John Peterson, Antonio Balmer, and Tom Trottier discuss Trump's war on Iran, and Zohran Mamdani, the self-described socialist, who won the New York City Democratic mayoral primary. ✊Join the fight against capitalism: https://communistusa.org/join 🚩 Donate to build your party: https://communistusa.org/donate 📰 Get The Communist: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/the-communist-newspapers/ 📰 Get In Defence of Marxism Magazine: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/magazines-in-defence-...
Jun 26, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 131
Can revolution happen in the United States? Not just someday, but in our lifetime — and not just spontaneously, but with strategy. ✊Join the fight against capitalism: https://communistusa.org/join Antonio Balmer explains what it actually takes to overthrow capitalism in the U.S. — drawing lessons from Bolshevism, cadre organization, and modern political conditions. From media strategy to building a disciplined force, this is how revolution is made. 📍Recorded at the Second National Congress of t...
Jun 21, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 130
🌍 The World Is Shifting Fast — But This Isn’t Random Chaos. It’s Capitalism in Crisis. We're living through a period of deep instability, sharp turns, and global upheaval. In this talk, Fred Weston explains the root of the crisis — and why building a revolutionary organization is the only way forward. 📍 Recorded at the Second National Congress of the Revolutionary Communists of America (RCA) 🗓️ May 31 – June 1, 2025 | Philadelphia 📃Read the recap: https://communistusa.org/rca-second-national...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 129
John Peterson outlines the revolutionary processes developing in American society—and how we must prepare as communists. Recorded at the Second National Congress of the RCA on May 31–June 1 in Philadelphia. Read our 2025 US perspectives here: https://communistusa.org/where-is-america-going/ ✊Join the fight against capitalism: https://communistusa.org/join 🚩 Donate to build your party: https://communistusa.org/donate 📰 Get The Communist: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/the-communist-ne...
Jun 14, 2025•58 min•Ep. 128
What is Trumpism and how do we fight it? In this talk, originally titled "Fascism, Bonapartism, and right-wing populism," Bryce Gordon explains the Marxist theory of the state, and why Trump is not a fascist but a different kind of class enemy. To beat him, we have to understand his rise and what he represents. To fully understand, we recommend a few readings: The context of Trump 2.0 & Where America is Headed: https://communistusa.org/where-is-america-going/ Bryce's article on Trumpism from...
Apr 29, 2025•50 min•Ep. 127
With capitalism in its deepest crisis, some turned to Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump to challenge the status quo. As the two discredit themselves, many of their disillusioned supporters are now looking towards communism—and finding the Revolutionary Communists of America. ✊Join the fight against capitalism: https://communistusa.org/join 🚩 Donate to build your party: https://communistusa.org/donate 📰 Get The Communist: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/the-communist-newspapers/ 📰 Get I...
Apr 15, 2025•41 min•Ep. 126
One crisis is layered upon another: Constitutional crisis, recession fears, and tariff chaos. Trump's pro-worker charade won't stand the test of events. The RCA is the only party arguing for consistent, class-independent politics. Our forces are growing, and so is the urgent need for our message. ✊ Join the fight against capitalism: https://communistusa.org/join 🚩 Donate to build your party: https://communistusa.org/donate 📰 Get The Communist: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/the-commu...
Apr 04, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 125
The widespread sympathy for Luigi Mangione has starkly revealed the enormous amount of working-class anger that has built up in American society. But one thing is necessary to ensure the victory of our struggle: the urgent building of a revolutionary party, armed with the ideas of Marxism. ✊ Join the fight against capitalism: https://communistusa.org/join 🚩 Donate to build your party: https://communistusa.org/donate 📰 Get The Communist: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/the-communist-ne...
Mar 28, 2025•41 min•Ep. 124
This week we republish an episode from our international podcast: Against the Stream: Trump’s dramatic return to the White House has thrown the liberals into complete panic and confusion. They have flung whatever insults they can at him: from semi-fascist, to fascist, to neo-fascist. To explain how Marxists should understand and approach these phenomena, Alan Woods, the leading theoretician of the Revolutionary Communist International, joined Hamid Alizadeh for another episode of Against the Str...
Mar 21, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 123
Despite the decline of organized religion in recent years, there has also been a concurrent rise in mysticism and “New Age” beliefs. How should communists approach this belief with people that we encounter in our work? 📖 Lenin "The Attitude of the Workers’ Party to Religion": https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1909/may/13.htm 📖 Marx on religion "A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right": https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1843/critique-hpr/intro.htm 📖 E...
