ICSS Past Presentations

https://youtu.be/ptiQncHnX4E In his 1844 Manuscript, Marx stated that ”Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex (the ugly ones included)” Later, in his 1884 work, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, Engels drew upon anthropological data to argue that women's oppression is not determined by biology, but is rather a historically specific phenomenon tied to the rise of class society. How can we use these Marxist ideas to better...

https://youtu.be/MVOJ0FYMj2w On July 20, 2026, thousands of Gen-Z, i.e., youth of ages 17 to 27 years, and some younger and older gathered to protest Test Papers leaks for entrance examinations to professional colleges at Jantar-Mantar in New Delhi, close to the Indian Parliament. They were attacked by security forces, who were directly under the Home Minister Amit Shah, the most powerful politician second only to Prime Minister Modi. Pellet guns, nail studded sticks and tear gas were used,...

https://youtu.be/oCKfUDu_NZM This presentation examines Turkey's deepening political, economic, and social crisis and asks whether the country is approaching a genuine democratic opening or moving toward deeper integration into an imperialist geopolitical order. It explores the erosion of democratic rights, repression of opposition and dissent, growing economic inequality and corruption, and the concentration of power among politically connected interests. Particular attention will be given to...

https://youtu.be/wuP6xIY6BXE ICSS Sunday Morning Marxist Forum has presented several sessions these past few months on 21st century imperialism. Is US Hegemony Really Declining? – Stansfield Smith – Sunday, June 7, 10:30 AM Pacific Time Has Lenin’s Imperialism Withstood the Test of Time? – Peter Fay – Sunday, June 14 The Twilight of American Imperialism – Dr. Jack Rasmus – Sunday, June 21 The Islamic Resistance, the Revolutionary Left and Anti-Imperialist Struggle – Charlotte Kates – Sunday,...

https://youtu.be/4n4tAAEDMEU San Francisco based journalist and political analyst, Farshid Vahedian, who recently returned from Iran where he attended the funeral of the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, will provide his observations, based on his conversations with other journalists and people who attended the funeral proceedings which brought together an estimated tens of millions of people in Iran and neighboring countries. Resume: Farshid Vahedian is a long time resident of San Francisco Bay...

https://youtu.be/popH17f1Y24 Since its inception 27 years ago, the US hegemon has sought to destroy Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution’s "threat of a good example." A campaign of "maximum pressure" – crippling sanctions, coup attempts, diplomatic isolation, and other coercion – has prevented the socialist project from reaching its full potential, but it has not defeated it. On January 3, following two months of an asphyxiating oil blockade, the imperial power carried out a decapitation...

https://youtu.be/iBUmbOT7BcM Around the world, and particularly in the Arab and Iranian region (West Asia), the leading anti-imperialist forces coming into direct confrontation with the United States and the Zionist project are Islamic Resistance forces, including in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen and Iran. The United States targets these organizations, and states, with criminalization, sanctions and direct military assault. At the same time, imperialist politicians, governments and think tanks...

https://youtu.be/IPH4ayqiyk4 The Dialectics of Chinese Labor examines China’s trade union adaptation to the changing demands of the working class. For nearly 50 years, market socialism has transformed China from a rural to an urban economy, posing significant challenges to China’s trade union federation (ACFTU). The labor federation has skillfully reshaped its organizing strategies to respond to workers’ new material realities. Our speaker counters the monolithic position that devalues ACFTU...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdH8csNeRkg India based war historian Amaresh Misra returns to ICSS Sunday Marxist Forum to analyze and discuss what are the prospects of peace in the Gulf region of West Asia following the MOU signed between the US and Iran. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cA-jDYj-yY The Twilight of American Imperialism by Dr. Jack Rasmus describes the political, military, economic, and cultural aspects of imperialism; how these practices have been employed over the course of the 250-year rise, and the present decline of the American imperial project. Special attention is paid to identifying the distinctive characteristics particular to the American empire in its phase as the dominant hegemon after the mid-20th century—as well as...