Alan Woods
Alan Woods, political editor of In Defence of Marxism, is a lifelong revolutionary and an acclaimed Marxist author. He will be speaking at this year’s Revolution Festival on class struggle in the Roman Republic, following the launch of his new book, as well as the session on why we are communists.
Rob Sewell
Rob Sewell is the political editor of the Socialist Appeal newspaper and author of Chartist Revolution, In the Cause of Labour, and co-author of Understanding Marx’s Capital. He will be introducing the discussions on building the forces of communism in Britain, and what is Stalinism?
Fred Weston
Fred Weston is a leading member of the International Marxist Tendency and a member of the In Defence of Marxism editorial board. Fred is the co-author of the recently published Women, Family, and the Russian Revolution. As one of the IMTs founding members, he will be speaking at this year’s festival on what is the International Marxist Tendency and the session on is history random?
Jorge Martin
Jorge Martin is on the editorial board of In Defence of Marxism and America Socialista, and plays a leading role in the Hands off Venezuela campaign. He will speak on Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth: A Marxist critique and will introduce the discussion on 50 years since the coup in Chile: Lessons on the state.
Hamid Alizadeh
Hamid Alizadeh is a leading member of the International Marxist Tendency and is on the editorial board of In Defence of Marxism. He will be exploring the topic on the Iranian revolution of 1979 and escalating world tensions: the war in Ukraine.
Niklas Albin Svensson
Niklas Albin Svensson is on the editorial board of In Defence of Marxism. He will be going in depth into the question of why capitalism cannot escape crisis.
Ben Gliniecki
Ben Gliniecki is the National Organiser of Socialist Appeal, and is a regular writer for the In Defence of Marxism theoretical magazine. He will be introducing the discussions on building communism in Britain, alongside Rob Sewell, as well as the session on why bourgeois democracy is a dictatorship of the rich.
Josh Holroyd
Josh Holroyd is on the editorial board of and a regular writer for the In Defence of Marxism theoretical magazine. Having recently written new introductions to Marx’s works on France, Josh will be exploring the question of how Marx became a communist at this year’s festival, and introducing the discussion on the collapse of French imperialism in West Africa.
Adam Booth
Adam Booth is on the editorial board of the Socialist Appeal newspaper, is the editor of socialist.net, and co-author of Understanding Marx’s Capital. Adam will be introducing the topic on the Soviet economy: how it worked, and how it didn’t.
Daniel Morley
Daniel Morley is on the editorial board of Socialist Appeal, is the National Organiser for education, and a regular writer for the In Defence of Marxism theoretical magazine. He will introduce the discussions on Postmodernism and the worship of the individual and was Mao really communist?
James Kilby
James is on the editorial board of Socialist Appeal, and is the National Paper Organiser. He will be discussing the question of Marxism and the national question at this year’s festival.
Fiona Lali
Fiona Lali is on the editorial board of Socialist Appeal and is the National Organiser of the Marxist Student Federation. She will be speaking at this year’s festival on the topic of class and race: do we need a ‘Black Marxism’?
Shaun Morris
Shaun Morris is a leading member of Revolution Scotland and is the editor of the Revolution newspaper. He will be introducing the topic of Scottish nationalism in crisis.
Ben Curry
Ben Curry is on the editorial board of marxist.com, and is a regular writer for the In Defence of Marxism theoretical magazine. He will be speaking at this year’s festival on in defence of the Enlightenment.
Nelson Wan
Nelson Wan is on the editorial board of Socialist Appeal. Nelson will speak at this year’s festival on the topic of art and the Russian Revolution.
Dylan Cope
Dylan Cope is on the editorial board of Socialist Appeal and is a frequent writer for the newspaper on the topic of the trade union movement. He will be discussing the question of where is the trade union movement going?
Lotta Angantyr
Lotta Angantyr is a member of the editorial board of Socialist Appeal and is the lead organiser of Socialist Appeal London region. She will be introducing the discussion on women’s oppression and the family.
Joe Russell
Joe Russell is a leading member of Socialist Appeal London region and regular writer for the newspaper. He will be speaking on the limitations of direct action at this year’s festival.
Jack Halinski-Fitzpatrick
Jack Halinski-Fitzpatrick is a member of the editorial board of marxist.com. He will be introducing the discussion on permanent revolution vs. socialism in one country, showing the way forward for the fight for communism.
Grace Dee
Grace is a leading member of Socialist Appeal in the North East. She will be introducing the session on Marxism 101: the philosophy of revolution.
Keelan Kellegher
Keelan Kellegher is a leading member of Socialist Appeal in London. This year, he will be investigating the topic of the Great French Revolution.
Natasha Sorrell
Natasha Sorrell is a leading member of Socialist Appeal in Yorkshire, and a member of the National Education Union. She will be introducing the session on Marxism 101: wage labour and capital.
Sarah Vedrovitch
Sarah is a leading member of Socialist Appeal, and a leading organiser of the Marxist Student Federation. She will be speaking at this year’s festival on the crimes of British imperialism.
Ellen Morton
Ellen Morton is a leading member and frequent writer for Revolution Scotland, and is a member of the Educational Institute of Scotland. She will be speaking on the topic of are communists amoral?
Jack Tye Wilson
Jack Tye Wilson is a leading member of Socialist Appeal and a leading organiser for the Marxist Student Federation. He will be introducing the session on against progressive patriotism at this year’s festival.
Joe Attard
Joe is a leading member of the IMT and the Socialist Appeal West London region. He will be speaking on the question of can capitalism realise the potential of AI?
Lubna Badi
Lubna Badi is a leading member of Socialist Appeal, and organiser for the Marxist Student Federation. She will be speaking at this year’s festival on the topic of why only revolution can save the planet.
Laurie O'Connel
Laurie is a leading member of Socialist Appeal, and frequent writer on the topic of historical materialism. He will be introducing the topic on Marxism 101: how we make history at this year’s festival.