Mar 01, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 122
The liberal world order that has been in charge for decades has been put in the back seat by Donald Trump. His rule is accelerating the decline of capitalism and communists must organize for the crises to come and prepare for revolution. ✊ Join the fight against capitalism: https://communistusa.org/join 🚩 Donate to build your party: https://communistusa.org/donate 📰 Get The Communist: https://communistusa.org/subscribe/ 📕 "Colossus: The Rise and Decline of US Imperialism": https://www.marxist...
Feb 18, 2025•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 121
The liberals are incapable of stopping Trump, neither party can halt the crisis of capitalism, and both are representatives of the billionaire imperialists. So how do we beat them both? ✊ Join the fight against capitalism: https://communistusa.org/join 🚩 Donate to build your party: https://communistusa.org/donate 📰 Get The Communist: https://communistusa.org/subscribe/ 📕 "Colossus: The Rise and Decline of US Imperialism": https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/books/products/colossus-the-ri...
Feb 12, 2025•18 min•Ep. 120
The ferocious blaze that terrorized America’s second largest city is a product of the capitalist system in terminal decline. Private ownership and production for profit put the interests of a tiny capitalist cabal ahead of the interests of humanity as a whole. ✊ Join the fight against capitalism: https://communistusa.org/join 🚩 Donate to build your party: https://communistusa.org/donate 📰 Get The Communist: https://communistusa.org/subscribe/ 📕 Pre-order "Colossus: The Rise and Decline of US ...
Jan 31, 2025•40 min•Ep. 119
Donald Trump is back in the White House promising to end the decline of America. His promises will fall flat, spelling further decline for the U.S. and further discontent of the working class. ✊ Join the fight against capitalism: https://communistusa.org/join 🚩 Donate to build your party: https://communistusa.org/donate 📕 Pre-order "Colossus: The Rise and Decline of US Imperialism": https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/books/products/colossus-the-rise-and-decline-of-us-imperialism 📰 Get T...
Jan 24, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 118
Welcome to 2025. The world is on fire, war rages in the middle east and Ukraine, and there is increasing instability in the social fabric of the United States. There is a desperate need for a mass communist party, and there has never been a more favorable time to build one. ✊ Join the fight against capitalism: https://communistusa.org/join 🚩 Donate to build your party: https://communistusa.org/donate 📕 Pre-order "Colossus: The Rise and Decline of US Imperialism": https://www.marxistbooks.com/c...
Jan 19, 2025•24 min•Ep. 117
Republished from the podcast of the RCI "Against the Stream" — 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 funneling in as much money as they can get away with, as well as escalating the war by allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with US bombs. This clash at the top of the world...
Jan 10, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 116
Huge numbers of the population feel sympathy for the action for which Luigi Mangione has been charged. The mass sympathy elicited by this act speaks volumes about the political vacuum in the US. The class-war methods we advocate for are mass action that harnesses the strength of the united working class, rather than individual targeted actions such as the assassination of CEOS. ✊ Join the fight against capitalism: https://communistusa.org/join 🚩 Donate to build your party: https://communistusa....
Dec 21, 2024•22 min•Ep. 115
With no stability in the world at the end of 2024, what can we expect from 2025? Our comrade, Fred Weston answers at the Central Committee of the RCA. ✊ Join the fight against capitalism: https://communistusa.org/join 🚩 Donate to build your party: https://communistusa.org/donate 📕 Pre-order "Colossus: The Rise and Decline of US Imperialism": https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/books/products/colossus-the-rise-and-decline-of-us-imperialism 📰 Get The Communist issue 8: https://www.marxistb...
Dec 12, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 114
A discussion on pragmatism with our comrades in NYC. As Trotsky put it, “pragmatism . . . is the greatest curse of American thought. You must inoculate younger comrades against its infection.” This philosophy can creep into our work if we do not consciously fight it with Marxist theory. 📕 Pre-order "Colossus: The Rise and Decline of US Imperialism": https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/books/products/colossus-the-rise-and-decline-of-us-imperialism ✊ Join the fight against capitalism: https:...
Dec 06, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 113
What is imperialism? NYC communists of the RCA discuss different angles of this topic, from Lenin's time to today. 📕 Pre-order Colossus: The Rise and Decline of US Imperialism: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/books/products/colossus-the-rise-and-decline-of-us-imperialism ✊ Join the fight against imperialism: https://communistusa.org/join/ 🚩 More analysis on imperialism from the RCI: https://www.youtube.com/@AgainsttheStream 🚩 Donate to build your party: https://communistusa.org/donat...
