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Daily Update - 27/06/2023 - Audio From Livestream

This is the audio from the daily livestream that took place on June 27th. On this one we cover the further fall out from Prigozhin's mutiny and the lunacies of the British left. 

Daily Update Audio - 25/06/2023

This is the audio from the livestream that took place on 25/06/2023. 

The Failure Of Prigozhin - Livestream Audio from 24/06/2023

This is audio from the second livestream of 24/06/2023 covering the collapse of the Prigozhin coup. 

Ukraine War Daily - 24/06/2023

The audio from the livestream done in response to the Wagner coup and the responses to it so far. 

Ukraine War Daily - 23/06/2023 - Audio

This is the audio from the livestream done today covering the antics/potential psyop of Prigozhin. 

Anarchism or Socialism

Next week the first part of our study guide on Stalin’s 1907 work,'Anarchism or Socialism,' will be released.

This is a longer work so we'll be taking it chapter by chapter.

Therefore, next week will focus on Chapter 1, "The Dial...

Ukraine War Livestream Audio

Here's the audio from last nights livestream. 

The DPRK, Occupied Korea and Decaying Imperialism - Interview With Joti Brar

Joti Brar joins me again to talk about the recent meeting of the World Anti Imperialist Platform in US occupied Korea. We talk about the impact of the US occupating on Korea, how the two halves of that nation are literally the opposite of what you...

Ukraine War Livestream

This is an experiment in livestreaming as i'm looking at bringing the feature back for the Ukraine war updates. 

Twilight of the Late Capitalist Lotharios

With Silvio Berlusconi dead and Boris Johnson politically dead (for now) I look at whether this is the end for the late capitalist lotharios. 

If we examine the circumstances that led to the rise of Berlusconi and the demise of Boris Jo...

Study Guide Episodes Update

The study guide episodes will be coming out at a rate of one per month from now on.

They will be released in the last week of each month and in order to improve the interactive nature of these things I'll be including a Q&A as part of ...

This Week

Hi All.

I have to do some family related business over the next few days so there'll be no updates for the rest of this week. I'll be back with normal service by the end of the week.

Weekend Update - 03/06/2023

In this update I look at the latest from the front lines in Eastern Ukraine/Western Russia. This includes the latest raids in the Belgorod region of Russia and the Ukrainian attacks in the Zaporozhye region. I then look at the Singapore conference...

Study Guide - The Principles of Communism by Engels

In this edition of our "Introductory Guide to Marxist-Leninism" I examine an early (and often neglected) work by Engels.

In 'The Principles of Communism' Engels outlines much of what will become the Marxist worldview. Written at a time of gr...

UKRAINE WAR DAILY #11 – 01/06/2023

In this edition of the daily update I look at the forever delayed Ukrainian offensive and why this is connected to the frequent raids into Belgorod. I then turn to look at alarming developments in US politics with a Presidential candidate (Vivek R...

Ukraine War Daily #10 - 31/05/2023

In this edition of the daily update I look at the war of words between British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and Dmitri Medvedev over the formers endorsement of attacks inside the Russian Federation. I then examine why the British government is...

Ukraine War Daily #9 - 30/05/2023

In this episode I look at the latest (failed) Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow before turning to wider questions of the (long promised) Ukrainian offensive. I also examine the Turkish election and what attitude we should have towards a figure suc...

On Multipolarity & Color Revolutions

In this follow up to the recent episode on the Color Revolution tactics of US imperialism I explore how the emerging multipolar world can and will change this.  I make the argument that a key part of the US imperialists tactics has been to pr...

Ukraine War Daily #7 - 26/05/2023

In this episode I look at the increasing number of Ukrainian attacks inside the territory of the Russian Federation why this is likely to increase. I then turn to look at why Zelensky is running away from Ukraine every chance he gets and where Zal...

Ukraine War Daily #6 - 25/05/2023

In this episode I look at the threats made by Polish government officials towards Belarus and what these could mean when considered alongside the latter becoming part of the Russian nuclear defence system. I then look at a recent statement by Dmit...

Ukraine War Daily #5 24/05/2023

In this episode I examine some deeply dishonest arguments that have been made against the Russian intervention in Ukraine. The first comes from former US ambassador to Ukraine Michael Mcfaul whose meltdowns on twitter have become legendary.

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This Week's Instalments

I'll be releasing the review of Michael Roberts paper in imperialism tomorrow (May 25th), that'll be a patron only episode. The next general release episode will be the 2nd part of the series I'm doing on "Cultural Marxism" and that'll be out on S...

Ukraine war daily #4 23/05/2023

In this episode I look at the fall out from the Ukrainian debacle at Artyomovsk and how much this has been dictated by the priorities of US imperialism. I then turn to the attempted Ukrainian raid into Belgorod and the disaster that turned out to ...

UKRAINE WAR DAILY #3 – 22/05/2023

In this episode I look back at the origin of the Ukraine as being located in the long term crisis of US imperialism. In doing so I look at the Maidan coup, the reasons for the extreme violence involved in it, the events in Ukraine as a class war a...

UKRAINE WAR DAILY #2 – 21/05/2023

In this episode I look at the disappearance of the Chief of the Ukrainian General Staff, Zaluzhny and what the latest reports are on his fate. The F16’s apparent imminent appearance in the Ukrainian theatre also gets examined. Then we turn to lo...

UKRAINE WAR DAILY #1 – 20/05/2023

In this first episode of the new version of an older show I look at the meaning of the fall of the Artyomovsk/Bakhmut which was officially announced today. I then move onto to look at the role of Prigozhin, the nominal head of the Wagner organisat...

Cultural Marxism - Part 1

In this episode, I examine the usage of the term "cultural Marxism" by classical liberals such as Ben Shapiro and Peter Hitchens.

I argue that whilst the form of leftist politics the right denounces does exist it is as much of an expressio...

On Chinese Foreign Policy

In this special edition of the programme I look at the recent changes in the foreign policy of the PRC. 

In order to understand this properly I start by looking back at the Sino-Soviet split and the disastrous consequences of this have ...

May Q&A Part 3

In this penultimate part of the Q&A for this month I take listeners questions on such varied subjects as the work of Ernest Mandel, Chomsky & Anarchism, the need to end hobbyism in western Marxism and the always vexed question of the cause...

May Q&A Part 2

In this second part of the Q&A for this month I look at questions over the unbearable hipster reactionary Michael Malice, are there any such things as purely "culture war" questions and the nature of the BJP government of Narendra Modi. <...