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49324718 • https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/sites/crimeandjustice.org.uk/files/09627250802476668.pdf • https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2010/08/10/prisons-tool-capital • Prison Reform Trust • Howard League for Penal Reform

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 of old party political system, rise of Republicans; armed clashes over whether Kansas will be slave or free state 1859 Abolitionist John Brown attempts to lead slave uprising at Harpers Ferry, Virginia 1860 November: Republican Abraham Lincoln elected President December: South Carolina secedes from US 1861 Six other Southern slave states secede, Confederate States of America formed, soon grows to eleven states April: Civil War begins, slaves start to flee to US army August: US Congress passes first anti-slavery war measures November-December: Trent crisis seems to threaten US-British war December: British workers’ meetings in support of US begin 1862 Summer: Congress, led by Radical Republicans, pushes US policy in more radical anti-slavery direction Second half of year: Wave of workers’ meetings in Lancashire 22 September: Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation promising to free slaves in Confederate states November: Recruitment of black soldiers begins tentatively 31 December: Great meeting at Free Trade Hall in Manchester, meetings in London 1863 1 January: Emancipation Proclamation comes into effect, recruitment of black soldiers massively accelerates 26 March: “Monster” workers’ meeting at St James’ Hall, London 1864 September: Foundation of International Working Men’s Association November: Lincoln re-elected 1865 April-June: Confederacy surrenders 14 April: Lincoln assassinated by Confederate sympathiser December: Thirteenth Amendment to US Constitution ratified, slavery abolished throughout US 1867 “Radical Reconstruction” begins in US, enfranchising ex-slaves; Reform Act enfranchises over a million British workers **Recommendations, referenced by the speakers** Pamphlet: https://www.workersliberty.org/node/25435 Article: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2017-07-26/workers-against-slavery-us-civil-war-first-international-and-british-working-class Pull-out: https://www.workersliberty.org/index.php/revolution-black-liberation-workers-liberty-342 Article: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2019-12-03/trump-blocked-putting-harriet-tubman-20-note-why "Beyond Equality" by David Montgomery Glory (1989 film) Sacha mentioned "Forced Into Glory" by Lerone Bennett Junior, which gives the case against Lincoln, but he thinks it is one-sided **Description** The American Civil War of 1861-5 was the most important event in US history, and one of the most important in world history. The victory of the North liberated four million black slaves and abolished slavery, although the movement it unleashed did not defeat racism. In Britain, despite hardship caused by the war, the working class rallied to Lincoln and abolition, and Karl Marx wrote for a New York paper about the pro-North mobilisations in London and the textile towns of northern England. These mobilisations helped pave the way for a new growth of the British labour movement and for the emergence of the International Working Men's Association (the First International).

“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://theclarionmag.org/2020/06/02/forward-momentum-drops-democratically-agreed-left-policies https://workersliberty.org/story/2020-04-25/anti-trans-feminists-blinkered-tories

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://soundcloud.com/user-463087528 The Dub Pistols: https://soundcloud.com/dubpistols The Special AKA: https://soundcloud.com/the-special-aka Video version of this audio: https://youtu.be/L2zRPf-YvPg

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 about the state in the context of the Black Lives Matter movement? Intro to "The state and the current crisis" by Kate, part 5 of 5 in the series of meetings "The state, crime, prisons and the police". Upcoming meetings and more: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online Other sections https://workersliberty.org/audio#forums Video of this talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM5-VBa5gMY&list=PL6axvxELjd0hETzHJtyEWU8oREbGFw6fh&index=2

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 level' take on what we should be minimally advocating: https://momentuminternationalists.org/2020/05/11/labour-councils-and-cuts-what-should-momentum-do/ Guardian article detailing some of the stats Josh outlines: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/14/councils-in-england-fear-they-will-have-to-make-cuts-of-20 Stevenage situation: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2020-05-26/fight-coming-council-cuts Photo: CC BY 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/matt-dinnery/5168809160/

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 on this topic from Patrick Murphy, NEU National Executive (personal capacity), and Daniel Randall, RMT activist. Upcoming meetings and more: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online Get in contact to be kept in the loop with AWL school workers and beyond: https://workersliberty.org/contact Labour Days podcast on a similar issue: https://soundcloud.com/labour-days/ep-4-industrial-unionism