Nov 23, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 112
Democrats tossed out, Trump won, what's next? The RCA remains as optimistic as ever about the revolutionary future of this country. ✊ Join the fight against Trump & capitalism: https://communistusa.org/join/ . "Is Trump a Fascist" video: https://youtu.be/LOC0r3xRrwI . More videos on the election: https://www.youtube.com/@AgainsttheStream . Read more: https://communistusa.org/democrats-tossed-out-defeat-trumpism-with-communism/ . Read more: https://marxist.com/trump-victory-2024.htm . 🚩 Dona...
Nov 15, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 111
✊ Join the communists! Join the fight against Trump ! https://communistusa.org/join/ ✊ Donate to build your party! https://communistusa.org/donate/ 📰 Get The Communist issue 7: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/magazines/products/the-communist-issue-7-october-2024
Nov 08, 2024•6 min•Ep. 110
Venezuela is used by right-wing propaganda to scaremonger against the supposed "horrors of socialism." Is Venezuela socialist? What is the truth about the Venezuelan revolution? We provide the history, lessons, and a first-hand account of the Bolivarian revolution at this year's NYC communist cadre school. 📕 Get your copy of "Permanent Revolution in Latin America": https://wellred-books.com/permanent-revolution-in-latin-america/ 📰 Get The Communist issue 7: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collect...
Nov 01, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 109
Capitalism is ruining childhood. Millions of young people are turning towards revolution rather than doomerism. Hear from the communists organized in High Schools across the country in the Revolutionary Communists of America. Join us: https://communistusa.org/join/ Get The Communist issue 7: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/magazines/products/the-communist-issue-7-october-2024 Join the communists! Join the fight against Trump and Harris! https://communistusa.org/join/...
Oct 25, 2024•47 min•Ep. 108
In State and Revolution, Lenin said: "Democracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich—that is the democracy of capitalist society." We explain exactly how the wealthy dominate every sphere of our lives to control and limit working class participation in politics. Get The Communist issue 7: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/magazines/products/the-communist-issue-7-october-2024 Join the communists! Join the fight against Trump and Harris! https://communistusa.org/join/...
Oct 11, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 107
This week we are republishing an episode from our international podcast: Spectre of Communism. If you haven't subscribed to their podcast, please do so here: https://podcast.marxist.com/subscribe-to-podcast/ The situation in the Middle East is escalating dramatically. Israel’s current invasion of Lebanon has sent shockwaves throughout the region and represents a further step towards the outbreak of a region-wide conflict, risking open war with Iran. As the Middle East grows more unstable, commun...
Oct 03, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 106
Capitalism is collapsing and destroying our lives. By what method can a communist party direct the masses toward a successful revolution? Pete Walsh outlines what the transitional method is, its usage by Lenin and Trotsky, and how we can wield this method today. 📖Read the Transitional Program: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/books/products/marxist-classics-volume-one Get The Communist issue 6: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/paper-and-magazine-indivual-current-issues/products/...
Sep 27, 2024•48 min•Ep. 105
From our 2024 founding congress: Fred Weston, outlines the historic crisis facing world capitalism, which is burdened by economic instability, unprecedented debt levels, political polarization, and heightened military tensions. These factors are pushing every country on earth towards an explosion in the class struggle in the coming years. Get The Communist issue 6: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/paper-and-magazine-indivual-current-issues/products/the-communist-issue-6-september-2024 Jo...
Sep 13, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 104
Without a correct diagnosis of Trumpism, it is impossible to understand where US society is headed. Throughout Trump’s rise, liberals have argued that fascism and dictatorship are on the horizon in the US. But is this the case? We give the Marxist appraisal of fascism and discuss what Trumpism really represents. Buy The Communist issue 6, which includes the new article "What is Trumpism?" https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/paper-and-magazine-indivual-current-issues/products/the-communist-i...
Sep 07, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 103
Our comrades report back after the first week of the Class War 2024 campaign. Class War 2024 is a coast-to-coast effort to declare our total opposition to both rotten capitalist parties, to inject a class-struggle perspective, and fight to build a party for the working class. Print the materials for your part in the campaign: https://communistusa.org/posters-class-war-2024-campaign/ Join the party: https://communistusa.org/join About Class War 2024: https://communistusa.org/class-war-2024 Donate...
Aug 29, 2024•43 min•Ep. 102
