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125 Dave Nellist - former 'Workers' MP on a Worker's Wage' discusses the Tory sleaze scandal from 2022-01-04T16:50:23
We sat down with Socialist Party member Dave Nellist to discuss the latest Tory sleaze scandal, how he went about only taking a average worker's wage and how as a supporter of the Militant (now the...
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Cop 26 - Socialist Change to end Climate Change from 2021-12-14T17:45:35
November 5/6 in Glasgow saw some of the largest political mobilisations since the onslaught of the Covid pandemic. The catalyst was the bosses’ summit, COP26, a forum to find ‘solutions’ to limit g...
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123. Cuban protests – what do they represent? from 2021-09-09T15:05:26
Cuban protests – what do they represent?
On 11 July, Cuba was rocked by the largest protests to have taken place since the “Maleconazo” protests that erupted in 1994. The 1994 protests fo...
122. Afghanistan in crisis: A colossal failure of western capitalism from 2021-08-27T12:45:38
Afghanistan in crisis: A colossal failure of western capitalism.
After two decades of military occupation and trillions of dollars spent by western governments, millions of Afghans are no...
121. Fighting to save the NHS from 2021-07-29T14:31:57
The future of the NHS hangs in the balance. Nearly five million people are waiting for treatment. Covid has pushed our health services to the limit, but years of underfunding meant it was already i...
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120. Tories in crisis - Preparing for struggle in post-Covid Britain from 2021-07-08T13:13:30
Tories in crisis - Preparing for struggle in post-Covid Britain
Far from an era of sustained economic upswing, social peace and a Tory ascendency opening up for post-Covid Britain, the pro...
119. Organising in the food and retail industry from 2021-06-16T10:54:01
Retail has felt the full impact of the Covid pandemic but the resulting heightened struggle between different capitalist interests within the sector, and between big business and retail workers, re...
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Where now for the Scottish independence movement? from 2021-06-03T11:23:10
6 May 2021 saw the election of a majority of MSPs to the Scottish parliament committed to a second referendum on Scottish independence.
Is an independent Scotland now inevitable?
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118. Where now for the Scottish independence movement? from 2021-06-03T11:23:10
6 May 2021 saw the election of a majority of MSPs to the Scottish parliament committed to a second referendum on Scottish independence.
Is an independent Scotland now inevitable?
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117. How can Palestinian liberation and an end to Israeli state terror be won? from 2021-05-21T19:13:16
What can the Palestinians in Palestine and Israel do to develop their struggle?
What are the UN and governments around the world doing to try to get a ceasefire?
And what about the methods ...
116. May elections and crisis in the Labour Party from 2021-05-14T16:42:43
The Tories are claiming victory – but what is the perspective for Johnson and his party? The austerity they are planning for the working class and the lack of solutions that they have for all the p...
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115. Biden’s stimulus – can it solve the problems of US and world capitalism? from 2021-05-10T16:31:03
And what about beyond the US – how will this spending play out on the world stage? What does it mean when Biden says ‘America’s back’?
Do these packages represent a new New Deal comparable to t...
114. Football super-league - reclaim the game from 2021-04-30T10:42:46
The withdrawal of the six football clubs in England from the Super League - after protests and action by fans, players and other club staff - will be rightly celebrated.
That’s the start. What...
113. Corruption, cronyism and capitalist politics from 2021-04-23T16:57:22
This episode was recorded on Tuesday 23 April 2021 and by the time we’ve published it more revelations have emerged from the murk of Westminster.
Johnson won the last general election by ...
112. A socialist mayor for Liverpool from 2021-04-16T14:09:14
How can elected positions be used to advance the struggle of working class and young people against the bosses’ and the Tories’ Covid austerity?
The Socialist Party is part of the Trade Un...
PCS elections - the struggle for fighting trade unionism from 2021-04-12T15:16:13
111. PCS elections – the struggle for fighting trade unionism
How can the trade unions, as the main mass organisation of the working class, be organised to fulfil their full potential in t...
