Introduction to Marxism Part Three: Economics

Manifesto for an Ecosocialist Revolution - Break with Capitalist Growth

Unabridged Audiobook (Not AI) The race for profit is widening social inequalities and destroying the planet. As the productivist catastrophe is worsening day by day, democratic and revolutionary socialism must be rethought to meet needs within ecological limits. This Manifesto adopted by Fourth International in February 2025 by the Fourth International raises the banner of a civilisational alternative: ecosocialism. It proposes a programme of transitional demands for different situations and a strategy for the convergence of struggles against all exploitation, oppression and dispossession. Manifesto for an ecosocialist revolution – Anticapitalist Resistance [https://anticapitalistresistance.org/manifesto-for-an-ecosocialist-revoltion/] Manifesto for an ecosocialist revolution – Resistance Books [https://resistancebooks.org/product/manifesto-for-an-ecosocialist-revolution/]

Episode 19: The fight for bodily autonomy

Globally our bodily autonomy is under attack. The right to control your body and what happens to it is being eroded by the new far right movements, in alliance with religious reactionaries. At a recent ACR meeting Paris Wilder and Echo Fortune talked about bodily autonomy from reproductive rights through to gender transition and why we need to get organised around this issues in a serious way.

Episode 18: The Ghost Limb - author discussion

A new Irish republic is possible – and some of its most passionate supporters are from Protestant backgrounds, breaking with sectarianism and tribalism.  A discussion with Claire Mitchell, author of the Ghost Limb (2022)  and Stephen Baker  a socialist and trade unionist from County Down exploring the shifting views on national identity, and asking what does it mean to be English if the United Kingdom ends?

Introduction to Marxism Part Three: Economics

After starting with philosophy and sociology, Ian Parker finishes his introductory course by explaining how Marx criticised captialism as a system of exploitation and oppression against the majority in the interests of the captialist minoprity and how we can overthrow ther system in the interests of humanity and sustainable life on Earth

Introduction to Marxism Part Two: Sociology (with Ian Parker)

Ian Parker takes  looks at the social theory of Marxism, in particular classes, the struggle between them and their relationship to politics. The second in a three part series of introductions to Marxism from AntiCapialist Resistance.