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Nick Beams


Nick Beams is a member of the international editorial board of the World Socialist Web Site. He is an authority on Marxist political economy. Beams was politically radicalised during the international upsurge of workers and youth of 1968, and played a key role in the establishment of the Socialist Labour League, the predecessor of the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), in April 1972, and its affiliation to the International Committee of the Fourth International several months later. He retired as national secretary of the SEP in 2010, after having served in that position for 35 years.

Lectures on politics and history
History of the 20th Century
The “War on Terror” and the eruption of American imperialism
The 2008 global financial breakdown
Socialist internationalism and the globalisation of production
Marxist political economy
Marxism versus the politics of the pseudo-left
Australian politics and history
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