111. PCS elections - the struggle for fighting trade unionism from 2021-04-12T13:16:13
111. PCS elections – the struggle for fighting trade unionism
How can the trade unions, as the main mass organisation of the working class, be organised to fulfil their full potential in t...
110 The Paris Commune from 2021-03-27T11:09:47
The Paris Commune 1871 is rich in lessons for the struggles today. Listen to Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party political secretary, discussing the rich lessons for today.
The Committee for a ...
109 End violence against women from 2021-03-23T13:43:23
What is the socialist approach to ending both violence against women and defending the right to protest?
This bonus episode is a recording of the introduction to a national meeting hosted ...
108. SNP warfare – what does it represent? from 2021-03-17T10:33:23
What does this mean for the independence movement in Scotland?
How can workers and young people, who overwhelmingly back independence, take their struggle forward?
The Socialist ...
107. 1971: how workers beat anti-union laws from 2021-02-26T18:40:53
What can we learn from the defeat of the Industrial Relations Act 1971?
Capitalist commentators often refer to the 1970s as a kind of dark age, and accuse socialists of wanting to return t...
106. Black workers' charter from 2021-02-19T17:24:35
How can we fight racism and capitalism today?
Black and Asian people have been disproportionately affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. In fact, they are disproportionately affected by auster...
105. Russia protests: what future for Putin's regime? from 2021-02-15T15:00:08
What next for the mass protests in Russia?
Facing down brutal police repression, tens of thousands seized the streets in Russia to oppose the arrest of opposition leader Alexi Navalny. Vla...
104. School workers need a fighting union from 2021-02-05T17:40:05
How can the National Education Union win for school workers?
During the pandemic, educators and support staff have been on the front line of the Tories’ war for private wealth over public ...
103. The Arab Spring from 2021-01-29T17:04:50
What are the 2011 Arab Spring’s lessons for now?
Ten years ago, revolutions erupted in Egypt and Tunisia, and rapidly spread in the Middle East and North Africa. Workers and poor people en...
102. US: the storming of the Capitol from 2021-01-22T17:34:15
How should socialists respond to the dramatic crisis in the US?
On Wednesday 6 January 2021, Trump supporters - some armed - invaded Congress. It was the culmination of the loose-cannon pr...
101. Britain, 2021: a new era of capitalist crisis from 2021-01-15T15:56:36
What is the outlook for class struggle in Britain in 2021?
The pandemic was a world-shattering turning point. All the weaknesses of capitalism were laid bare in 2020. But in few countries ...
100. 2020 highlights: A socialist youth charter from 2021-01-10T18:42:58
What do young people need today - and how can they fight for it?
Last summer, massive, young, working-class protests exploded around the world after the murder of George Floyd, and other a...
99. 2020 highlights: US imperialism in decline from 2021-01-02T21:33:05
The crisis-ridden US has two options: socialism or barbarism.
In the run-up to last year’s election, the United States was faced with a litany of crises. This episode was recorded during ...
98. 2020 highlights: Trotsky's revolutionary ideas from 2020-12-26T20:26:01
80 years on from Trotsky’s assassination: can they kill his ideas?
Lev Davidovich Bronstein, better known as Leon Trotsky, was murdered on 21 August 1940. What was Stalin so afraid of? And...
97. Chartism from 2020-12-18T12:37:03
How did Britain's working class fight to overthrow early capitalism?
In the early 19th century, the industrial revolution was rapidly creating a big new social class in Britain: the workin...
96. Engels’ Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State from 2020-12-11T16:58:44
What are the roots of women’s oppression?
Thousands of years ago, early human societies lived without economic classes or gender oppression. Life was basic, precarious and sometimes brutal...
95. Engels' Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (re-run) from 2020-12-04T15:40:19
How did Engels explain the scientific approach to socialism?
Today, there are socialists who argue that rational arguments, or moral appeals, or new technologies, or localised socialistic ...
