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Episodes
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Socialism: Utopian and Scientific; Engels, 1880 — Ref #14
Audio book of “Socialism: Utopian and Scientific” by Frederick Engels, published 1880. This pamphlet was excerpted chapters from his longer 1877 polemic "Anti-Duhring". Read online: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/index.htm This audio version includes Engels' later 1892...
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777 — Across Europe: Win back the Wealth! | Much more
Solidarity 777, 4 November 2026. Articles: Win back the wealth Socialism and mental health Budget: "baby steps" leading to a fall? French students seek to coordinate General strike and housing struggle in Spain French movement has reshaped politics Jackdaw is bad enough. Stop Rosebank! New…
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Women and Socialism; August Bebel, 1879 — Reference Points #13
Audio recording from “Woman and Socialism” by August Bebel, published 1879: chapters 27 section 1 and section 4 and chapter 28. The translation, in 1910 by Meta Lilienthal Stern, as was usual in those days, uses "man" to mean both "human being" (German: Mensch) and "adult male" (German: Mann) —…
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776 & WL81— Budget squeeze: Profits vs lives | Revolt across Europe | More
Solidarity 776, 21 October 2026. Includes WL81. Articles: Profits first, or lives? EU: bring down the barriers! Young people want a future Water cannon and arrests in Liège Not what the doctor ordered French activists move to coordinate Spain general strike set for 11 November Coming cleaner on...
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Circular Letter to Bebel, Liebknecht, etc.; Marx & Engels, 1879 — Ref #12
Audiobook of a “Circular Letter to August Bebel, Wilhelm Liebknecht, Wilhelm Bracke and Others”, written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in September 1879. Read it online: https://bit.ly/c-lett-2 Notes and talking points:...
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Women's Fightback 38, Autumn 2026 — UK childcare costs are killer | Demands & much more
Women's Fightback 38, Autumn 2026. Power concedes nothing without a demand. Women’s Fightback regularly makes demands for the changes we want to see in the world - but how do we go beyond reacting to the issues of today, and towards bringing about the sort of radical change we need to usher in...
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775 — Make Labour Tax the Rich: Resist Cuts! | And much more
Solidarity 775, 7 October 2026. Articles: Make Labour tax the rich! Belgium: reigniting cuts fight France: defying the police Progress at last on heart attacks Peru teachers to strike from 29 October Karl Marx on death penalty Far right steps up anti-Palestinian drive The Morning Star and... the...
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Critique of the Gotha Programme; Marx, 1875 — Reference points #11
Audiobook of The “Critique of the Gotha Programme” written by Karl Marx as private communication to the SDAP leadership in 1875, later published in “Die Neue Zeit” newspaper in 1891. Here with Engels’ forward plus two other letters, by Marx and Engels respectively. Read it online:...
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774 — Fascist danger on the streets: Workers' United front against the far right | News, debate, international, much more
Solidarity 774, 23 September 2026. Articles: Far right danger on the streets Misfortune again for Germany? A skilful but shameful balancing act Putin targets Ukraine’s infrastructure Unions pledge to fight for trans rights. But now? Houthis advance, conflict spirals TUC: what sort of unity? The...
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The Civil War in France; Marx, 1871 — Reference points #10
Audiobook of “The Civil War in France” by Karl Marx, on the Paris Commune and the lead up to it, delivered as speeches by Marx in 1870-71. Read it online https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1871/civil-war-france/ which also links to a timeline, glossary, and other references and…
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773 — Reform on the back foot but not beaten: Workers' united front against far right! | Much more
Solidarity 773, 26 August 2026. Articles: Reform is on the back foot but not beaten Trump lashes out: oppose sanctions on Iran Left unites against far-right attack on socialist stall Resisting Reform in Wakefield Andy Burnham and council housing Israeli right plans to bisect West Bank Eulogising...
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Capital pt VIII; Marx, 1867 — Ref #9.9
Ninth part of the audiobook of Capital Volume 1 by Karl Marx. This section: VIII: Primitive Accumulation. Read online https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ Study notes at https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2021-09-03/marxs-capital-volume-1-12-week-course Contents/Timestamps: Part...
