Socialism

By Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales)

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Socialism the Podcast offers a Marxist approach to the big issues we face in a world of capitalist crisis. Fighting for jobs, homes and public services for all. From strikes and mass movements through to community campaigns, history and theory. We shine a light on the struggles of workers and young people, and discuss the strategy for a socialist fightback.

Episode Date
How do we fight against racism and the far right? Socialism the Podcast episode 148
Dec 17, 2025
Corbyn, Sultana, Your Party and the Struggle for Working Class Political Representation in Britain
Dec 09, 2025
Taming the beast or changing the system? Review of "Capitalism and its Critics"
Nov 21, 2025
The World Impact of Two Years of War on Gaza – and what lies ahead?
Nov 04, 2025
Where next for Mélenchon and La France Insoumise?
Oct 31, 2025
Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana launch 'Your Party' - What the Socialist Party thinks
Oct 13, 2025
Episode 145. Youth Walkout against Trump
Aug 05, 2025
Zarah Sultana MP leaves Labour - what next in the fight for a new workers' party?
Jul 16, 2025
Socialism the Podcast Episode 143: Fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in 2025
Jul 07, 2025
Socialism the Podcast Episode 142: Trade Wars and the workers' movement
May 02, 2025
Socialism the Podcast Episode 141: The battle for the PCS
Apr 15, 2025
Episode 140. The German elections: Disaster for Establishment Parties
Apr 02, 2025
139. The Crisis in Higher Education
Mar 12, 2025
138. Fighting for a new party under Starmer
Feb 10, 2025
Socialism 137. Where is Britain going?
Jan 24, 2025
136. Trumpism and its limits
Nov 29, 2024
135. The US Elections
Oct 29, 2024
134: How to fight the far right
Oct 15, 2024
Nigeria Erupts - Build the Solidarity Campaign
Sep 20, 2024
133. Trade Union Congress 2024
Sep 03, 2024
132. Tories Smashed! Build The Socialist Opposition
Jul 12, 2024
131. Prepare A Workers' General Election Stand
May 15, 2024
130. The fight for workers' politics now
Mar 29, 2024
Crisis & Class Struggle in Germany
Mar 11, 2024
Capitalism in Crisis and at War – A Marxist Analysis
Feb 07, 2024
129. Marion Lloyd: a socialist candidate for PCS general secretary
Nov 02, 2023
128. Behind the headlines, how can the Israel-Palestine conflict be solved?
Oct 25, 2023
127. A Marxist take on the world economic crisis
Oct 18, 2023
126. Chile 50 Years On - socialism is possible but heroism isn't enough
Sep 14, 2023
125. Dave Nellist - former 'Workers' MP on a Worker's Wage' discusses the Tory sleaze scandal
Jan 04, 2022
124. Cop 26 - Socialist Change to end Climate Change
Dec 14, 2021
123. Cuban protests – what do they represent?
Sep 09, 2021
122. Afghanistan in crisis: A colossal failure of western capitalism
Aug 27, 2021
121. Fighting to save the NHS
Jul 29, 2021
120. Tories in crisis - Preparing for struggle in post-Covid Britain
Jul 08, 2021
119. Organising in the food and retail industry
Jun 16, 2021
118. Where now for the Scottish independence movement?
Jun 03, 2021
117. How can Palestinian liberation and an end to Israeli state terror be won?
May 21, 2021
116. May elections and crisis in the Labour Party
May 14, 2021
115. Biden’s stimulus – can it solve the problems of US and world capitalism?
May 10, 2021
114. Football super-league - reclaim the game
Apr 30, 2021
113. Corruption, cronyism and capitalist politics
Apr 23, 2021
112. A socialist mayor for Liverpool
Apr 16, 2021
111. PCS elections - the struggle for fighting trade unionism
Apr 12, 2021
110. The Paris Commune
Mar 27, 2021
109. End violence against women
Mar 23, 2021
108. SNP warfare – what does it represent?
Mar 17, 2021
107. 1971: how workers beat anti-union laws
Feb 26, 2021
106. Black workers' charter
Feb 19, 2021
105. Russia protests: what future for Putin's regime?
Feb 15, 2021
104. School workers need a fighting union
Feb 05, 2021
103. The Arab Spring
Jan 29, 2021
102. US: the storming of the Capitol
Jan 22, 2021
101. Britain, 2021: a new era of capitalist crisis
Jan 15, 2021
100. 2020 highlights: A socialist youth charter
Jan 10, 2021
99. 2020 highlights: US imperialism in decline
Jan 02, 2021
98. 2020 highlights: Trotsky's revolutionary ideas
Dec 26, 2020
97. Chartism
Dec 18, 2020
96. Engels’ Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
Dec 11, 2020
95. Engels' Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (re-run)
Dec 04, 2020
94. Engels on The Housing Question
Nov 27, 2020
93. Engels' Condition of the Working Class in England
Nov 19, 2020
92. The revolutionary life of Friedrich Engels
Nov 13, 2020
91. Universities in crisis
Nov 06, 2020
90. Uprising in Nigeria
Oct 30, 2020
89. Trotsky, art and culture
Oct 23, 2020
88. Crumbling capitalism, revolution and counter-revolution
Oct 16, 2020
87. What is a 'transitional programme'?
