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Marx Talks — 109 episodes

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1

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

2

A Marxist critique of intersectionality - Monica Sesito

3

Socialist Alternative: our history and perspectives - Sarah Garnham

4

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

5

Is revolution possible in the West? - Liz Walsh

6

Workers under attack from ALP and capital - Eleanor Morley

7

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

8

What do Marxists say about degrowth communism - Liam Kruger

9

A Marxist critique of settler colonial theory - Jordan Humphreys

10

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

11

Insurrection and the capitalist state - Anneke Demanuele

12

Who was Leon Trotsky? - Nick Reich

13

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

14

Political polarisation and resistance in Latin America - Jeffery Webber

15

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

16

How class makes the world go round - Rebecca Barrigos

17

Why socialists need to be organised - Grace Hill

18

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

19

Why capitalism leads to war - Corey Oakley

20

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

21

The national question - Robin Laycock

22

Chip wars: the cutting edge of imperialism - Omar Hassan

23

Percy Brookfield: Australia's rebel parliamentarian - Duncan Hart

24

The united front - Liam Parry

25

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

26

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

27

Crisis: the global economy today - Eleanor Morley

28

Marx, Ireland and the colonial world - Moira Nolan

29

What would a revolution look like? - Xavier Dupe

30

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

31

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

32

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

33

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

34

Gandhi, the left and Indian independence - Shovan Bhattarai

35

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

36

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

37

Bolsheviks, elections and party building - Jerome Small

38

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

39

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

40

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

41

Fascism - Luca Tavan

42

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

43

John Brown: abolitionist firebrand - Ryan Laws

44

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

45

Stalinism and Literature - Dougal McNeill

46

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

47

Understanding Stalinism and its impact - Liam Parry

48

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

49

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

50

Fortress Europe: militarisation and border control - April Holcombe

51

Disrupting the Australian war machine: lessons, strategies, tactics

52

Why only a revolution can win socialism - Eddie Stephenson

53

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

54

What was the Communist Party of Australia? - Hersha Kadkol

55

Social class and fascism - Ella Marchionda

56

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

57

Fascism, Hindutva and the Modi government - Sagar Sanyal

58

Sexism, homophobia and transphobia - Shovan Bhattarai

59

The fight for equal pay for women - Clare Francis

60

The roots of racism - Vinil Kumar

61

Nuclear imperialism: the destroyer of worlds - Liz Ross

62

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

63

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

64

WWI and the struggle for an internationalist left - Mick Armstrong

65

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

66

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

67

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

68

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

69

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

70

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

71

The Politics of Judith Butler - Emma Norton - Marxism 2025

72

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

73

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

74

Syria after Assad - Omar Hassan - Marxism 2025

75

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

76

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

77

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

78

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

79

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

80

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

81

Nasser and Arab Nationalism - Mick Armstrong - Marxism 2025

82

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

83

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

84

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

85

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

86

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

87

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

88

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

89

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

90

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

91

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

92

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

93

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

94

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

95

Jabra Nicola and Palestinian Trotskyism - Josh Lees - Marxism 2025

96

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

97

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

98

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

99

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

100

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

101

Marxism and War - Chloe Rafferty - Marxism 2025

102

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

103

Identity Politics in movements today - Shovan Bhattarai - Marxism 2025

104

Capitalism and sexual objectification - Sarah Granham - Marxism 2025

105

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

106

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

107

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

108

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

109

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