The capitalist state, that is in essence the police, army, courts, and prisons, is a weapon of the ruling class used against the rest of us. In this episode of Marxist Voice, Olivia Ruadh will explore how the state developed, how it is maintained, and how to fight against it.
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Jul 28
What Are The Prospects for World Revolution?
Despite vast technological progress, modern society has yet to achieve abundance. Instead, global capitalism continues to drive deepening contradictions, regional conflicts, and an accelerating crisis of imperialism.In this talk from the RCP Summer School, Lubna Badi explores the ... Show More
38m 46s
Jul 21
Traore, Sankara's legacy and imperialism in West Africa
Since he came to power in September 2022, the leader of Burkina Faso’s military government, Ibrahim Traore, has attracted attention all over the world. Echoing Thomas Sankara, the leader of the Burkinabé Revolution of 1983-87, Traore has used radical anti-imperialist and pan-Afri ... Show More
56m 34s
Mar 2024
How Capitalism Distributes Power
[EU S14 E12] How Capitalism Distributes Power Updates on resurging child labor in US, colleges athlete vote to join unions, unionization sweeping not-for-profit charities (hospitals, museums, etc) such as MassMoca in western Massachusetts. Major discussion of how capitalism conce ... Show More
29m 1s
Sep 2023
Blame Capitalism: Souring on the system
Capitalism has entered its villain era. In a new series running Fridays this month, we look at how Americans came to blame it for just about everything.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd an ... Show More
28m 45s
Apr 2022
[BEST OF] State and Revolution: Marx, Lenin, & the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
<p><em>[Orignally released Oct 2018]</em></p> <p>Alyson Escalante joins Breht to discuss Lenin's major work of political theory, State and Revolution. <br /> <br /> Here is a previous show we here at Rev Left did specifically on the Paris Commune entitled "The Paris Commune: A Br ... Show More
1h 9m
May 2023
Crack-Up Capitalism w/ Quinn Slobodian
Featuring Quinn Slobodian on Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy. Radical libertarians, including anarcho-capitalists like Murray Rothbard, envision a world of micro-polities governed by private property and contract. In fact, we alread ... Show More
2h 5m
Jun 2025
Uprising in LA: ICE, Mass Deportations, and American Fascism
Recorded on June 8th: Alyson and Breht record an emergency podcast on the current riots in LA, and resistance across the country, to mass deportations. Together they highlight recent events, discuss the function of mass deporations in a decaying capitalist system, analyze the spo ... Show More
1h 5m