In the latest Red Star Daily I look at the most recent developments on the frontline in Ukraine before turning to a discussion of the comments made by EU foreign policy chief Jose...
2022-10-17 12:06:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Recently merry old Blighty (Britain) has been beset by political instability with the shortest lived Chancellor in living memory (Kwasi Kwarteng) being kicked out by Liz Truss for implementing the ...
2022-10-15 15:06:52 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode of our daily bulletins on the Ukraine war I examine the latest updates from the frontline before turning to look at Putins comments at the recent CIS meeting held ...
2022-10-14 23:12:38 +0000 UTC View Post
In this edition of the bulletin I look at the latest from the frontlines in the war, the recent comments made of Olaf Scholz and Josep Borrell and the state of the Russian economy...
2022-10-13 20:51:30 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the first of what will be daily updates on the latest situation in the Russia-Ukraine war.
In these bulletins I'll be looking at the latest from the frontlines as well as the wi...
2022-10-12 19:26:25 +0000 UTC View Post
When the Ukraine war entered into it's previous phase in February of this year with the direct Russian intervention in the form of the "special military operation" I described the war as an "inter-...
2022-10-07 14:04:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Does the office of President and who holds it actually matter anymore? Does it have a real world impact on American capitalism? Why did everything the American left accuse Donald Trump of tur...
2022-10-06 15:08:31 +0000 UTC View Post
I recently spoke to Comrade Slava from the Chicago Workers School regarding the recent history of Ukraine. We cover a lot of ground in this conversation regarding the post-Soviet history of U...
2022-10-04 22:07:06 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode of our introductory guide to Marxist-Leninism I discuss some basics regarding Marx's analysis of capitalism. By the end of this episode you should have a better understanding ...
2022-10-04 10:16:33 +0000 UTC View Post
This week I'll putting out a special episode, to be released on Friday of this week, covering how my own analysis of the Ukraine war has changed over time.
Back in February of this year, at...
In this episode of the bulletin I look at the various plans that existed amongst all the contending parties regarding Ukraine. What were the European leaders thinking? Did Zelensky have a pla...
2022-09-30 14:18:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe recent protests in Iran again casue us to ask the question of how the Islamic Republic of Iran should be viewed. I examine the issues here in this bulletin.
The sound quality...
In this episode of our ongoing series "A Marxist History of World War 2" I look at the long process of the formation of British capitalism.
How did the first capitalist natio...
2022-09-22 23:04:28 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a special update that I'm putting out in reaction to Putin's speech given this morning. In this bulleting i'll be looking at the referendums announced in Donetsk Lukhansk, Zaporozhye ...
2022-09-21 11:19:41 +0000 UTC View Post
In this latest update on the Ukraine-Russia war I look at the competing interpretations regarding the Ukrainian advances near Kharkov and what it could mean to the duration of the war. The ro...
2022-09-19 23:20:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Monday 19th - Ukraine War Update
Tuesday 20th - The Global Economic Picture
Wednesday 21st - A Marxist History of WW2 - The British Empire
Thursday 22nd - Reading Group - The Poverty of P...
In this episode I speak to the Italian political analyst Thomas Fazi regarding the upcoming Italian elections.
In this interview we cover why membership of the Euro has rendered Italia...
2022-09-18 09:09:11 +0000 UTC View Post
The renewal of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan regarding the Republic of Artsakh/Nagorno Karabakh is one that is very rarely discussed in the bourgeois press in the Anglo-sphere. ...
2022-09-16 10:31:33 +0000 UTC View Post
I'll be speaking to the Italian Economist Thomas Fazi later today. We'll be covering the potential for Italy leaving the EU, the upcoming election there and the impact of the EU on Italian state an...
2022-09-15 08:33:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Recently I spoke to the Editor in Chief and founder of the In Defence of Communism website, Nikos Mottas.
We covered a number of issues including the death of the arch traitor Gorbachev...
2022-09-12 15:10:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Last week I went on RT International to discuss the energy crisis and the British governments response to it.
2022-09-12 07:46:25 +0000 UTC View Post
In this bulletin on the latest from the Ukraine war I look at the latest regarding the Ukrainian offensive to the south of Kharkov.
Does this mean Putins plans lie in ruins? Will the E...
2022-09-10 16:56:31 +0000 UTC View Post
In a change to our scheduled programming this instalment of the bulletin looks at the role the monarchy plays for the British bourgeoisie. Why did they restore it in 1660? Does it still have ...
2022-09-08 21:09:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Tomorrow (Friday 9th September) I'll br conducting an interview with Nikos Mottas. He is the founder and editor in chief of the website 'In Defence of Communism' and a member of the Greek Communist...
2022-09-08 09:18:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Who the hell is Liz Truss? Will she be able to reinvigorate British capitalism? Should be protestations about her support of Brexit be believed? Is she anything other than a Margaret Thatcher cospl...
2022-09-07 16:44:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Last week I spoke to Steve Sweeney, formerly of the Morning Star now with Russia Today. We covered a lot of ground from the death of Gorbachev and it's impact to the reporting Steve has done from t...
2022-09-05 10:32:14 +0000 UTC View Post
And the winner of our poll is 'The Poverty of Philosophy' by Karl Marx.
This will be reading group work for September and the show on it will be recorded in the last week of the month. ...
2022-09-02 15:28:32 +0000 UTC View Post
This week has seen the beginning of the much talked about "Kherson counter-offensive" by the Ukrainian armed forces.
I'll be talking about that and the insane (Boris Johnson inspired) ...
2022-09-02 01:12:29 +0000 UTC View PostI'll be doing an article review of the attached essay by Domenico Losurdo on modern China on this Sunday coming.
It's an essay from 2017 where Losurdo makes the comparison between the ...
2022-09-01 13:31:47 +0000 UTC View Post
In light of the death of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the USSR, I attempt to evaluate the life and legacy of the man and ask whether things could have been any different.
I a...