Oct 02, 2020
86. World crisis and the second wave
Sep 25, 2020
85. Britain's general strike of 1926
Sep 18, 2020
84. Trotsky on the trade unions
Sep 11, 2020
83. Trotsky and the Fourth International
Sep 03, 2020
82. Trotsky, fascism and the 'united front'
Aug 28, 2020
81. Trotsky, Stalinism and the 'degenerated workers' state'
Aug 26, 2020
80. Trotsky and the 'national question'
Aug 21, 2020
79. Trotsky and the revolutionary party
Aug 19, 2020
78. Trotsky's theory of 'permanent revolution'
Aug 14, 2020
77. Trotsky during the revolution
Aug 12, 2020
76. Trotsky's revolutionary ideas
Aug 07, 2020
Re-run: 18. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific
Jul 24, 2020
75. Britain's revolts after WW1
Jul 17, 2020
74. How the unions need to fight now
Jul 10, 2020
73. Globalisation and deglobalisation
Jun 26, 2020
72. You can't have capitalism without racism
Jun 19, 2020
Re-run: 4. Fighting the racist far right
Jun 12, 2020
71. A socialist youth charter
Jun 05, 2020
70. China's new role
May 29, 2020
69. Crisis turning point: national unity ends
May 22, 2020
68. Lifting the lockdown: schools, safety and super-spreaders
May 15, 2020
67. Lenin at 150
May 01, 2020
66. US imperialism in decline: coronavirus, Trump, Sanders and socialism
Apr 24, 2020
65. Will this help the left or the right? Coronavirus, radicalisation and 'national unity'
Apr 18, 2020
64. World economic crisis: a Marxist analysis of the coronavirus crunch
Apr 10, 2020
63. Is this socialism? Coronavirus and state intervention
Apr 03, 2020
62. Workers' rights during coronavirus
Mar 20, 2020
61. Coronavirus: a socialist response
Mar 13, 2020
60. Socialists into City Hall
Mar 06, 2020
Re-run: 14. GRA reform
Feb 28, 2020
59. Northern Ireland's strike wave
Feb 21, 2020
58. Britain: the new situation
Feb 14, 2020
57. Trade unions: new decade, new challenge
Feb 07, 2020
Re-run: 16. Are no-cuts council budgets possible?
Jan 31, 2020
56. How can France's strike win?
Jan 24, 2020
55. Middle East in turmoil: Iran and Iraq
Jan 10, 2020
54. 2020: a promise of rebellion
Jan 03, 2020
Re-run: 34. Boris, Brexit and British capitalism
Dec 27, 2019
53. Tories return: stand firm for socialist policies
Dec 13, 2019
52. France on strike
Dec 11, 2019
51. How can Corbyn win?
Nov 29, 2019
50. Northern Ireland: Brexit, borders, sectarianism and struggle
Nov 22, 2019
49. Scotland and the election: independence and socialism
Nov 15, 2019
48. Building fighting, democratic unions: PCS and RMT
Nov 11, 2019
47. General election 2019: Tories out!
Nov 06, 2019
46. Uprising in Chile
Nov 01, 2019
45. How renters can beat gentrifiers
Oct 25, 2019
44. Kurdish national liberation
Oct 18, 2019
43. Tony Mulhearn, Militant and the city that beat Thatcher
Oct 11, 2019
42. The state: a warning to Corbynism
Oct 04, 2019
41. Sri Lanka: socialists fight back
Sep 27, 2019
40. Race for the White House 2020
Sep 20, 2019
39. Fighting for women in Britain today
Sep 13, 2019
38. Government meltdown: what now?
Sep 06, 2019
37. Hong Kong's revolutionary upheaval
Aug 30, 2019
36. Northern Ireland, August 1969: the Troubles erupt
Aug 23, 2019
35. Peterloo
Aug 16, 2019
34. Boris, Brexit and British capitalism
Aug 09, 2019
33. Earth strike?
Jul 05, 2019
32. Fighting closure at Ford Bridgend
Jun 28, 2019
31. Grenfell and Barking: safe homes for all now
Jun 14, 2019
30. Europe's political polarisation
Jun 07, 2019
29. Euro election turmoil
May 31, 2019
28. Terrorist atrocity in Sri Lanka
Apr 24, 2019
27. The national question, Ireland, and Brexit
Apr 18, 2019
26. Terrorism
Apr 10, 2019
25. What way out of the Brexit impasse?
Apr 05, 2019
24. Glasgow equal pay victory
Mar 28, 2019
23. Climate strikes and school student unions
Mar 20, 2019
Special: Vote Sue Atkins in Southampton Coxford
Mar 13, 2019
22. Honda and socialist nationalisation
Mar 12, 2019
21. A turning point for Corbyn’s Labour leadership?
Mar 07, 2019
20. Is climate change a political issue?
Feb 25, 2019
19. #schoolstrike4climate
Feb 18, 2019
18. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific
Feb 12, 2019
17. What's happening in Venezuela?
Feb 04, 2019
16. Are no-cuts council budgets possible?
Jan 28, 2019
15 BONUS. Dave Nellist interview
Jan 21, 2019
15. May's government in crisis
Jan 21, 2019
14. GRA Reform
Jan 15, 2019
13. 2019
Jan 07, 2019
12. The Gilets Jaunes
Dec 19, 2018
11. Tory Brexit Chaos
Dec 12, 2018
10. Economic crisis - ten years on
Dec 03, 2018
9. When revolution ended World War 1
Nov 26, 2018
8 BONUS Tony Saunois at Socialism 2018
Nov 22, 2018
8. Who is Bolsonaro and how did he get elected?
Nov 19, 2018
7 BONUS Kshama Sawant
Nov 16, 2018
7. What is Trumpism?
Nov 12, 2018
6. What's the big deal about the unions?
Nov 05, 2018
5. A Socialist View of Brexit
Oct 29, 2018
4. Is the far right on the rise?
Oct 22, 2018
3. Antisemitism - what it is and how to fight it
Oct 12, 2018
2. Politics in Britain today
Oct 11, 2018
1. Socialism
Oct 11, 2018