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 Video: https://youtu.be/0yAqYrAKDu4 All audio: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/ Lois Weiner is a US socialist activist, teacher trade unionist, and member of the editorial board of the socialist journal New Politics. **Questions from the floor** The following questions (abridged) were asked from the floor, as a prompt for Lois Weiners' introductory speech: - Are there any circumstances in which the left might support Biden? - Is the left or labour movement in any position to offer ideas or leadership to the Black Lives Matter/George Floyd movement against police brutality? - In that movement, what is the likelihood and what are the implications for the left of the police response esscalating even further, or of far-right provocateurs setting off a powder-keg? **Links referenced** Video on twitter: https://twitter.com/Brittm_tv/status/1266497944796225538 Mlitarization of police: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/obama-police-militarization_n_3566478 About the "dirty break" and DSA: https://newpol.org/wading-through-contradictions/ New Politics journal: https://newpol.org **Original description** After Sanders, where now for the US left? Can the US socialist movement be renewed? After Bernie Sanders's withdrawal from the Democratic presidential primary, can the energy of his movement be developed to build towards a renewed socialist movement in the USA? What role might the Green Party presidential challenge of veteran socialist Howie Hawkins play? And how have US workers and their unions been responding to bosses' attacks during the coronavirus pandemic?

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 taking collective action that place social good above private profits. There have even been examples of workers developing plans to use their skills and the machinery at work to produce socially useful products. A return to "normality" means a return to a world where human activity is directed solely for the creation of private profit at the expense of humanity and our future. Prior to the lockdown we were heading blindly and at accelerating speed towards civilisational collapse. What are the prospects now for a workers' led just transition to a world that is run in the interests of people and planet?

"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://workersliberty.org/audio The Labour party went into the 2019 election calling for police increases larger than the Tories. So can a left-wing government or even socialist government have the police working in our interests? Who are the people who suffer most at the hands of the police? Working class communities find themselves overwhelmingly the victims of crime, and yet the police often ignore anti social behaviour and crime in these same places. What should socialists say about the cops?

"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 to Workers' Liberty audio at: https://workersliberty.org/audio "'Theoretically,' there is no denying that the state is the organ of class domination, or that class antagonisms are irreconcilable. But what is forgotten or glossed over is this: if the state is the product of the irreconcilable character of class antagonisms, if it is a force standing above society and 'increasingly separating itself from it,' then it is clear that the liberation of the oppressed class is impossible not only without a violent revolution, but also without the destruction of the apparatus of state power, which was created by the ruling class and in which this 'separation' is embodied." Lenin one of the leaders of the Russian Revolution wrote this in The State and Revolution in 1917. Is that the only or even final word on what the state is?

An introductory speech by Becky Crocker on "Who was Lenin?" part of the "ABCs of Marxism" series of meetings by Workers' Liberty. Watch video: https://youtu.be/jNNjTbgqH_8 Upcoming online meetings: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online Russian Revolution: When Workers took power, at https://www.workersliberty.org/russian-revolution **Timeline** 1860s and 70s - Populism – Lenin’s brother attempted to kill Tsar Nicholas III - Tsarist autocracy 1880s Plekhanov founding Social Democracy for Russia Plekhanov vs. populism 1890s Class struggle in Russia Lenin joins Marxist group Russian Social Democratic Labour Party formed 1898 1902 What Is To Be Done? Written in preparation for 2nd Congress of RSDLP - another attempt to unify various Social Democratic groups in Russia 1903 2nd Congress **Reading** What they did to What is To Be Done, by Hal Draper: https://www.marxists.org/archive/draper/1990/myth/myth.htm All reading and a recording of the meeting for this and other sessions in the ABCs of Marxism series will be collated here: https://www.workersliberty.org/abcs-marxism Some more reading on Lenin on the Workers Liberty website at https://www.workersliberty.org/marxists/vladimir-lenin **Description** Lenin wrote that it was often the fate of revolutionaries that after their deaths their names were made into legends to console the oppressed, while their ideas — their real politics, what they had stood for in life — were thrown out and replaced by something else. Something very like that happened to Lenin himself. Stalinists, who lyingly call themselves Leninists, radically cut away what Lenin had really stood for and adopted anti-working-class policies — the very opposite of those which Lenin spent his life fighting for. Then after the fall of USSR , Lenin, who spent his last years fighting incipient Stalinism, is scapegoated for the discredited despotic system which rose up on the defeat of Lenin's last struggle, continued after Lenin's death by Trotsky and others. We discuss the real history of Lenin and what he stood for.

Tom Harris's opening speech in a meeting "Rise of the Far Right In Europe: How to Fight It". For future meetings see: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online Video online at: https://youtu.be/jFcckjO3Swo All audio and link to subscribe: www.workersliberty.org/audio - The growth in anti-semitism across Europe - Attacks on migrant rights - Scapegoating of immigrants and refugees - The rise nationalist ideas - The growth in right-wing popularlist ideas These movements feed on despair and demoralism resulting from the failures of labour movements to mobilise their tremendous potential power in the workplaceand fightback against austerity. The coming century will see tremendous upheavals. The horrors of climate change will generate mass migration on an unprecedented scale and social emergencies that will shake our society. In the decades to come, we need a labour movement that responds to crises with the politics of solidarity, compassion, and rationality.