94. Engels on The Housing Question from 2020-11-27T20:04:28
What did Engels have to say about the housing crisis?
Cramped homes. Extortionate costs. Rip-off landlords. Rising homelessness.
Projects to upgrade areas just used to force workers a...
93. Engels' Condition of the Working Class in England from 2020-11-19T16:51:12
What can the horrors of industrialisation teach socialists today?
175 years ago, Britain was the most advanced capitalist country on the planet. Leaps forward in industry created huge prod...
92. The revolutionary life of Friedrich Engels from 2020-11-13T14:23:11
Who was Friedrich Engels and what were his ideas?
Marxism, originally called ‘scientific socialism’, takes its name from Karl Marx. But Marx didn’t work alone in developing his ideas. His ...
91. Universities in crisis from 2020-11-06T15:11:26
How can students fight back against rip-off Covid imprisonment?
Universities have enticed students onto courses with promises of a learning experience that never materialised – then trappe...
90. Uprising in Nigeria from 2020-10-30T10:21:41
What next for the uprising in Nigeria?
Millions of youth have been out on the streets in response to the brutal repression and banditry of the Nigerian state’s so-called ‘Special Anti-Robb...
89. Trotsky, art and culture from 2020-10-23T17:28:10
How did Trotsky view revolution and the arts?
Because art holds a mirror up to life, many revolutionaries have taken an interest its role. Leon Trotsky in particular wrote on art, literatu...
88. Crumbling capitalism, revolution and counter-revolution from 2020-10-16T20:21:31
88. Crumbling capitalism, revolution and counter-revolution
As the capitalist world tears at itself, who stands to gain?
Global capitalism is in its deepest crisis since the 1930...
87. What is a 'transitional programme'? from 2020-10-02T17:41:33
How can socialists link day-to-day struggles to the need for revolution?
Global capitalism is in a historic crisis, and offers no future to the majority of humanity. Socialism is the only ...
86. World crisis and the second wave from 2020-09-25T16:40:18
What is the state of world capitalism as it heads into a second wave of Covid-19?
Over a decade ago, the global capitalist system was shaken by a historic financial crisis. It still had no...
85. Britain's general strike of 1926 from 2020-09-18T17:58:21
What are the lessons for today from the 1926 general strike?
One of the myths about the British working class is that it’s too ponderous and conservative to have a serious fight with capit...
84. Trotsky on the trade unions from 2020-09-11T14:57:05
What was Trotsky’s advice for revolutionaries on unions?
The trade unions are the basic organisations of the working class. Trotsky, like all who follow the ideas of genuine Marxism, belie...
83. Trotsky and the Fourth International from 2020-09-03T10:15:28
How did Trotsky help organise international socialist struggle?
Capitalism is a worldwide problem. Since the days of Karl Marx, socialists have worked towards a worldwide solution.
82. Trotsky, fascism and the 'united front' from 2020-08-28T15:10:37
What is fascism and how can we fight it?
In the 1930s, mass fascist movements smashed the workers’ organisations. Today, far-right and right-populist forces are again growing in prominence...
81. Trotsky, Stalinism and the 'degenerated workers' state' from 2020-08-26T11:47:10
How did Trotsky explain the rise of Stalinism?
The Russian Revolution began as a mass movement with democratic control of society by the workers and poor. But it ended as a brutal police s...
80. Trotsky and the 'national question' from 2020-08-21T11:42:45
How did Trotsky fight for national liberation?
Socialists aim for a world which doesn’t need borders and ends national divisions. But today, many national groupings are forced into larger ...
79. Trotsky and the revolutionary party from 2020-08-19T07:00:15
How did Trotsky view the relationship between the revolution and its party?
Where countless other revolutions have failed, the workers of Russia succeeded in taking power in October 1917. ...
78. Trotsky's theory of 'permanent revolution' from 2020-08-14T19:02:46
What is Leon Trotsky’s theory of ‘permanent revolution’?
