What is Marxism?

Alan Woods

Rob Sewell

Alan Woods and Rob Sewell were brought up in South Wales in a Communist household. As young teenagers, they became committed Marxists and are now leading members of the Revolutionary Communist International (RCI). They have both recently authored the two-volume In Defence of Lenin.

Alan Woods is the political editor of the RCI’s flagship In Defence of Marxism website (marxist.com) and has written many books covering a wide spectrum of topics. These include Lenin and Trotsky: What They Really Stood For and Reason in Revolt: Marxist Philosophy and Modern Science – both in conjunction with the late Ted Grant; Bolshevism: The Road to Revolution; The History of Philosophy: A Marxist Perspective; Spain’s Revolution Against Franco: The Great Betrayal; Marxism and the USA; Class Struggle in the Roman Republic; Ireland: Republicanism and Revolution; The Ideas of Karl Marx; The First World War: A Marxist Analysis of the Great Slaughter; and The Venezuelan Revolution: A Marxist Perspective.

Rob Sewell is the political editor of The Communist (communist.red) – the organ of the British section of the RCI – and has written extensively on revolutionary theory and history. He is the author of Socialism or Barbarism: Germany 1918-1933; Chartist Revolution; In the Cause of Labour: A History of British Trade Unionism; and Understanding Marx’s Capital: A Reader’s Guide with Adam Booth.