An introduction to "The Communist Manifesto", a classic Marxist Text, by Daniel Rawnsley — part of the ABCs of Marxism series. Upcoming online meetings at: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online Watch the video of this: https://youtu.be/kTqrbXcLH6Y Read or download the text at: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ Listen to it: https://librivox.org/the-communist-manifesto-by-karl-marx-and-friendrich-engels/ Study guide: https://www.workersliberty.org/files/Communist-manifesto-study-guide.pdf All audio: www.workersliberty.org/audio

What should socialists and activists who support trans rights be doing to further this today? Lead off and summation from "Trans Rights and the labour movement today", the final session in "The fight for trans rights: past, present and future". Listen to the previous session at https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/berlins-third-sex-the-fight-for-trans-rights-past-present-and-future See the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpCCfNDARO4 For more online events by Workers' Liberty, see https://workersliberty.org/c19-online In both the Labour Party and the trade unions, transphobia is prominent. Why is this and what can we as Socialists do about it?

Solidarność: The workers' movement and the rebirth of Poland in 1980-81 , by Mark Osborn, published January 2020. Part 11 of 11, pages 108 to 116. A letter to Scargill, by Sean Matgamna, from Socialist Organiser (issue 200) 11 October 1984. "Arthur Scargill, Lech Wałęsa: militants in distorting mirrors". A palm-sized samizdat edition of the Polish-language Trotskyist publication, Imprekor, carried a translation of our Open Letter to Scargill from Socialist Organiser 200, 11 October. See scans of it in the paper book. Buy a beautiful paper version for £5, including photographs and scans from the time: https://workersliberty.org/solidarnosc Playlist of book: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/solidarnosc All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio All tracks of this book: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-1-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-2-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-3-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-4-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-5-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-6-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-7-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-8-of-11 Appendices: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-9-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-10-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-11-of-11

Solidarność: The workers' movement and the rebirth of Poland in 1980-81 , by Mark Osborn, published January 2020. Part 10 of 11, pages 102 to 107. An open letter to Frank Chapple, published in Socialist Organiser, 13 September 1980. Buy a beautiful paper version for £5, including photographs and scans from the time: https://workersliberty.org/solidarnosc Playlist of book: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/solidarnosc All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio All tracks of this book: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-1-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-2-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-3-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-4-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-5-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-6-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-7-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-8-of-11 Appendices: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-9-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-10-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-11-of-11

Solidarność: The workers' movement and the rebirth of Poland in 1980-81 , by Mark Osborn, published January 2020. Part 9 of 11, pages 93 to 100. Appendix: From the Polish coup to the present day; a brief summary, by Stan Crooke Buy a beautiful paper version for £5, including photographs and scans from the time: https://workersliberty.org/solidarnosc Playlist of book: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/solidarnosc All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio All tracks of this book: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-1-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-2-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-3-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-4-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-5-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-6-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-7-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-8-of-11 Appendices: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-9-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-10-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-11-of-11

Solidarność: The workers' movement and the rebirth of Poland in 1980-81 , by Mark Osborn, published January 2020. Part 8 of 11, pages 85 to 92. Sections in this recording: The Party works towards crushing the workers’ movement December 1981: the coup Buy a beautiful paper version for £5, including photographs and scans from the time: https://workersliberty.org/solidarnosc Playlist of book: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/solidarnosc All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio All tracks of this book: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-1-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-2-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-3-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-4-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-5-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-6-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-7-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-8-of-11 Appendices: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-9-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-10-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-11-of-11

Solidarność: The workers' movement and the rebirth of Poland in 1980-81 , by Mark Osborn, published January 2020. Part 7 of 11, pages 76 to 84. Sections in this recording: The workers’ press The hunger marches Solidarność’s Congress Buy a beautiful paper version for £5, including photographs and scans from the time: https://workersliberty.org/solidarnosc Playlist of book: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/solidarnosc All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio All tracks of this book: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-1-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-2-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-3-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-4-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-5-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-6-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-7-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-8-of-11 Appendices: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-9-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-10-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-11-of-11

Solidarność: The workers' movement and the rebirth of Poland in 1980-81 , by Mark Osborn, published January 2020. Part 6 of 11, pages 68 to 75. Sections in this recording: The Party March 1981 The Party’s IX Congress Buy a beautiful paper version for £5, including photographs and scans from the time: https://workersliberty.org/solidarnosc Playlist of book: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/solidarnosc All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio All tracks of this book: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-1-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-2-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-3-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-4-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-5-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-6-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-7-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-8-of-11 Appendices: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-9-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-10-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-11-of-11