Against the Stream

Jan 30 2025 17 ep. 74 mins 34
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In Against the Stream, our weekly current affairs podcast, members of the International Secretariat of the Revolutionary Communist International sit down to discuss the main events shaping global affairs. In an increasingly turbulent world situation, these discussions look behind the headlines of the mainstream press and the statements of politicians, to bring out the real processes and interests at play.

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Storms gathering: a Marxist analysis of the world economy

Jan 30 2025 75 mins  
Storm clouds are gathering over the world economy. Already, it is faced with slowing growth, rising interest and inflation rates, and astronomical debts. Now Trump’s ‘America First’ policy and his promise of tariffs threaten to make all of that worse. As America wanes as the undisputed, dominant world power, the epoch of globalisation that it policed is coming to an end. Inst

Is Trump a fascist? Where is America going?

Jan 23 2025 72 mins  
This week’s episode of Against the Stream was recorded just days after Trump was inaugurated as US president. For some, this represents the triumph of fascism, a fear that was stoked by Elon Musk’s Nazi salute at the inauguration ceremony. However, as Hamid Alizadeh and Jorge Martín from the International Secretariat of the Revolutionary Communist International explain, thi

‘America First’ – What does it mean? What next for Gaza? and El País’ liberal hypocrisy

Jan 16 2025 72 mins  
With just days until Trump returns to power, Hamid Alizadeh and Jorge Martín from the International Secretariat of the Revolutionary Communist International met for another episode of Against the Stream to break down the news of the world from a Marxist perspective. This episode, they discussed the recent announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza. With Biden, Starmer and the Arab reg

Trump, Biden and the crisis of the American regime

Jan 09 2025 66 mins  
With just two weeks before Trump re-enters the White House, the outgoing Democrats are doing everything they can to undermine the next president. In Ukraine in particular, where they fear a drastic change of course in the policy of US imperialism, they are funnelling in as much money as they can get away with, as well as escalating the war by allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Ru

Imperialists circling Syria, the Kurdish struggle, and Germany in crisis

Jan 02 2025 89 mins  
Defined by political crises all over the world, spiralling tensions between the imperialist powers, and revolutions in Bangladesh and Kenya, 2024 was an historic year in the crisis of the capitalist system. But now, with Trump days away from power, Ukraine headed unavoidably towards a humiliating and bloody defeat, and with no end in sight to the complete destabilisation of the Mid

2024 Wrapped: a year of war and revolution

Dec 17 2024 96 mins  
2024 has been a year of war, revolution and crisis on every continent. From the horrors of the Gaza genocide, to the revolutionary summer in Kenya and Bangladesh; from viral assassinations, to to the re-election of Donald Trump. The communists have been offering analysis and perspective at every step of the way, and now: it’s time to put this dramatic twelve months in review with

Assad regime falls, the Kurds under attack, Zelensky hated in Ukraine, and CEO assassination reveals class hatred

Dec 12 2024 97 mins  
Once again, this week has been defined by sharp turns in world politics. In Syria, the Assad regime collapsed after a sudden offensive by Islamist groups, taking the whole world by surprise. In the US, the assassination of a US healthcare CEO was met with an enormous outpouring of sympathy for the killer, in a clear expression of the simmering class rage beneath the surface. In Ukr

French government falls, Syrian Civil war reignites, Biden pardons corrupt son, and Korean President gambles on martial law

Dec 05 2024 79 mins  
This week has been full of sharp and sudden turns. The Syrian civil war has suddenly reignited due to the shock advance of a Turkey-backed rebel group. The French president was forced to resign after trying to force through an austerity budget. Joe Biden has used his last few weeks in power to pardon his corrupt son. And, to top things off, the president of South Korea declared mar

Netanyahu and the “rules-based order”; The Lebanon ceasefire; Macron sitting on top of a volcano

Nov 29 2024 71 mins  
This week, the Middle East has once again dominated the news, with the ICC issuing an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as the announcement of a supposedly ‘lasting’ ceasefire in Lebanon. In Europe, meanwhile, explosive events are being prepared in France, as the tottering National Assembly is set to face off against

Biden escalates Ukraine war, Trump vs the ‘deep state’, and the death of the American dream

Nov 21 2024 77 mins  
In this episode of Against the Stream, Hamid Alizadeh and Niklas Albin Svensson, from the International Secretariat of the Revolutionary Communist International, discussed the reckless escalation of the Ukraine war by Biden, Trump’s controversial picks for his administration, and the death of the American Dream. The last few weeks have been a whirlwind in world politics. As th