In the early 20th century, Russia was still a mostly feudal country. Could it achieve socialism without passing through greater dev...
77. Trotsky during the revolution from 2020-08-12T15:50:19
What was Leon Trotsky's part in the Russian revolution?
The events of 1917, and the years which immediately followed, were a political furnace. Failed parties and leaders melted away as ha...
76. Trotsky's revolutionary ideas from 2020-08-07T18:06:10
80 years on from Trotsky’s assassination: can they kill his ideas?
Lev Davidovich Bronstein, better known as Leon Trotsky, was killed on 21 August 1940. What was Stalin so afraid of? And w...
Re-run: 18. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific from 2020-07-24T16:36:01
What is scientific socialism, and what can it teach us about the fight for socialist change today?
Labour’s left leadership failed to fight for the urgent political and democratic reforms ...
75. Britain's revolts after WW1 from 2020-07-17T14:45:37
How will Covid-19’s political consequences compare to the aftermath of World War One?
The pandemic crisis is frequently compared to a war. Marxists agree there are parallels for many reaso...
74. How the unions need to fight now from 2020-07-10T16:32:44
We need to fight for every job. But is such a fight possible?
Thousands of new members are flooding into Britain’s trade unions. But thousands more are losing their jobs every day.
73. Globalisation and deglobalisation from 2020-06-26T17:23:04
Why are the world's economies pulling apart?
World capitalism in recent decades underwent a process often called ‘globalisation’. Competing national economies became more and more integrat...
72. You can't have capitalism without racism from 2020-06-19T18:00:01
Malcolm X said: “You can’t have capitalism without racism.” Why - and what can we learn from that?
Heroic Black Lives Matter protests have swept the US, Britain and the world. Rivers of wo...
Re-run: 4. Fighting the racist far right from 2020-06-12T17:55:04
How can the working class defeat the far right?
A magnificent mass movement, overwhelmingly young, working-class and black, but also very multiracial, has erupted in the US, Britain and in...
71. A socialist youth charter from 2020-06-05T18:32:47
What do young people need today - and how can they fight for it?
Massive, young, working-class protests have exploded around the world after the murder of George Floyd, racism and police v...
70. China's new role from 2020-05-29T17:55:26
While the influence of the US declines, China’s place in world seems to be rising. The Chinese economy is still nowhere near as powerful as the US, but it’s competing voraciously for international ...
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69. Crisis turning point: national unity ends from 2020-05-22T14:58:44
Public confidence in the British government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic has nosedived.
They’re split over how and when to bully workers back into unsafe workplaces to restart the c...
68. Lifting the lockdown: schools, safety and super-spreaders from 2020-05-15T16:31:14
School workers and the government are set for a stand-off over reopening during coronavirus.
The Tory government is combining absurdly unclear messages about "staying alert" with a rush to...
67. Lenin at 150 from 2020-05-01T17:14:43
What are the lessons for today from Lenin's revolutionary life?
22 April 2020 was the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanvov, better known as Lenin, the revolutionary w...
66. US imperialism in decline: coronavirus, Trump, Sanders and socialism from 2020-04-24T11:38:51
Chaos in the US presents two options: socialism or barbarism.
In the United States, the capitalist class is faced with a shopping list of crises that are shaking their system almost to pie...
65. Will this help the left or the right? Coronavirus, radicalisation and 'national unity' from 2020-04-18T16:43:49
Workers are furious, so why aren’t capitalist parties suffering?
Capitalist governments across the planet are presiding over incompetent, inefficient, and inhuman responses to the Covid-19...
64. World economic crisis: a Marxist analysis of the coronavirus crunch from 2020-04-10T10:36:44
The capitalist economic system is dysfunctional and obsolete.
In the US, 10 million workers filed unemployment claims in the last two weeks of March. In the UK, a million workers filed Uni...
63. Is this socialism? Coronavirus and state intervention from 2020-04-03T17:13:32
Unprecedented state intervention - but still workers suffer?
