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Mr Z Goes On Tour

This week saw the grotescque spectacle of Zelensky doing a Star Wars  cosplaying session in the Brtish parliament and being given an IOU for  fighter jets in return.  We look at that before turning to the perennial  question of brext and a recent immigration related riot that ...

A Time Of Revelations

As  the Russian forces continue to encircle Artymovsk/Bakhmut and the Zelensky regime starts dragooning the blind and disabled into the  Ukrainian army we look at what the Nato gang might be trying to achieve.

We then turn to the most recent revelations from former Israeli PM &nbs...

*Early Release* Interview With Joti Brar

This is an early release for patrons of an interview with Joti Brar of the Vice Chair Communist Party of Great Britain - Marxist Leninist.  In this interview we speak about the World Anti Imperialist Platform and the US imperia...

Police & Thieves (Once Again)

In this patrons episode I look at the latest controversies regarding police violence in the USA.  As part of this I examine why policing emerges as a unique function under capitalism, why the bourgeoisie require the "bodies of armed men", as Lenin called them and why "defunding" or abolishin...

February Q&A

I'll be doing a Q&A at the end of February so if you have specific questions post them below. I'll also be going through all the comments left on the programmes since the last one of these and answering any points from there as well.

The Dead End Of Labourism - Red Star Bulletin #35

In a break to our regularly schedule programmes on the Ukraine war I take a look at why the Labour Party does not deserve one single vote at the next British elections.  I also argue why Starmer is absolutely within the tradition of labour party leaders and why parliamentarism is absolutley ...

World Of Tanks - Red Star Bulletin #34

As  the Russian armed forces cointinue their advances across Donetsk and  Zaporozhye we ask if the promises of new tanks from Germany, Britain and  the US will actually make all that much difference in the war.  We also  examine a speech given by prominent expenses fiddle...

Dangerous Assumptions - Red Star Bulletin #32

In  this episode of the bulletin we look at the latest from the frontlines  in Ukraine.  This includes the fall of Soledar and the encirclement of  Artymovsk, the role of the Wagner group and the new Russian offensive in  the Zaporozyhe region.  From there we look at...

The Fraud of "Anti Fascism"

I start off this episode by talking about the launch of the Marx Engels Institute which is now the home of this podcast.  As I say on the episode there will be an essay accompanying this epiosde published on the site in...

Examining The Bourgeois Revolutions

The question what is and what isn't a revolution is one that recurs every year when it comes to examining the bourgeois revolutions of the 17th and 18th centuries.  This is particularly the case when it comes to considering the American Revolution of 1765 to 1791 and the founding of the Unit...

Interview With Dr Bob Gill

In  this episode I speak with Dr Bob Gill. He is a medical doctor working  within the British National Health Service and long time campaigner  against health service privatisation.  In the hour he talks about media  decepitons over health policy, the treacherous role of ...

Biden, Britain and Ukraine

Will  the classified documents stashed in his corvette's glove box spell the  end for Joe Biden?  Have the Russians sacked their commander? Is British  capitalism actually capable of waging a real war?  All these questions  and more will be answered in tonights Red S...

Two Articles Regarding Abortion

In this episode I look at two articles that take a critical view of the typical modern leftist view on abortion. These are:

'The Marxist Case Against Abortion' by Jonathan Culbreath

The Brasilia Riot

What  are the reasons behind the recent riot of Bolsonaro supporters in  Brazil? What does this tell us about the nature of capitalist democracy  in Brazil? Are there any comparisons to be made to the January 6th  events in the USA? Or is such a comparison facile nonsense pedd...

Sunak, Starmer and the Unbearable Self Deception of the British Empire

In this special episode I look at the two speeches given by the  British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer.   By reading through we can tell much about British capitalism and how  the priorities of the ruling class are expressed by the politicians...

Washington Bullets - Red Star Bulletin #32

In this episode I look at the real meaning of Zelenskys Christmas in Washington, the sheer brute cynicism of the likes of Lindsay Graham and the return of Oliver North.  I then turn to domestic British politics and Rishi Sunaks proposed attacks on the right to strike.  I conclude by loo...

