In Defence of Marxism

Remembering Fidel at 100 100 years ago today, Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro was born. Today, the Cuban Revolution is facing a greater threat than at any point in its history. Held at the throat by US imperialism, the recent policies adopted by the Cuban National Assembly are laying the ground for the restoration of capitalism.

Defend the Cuban revolution! Defeat US imperialism! Fight for world socialism! This statement was passed unanimously at the summer meeting of the leadership of the Revolutionary Communist International. We say: Defend the Cuban revolution! Defeat US imperialism! Fight for world socialism!

Why you should read ‘Lenin and Trotsky: What They Really Stood For’ – interview with Niklas Albin Svensson With the class struggle heating up everywhere, and with a new generation of communists preparing for battle, now is the time to arm ourselves with the hard-won lessons of the past. For that reason, we are republishing Lenin and Trotsky: What They Really Stood For by Alan Woods and Ted Grant; a Marxist classic which uncovers the real legacy of Bolshevism, against decades of slanders and distortions by the Stalinists.

The World School of Communism begins Sunday: here’s where you can watch it! The World School of Communism begins on Sunday! So far, 6,700 people from over 130 countries have signed up to follow the event online. But why watch it alone? From Manchester to Melbourne, from Delhi to Detroit, comrades of the Revolutionary Communist International are organising watch parties across the planet – and you can join them!

Britain: “Be realistic, demand the impossible” – RCP Summer Camp sets out the tasks ahead “We must demand the impossible, demand the future, and not let anything get in our way.”

India’s Cockroaches rise: no retreat until Modi falls India has just seen a week where decades happened. Against brutal repression, mass demonstrations organised by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) have forced the resignation of India’s hated education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan.

Cuba and the complete turn towards capitalism With the author’s permission, we are republishing this article by the Cuban film director Javier Gómez Sánchez, as we consider it a very interesting contribution to the debate on the future of the Cuban Revolution.

Xenophobic pogroms in South Africa – fight the right with class struggle! Over the past three months, a wave of xenophobic demonstrations, attacks and killings against migrants has swept South Africa. Shops have been looted, foreigners chased out of their homes, while more than 50,000 people have been forced to flee the country in fear for their lives. The South African right wing is currently cheering on the violence and pushing for an escalation of the brazen campaign, which will undoubtedly result in more killings unless a fightback is organised.

The history of Chinese Trotskyism The history of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is intimately bound up with the Stalinist degeneration of the Communist International. In this article, Kenny Wallace explores the little-known struggle of the forces of Trotskyism in China, who heroically fought to defend the ideas and methods of genuine Marxism against all odds.

United States: while DSA scores primary victories, more Americans than ever are turning to Communism “There is now a resurgence of the communist menace in our land,” Trump declared at the foot of Mount Rushmore on the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. “You can be loyal to Karl Marx, or you can be loyal to America. You can be a communist, or you can be a patriot. You cannot be both.”

5,000 sign up for the World School of Communism – 3,000 want to join us! The World School of Communism is now less than two weeks away. Today, we hit 5,000 signups from almost 130 different countries. Hundreds more are rushing in by the day. What is astonishing is that only 30 percent of those signups have come from members of the RCI. Of the rest, 3,000 have indicated that they would like to join our International!

Britain: the many faces of Andy Burnham – how long until the mask slips? At the time of writing, Andy Burnham is preparing to move into Downing Street, following the resignation of Keir Starmer, the much-loathed former prime minister.

Ted Grant: the unbroken thread of Marxism 20 years ago today, Ted Grant passed away. We republish below an article by Rob Sewell, written in 2013 to mark the 100th anniversary of Ted’s birth, which details his life and historic achievements as a revolutionary.

Why was the Rojava Revolution defeated? – exclusive interview with Fred Weston For many years, the Rojava Revolution was hailed as a model for revolutionaries to follow. Today, it has been betrayed. To learn the lessons from the heroic movement and its tragic defeat, we sat down for an interview with Fred Weston, author of ‘Rojava: why was the revolution defeated’ from the brand new issue of the In Defence of Marxism magazine.

Anarchism in practice – new ‘In Defence of Marxism’ magazine OUT NOW! This July marks 90 years since the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. In this titanic struggle between revolution and counter-revolution, millions of workers and peasants rose up and fought valiantly against fascism. And while they were ultimately defeated and brutally repressed, their struggle has left an indelible record in the memory of the working class, serving as an inspiration for all class fighters today.

Earthquakes devastate Venezuela: “We’ve been taken over. The revolution is lost.” The earthquakes in Venezuela – which left over 4,500 dead, 16,740 injured, and perhaps more than 50,000 missing – could not have come at a worse time.

Germany: how ‘saving democracy’ assisted the rise of fascism The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is currently polling around 27 percent. Many warn that we are ‘five minutes away from 1933’. The established parties are campaigning with the slogan ‘save democracy’ to win back a dwindling electorate, which is abandoning them due to decades of cuts and attacks.

Canada: 200 at the largest ever Edmonton Communist Summer School The 2026 edition of the Edmonton Communist Summer School was the best one yet. With over 200 in attendance for the weekend of July 4 and 5, this was the largest known Communist meeting in Alberta since at least the 1970s!

15 July Long March in ‘Azad’ Kashmir: all power to the committees! The mass movement in Pakistan-administered Kashmir led by the Awami Action Committee (AAC) has arrived at a decisive point, as the leadership has announced that the Long March will once again recommence on 15 July.

Trump’s mad dash back to war Less than a month after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that seemingly ended the war between the US and Iran, hostilities have recommenced. This time, US imperialism is dragging the whole world towards a precipice.