The British government has pledged hundreds of billions in funding during the Covid-19 pandemic. The US Congress has approved t...
62. Workers' rights during coronavirus from 2020-03-20T16:50:18
How can workers look after their interests in the pandemic?
Schools in Britain are part-closing, workers in almost every sector are being sent home with or without pay, and there are short...
61. Coronavirus: a socialist response from 2020-03-13T20:37:09
How can workers' action help overcome the Covid-19 crisis?
The new coronavirus, Covid-19, is sweeping through the world's population - exposing capitalism for disastrous weaknesses in heal...
60. Socialists into City Hall from 2020-03-06T16:57:59
What could a socialist campaign for London achieve?
The London mayor and assembly are up for election in May. The Labour Party’s Sadiq Khan is the incumbent and Labour’s candidate for 2020...
Re-run: 14. GRA reform from 2020-02-28T17:11:38
Trans rights: a socialist programme for united workers' struggle.
Transgender rights have recently become a point of contention in the ongoing Labour Party leadership contest. The Socialis...
59. Northern Ireland's strike wave from 2020-02-21T19:34:51
Major strikes in the civil service and National Health Service have shaken the capitalist establishment in Northern Ireland. These enormous workers’ action followed watershed struggles in the priva...
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58. Britain: the new situation from 2020-02-14T20:33:28
Divisions and surprises abound as the main parties eye an angry working class in Britain.
The Tories’ decade-long grip on power continues for now - but what about their programme? The gove...
57. Trade unions: new decade, new challenge from 2020-02-07T17:43:56
Do the setbacks in the 2010s mean the unions can't fight today?
The 2010s were a period of major attacks on workers in Britain. But the bosses and their politicians didn’t get things all t...
Re-run: 16. Are no-cuts council budgets possible? from 2020-01-31T17:35:02
Councils have the power to resist continued Tory austerity.
It’s budget-setting season again for local authorities in Britain. The Tories in central government have succeeded in making loc...
56. How can France's strike win? from 2020-01-24T18:56:59
After more than 45 days of strikes, workers in France are still furious about President Emmanuel Macron’s attack on pensions. His so-called reform would mean: work longer, get less.
But th...
55. Middle East in turmoil: Iran and Iraq from 2020-01-10T21:43:28
After Suleimani's assassination, what prospects for Iran, Iraq and the US?
The year started with Donald Trump ordering the public assassination of a leading Iranian general, Qassem Suleima...
54. 2020: a promise of rebellion from 2020-01-03T18:59
The year is now 2020. Popular uprisings are cascading like chain reactions across the globe. Strongman right-wing leaders lie and cheat their way to power in some countries, and are brought to thei...
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Re-run: 34. Boris, Brexit and British capitalism from 2019-12-27T00:00
Johnson took office in July 2019 amid intractable crises - which haven't gone away. In this re-run of episode 34 from August 2019, we remind ourselves of the big problems for the Tories which lie b...
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53. Tories return: stand firm for socialist policies from 2019-12-13T13:36:25
Boris Johnson has won a majority in the UK’s general election. Many workers and young people will understandably be feeling gloomy and angry. We say the fightback starts here.
How did this...
52. France on strike from 2019-12-11T15:14:52
Millions of workers have downed tools to fight hated President Emmanuel Macron’s attack on pensions.
The CGT union confederation reports that 1.5 million protested throughout the country ...
51. How can Corbyn win? from 2019-11-29T18:21:13
The Tories are trying to lie and bully their way back to power. How can Corbyn and the wider workers' movement stop them?
With less than two weeks until polling day in the UK, both the Tor...
50. Northern Ireland: Brexit, borders, sectarianism and struggle from 2019-11-22T17:25:35
Northern Ireland faces renewed political conflict as a result of the bosses’ Brexit crisis, the collapse of the Stormont government, and underlying it all, huge anger at poverty and oppression. But...
