Red Book Fairs

The preface to WILLIAM Z FOSTER'S epic autobiography FROM BRYAN TO STALIN, published in 1937: "Caught in a hopeless contradiction between an expanding productive apparatus and shrinking markets, capitalism has fallen into an acute state of degeneracy and reaction. The economic crisis, widespread and devastating, becomes chronic. Tens of millions of workers, jobless and hungry, walk the streets of industrial cities, while great factories stand idle. Millions of farmers are pauperized. Huge armies of middle class people are thrown into bankruptcy. The capitalist class, no longer able to rule these rebellious masses by petty concessions and sham democracy, has recourse to fascist demagogy and violence. In the capitalist countries democratic liberties are being systematically abolished. Cultural reaction grows and deepens; science is falling into decay, invention has become largely useless for capitalist industry, the most primitive forms of religious superstition are being cultivated, capitalist art and literature is sinking to the lowest levels in their history. And, to climax it all, the great imperialist powers, desperately struggling to capture the last market for their industries, are now swiftly preparing for a great world slaughter beside which all previous wars will seem like minor conflicts. This is a picture of a system of society in decay, a process which Marx and Engels so long ago foresaw. Capitalism has outlived its usefulness. Its economic crises, mass starvation, fascist terrorism, cultural reaction and wars are only so many symptoms of a desperate effort to maintain itself in the face of historical circumstances that demand its abolition. The capitalist class will not willingly give up its wholesale robbery, even though its frantic attempts to prolong the rule of capitalism threaten the lives and welfare of hundreds of millions of human beings."

The 2026 Merseyside Marxist Book Fair will be taking place at The Casa, 29 Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9BQ on Saturday, 23 May, from 10am until 4pm. Be there!

Dermot Hudson, Chairman of the Korean Friendship Association UK, has tabled and spoken at a number of Red Book Fairs events. Follow Dermot here: @juche0071

The Korean Friendship Association in the UK (KFA-UK) exists to defend the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). It is the genuine pro-DPRK solidarity organisation for People's Korea, the land of Juche! Follow KFA-UK here: @Korea_Friend_UK

"Socialism: Utopian and Scientific" is a fantastic overview of the development of scientific socialism. Our edition includes Engels' "Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy" as a little treat!

🇻🇳 You can now buy Building a People's Art at the best little book cafe in Southeast Asia—'Bookworm Hanoi'—and get ready to celebrate National Day on Sep 2nd. Not in Hanoi? You can also get a FREE PDF or beautiful print editions here - iskrabooks.org/building-a-peo…

ICYMI, the brilliant @Jackbyrnewriter Is the guest on the new episode of Northern Voices! A Northodox legend and writer of spectacular Northern Fiction with a conscience, we cant recommend listening enough! m.soundcloud.com/northern_voice…

"Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them."-Assata Shakur

Highly recommend this

100% recommended!

My book is coming out in December w @monthly_review & I'll be doing a mini book tour. Reach out if you have ideas for physical venues, online platforms, reviews, etc. MR is great about sharing advance copies w ppl that want to feature the book. #Marxism #WesternMarxism

PRESENTING: A PEOPLE'S TIMELINE OF THE KOREAN WAR June 25 marks the "official" start of the Korean War 75 years ago. In reality, the war began as soon as US troops arrived in Korea in 1945 with the intent to crush our people's anti-imperialist, democratic revolution

New book by Dr. Gerald Horne! The Capital of Slavery: Washington, D.C. 1800-1865. Link below!

Nice to finally have this in hand!

📘"... in the transition process from capitalism to socialism, there is a close relation between the movements of the 'working and oppressed classes' and the power of states in the world system... If you insist on purity and ideals in relation to the state powers involved, you will not get far. A 'pure' movement of 'workers and oppressed people' does not exist as a transformative power. It appears in the complex interplay between economic and political contradictions in the world system." Torkil's book is an extremely useful toolkit for understanding the world-system in our 'sharpening contradictions' era. FREE PDF and discount print editions: iskrabooks.org/the-long-trans…

In his 1937 text "Mastering Bolshevism", Josef Stalin describes opportunism: explaining what it is, how it develops, and how it threatens socialist organization.

Of all the rare books I own, this is one of my favorites. It was published by a right-wing libertarian DC think tank in 1985, and it warned Washington policy-makers not to believe for a second that China was becoming capitalist. It argues that Deng Xiaoping is a Marxist Leninist through and through, and that China was consolidating communism through the reform and opening up, not dismantling it. This book was mostly ignored when it was published, but now it reads like a far-sighted prophecy. Ironically in the West many libertarian economists understand Marxism-Leninism better than most self-proclaimed Marxists.

"…the state is nothing but a machine for the oppression of one class by another."- Lenin

📘ANNOUNCEMENT📘 We're beyond excited to announce details of our next book, and the next entry into the 'Anti-Imperialist Marxism' series: In 'How Paris Made the Revolution and the Revolution made Paris', Jacques R. Pauwels traces the intertwined evolution of a city and its revolutions, revealing how the streets, buildings, and public spaces of Paris were shaped by—and helped shape—the forces of popular uprising. From 1789 through 1871, and including up to the present day, the capital was transformed by successive waves of revolt that redrew not only its map, but also its political and social foundations, and this has in turn had influence around the world. 🗓️Available on July 14th, Bastille Day, as FREE PDF and beautiful print editions.

A compulsory read!