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Issue 54 of Socialist Appeal is now available.
Fred Weston, editor of Marxist.com, spoke to a packed house at May Day Books in Minneapolis, MN on June 1st. Around 30 people came to hear Fred present a Marxist analysis of the state of the Chinese economy and the future of 1/5 of humanity. We present here a video of Fred's presentation and the question and answer session, which covered topics as varied as the difference between socialism and communism to an explanation of the Asiatic mode of production. 
Rage erupts as Javier Contreras, Bargaining Chairman of UAW Local 2244, loses his temper in the face of outraged rank and file workers. A sign of things to come as millions of workers find their backs against the wall. 
In this article, Graeme Anfinson reviews James Cameron's movie, Avatar. The author goes into detail regarding the film's overall anti-imperialist message. 
With the economy growing worse by the day, Street Sweeper Social Club (SSSC) has released their self-titled debut album in an effort to capture the discontent and anger felt by the working class through music. SSSC is a rap/rock supergroup that is the brainchild of guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine fame, and rapper Raymond “Boots” Riley of the hip-hop group The Coup. After the breakup of Morello’s previous band, Audioslave, he met with Riley with the prospect of starting a band called “Street Sweeper,” and stated that they were “going to make anthems for the Revolution”. ![[Video] 50 Years of the Cuban Revolution: Lessons for Latin America](images/stories/jorge_martin.JPG)
The Workers' International League held its first National Marxist School over the weekend of June 13th and 14th. As part of the School, a public event was organized jointly with Hands Off Venezuela, to discuss the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution and the lessons for Latin America. Jorge Martin spoke on the Revolution and the lessons that revolutionaries can draw from it.
On Friday April 10th the new film “Freteco” was shown at the Mestizo Cafe in Salt Lake. Freteco is an organization of workers’ delegates from occupied factories throughout Venezuela (Revolutionary Front of Workers in Factories Occupied and Under Workers’ Control). An interested group of over fifteen people came out to see the film. The audience included older and younger people and not necessarily the “usual suspects” of the local left. 
John Peterson, National Secretary of the Workers International and editor of Socialist Appeal, interviewed by Our World Today on the subject of "What is Socialism?". The interview covers many of the traditional arguments made against socialism and defends the banner of revolutionary Marxism. 
For the uninitiated, Propagandhi is one of the most outspoken political bands in North America. Beginning with 1993’s “How to Clean Everything”, Propagandhi was loud, fast and vocal. While there were many changes in members, tone and style since then, these three things have remained a constant. The Winnipeg, Manitoba ensemble has reinvented itself with every album; from the poppier “Less Talk, More Rock;” the more hardcore “Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes;” all the way to the prog-punk “Potemkin City Limits.” 
Watch this new video, produced by Vive TV in Venezuela, about the occupied factories movement. Presented in Spanish with English subtitles by U.S. Hands Off Venezuela. You can purchase a copy of the DVD at 
John Peterson, National Secretary of Hands Off Venezuela, was recently interviewed on the Jeff Farias show on the state of the Venezuelan Revolution. You can 
Capsule review of the new, self-titled album from the political hardcore/thrash band, Bring Down the Hammer.