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49. Scotland and the election: independence and socialism from 2019-11-15T16:37:28
How will the struggle for independence and against austerity affect the general election campaign in Scotland? And what lies in store for Scottish workers after 12 December?
Plus: High Cou...
48. Building fighting, democratic unions: PCS and RMT from 2019-11-11T15:57:39
How can the unions win for members and end austerity and Tory rule? We speak to PCS union general secretary candidate Marion Lloyd (in a personal capacity) and RMT union national executive committe...
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47. General election 2019: Tories out! from 2019-11-06T18:09:13
SPECIAL: Tories out - Corbyn in with socialist policies! This election is harder to call than perhaps any in British history. But what we can say is that whatever the outcome, tempestuous class str...
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46. Uprising in Chile from 2019-11-01T11:54:46
A spontaneous rebellion of revolutionary proportions is unfolding in Chile - a country with a history of revolution and counter-revolution.
The largest demonstration in Chile’s history flo...
45. How renters can beat gentrifiers from 2019-10-25T00:00
In 2016, tenants on the Butterfields estate in east London beat the landlords and banks. How can working-class people fight the housing crisis?
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44. Kurdish national liberation from 2019-10-18T14:48:18
The Kurdish people in the Middle East are facing a catastrophic onslaught. How did it come to this? What is the way out of this life-and-death struggle for the Kurds? And how can the Kurdish people...
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43. Tony Mulhearn, Militant and the city that beat Thatcher from 2019-10-11T14:30:52
How did Liverpool defeat the Iron Lady? A political tribute to Tony Mulhearn, a giant of the workers' movement. As part of the Militant Tendency and Socialist Party, Tony helped lead the working-cl...
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42. The state: a warning to Corbynism from 2019-10-04T15:32:57
In the midst of a historic crisis, the state is preparing the ground to sabotage a potential left government. The Supreme Court has delivered a blow to Johnson. But were the Labour leaders right to...
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41. Sri Lanka: socialists fight back from 2019-09-27T16:36:56
Sri Lanka is heading into presidential elections in the midst of a government deadlock - and the aftershocks of the horrific terror attack on 21 April. We ask socialists from Sri Lanka what the sit...
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40. Race for the White House 2020 from 2019-09-20T19:50:38
The race to be next president of the United States is hotting up. What's behind the crises in the Republicans? And can the Democrats be a route for change? Plus - report from the 20 September clima...
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39. Fighting for women in Britain today from 2019-09-13T16:34:19
The majority of austerity is suffered by women. Meanwhile, rape convictions are down, and domestic violence murders are up. This episode, we hear about the struggle to defend women from the cuts, i...
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38. Government meltdown: what now? from 2019-09-06T13:35:52
The Tory party - and whole Westminster system - is in historic crisis. How can the labour and trade union movement navigate the Brexit impasse, oust the government, and end austerity?
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37. Hong Kong's revolutionary upheaval from 2019-08-30T18:38:51
Millions of people have exploded onto the streets of Hong Kong. The state has responded with outrageous violence.
Where did this movement come from? Could this be the beginning of a revol...
36. Northern Ireland, August 1969: the Troubles erupt from 2019-08-23T13:19:14
50 years ago, workers' action could have stopped the Troubles. Then the British state sent the troops into Northern Ireland. What are the lessons for today?
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35. Peterloo from 2019-08-16T11:23:52
Friday the 16th of August 2019 is the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo massacre. Armed forces charged a peaceful mass protest demanding political representation in the fight for bread, jobs and li...
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34. Boris, Brexit and British capitalism from 2019-08-09T14:31:06
Unpredictable, volatile and unstable: three words which sum up the situation facing new Tory prime minister Boris Johnson. This right-wing populist is quick to make promises. But he’s presiding ove...
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33. Earth strike? from 2019-07-05T07:00:20
Figures associated with the youth climate strikes have raised the idea of students and workers taking part in an "Earth strike" in September. The fact that young people are looking towards the orga...