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Capital pt VII; Marx, 1867 — Ref #9.8
Eighth part of the audiobook of Capital Volume 1 by Karl Marx. This section: Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital. Read online https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ Contents/Timestamps (see below for tables): Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital 00:00 Intro to Part VII 03:18...
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Capital pt V-VI; Marx, 1867 — Ref #9.7
Seventh part of the audiobook of Capital Volume 1 by Karl Marx. This section: Part V: Production of Absolute and Relative Surplus-Value and Part VI: Wages. Read online https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ Study notes at...
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Capital pt IV ch. 15; Marx, 1867 — Ref #9.6
Sixth part of the audiobook of Capital Volume 1 by Karl Marx. This section: Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus-Value — chapter 15 (i.e. the rest of part IV). Read online https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ Figures mentioned can be found within the following sections: §5...
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Capital pt IV ch. 12-14; Marx, 1867 — Ref #9.5
Fifth part of the audiobook of Capital Volume 1 by Karl Marx. This section: Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus-Value — chapters 12 to 14. Read online https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ Study notes at...
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Capital pt III ch. 8-11; Marx, 1867 — Ref #9.4
Fourth part of the audiobook of Capital Volume 1 by Karl Marx. This section: the rest of Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value — chapters 8 to 11. Read online https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ Study notes at...
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Capital pt II ch. 6 & pt III ch. 7; Marx, 1867 — Ref #9.3
Third part of the audiobook of Capital Volume 1 by Karl Marx. This section: chapter 6 from part II and chapter 7 from part III. Read online https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ Article on it, particularly chapters six and seven as in this audio...
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Capital pt II ch. 4-5; Marx, 1867 — Ref #9.2
Second part of the audiobook of Capital Volume 1 by Karl Marx. This section: chapters 4 and 5 from Part II. Read online https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ Study notes at https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2021-09-03/marxs-capital-volume-1-12-week-course Article on it...
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Capital pt I; Marx, 1867 — Reference points #9.1
First part of the audiobook of "Capital: a critical analysis of capitalist production, Volume 1 (The Process of Production of Capital)" by Karl Marx, published in 1867. This section: editor's and authors prefaces plus Part I: Commodities and Money (Chapters 1-3). Read online...
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772 — Mass council house building now! | Buses strike over heat | Much more
Solidarity 772, 12 August 2026. Contents: Mass council-house building now Councils defy EHRC Code of Practice Labour conference 2026 Ebola, democracy, and mining profits Arriva North buses strike over heat Burnham challenged to lift PA ban Iran: stop the war. Arrogant Trump messes up Good…
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Wages, Price, & Profit; Marx, 1865 — Reference points #8
Audiobook of "Wages, Price, and Profit" (also known as "Value, Price and Profit") by Karl Marx, published 1865. Read it online https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/value-price-profit.pdf Article on it:...
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771 — Squeeze Burnham! Fight for working-class and socialist policies | Iran: Stop the war! | More
Solidarity 771, 15 July 2026. Articles include most of the following: PCS "lock-out" ends. For now RMT: shaping renationalised rail? Debate on the Unite general secretary election: another view Third volume of Estonian epic What kind of communism is Trump afraid of? A new phase in Iran and the...
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Womens' Fightback 37 — Protect trans healthcare & abortion rights 4 all — Summer '26
Women's Fightback 37, Summer 2026. For centuries medicine had viewed women’s bodies as inferior, unstable, weak and dangerous. This legacy still haunts us. As Women’s Fightback 37, a Health Special went to press, a damning three-year long review of the biggest childbirth scandal in NHS history...
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The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte; Marx, 1852 — Reference points #7
Audiobook of "The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte" by Karl Marx, published 1852. Read it online https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ Article on it: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2026-07-14/marx-18th-brumaire On December 2 1851, followers of President Louis...
