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It’s easy to feel powerless as individuals. Everywhere we look, society tells us that there’s nothing we can do to change the world. It can seem like the world is governed by malevolent forces beyond our control or understanding.
But history is made by people, and a cursory glance at history shows that individuals can play a giant role at certain points. The problem is not that we’re powerless; it’s that we don’t understand the relationship between our efforts and the great forces that govern the movement of history. Marxism uncovers this relationship. Using this understanding, ordinary people can find their place in the historical process and play a vital role in changing the world.
In this presentation from the Western Canadian Marxist Summer School, Daniel DaRosa explains the Marxist understanding of the individual's hole in history.
📖 Further reading:
On the Role of the Individual in History (https://www.marxists.org/archive/plekhanov/1898/xx/individual.html)
The individual and the Marxist view of history (https://marxist.com/the-individual-and-the-marxist-view-of-history.htm)
The Decisive Role of the Individual in History (https://marxist.com/role-individual-history091205.htm)
What is historical materialism? (https://marxist.com/an-introduction-to-historical-materialism/part-one-what-is-history.htm) [Buy the book here] (https://store.marxist.ca/products/what-is-historical-materialism-1)
Recorded July 4, 2026 in Edmonton.
5 Aug 2026
The Russian Revolution: Ten days that shook the world
The Russian Revolution was the greatest event in history. Lenin, Trotsky, and the rest of the Bolsheviks led the working class to take power and hold it for the first time in history. October was living proof that the oppressed do not need their oppressors; that a better world is possible. It inspired a worldwide revolutionary wave in its wake, and remains a beacon of hope to the oppressed today.
No party has sunk deeper roots among ordinary people than the Bolsheviks, and no victory has ever been more decisive or transformative than the one the Bolsheviks led them to achieve.
This is why the ruling class will never forget the Bolsheviks, and it’s why we must seek to study them. The Russian Revolution of 1917 still contains the most urgent lessons for revolutionaries today.
In this presentation from the Western Canadian Marxist Summer School, Joel Bergman explains the lessons communists can draw from this inspiring event, in order to change the world today.
📖 Further reading:
The Bolsheviks and the Russian Revolution: An introduction (https://www.marxist.ca/article/the-bolsheviks-and-the-russian-revolution-an-introduction)
The Lessons of October (https://marxist.com/the-lessons-of-october.htm)
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Russia: From Revolution to Counter-Revolution (https://marxist.com/russia-from-revolution-to-counter-revolution.htm)
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Recorded July 5, 2026 in Edmonton.
29 Jul 2026
Revolution in ‘Azad’ Kashmir — Communist explains
Across Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, workers, shopkeepers, and youth are mobilizing by the hundreds of thousands against the repressive Pakistani regime.
Under the leadership of the Joint Awami Action Committees, months long general strikes and mass sit-ins show that the people are ready to democratically seize power and intervene into the course of history.
The next step is for the Awami Action Committees, the organization at the head of the revolution, to officially take power.
In this presentation, Renu Brar of the RCP explains the situation.
📖 Further reading:
Mass movement of AAC in Pakistan-administered Kashmir defies brutal state repression to write a new chapter in history (https://www.marxist.ca/article/mass-movement-of-aac-in-pakistan-administered-kashmir-defies-brutal-state-repression-to-write-a-new-chapter-in-history)
Emergency resolution in solidarity with the struggle of the people of Azad Kashmir (https://www.marxist.ca/article/emergency-resolution-in-solidarity-with-the-struggle-of-the-people-of-azad-kashmir)
15 July Long March in ‘Azad’ Kashmir: All power to the committees! (https://www.marxist.ca/article/15-july-long-march-in-azad-kashmir-all-power-to-the-committees)
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Recorded July 23, 2026, in Toronto.
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