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32. Fighting closure at Ford Bridgend from 2019-06-28T08:49:46
Bosses at the Ford Motor Company are trying to close the engine factory at Bridgend in South Wales. Hundreds of workers could lose their well-paid, skilled jobs, and thousands more workers in the s...
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31. Grenfell and Barking: safe homes for all now from 2019-06-14T17:24:55
Two years after the preventable disaster at Grenfell Tower, justice and safety are still not secure. A fire in flats in Barking, east London, underlines the ongoing threat caused by the profit driv...
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30. Europe's political polarisation from 2019-06-07T16:27:55
Across the continent of Europe, the 2019 EU elections showed growing polarisation and turmoil. Why is that? We speak to Bob Labi of the Committee for a Workers' International.
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29. Euro election turmoil from 2019-05-31T18:46:43
What do Britain's highly polarised 2019 EU election results really represent? And what is the way forward for working-class and young people to oust the Tories and end austerity? We speak to Social...
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28. Terrorist atrocity in Sri Lanka from 2019-04-24T15:59:39
Isai Priya, from Tamil Solidarity, joins us in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka to discuss the outrages and the social and political situation in the country.
Usefu...
27. The national question, Ireland, and Brexit from 2019-04-18T14:40:10
Niall Mulholland, from the Committee for a Workers’ International, discusses a socialist approach to the national question and how that applies to Northern Ireland today.
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26. Terrorism from 2019-04-10T15:23:01
Judy Beishon from the Socialist Party’s executive committee joins us to discuss the causes of terrorism, how it manifests today and why a socialist programme is the only way to stop it.
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25. What way out of the Brexit impasse? from 2019-04-05T14:41:05
Paula Mitchell from the Socialist Party’s executive committee examines the latest Brexit news and puts forward what Corbyn should be doing and saying to lead a way out of the deadlock in the intere...
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24. Glasgow equal pay victory from 2019-03-28T16:07:49
We’re joined by Philip Stott from our Scottish sister party to explain the lessons from the victory of workers in Glasgow City Council following their strike action in October.
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23. Climate strikes and school student unions from 2019-03-20T14:37
Socialist Students national organiser Theo Sharieff joins us to discuss ideas on the way forward for the climate strikes movement, including the possibility of establishing school students unions. ...
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Special: Vote Sue Atkins in Southampton Coxford from 2019-03-13T16:09:27
Interview with Sue Atkins, Socialist Party member who is standing in the Coxford ward byelection in Southampton on 14 March.
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22. Honda and socialist nationalisation from 2019-03-12T13:59:16
Rob Williams, the Socialist Party’s industrial organiser, discusses the threat to the Honda car plant in Swindon and the Socialist Party’s demand for nationalisation.
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21. A turning point for Corbyn’s Labour leadership? from 2019-03-07T11:05:54
We talk to Hannah Sell, Socialist Party deputy general secretary, about the latest developments in the Labour Party, including the Independent Group split and the suspension of Chris Williamson.
20. Is climate change a political issue? from 2019-02-25T17:09:41
Chris Baugh, Socialist Party member and assistant general secretary of the PCS civil servants’ union (personal capacity), speaks to us about what type of change is necessary to truly combat climate...
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19. #schoolstrike4climate from 2019-02-18T17:35:17
Socialist Students national organiser Theo Sharieff and London Socialist Party youth and student organiser Helen Pattison join us to discuss the recent student climate strikes.
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18. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific from 2019-02-12T17:06:25
Ben Robinson from Socialist Books discusses the latest publication of this Frederick Engels’ classic and why it’s so relevant today.
Useful further reading:
• ‘Socialism: Utopian and...
17. What's happening in Venezuela? from 2019-02-04T16:58:50
CWI secretary Tony Saunois gives analysis of the attempt to remove Maduro from power in Venezuela, and the lessons for left governments and parties internationally.
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16. Are no-cuts council budgets possible? from 2019-01-28T17:06:04
We speak to Clive Heemskerk from the Socialist Party executive committee about a strategy for struggle against local government cuts.