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770 — Don't trust Burnham: Open up Labour democracy | Heatwave | The IS in the USA | Much more
Solidarity 770, 1 July 2026. Articles include most of the following: A new low in TSSA Trains dispute: a pause will benefit the bosses The International Socialists in the USA: an interview with Andrew Stone Higgins Hope for change from the top of Labour? No, push for change from the base Timeline...
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769 — Seize the loot of the rich! | Push back the racists; for democratic controls on police | More
Solidarity 769, 10 June 2026. Articles: Doctors strike 15-19 June Push back the racists! For democratic controls on the police Iran war: for peace with equal rights! Expand jobs, not cut benefits! University strikes spread Strike saves daycare centre Keeping it safe when it’s hot Letter: Who's…
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Address to the Communist League; Marx & Engels, March 1850 — Ref #6
Audio recording of a draft/transcript of "The March Address" AKA “Address of the Central Committee to the Communist League”, a speech given and circulated by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels in March 1850, as reproduced here...
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Communist Manifesto; Marx & Engels, 1848 — Reference points #5
Audiobook of "The Manifesto of the Communist Party" by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, published 1848. Read online at https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ (audio has prefaces as per https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61 ) Study notes: https://workersliberty.org/cm...
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Wage-Labour and Capital; Marx, 1847/1891 — Reference points #4
Audio of "Wage Labour and Capital", by Karl Marx, first delivered as a speech in 1847, but edited and published in 1891. The 1891 version, reproduced here, is better. Read this online at: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/wage-labour/ or as a PDF...
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On the Question of Free Trade; Marx, 1847 — Reference points #3
Audio recording of “On the Question of Free Trade”, from the draft/transcript of a speech by Karl Marx in 1848, with an introduction by Frederick Engels from 1888. Read online at: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/free-trade/index.htm See the article on it...
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The Poverty of Philosophy; Marx, 1847 — Reference points #2
Audio of "The Poverty of Philosophy" by Karl Marx, published in 1847. Read online at: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/poverty-philosophy/ (including pdf and docx). Recording based on https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Poverty_of_Philosophy See the article on it here...
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Theses on Feuerbach; Marx, 1845 — Reference points #1
Audio of "Theses on Feuerbach" by Karl Marx, written around 1845 (published later, with slight edits by Engels.) Read online: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/theses/theses.htm See the article on it here...
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768 — Open up Labour democracy: workers' organisation to beat reform
Solidarity 768, 27 May 2026. Articles: Prepare for Heat Strike! One-euro meals for all students PCS conference sets a new course Dementia care workers can win Two films from the past, for today How can so many be racists? Chernobyl: the botched emergency response Musicians against the far right...
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767 — Make unions fight the far right | Many other articles
Solidarity 767, 13 May 2026. Articles: Make unions fight the far right! US-Israel bomb, Iran’s clerics clamp down A barrel full of rotten apples Defend the right to protest Take the antisemitic threat seriously Workers come out against Trump Answering Reform on immigration Israel-Palestine: for…
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Womens' Fightback 36, spring 2026
Women's Fightback is a socialist feminist magazine by Workers' Liberty. We stand for trans-inclusive, sex-positive, class struggle feminism. We organise in our workplaces and trade unions, and in the student movement and Labour Party for socialist feminist politics. Get your copy now! As we have...
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766 — Stop reform: vote Labour; Rally left against Starmer; Build workers' united fronts | Much more
Solidarity 766, 22 April 2026. Articles: LUL raises the stakes: strike next week, then escalate! St Cuthbert's strikes to save jobs! End the war! No to US-Israeli bombing! Stop Reform on 7 May No work, no school, no shopping Rally the left against Starmer The Greens in Lambeth The sands shift on...
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765 — No to war: For workers' solidarity; down with Trump, Netanyahu, Khaenei; Israel out of Lebanon | Much more
Solidarity 765, 15 April 2026. Articles: Cleaners win sick pay Longer work day: move to action! Oppose US-Israeli bombing • Israel out of Lebanon • For a secular republic and workers’ power in Iran Iran-Israel-USA: This is not our war! Talking with the far right in Sheffield Why Netanyahu wants...
