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Iran Strikes Mossad & The DPRK Changes Course

As Iran strikes back at Mossad following the deadly bomb attacks on Kerman last week we look at the way in which US imperialism has manipulated the Kurdish national question and why the British left falls in line with this.  

We also e...

Gramsci - The Intellectuals - Part 2

This is the second part of our series covering the work of Antonio Gramsci in the collection of his writings from the period of his imprisonment by the Italian Fascist regime.  In this second part of our analysis of his essay 'The Intellectua...

The Events In Ecuador

In this episode we start off by looking at the recent arrest of my CPGB-ML comrades at the most recent Palestinian solidarity demonstration and how it fits into a much longer story of increasing state repression in imperialist countries.

We...

Yemen Will Prevail

As the US imperialists carry out more bombing raids on Yemen we look at how Ansar Allah came to lead the national liberation movement there since the reunification of the country. This leads onto a discussion of why these latest actions by the US ...

Still Waiting For Utopia

In this episode we look at how many liberals are still desperately hoping for the promised land to emerge. They dream of a system of international relations in which all conflicts will be settled by legal systems and binding contracts with genius ...

The German Farmers Revolt

In this episode we examine the recent revolt of farmers in Germany with militancy also breaking out in Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands and France. We discuss how communists should approach these petit bourgeois layers and how we might be able to ...

Gramsci On The Intellectuals

In this first part of a new series that will be broadcast every Sunday at 20:00 GMT we look at the essay by Antonio Gramsci entitled 'The Intellectuals'.  

In this episode I make the argument that Gramsci is not just offering a critique...

The Case Of The Fulminating Colonels

As former army officers pop up all over the British bourgeois press demanding the British army engage in Crimean War 2 we ask how possible any of this is.  We examine the numbers game of Britain v Russia before moving on to look at just how m...

War and Radical Reconstruction - Interview With Marius Trotter

In this second part of our discussion with American Communist writer Marius Trotter we examine the civil war and reconstruction period. We also discuss the importance of a proper understanding of American revolutionary history for communists in th...

The Evolution of National Liberation Wars

In this episode we discuss the evolving picture of national liberation wars in West Asia.  Our focus in doing so is on the recent speech given by Hezbollah General Secretary Hasan Nasrallah, the doctrines of General Soleimani and how these ha...

Eight Decades Of Revisionist Deceptions

In a recent editorial in their daily newspaper the Communist Party of Britain argued (yet again) that workers should vote for the labour pa...

The Trump Conundrum

Why is the US bourgeois so unable to deal with the Trump phenomenon? In this episode of the programme I present the argument that Trump is merely one manifestation of a deep crisis of legitimacy facing US imperialism. Their inability to deal with ...

Your Possible Pasts

As 2023 falls away we look at the the defining events from the last year including the Russia-NATO war and why this is still the event around which many others turn.  We also examine the liberation struggle in the Sahel and the Palestinian wa...

Addiction, Alienation and the Death of God

In this programmme we look at Marx's 1843 work where we outlined his critique of religion. From there we proceed into a discussion of how capitalism killed Christianity but never removed the need for religious belief.  This leads into a delib...

Once More On Revisionism

We pick up on a question posed by a listener to further explore the nature of revisionism and the differences between the CPSU and CPC in this respect.

In the latter part of the episode we also look at why the US and Europeans are spending...

Russia Demands The End Of NATO

In this episode I examine the draft treaties submitted by the Russian Federation to the US in December of 2021. By looking at these we can see what the fina...

What Did Collapse In 1991?

On our first programme back following being off sick I look at the Soviet collapse of 1991. In doing so I argue that the correct way to view this is to see it as a collapse of an entire revisionist period that began in 1945 and unfolded until the ...

Merry Christmas

Seasons greetings to all subscribers and thanks for supporting the work we've been doing over the last year. I'm now back in action so there'll be a special catch up programme on December 26th.

Enjoy the day however you're celebrating it.<...

Off Sick

I've been hit with the traditional winter flu virus so I'll be put of action for a few days. I'll update on when regular programming will start again.

The End Of The Affair?

As Putin hosts a press conference that lasts for over 4 hours his opponents in Washington fall into ever greater disarray. Zelensky is denied further funding thanks to a stand off between different factions within the US bourgeois political system...

Self Reinforcing Delusions

As Zelensky heads to Washington we examine the failed assumptions made by the US imperialists and how a certain Michael McFaul is at the centre of a lot of these. We look at why they got things so wrong, how Ukraine was only ever a tool for them a...

Imperial Propaganda & The Institutional Left

In this episde we explore the way in which the proganda of the US imperialists has shifted over the years since the fall of the USSR.  We pay particular attention to the way in which the messaging of the Trotskyites has been utilised by imper...

Putin and Ideas of the Russian Nation

We examine a recent speech given by President Putin where he outlined his vision of Russian statehood. In this we consider the history of Bonapartism, the nature of Putin's rule, the criminality of the Yeltsin period, how US imperialism chronicall...

Venezuela, Essequibo and US Imperialism

In this edition of the programme we explore the issues around the disputed territory of Essequibo. In doing so we go back to the Spanish colonial period and look at how the British empire created schemed to prevent the emergence of a strong pan-Am...

Chaos Reigns!

As Bidens handlers struggle to keep the Ukrainian state afloat and Israel stages a macabre theatre piece we discuss how imperialism is still dangerous.  

Outro music is 'The Future' by Leonard Cohen

Endgame In Ukraine?

Is Zelensky facing the end of his ill fated presidency? Are the US imperialists looking to impose Zaluzhny? These questions become ever more urgent as we see the divisions within the Kiev regime reach crisis point.

Outro is the Palestin...

The Affordability of Imperialism

In this programme I look at the question of whether the US can afford to continue its attempted full spectrum dominace.  I argue that the US imperialists are caught in a deep crisis. They cannot afford to continue on the way they are but they...

'Napoleon' Review - Audio Only

This is the audio version of the review of Ridley Scott's 'Napoleon' which went out as a patrons livestream recently. 

Death of a Functionary

In light of the death of Henry Kissinger I devoted the latest livestream to a political obituary of the man. 

As today also saw the death of Shane Macgowan I am using 'Turkish Song Of The Damned' as the outro music.  For some reaso...

Discord Server Launched

I've now launched a discord server which we'll be doing live classes on.  The first of these is going to be on Chapter 1 of Franz Fanon's 'The Wretched of the Earth' and has been scheduler for Sunday December 3rd at 22:00. The audio recording...