New Year Old Contradictions

As 2023 rolls in I spend the bulk of this new years show looking at the dismal fate of the anti war movement in the Anglo-sphere nations.  I then do something far more traditional and look at some potential developments going into 2023.  

Happy New Year everyone!  

Outr...

The Iraq War and the Myth Of US Invincibility

For the Christmas special this year I look back at the American invasion of Iraq and the anti war movement.  Why was the American invasion a much more shaky prospect than it seemed? How close did the anti war movement come to stopping British involvement? What were the flaws in the movement ...

The Starmer Redundancy - Red Star Bulletin #32

I star the bulletin tonight by looking at the latest from the war in Ukraine, including Putin visiting Minsk and the possible implcations of it. 

The bulk of the episode thought is taken up with an examination of the strikes going on in Britain and why the labour party offers no way ou...

Thomas Sankara

In this special episode I look at the life of the African revolutionary Thomas Sankara.  This programme takes in everything from the formation of the old Upper Volta state by French imperialism to Sankaras radicalisation, rise to power and ultimately his downfall.  It is a heroic but fl...

The Holodomor Mythology - Interview With Comrade Slava

With  the German parliament recently passing a resolution proclaiming that  the Soviet leadership in the ealry 1930's engaged in a deliberate policy  of starvation in Ukraine it was clearly time to look at the mythology  this resolution is based on.  Comrade Slava from th...

The Enemies Messengers - Media and the Class War

In  this episode of the bulletin  I look at the role of the press in  maintaining the rule of the capitalist class.  This is after a brief  overview of the latest from the frontlines in Ukraine and the always  revolting role being played by a certain Boris Johnson. 2022-12-14 20:23:50 +0000 UTC View Post

Waiting for the Fall - Red Star Bulletin #30

As  the Kiev regime prepares another doomed offensive in Zaporozhye I ask  what, what the hell are they doing?  The Saudis realign but remain the  same collection of ultra reactionaries they always have been. The  Serbian ruling class wait and watch whilst trying to avoid...

Mere Anarchy Is Loosed Upon The World - Red Star Bulletin #29

In this episode of the bulletin I consider the latest discussion around  the potential end point for the Russia-NATO war in Ukraine that have  emerged recently.  I then look at the farcical "coup" that was reported  to have been foiled in Germany this week, how there's always ...

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and a History of False Equivalence

In this latest episode of our ongoing series 'A Marxist History of World War 2' I examine the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact of 1939.  The bourgeois historians routinely portray this as the "twin evils" of the 20th century coming together to divide Europe up between them.  The reality ...

Anglo Ruses - Red Star Daily #28

In  this episode of the bulletin I look at the likely effects of the G7 oil  "price cap" and how it isn't likely to lead to the results it's  originators desire.  I also look at the drone attack on airfields inside  Russia and how this is being played out as a propaganda ...

Article Review - The World and the Left by Goran Therborn

In this weeks article review I examine a recent offering from New Left Review by the Swedish "marxian" sociologist Goran Therborn.  It is typical of the recent output of NLR and thus a useful piece to work through in terms of exploring the perspectives that still dominate Anglo-American left...

Men Out Of Time - Red Star Daily #27

In this episode I examine the latest from the Russia-NATO war and other  related stories.  As the Russian armed forces reach almost full strength the NATO "allies" plot to dismember Ukraine and Moldova.  Meanwhile  both Angela Merkel and Oscar Lafontaine have given interviews ...

Article Review - Lefts New & Old

This week's article review will be focussed on this recent piece by Goran Therborn on the various "new" Lefts of recent decades.

Unholy Empires - Red Star Daily #26

In this episode I look at the latest news from the ongoing battles around  Artemovsk/Balhmut and the rumours of it's imminent fall to the Russian  forces.  I then look at the latest comments from a western official  who's been revealed to be a fool, this time it's the Pope rev...