In this episode we look at the barbarities committed by Israel at the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza as yet more evidence of the decay of US imperialism. Questions on Trump are considered and how he is a supreley ineffective manager of a hostile state machine.
2024-04-02 21:19:44 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the second part of our examiniation of cosmopolitanism. In this episode we contrast how capitalist society after 1945 views the artist and how this contrasts with how proletarian art will do things diferently.
Episode artwork is 'A Man With A Black Horse' by the Soviet Turkmen artist Chary Amangledyev
Inthis episode we examine the question of cosmopolitanism, what it means and how it became entwined with the dominance of US imperialism. This episode goes over a number of issues related to this question including the elimination of national cultures and the inability of intellectual "elite" in Britain to disntinguish between themselves and the US.
2024-03-28 10:54:33 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we take a more in depth look at the reasons why US imperialism destroyed Yugoslavia. In doing so we look at some of the achievements of the socialist period in Yugoslavia and why, despite it's non-aligned status, US imperialism was still determined to destroy it.
2024-03-28 10:35:23 +0000 UTC View Post
In this programme we look at the decline and fall of the facade of bourgeois politics in Britain but also take questions on the legacy of the Kosovo war.
The episode image is of the statue of Bill Clinton that can be found in Pristina. This isn't even a joke, they actually put one up to the old pervert.
2024-03-26 10:12:48 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we explore the horrors committed by the US imperialist block against Ukraine. In doing so we make the point that there is no mistake made here by the imperialist powers. They are prepared to destroy Ukraine in pursuit of their dream of breaking Russia apart becuase it is in their class interests to do so.
2024-03-23 11:39:07 +0000 UTC View Post
The term 'cultural Marxism' is used a lot these days by many avowedly reactionary politicians.
It is not a new term though and in this episode we trace its history and how it is used as part of machinery of official anti-communism.
Illustrating this episode is a photo of the Soviet traitor Yuri Besmenov upon whose fraudulent testimony much of the modern day talk of "cultural Marxism" and "Russian influence" is based.
2024-03-21 11:17:04 +0000 UTC View Post
As Vladimir Putin wins the Russian Presidential election we discuss the reasons for this and look at the (predictable) freak out in the imperialist nations.
Along the way we look at why the term "democracy" is utterly devoid of meaning unless you actually understand which form of class rule it is attached to, the role of the KPRF in Russian politics and the reactions of prize reactionaries like Zizek and notorious British idiot Tobias Ellwood.
At the end of the programme we also look at a recent intervention by Sahra Wagenknecht and talk about why Communists shouldn't fall for the messaging she relies on.
In this episode we look at the recent live interview given by French President Emmanual Macron.
He comes up with so many lies, inconsistencies and contradictory statements that it takes an hour just to get through the substantive parts of the interview.
In this episode we give an inital response the strange statements given recently over the Ukraine war by Macron and hus subsequent interview.
We then consider a question of when the fading imperialists in Europe will resort to fascism.
2024-03-17 14:35:30 +0000 UTC View Post
As the US congress schemes to take full control of Tiktok we consider the question of free speech under capitalism. We also take in questions of "cultural marxism" and debut an impression of Jordan Peterson.
Episode Artwork is 'Dawn Over Meleuz' by the Soviet Russian Artist Alexadr Nikanorovich Alimasov
In this programme we look at the many lies told about the history and modern day realities of the situation in Haiti. In doing so we examine the actions of French imperialism, the US occupation that ran from 1915 to 1934 and the vile Duvalier regimes.
2024-03-13 21:15:30 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the audio version of the first part of the March Q&A that went out live earlier this week.
Episode Artwork is 'Triumph Of The Masses' by the Soviet Russian artist Georgy Alekseev
This is the audio version of the review we did recently of the Dune films from 1984, 2000 and 2021/24.
2024-03-13 18:24:39 +0000 UTC View Post
On international womens day we look at the way in which the counter revolution of the last 40 years has affected working class women. In doing so we take in some words from Alexandra Kollontai and look at examples of how the socialist nations vastly improved the rights of women.
2024-03-09 15:46:52 +0000 UTC View PostIn this special patreon episode we examine the film versions of Frank Herbert's novel 'Dune'. This will take in David Lynch's version from 1984, the two recent films by Denis Villeneuve and the TV series from 2000.
The image for this episode is taken from the 2000 TV series featuring Alec Newman as 'Paul' and Barbara Kodetova as 'Shani'
2024-03-09 15:40:01 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we examine the possible reasons why Victoria Nuland has recently resigned from the Biden administration. In doing so we make the argument that this is a reflection of the fact that US imperialism is starting to try to find a way out of the hole they have dug for themselves in Ukraine.
