Loss, Grief and Politics Today, w/ Sarah Jaffe . . How people feel about what's happening in their lives really matters politically. On... more

How (Not) to Challenge Anti-Communism (Against Michael Parenti) & the Case of Anti-Communism in the Ukrainian Diaspora . . Anti-communism is an ideology... more

Listen Even If You Don't Want To: COVID-19, Health and Politics Today . . Over four years after the COVID-19 pandemic first swept... more

Settler colonialism, capitalism and Indigenous liberation: An Indigenous marxist view The Palestine solidarity movement has drawn more attention to the concept... more

What is Imperialism Today? More people are talking about imperialism because of the US's backing of Israel's war against Gaza and... more

Workers in the Global North: Bribed into Compliance? Why don't more workers in rich countries support radical politics? Some leftists say... more

The Palestine Solidarity Movement in the USA. Busy organizers Iman Abid, Shireen Akram-Boshar and Sherry Wolf pause to discuss... more

The Palestine Solidarity Movement in Canada Busy organizers Chandni Desai and James Hutt pause to discuss where the movement is... more

Jabra Nicola, Matzpen and a Socialist Perspective on Israel/Palestine, w/ Moshe Machover Jabra Nicola (1912-1974) was arguably the most far-sighted Palestinian... more

What Kind of Anti-Imperialism? The support of the US and other Western states for the Israeli state's genocidal violence against Gaza... more

Palestine 101: 75 years of Colonialism, Imperialism, and Resistance This episode is made up of presentations from a Nov. 12... more

Germany 1923: A New Perspective on a Failed Revolution (& a Poem for Palestine) One hundred years ago, a socialist revolution... more

Episode 33: Chinese Imperialism Episode 31 of this podcast looked at the imperialism of the US, which despite its relative decline... more

The War in Ukraine Drags On: A Conversation with a Russian and a Ukrainian Socialist A year and a half after... more

Episode 31: U.S. Imperialism Today Although no longer the world's unchallenged dominant power, the U.S. remains the most powerful state in the... more

The Politics of the Family, w M.E. O'Brien Families are political -- part of how most people survive under capitalism, places of... more

Against the Market, w/ David McNally Even though capitalism's problems are becoming increasingly obvious, commitment to fight for an alternative to... more

The Right vs Trans People: Understanding the Attacks and Fighting Back in the U.S. and Canada Eric Maroney and Skyler discuss... more

About Future on Fire and Victor's Children André Goulet interviews David about his new book "Future On Fire" and the Victor's... more

The Socialism We Need What kind of society is possible and worth fighting for? What would it take to begin a... more

The Most Important Strike in Years: the Education Workers Strike in Ontario The law-defying strike by the 55, 000 workers in... more

Future on Fire: Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change On this episode, Sara Birrell, Saima Desai, James Hutt and David... more

Sexual Violence, Feminism and Socialist Organizing A discussion with three thoughtful socialists and feminists, Hazel, Jamie and Sheila, about feminism, the... more

Ecosocialism and the Ecological Crisis Faced with the worsening ecological crisis caused by capitalism, what's the ecosocialism we should aim for... more

The Labour Front in Canada Today The cost of living is rising, unemployment is low, and a recession triggered by the... more

Moralism: A problem for the left Moralism -- which assumes that moral judgment can change society and thinks about people and... more

History of the Reproductive Justice Struggle The overturning of Roe v Wade in the US puts the spotlight back on the... more

The Politics of War from Ukraine to Canada A discussion with Olena Lyubchenko and Dru Oja Jay about Ukraine in the... more

Anti-racism and Socialism The problems with liberal responses to racism are no reason to dismiss or downplay the importance of anti-racist... more

The Anti-Girlboss Socialist Club This episode is an interview with Paniz and Tamsyn, the hosts of the socialist-feminist podcast The Anti-Girlboss... more

Understanding Russia Today, w/ Simon Pirani Anyone trying to understand Russia in the context of the war unleashed by Putin and... more

The Far Right Mobilizes & Workplace Organizing at Canada Post The far right-led action in Ottawa against pandemic public health measures... more

The Politics of the Pandemic A discussion with Nora Loreto, Daniel Sarah Karasik and Corvin Russell about the politics of the... more

Transgender Liberation, Transgender Marxism An interview with Jules Joanne Gleason, co-editor of Transgender Marxism, about gender, the politics of trans liberation... more

China Today & the Politics of China in Canada w/ Ralf Ruckus and Vincent Wong China's growing power in the world... more

Imperialism, w/ Todd Gordon An interview with Todd Gordon about imperialism today and Canadian imperialism. This is a rerelease of a... more

Dialectics Demystified, w/ David McNally Marxism is usually associated with the concept of dialectics, but what is dialectics? Is Marxist theory... more

Is The Enemy of My Enemy My Friend? Campism and Emancipatory Politics Today, w/Barnaby Raine In recent years the influence of... more

Should Socialists Take Union Staff Jobs? Katherine Grzejszczak, Gene McGuckin and Sherry Wolf, three socialists with a lot of union experience,... more

In this episode, Alex de Jong discusses Stalinist politics, including Maoism, outside the so-called "Communist" societies, and why it's still... more