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Marx Talks — 112 episodes

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1

What you should know about the Russian Revolution - Luca Tavan

2

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

3

What does working class power look like? - Tom Bramble

4

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

5

A Marxist critique of intersectionality - Monica Sesito

6

Socialist Alternative: our history and perspectives - Sarah Garnham

7

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

8

Is revolution possible in the West? - Liz Walsh

9

Workers under attack from ALP and capital - Eleanor Morley

10

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

11

What do Marxists say about degrowth communism - Liam Kruger

12

A Marxist critique of settler colonial theory - Jordan Humphreys

13

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

14

Insurrection and the capitalist state - Anneke Demanuele

15

Who was Leon Trotsky? - Nick Reich

16

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

17

Political polarisation and resistance in Latin America - Jeffery Webber

18

Greedy landlords and rising mortgages: a guide to the housing crisis - Louisa Bassini, Martin Barker

19

How class makes the world go round - Rebecca Barrigos

20

Why socialists need to be organised - Grace Hill

21

Building a socialist left in Africa: the Revolutionary Socialist League of Kenya - Ezra Otieno

22

Why capitalism leads to war - Corey Oakley

23

Clash of empires: the USA versus China today - Tom Bramble

24

The national question - Robin Laycock

25

Chip wars: the cutting edge of imperialism - Omar Hassan

26

Percy Brookfield: Australia's rebel parliamentarian - Duncan Hart

27

The united front - Liam Parry

28

Wobblies! The Australian Industrial Workers of the World - Jasmine Duff

29

Under the paving stones: May 1968 and the French Trotskyists - Erin Russell

30

Crisis: the global economy today - Eleanor Morley

31

Marx, Ireland and the colonial world - Moira Nolan

32

What would a revolution look like? - Xavier Dupe

33

100 years of Georg Lukacs' History and Class Consciousness - Robert Narai

34

Big Brother at work & the surveillance state: how can workers rebel? - Alexis Vassiley

35

Unions, the ALP and the ebb tide 1983-1996 - Josh Lees

36

The Communist Party of Australia and the unions in the 1940s and 1950s - Grace Hill

37

Gandhi, the left and Indian independence - Shovan Bhattarai

38

Scenes from American Trotskyist anti-fascism 1930s-1940s - Vashti Fox

39

Broad parties and revolutionary independence: summing up the debates - Mick Armstrong

40

Bolsheviks, elections and party building - Jerome Small

41

The Fatal Shore: why did the British colonise Australia? - Kyla Etoile

42

The unhappy marriage of Marxism and feminism: Socialist feminist debates - Clare Francis

43

From apostles to terrorists: the early revolutionary movement in Russia - Sarah Garnham

44

Fascism - Luca Tavan

45

Lessons from the global fight for abortion rights - Omar Hassan, Liz Walsh

46

John Brown: abolitionist firebrand - Ryan Laws

47

Paradise on strike: class struggle in the Pacific - Vinil Kumar

48

Stalinism and Literature - Dougal McNeill

49

Sounding the French Revolution: A Marxist tour of Classical Music - April Holcombe

50

Understanding Stalinism and its impact - Liam Parry

51

From overthrowing a government to getting rid of capitalism: political and social revolutions - Ruby Healer

52

How the South African working-class defeated apartheid - Sandra Bloodworth

53

Fortress Europe: militarisation and border control - April Holcombe

54

Disrupting the Australian war machine: lessons, strategies, tactics

55

Why only a revolution can win socialism - Eddie Stephenson

56

The Civil Rights movement and the struggle against Jim Crow - Chloe Rafferty

57

What was the Communist Party of Australia? - Hersha Kadkol

58

Social class and fascism - Ella Marchionda

59

Why the Arab regimes are no friends of Palestine - Bella Beiraghi

60

Fascism, Hindutva and the Modi government - Sagar Sanyal

61

Sexism, homophobia and transphobia - Shovan Bhattarai

62

The fight for equal pay for women - Clare Francis

63

The roots of racism - Vinil Kumar

64

Nuclear imperialism: the destroyer of worlds - Liz Ross

65

Narco-capitalism: a political history of drugs - Emma Black

66

Socialists, Communists, Bundists and Zionists: Jews on the left in the 1930s - Janey Stone