2024-03-08 16:44:23 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we look at Stalin's view on the role of the masses after the revolution in combatting bureaucratism and deviations within the leadership.
In doing so we analyse part of a speech given by Stalin to the 17th Congress of the CPSU (b) in 1934. You can find the original version of this speech here
In this episode we look at the different populist trends that have occurred in Britain and the USA over the last decade. We look at how these emerged out of sets of pre-existing class relations and how communists should relate to these evolving changes.
2024-03-06 13:54:39 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we examine the recent speech given by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Russian Federal Assembly. As part of this analysis we ask what this tells us about the system that Putin is central to and what it's future is.
2024-03-04 19:54:58 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we examine a panicked speech given by the (alleged) British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in which he attempts to denounce Geroge Galloway. In this programme we examine this speech and argue that it actually shows great weakness on the party of the ruling class that the head of government devoted a whole address to attacking one MP.
2024-03-03 16:20:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Why is Emmanuel Macron freaking out over the Russian victory in Avdiivka? Why have Scholz and Cameron refused to get on board with his proposed "European Expeditionary Force" to Ukraine? The answer lies in the decline of the European imperialist powers and the death of the "dream" of the EU.
2024-03-01 14:25:50 +0000 UTC View Post
On this episode we look at the abysmal analysis of certain 'communist' parties regarding the Ukraine war. We then turn to examine the antics of the CPUSA and their perpetual "vote democrat" operations. The episode concludes by taking a look at the recent paper on immigration issued by the Irish Republican Socialist Party.
Episode Artwork is the painting 'Black Sea Sailors' by the Soviet Russian Artist Adolf Evgenievich Alexeyev
2024-03-01 13:59:30 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode of the programme we look at why the British ruling class and their press are trying to stir up another 'Islamic panic'. We open the episode though by taking questions from the floor before moving on, later in the episode, to look at the significance of the upcoming Rochdale by-election.
2024-02-29 11:06:22 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we analyse how the bourgeois press engages in myth making about their chosen "heroes" such as the late Mr Navalny.
Our two chosen articles are by Bruno Macaes in The New Statesman and Timothy Garton Ash in the Guardian
Here's a download of the tracks I'll be sending to those who have asked for a CD of socialist anthems. The track listing is below. If you want to receive a CD copy of this then let me know.
1. Anthem Of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
2. To The Party! - Romanian Communist Song
3. The Homeland Is Calling - Bulgarian Socialist Patriotic Anthem
4. Anthem Of The Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic
5. We Serve The Party - Czech Communist Song
6. Anthem Of Socialist Yugoslavia
7. Wide Is My Motherland - Soviet Patriotic Song
8. Anthem Of The Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic
9. Song Of The United Front - Russian Version
10. Grow And Flourish Land Of The Proletariat! - Yugoslav Patriotic Song
11. Sincere Wishes For A Long Life For Chairman Mao
12. Unification - Patriotic Song Of The DPRK
13. Song Of The Red Blacksmiths - Hungarian Communist Song
14. The Ballad Of Ho Chi Minh - Vietnamese Communist Song
15. Anthem Of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
16. The People And The Party - Albanian Partisan Song
17. In The Liberated Zone - Song Of the Pathet Lao
18. The Marseillaise Of The Romanian Proletariat - Romanian Communist Song
19. To The Party - Song Of the Polish United Workers Party
20. The Partisans War - Albanian Partisan Song
21. Yaxsi Yol (Farewell) - Song From The Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic
22. Warsawianka - Polish Socialist Song
23. Hero Tito! - Yugoslav League Of Communists Song
24. Auferstanden Aus Ruinen - National Anthem Of The German Democratic Republic
2024-02-26 12:21:41 +0000 UTC View Post
It was two years ago that Vladimir Putin announced the commencement of what he called a "special military operation" in Ukraine. Now the war enteres its third year we look at what happened back in 2022 and what some of us got wrong at the time.
2024-02-25 17:45:19 +0000 UTC View Post
In the second part of our series on how to abandon Trotskyism for Marxism-Leninism we look at the mythology of Trotksyism and how it hides the squalid reality.
Episode Artwork is 'Spring' by the Soviet Russian Artist Yury Aksyonov
2024-02-24 17:51:33 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we discuss the famous of phrase of Marx 'the ruthless criticism of the existing order' and look at what it actually means versus what foolish Trotskyites say it means. The context in our case is the struggle against decaying US imperialism.
Episode Artwork is 'Che' by the Soviet Russian artist Igor Aksenov