Episodes 116
Avg. Duration 36m
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Since Sep 2025
Latest Episode May 2026

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Talks from Socialist Alternative’s conferences, including Marxism Conference, Socialism Sydney & more

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What you should know about the Russian Revolution - Luca Tavan

May 15, 2026 36m

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When renters fought back: the anti-eviction struggles of the 1930s - Lucas Brunning-Halsall

May 15, 2026 32m

At the height of the Great Depression, eviction was a constant threat for working-class people. By 1932 the unemployment rate had reached 29 percent, with no sign of economic recovery on the horizon.…

What does working class power look like? - Tom Bramble

May 14, 2026 42m

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How the Bolsheviks built a mass working-class party - Diane Fieldes

May 13, 2026 34m

In 1917, the Russian Bolshevik Party led millions of workers and peasants in overthrowing the capitalist state and establishing soviet power. This session will explore how a party which had the…

A Marxist critique of intersectionality - Monica Sesito

May 12, 2026 27m

First articulated in the 1980s, intersectionality has its origins in legal theory. It has since been taken up by progressives and others, ostensibly as a way to integrate different forms of…

Socialist Alternative: our history and perspectives - Sarah Garnham

May 11, 2026 41m

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Germany 1900–1918: the radical left and the founding of the Communist Party - Oscar Sterner

May 10, 2026 39m

At the turn of the 20th century, Germany was one of the world's most advanced capitalist countries, yet also one of the youngest. Economic and military competition between Germany and the established…

Is revolution possible in the West? - Liz Walsh

May 09, 2026 40m

Is it even possible to overthrow capitalism today? It’s often argued that workers are too apathetic or disorganised, that the capitalist state is too powerful, the media too influential. Revolutions…

Workers under attack from ALP and capital - Eleanor Morley

May 08, 2026 36m

From below-inflation wage 'rises' to the end of progressive income tax, from privatisation of public housing to further restrictions on the right to strike- the ALP and the Australian capitalist…

The global backlash against women's & LGBT rights - Grace Hill

May 07, 2026 31m

Issues of gender and sexuality—whether it be abortion rights, marriage or who uses what bathroom—have become a particular focus of the Christian right both here and in the United States in recent…

What do Marxists say about degrowth communism - Liam Kruger

May 06, 2026 27m

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Why socialists should oppose nuclear power - Emma Dynes

May 05, 2026 47m

Addressing the Institute of Public Affairs earlier this year, Peter Dutton proclaimed “the time has come for a sensible and sober conversation on nuclear power in Australia.” With AUKUS, Australia is…

How the Great Depression reshaped world capitalism - James Gallagher

May 04, 2026 40m

The Wall Street crash of 1929 was a watershed moment. It not only plunged millions of workers into poverty but had a dramatic economic and political impact on world capitalism. In its wake, major…

A Marxist critique of settler colonial theory - Jordan Humphreys

May 03, 2026 41m

Israel’s brutal war on the Palestinians has strengthened the already growing interest amongst left wing people in the interconnections between colonialism, imperialism and capitalism in the Middle…

From trading partners to imperial rivals: the emergence of the US-China conflict - Dean Maloney

May 02, 2026 29m

Today China and the US are locked in a strategic conflict for global dominance. However, it was the US that helped transform China into the economic powerhouse that now challenges American hegemony.…

Insurrection and the capitalist state - Anneke Demanuele

May 01, 2026 37m

Insurrection is a term that rarely enters debates on the left today. But revolutionary Marxists have long insisted that the capitalist state must be consciously dismantled if workers are going to…

Revolution and civil war in Syria - Oula Shihan

Apr 30, 2026 34m

The Syrian revolution was part of the Arab Spring, a revolutionary wave across North Africa and the Middle East in 2011. The revolution began with demonstrations demanding the overthrow of the Assad…

Stalinism Today - Erin Russell

Apr 29, 2026 15m

In most of the world, Stalinist states have long since disintegrated. Many of the Communist parties that supported them have likewise collapsed. But even where organised Stalinism appears to have…

Who was Leon Trotsky? - Nick Reich

Apr 28, 2026 35m

There are few historical figures who have been subject to as much abuse as Leon Trotsky. In Stalin's Soviet Union he was slandered as a Nazi collaborator or agent of Western imperialism. Winston…

Do workers benefit from the exploitation of the third world? - Alevine Magila

Apr 27, 2026 33m

The COVID pandemic, economic crisis and climate catastrophe have all exposed the continued and seeming irresolvable divide between the first and third worlds. To many, this divide can be explained as…

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