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Empires Fall - Interview With Kit Klarenberg

Kit Klarenberg returns to the programme to talk about his latest work on the machinations of British imperialism. In this episode we talk about why a senior foreign policy adviser to Keir Starmer h...

Interview With Sopo Japaridze

I recently spoke to the Georgian Marxist Sopo Japaridze regarding the latest parliamentary elections in Georgia. In this interview we discuss the pro-EU/NATO opposition and their, rather incoheren...

Delayed This Week

I must issued my apologies for the lack of programmes today and yesterday. I've been knocked out with thr yearly winter cold virus for a few days but I hope to be back I'm action tomorrow, Wednesda...

Patreon Stream #2

In this audio stream I cover a question over the purges of the 1940's in the USSR, the allegations of Soviet anti semitism and then look at the divisions within the British ruling class over the EU...

Frontlines To The End Of An Era

In this episode we examine the latest from both occupied Palestine and Ukraine. As the war with Hezbollah reveals the utter futility of the US policy of assassinating resistance leaders whilst in U...

Welcome To The Kingdom Of Delusions

As Keir Starmer has (yet another) meeting with Zelensky we look at the smoke and mirrors tricks of the British ruling class. A key part of the illusion of British military power is the nuclear wea...

The Fraudulence Of Fascism

As the government of Michel Barnier escapes a no confidence vote we examine the shady deals done between Macron and Le Pen. In this episode we argue the New Popular Front effectively committed poli...

Bad Trot Takes On West Asia

In this episode we look at the variety of atrocious pieces of "analysis" coming out of the western left regarding the struggles in West Asia. As part of this we look at the failure of the Trotskyi...

How Many More Must Die For A Lie?

In this episode we look at the various (heavily disputed) figures of Ukrainian military casualties. We then advance the argument that hundreds of thousands are being sent to their deaths by a bandi...

Iran Strikes Back - What Next?

In the aftermath of the Iranian strike against Israel, in retaliation for the murders of Ismail Haniyeh and Hassan Nasrallah, we look at what might be coming next in West Asia. As part of this we l...

New Experiments In Audio

Tomorrow at 14:00 I'm going to be using the new broadcast option in the members chat to start a regular interactive show for patrons. On this programme I'll be providing details of upcoming projec...

The Foundations Of Fascism - Social Darwinism & Eugenics

In this episode of our series on World War 2 we look at some of foundations of fascism. To do this we turn back to the work of the British libertarian Herbert Spencer who coined the phrase "surviva...

Stalin On The 14th Congress - Part 2

In the second part of our examination of the 14th Congress of the CPSU (b) we look at Stalin's response to the opposition contributions. The discussion ranges from the New Economic Policy, the Daw...

What Is Psychological Warfare?

In this episode we look at the differing ways in which the imperialists use psychological warfare. We reference the recent killing of Hassan Nasrallah, "shock and awe" warfare and the pseudo scienc...

On The Death Of Nasrallah

In this special episode I consider the implications of the death of Hassan Nasrallah. In doing so we look at the strengths of Hezbollah and why US imperialism must be seen as the ultimate guiding h...

Q&A Time

In this Q&A we discuss questions on the Saur revolution of Afghanistan, the death penalty, why Gorbachev rose to power and the Brezhnev period.

Episode artwork is 'Komsomol Girl With Bo...

Starmer and Lammy's UN Clownshow

In this programme we look at the recent performances by Zelensky, Keir Starmer and David Lammy at the UN General Assembly. We ask why Zelensky delivered his speech in English, not Ukrainian, and w...

Whose Plan Is It Anyway?

In this episode we look at Zelensky's US tour schedule. Why is here and what is this "victory plan" that he keeps talking about? As always, once you peel back the layers, what is revealed is that e...

Lebanon and the Price of Liberation

In this episode look at recent US/Israeli attacks on Lebanon and how these fit into the history of imperialist violence. We argue that in most cases the imperialists will always seek to brutalise t...

Stalin On The 14th Congress - Part 1

In this episode of our ongoing Stalin series we look at Stalin's report on the business of the 14th Party Congress in 1925. As part of this we consider the debates around what 'socialism in one co...

The Cowardly Games of Perfidious Albion

Why is Keir Starmer so desperate to get the US to back the idea of providing long range missiles to Ukraine? Why does Britain require the US's backing if it's leadership wishes to provide longer ra...

Iran and the Shadows of War

In this episode we look at the recent Israeli attack on Lebanon using explosives hidden in pagers and radios. We then go on to look at the possibility of the US launching a war against Iran.

The Social Democratic Con Trick

In this episode we consider how the ruling class has used social democracy to disarm the working class.

We also consider the history of social democrats collaboration with fascism and find i...

The 9/11 Show

In this episode we look at the events of 23 years ago which saw the World Trade Centre destroyed and the Pentagon suffer damage to it's accounting department. We look back at those events and look...

The Ukrainian Debt Trap

In this episode we examine the gigantic amounts of debt incurred by successive Ukrainian governments. In doing so we make the argument that the Kiev regime is so dependent upon its US, British and ...

Macron's Scam and the Failure of the French Left

As the Macron manoeuvres with Le Pen to form a new government we look at the failed tactics used by the French left. In doing so we make the argument that the popular front tactic was actually a fa...

A Britain Without Imperialism - Part 2

In the second part of this exploration of the potential end of British imperialism we delve into more crimes of the British ruling class. We pay particular attention to Ireland and argue that the o...

The Daryl Cooper Problem

In the first episode of our relaunched series on World War 2 we look at the recent interview given by the American fascist Daryl Cooper to Tucker Carlson. In our response to that we argue that Coop...

A Marxist History Of World War Two

Due to popular demand a new version of the series 'A Marxist History of World War Two' will now be broadcast from 9PM on Sundays. The episodes for the next few weeks are listed below. If anyone has...

Can You Have Britain Without Imperialism? - Part 1

In this episode we explore the possibilities of whether there can be a Britain without imperialism. In doing so we look at British history and make the argument that there is another tradition in B...