67

WWI and the struggle for an internationalist left - Mick Armstrong

68

High school rebellion: from the Vietnam War to the school strike for Palestine

69

Killer cops, racist politicians and culture wars: anti-Indigenous racism today - Oskar Martin

70

Capitalism and cities: a critique of David Harvey's theory of urban development - Josh Lees

71

Climate destruction and crisis: understanding capitalism and the profit motive - Lily Campbell

72

Auto-capitalism: a political history of cars - James Plested

73

Prisons, police and parliaments: understanding the capitalist state - Liam Ward

74

The Politics of Judith Butler - Emma Norton - Marxism 2025

75

Sexism and Class in Australia Today - Louise O'Shea - Marxism 2025

76

Parasites and collaborators: Understanding the Palestine Authority - Nick Everett - Marxism 2025

77

Syria after Assad - Omar Hassan - Marxism 2025

78

Does international law matter? - Owen Marsden-Readford - Marxism 2025

79

Luxemburg: A libertarian alternative to Lenin? - Amelia Christie - Marxism 2025

80

The Left and the struggle for Algerian independance - Vashti Fox - Marxism 2025

81

How do we resist the new backlash against Indigenous rights? - Jordan Humphreys - Marxism 2025

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The weaponization of anti-Semitism - Daniel Taylor - Marxism 2025

83

30 years of Socialist Alternative - history and perspectives - Mick Armstrong - Marxism 2025

84

Nasser and Arab Nationalism - Mick Armstrong - Marxism 2025

85

Australia: The Neighbour from Hell - Kaye Broadbent - Marxism 2025

86

Foundations: Stalinism and its impact - Lewis Todman - Marxism 2025

87

Foundations: Women's Oppression - Kelly Cvetkova - Marxism 2025

88

Are We Living In Post Capitalism - Grace Hill - Marxism 2025

89

The Destroyer of Worlds: The 80th Anniversary of the Atom Bomb - Ella Marchionda - Marxism 2025

90

Into the mainstream: Understanding the Communist Party of Australia - Duncan Hart - Marxism 2025

91

Torture, rendition and massacre: The War on Terror 20 years on - Cathy Lewis - Marxism 2025

92

Australia as a 21st century military power - Sam Pietsch - Marxism 2025

93

Radical intellectuals in the ivory tower? The limits of leftist academia - Deaglan Godwin - Marxism 2025

94

Lord of the Rings - A Fascist Fantasy? - Luke Hocking - Marxism 2025

95

Guerillaism and Trotskyism in the 1960s - Rebecca Barrigos - Marxism 2025

96

The strikes that made International Working Women's Day - Liz Ross - Marxism 2025

97

Year of fire: The Soweto Uprising - Ella Gutteridge - Marxism 2025

98

Jabra Nicola and Palestinian Trotskyism - Josh Lees - Marxism 2025

99

Beneath the Stones: 1968 Student Rebellion - Madi Curkovic - Marxism 2025

100

A History of socialist electoral projects in Australia - Corey Oakley - Marxism 2025

101

What is the socialist approach to Parliament? - Liz Walsh - Marxism 2025

102

Star Wars: Capitalism In Space - Danica Rachel - Marxism 2025

103

Socialist Strategy: The General Strike - Kath Larkin - Marxism 2025

104

Marxism and War - Chloe Rafferty - Marxism 2025

105

Whiteness and the working class: A Marxist Response - Vinil Kumar - Marxism 2025

106

Identity Politics in movements today - Shovan Bhattarai - Marxism 2025

107

Capitalism and sexual objectification - Sarah Granham - Marxism 2025

108

Israel and the USA - who controls who? - Oula Shihan - Marxism 2025

109

The enemy of my enemy: campism - Eleanor Morley - Marxism 2025

110

The rise and fall of the Arab spring - Naomi Farmer - Marxism 2025

111

Balfour to 1948: The Foundations of Israel - Yasmine Johnson - Marxism 2025

112

A new era of fascism? Understanding the far-right threat - Robert Narai - Marxism 2025