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• ‘Passing the council cu...
15 BONUS. Dave Nellist interview from 2019-01-21T17:30:22
Socialist Party member Dave Nellist, former Labour MP, gives a radio interview on Brexit, Corbyn’s position and a socialist approach to the EU.
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15. May's government in crisis from 2019-01-21T17:27:09
Socialist Party executive committee member Judy Beishon analyses the latest Brexit developments after the historic defeat of May’s deal and the first attempt at a no-confidence vote in parliament. ...
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14. GRA Reform from 2019-01-15T10:59:09
Sarah Sachs-Eldridge, the Socialist Party’s national organiser, discusses the proposed reform of the Gender Recognition Act, and a socialist programme for united struggle for Trans rights.
12. The Gilets Jaunes from 2018-12-19T14:55:33
Clare Doyle from the CWI and Socialist Student national chair Theo Sharieff join us to discuss the movement sweeping France, what it symbolises and what we can learn from it here.
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11. Tory Brexit Chaos from 2018-12-12T16:59:24
We discuss with Hannah Sell following Theresa May being forced to abandon the planned parliamentary vote on her Brexit plan, and the initiation of a vote of no confidence in her from within the Tor...
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10. Economic crisis - ten years on from 2018-12-03T14:27:40
Steve Score from the Socialist Party’s national committee discusses the financial crash of 2007/8, its causes and implications.
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• ‘10 years since the financial...
9. When revolution ended World War 1 from 2018-11-26T12:15:10
9. When revolution ended World War 1
We speak to Bob Labi from the Committee for a workers’ international about why World War 1 ended when it did, and particularly the role of radicalisation an...
8 BONUS Tony Saunois at Socialism 2018 from 2018-11-22T14:29:19
Audio recording of Tony Saunois’ introduction to the workshop ‘Latin America- lessons for the left in Britain and Europe’ at Socialism 2018 on 11 November
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8. Who is Bolsonaro and how did he get elected? from 2018-11-19T16:37:24
Secretary of the CWI Tony Saunois talks about the election of the far-right Bolsonaro in Brazil, what it indicates and what can be done about it.
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7 BONUS Kshama Sawant from 2018-11-16T15:13:11
Audio recording of Kshama Sawant's introduction to the workshop 'Could Trump win in 2020' at Socialism 2018 on 10 November
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7. What is Trumpism? from 2018-11-12T12:25:04
We talk to US socialist Bryan Kolouris about the nature and threat of Trumpism.
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• ‘US in turmoil – Trump’s crisis, the midterm elections, movements and strikes...
6. What's the big deal about the unions? from 2018-11-05T09:58:02
Rob Williams, Socialist Party industrial organiser, talks about the importance of the trade unions, their potential role, and what’s necessary to transform them.
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5. A Socialist View of Brexit from 2018-10-29T11:46:08
Clive Heemskerk, the deputy editor of Socialism Today, discusses Brexit, the problems it presents for the capitalist class and what it really means for workers.
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4. Is the far right on the rise? from 2018-10-22T08:47:30
Socialist Party executive committee member Paula Mitchell looks at the nature and relative strength of the far right and the populist right today, and how a movement to defeat them can be built.
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3. Antisemitism - what it is and how to fight it from 2018-10-12T09:00:08
In light of the smears against Jeremy Corbyn, Judy Beishon, a member of the Socialist Party’s executive committee, explains the origins of antisemitism, its nature today and what’s necessary to end...
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2. Politics in Britain today from 2018-10-11T16:27:46
After the party conferences this autumn, Socialist Party general secretary Peter Taaffe discusses the trends in politics in Britain at the moment – from two parties in one within Labour to the Tori...
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1. Socialism from 2018-10-11T16:21:18
Socialist Party deputy general secretary Hannah Sell discusses what we mean by socialism, what the Socialist Party stands for and why we’re launching a podcast.
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