End of Year Q&A Part 1
We talk about the recent British vote to implement vaccine passes, the Trotsky vs Stalin debate, "patriotic socialism" and more.
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Major Workers' Struggle in Spain w/ Jorge Martin
We sit with Jorge Martin of marxist.com to learn about the recent metalworkers' strike in Cadiz, and why it is a pivotal moment for the ...
2021-12-10 16:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe Pension Question
Attaining a secure income for retired workers was (and remains) a central focus of the trade union movement. The increase in pension coverage after 1945 was undoubtedly an acheivement but wha...
2021-12-08 17:07:04 +0000 UTC View PostQuestions of Data - Interview with Norman Fenton
This week we spoke with Professor Norman Fenton of Queen Mary University, London, to discuss the use and misuse of statistics by governments during the last two years. We cover the tricks gov...
2021-12-03 22:25:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe Trade Unions and Critical Race Theory
We look at a recent decision by a local of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (a high school teachers' union in Ontario, Canada) which implemented weighted voted system based on race ...
2021-12-01 14:48:27 +0000 UTC View PostEnd of Year Spectacular!
As we head into the end zone of another bizarre year we will be marking the passing of 2021 in our own way. At the end of this December we'll be holding an end of year Q&A for patrons. So if yo...
2021-11-26 10:14:24 +0000 UTC View PostClimate Change (Part 2)
In this second part of our climate change episode (released early for patrons) we look at the dubious origins of "green" policy such as "cap & trade", why so many Marxists have bought into the ...
2021-11-22 22:22:31 +0000 UTC View PostClimate Change (Part 1)
This is the part one of what will be a two part episode on the science, politics and political economy of climate change. In this episode we look at the questions regarding the co...
2021-11-20 09:03:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe Supply Chains
Supply chains are undergoing a well-publicized shock right now. But the root of the crisis goes much further than the current pandemic.
The structure and functioning of supply chains wa...
2021-11-17 18:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe Rittenhouse Trial & A Question on Socially Necessary Labor
We look at the bourgeois media circus surrounding the Rittenhouse trial and ask, why the concept of a fair trial is so alien to many these days? Why are liberals so keen to jettison universalist st...
2021-11-13 16:21:16 +0000 UTC View PostReading Group December: The Great Reset
As the year comes to a close, we will be reading and reviewing the book where it all started: "The Great Reset" by World Economic Forum (WEF) Founder Klaus Schwab, and Thierry Malleret.
You c...
2021-11-10 19:03:15 +0000 UTC View PostTowards a Democratic Socialism?
Did you know that modern-day democratic socialism finds its theoretical roots in the thoughts of the French-Greek Marxist political theorist Nicos Poulantzas?
In this episode, we talk a...
2021-11-10 02:44:09 +0000 UTC View PostInflation! Or The Economic Consequences of Mr Biden.
Is inflation back? Is the solution spending more or less? Why are leftist influencers invested in denying it? What are Hayek & Friedman right about? What is the point of Kyle Kulinski? Al...
2021-11-06 20:22:09 +0000 UTC View PostAn Evergrande Old Time
We cover the drama happening around the Evergrande developer group in China, and give our two cents as to whether this spells the end of capitalism in China as we know it.
2021-11-03 21:46:26 +0000 UTC View PostReading Group November: The Retreat from Class
Next month on the show we'll be looking into the origins of modern reformism. We'll be examining a late period essay from Poulantzas and talking about the 1986 book "The Retreat from Class" by Elle...
2021-10-27 10:18:51 +0000 UTC View PostOctober AMA! Part 2!
Here's part 2 of our AMA episode. In this one we go everywhere from how "cultural appropriation" is bull shit to the role of the petit bourgeoisie to our favourite tobacco. Enjoy!
2021-10-26 00:02:53 +0000 UTC View PostElection Fever! German Edition
Following the recent Federal elections in Germany Michael Burkhardt returned to Red Star Radio to discuss the results. We talk about the legacy of Merkel, the Greens, the fall of ...
2021-10-22 13:23:55 +0000 UTC View PostOctober AMA! Part 1
We asked for questions and you delivered! So we've recorded a two hour edtion of this months AMA and this is part 1. In this we discuss the problems with the demand for "new workers parties", look ...
2021-10-19 17:00:50 +0000 UTC View PostAustralia's Crazy COVID-19 Response w/ Nicolas Hausdorf
Nicolas Hausdorf, writer and resident of Melbourne, joins us to give us the inside scoop on Australia's COVID-19 response. Are things as bad as they seem? Listen to find out.
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2021-10-15 02:24:37 +0000 UTC View Post"Postmodern" Nationalisms
We use the sub-nationalisms of Quebec and Scotland to understand nationalism theory and nation-building in the postmodern era. We contend that nationalisms in our current postmodern period are pred...
2021-10-13 18:41:37 +0000 UTC View PostReading Group October: The State in Capitalist Society
We are going to be catching up with the great British Marxist scholar, Ralph Miliband, and reviewing his classic work, The State in Capitalist Society (1969)
<... 2021-10-13 01:53:09 +0000 UTC View PostParty Conference Spectacular!
We attempt to analyse the unholy circus that is the party conference season in Britain! We ask if Boris has run out of slogans? Has Keir Starmer run out of time? Does anyone in the cabint hav...
2021-10-08 21:33:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe Slow Death of the American Labor Movement
We investigate the reasons why the American labour movement is so disorganized, with a particular focus on the McCarthyist attacks on working class militants during the post-WWII period.
2021-10-07 01:12:23 +0000 UTC View PostOctober AMA!
Ask us anything, fall colours version! Post your Qs here, or on Twitter!
2021-10-04 14:49:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe Great Gramscian Moments of Brexit and COVID w/ George Hoare
We sat down with George Hoare, co-host of the Aufhebunga bunga podcast, to look at Brexit and COVID-19 using Gramsci's c...
2021-10-01 03:14:43 +0000 UTC View PostCapitalism, Bonapartism & Fascism
With accusations of "fascism" being thrown around by both left and right wing bourgeois factions we look at what form of rule the bourgeoisie is currently practising in the advanced capitalist nati...
2021-09-28 16:43:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe 2021 Canadian Federal Elections
Leila and Alex review the 2021 re-election of a Canadian minority Liberal government led by Justin Trudeau and take a look at the broader political economy of Canada.
2021-09-24 20:57:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe Great Miners' Strike of 1984/5 (Part 3)
In this final instalment, we speak about the strike itself, the events that surrounded it and the final fall of the Great Strike in 1985.
Abortion, Ethics and Class Politics
In this episode we examine the recently passed Texas anti-abortion law. We look at the history of laws regarding abortion since the beginning of the capitalist period, how the christian churches ha...
2021-09-14 23:13:48 +0000 UTC View PostFrom War Propaganda to Corona Realism w/ Max Blumenthal
Max Blumenthal, journalist and founder of The Grayzone, joins us to discuss war propaganda as used in Afghanistan, Syria, and beyond...
2021-09-09 20:19:26 +0000 UTC View Post