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764 pages 17-21 — missing pieces
In our initial upload of 764 we missed out pages 17-21, instead substituting in old audio. This has now been corrected, but if you listened to 764 and want to catch up on the missing pieces, here they are.
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764 [corrected] — For workers' solidarity against the Iran war | Build workers' united fronts +
When first uploaded, pages 17-21 of this week's paper were missing, and were accidentally replaced by a similar set of pages from the previous paper. We have now rectified that. Sorry. Solidarity 764, 1 April 2026. Articles: End the bombing! Israel out of Lebanon! Workers against war Prepare for...
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763 — Stop the war! Down with despots in Iran and USA | Make unions fight for migrant rights: And build local united fronts against far right
Solidarity 763, 18 March 2026. Articles include: “100% academisation” - Johnson and Zahawi walk again in the form of Bridget Phillipson, but what is the NEU saying? End the US-Israeli bombing! For a secular republic in Iran, for workers’ power! Far-right threat still large in France Tube drivers…
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762 — US-Israel-Iran: Stop the war! Down with the clerical regime! Don with Trump & Netanyahu! Back Iran's workers! | Against the far right: a workers' front
Solidarity 762, 4 March 2026. Articles: Iran: Against US-Israeli bombing. For a secular republic and a workers’ government Rest In Power, Yanar Mohammed Iran: responses from the left and labour movement Netanyahu goes for “endless war” Plan together, resist together What to do after Gorton and...
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761 — Back Ukraine against Putin | Restore Labour democracy, mobilise, unite in action | History, debate, struggles, more
Solidarity 761, 18 February 2026. Articles: Support the Northfields fleet strike! Back Ukraine against Putin Four years of Russia’s war Restore Labour democracy, mobilise, unite in action Ban on Palestine Action ruled unlawful Fascists attack left benefit gig Stop demolitions in Silwan! Our…
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760 — Against Starmer, fight for socialism | All out 28 March: for a workers' united front! | More
Solidarity 760, 4 February 2026. Articles: Against Starmer, for socialism! All out 28 March! For a workers' united front! Minneapolis general strike against Trump Follow Spain’s example Throw Mandelson’s project out with him Reform’s promises shown empty Kurdish forces defeated by Syria's...
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Women's Fightback 35, Autumn 2025 — Class struggle feminism | Abortion access | Trans rights | Far right | More
Women's Fightback 35, Autumn 2025. This summer has seen the return of far-right marches through our streets and town centres. Under the false pretence of protecting women, far-right mobs have targeted hotels housing asylum seekers and mosques. Their racist nationalism is increasingly normalised…
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WL77 — Workers' Fight, 1972-5
Workers’ Fight newspaper ran during a time of great class battles in Britain, dramatic events internationally, and intense and fluid debate within the left. It was a time which made for vivid and weighty memories. Workers' Liberty volume 3, issue #77 looks back at it....
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Women's Fightback 33 — Trump, Putin's Russia, Israel/Palestine, the "manosphere" and alt-right, culture & more
Women's Fightback 33, Winter/Spring 2025. With Trump back in office, and the far right ascendant across large partsof the world, the challenges facing socialists and feminists are starker than ever. In this issue we hear about the fight for democracy in Putin's Russia, from a military refuser in...
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WL76 — Day-by-day, How the state broke down in Northern Ireland, 1969
Day-by-day, how the state broke down in Northern Ireland, 1969: Workers' Liberty 3/76. By Sean Matgamna. More online: https://workersliberty.org/day-day-how-state-broke-down-northern-ireland-1969-workers-liberty-376
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We Stand For Workers Liberty — Pamphlet audio
Workers’ Liberty is a socialist organisation. Our members are active in workplaces, Uni campuses, trade unions, the Labour Party, and left politics. We think it is possible to replace capitalism with a better society — socialism. We think that the people who can do this are the working class.…
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Why trade unions should not support the Morning Star — Pamphlet
This short pamphlet explains why trade unions should not be giving political and financial support to a newspaper which is not the "daily paper of the left" but the mouthpiece of the Communist Party of Britain (CPB). More online and buy: https://workersliberty.org/morningstar The Morning Star is...
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