Communist Forum

1 (0.00) Scotland: disproportional representation and a constitutional crisis 2 (27.10) Covid-19: capitalism and greed 3 (34.55) UN anti-racism day: siding with the liberal bourgeoisie 4 (40.30) Police Bill: demonstrations and police riots 5 (47.10) Suspension of teacher: blasphemy and free speech 6 (54.35) China and the Uyghurs: tit-for-tat big-power politics

1 (0.00) Scotland: SNP troubles - poll blip? 2 (17.20) Free speech – put principle first 3 (21.20) Saudi Arabia – US facing both ways 4 (27.35) Shamima Begum – right to citizenship 5 (30.00) Nuclear power – inherently dangerous

1 (0.00) Donald Trump: the US Bonaparte? 2 (35.10) Economic stagnation and the danger for the working class 3 (39.55) Catalonia: don’t jump to conclusions 4 (42.10) Labour ‘Antisemitism Advisory Board’: Zionist judge and jury 5 (48.45) Energy: Fukushima and the problem of nuclear power 6 (54.25) Free speech: no ifs, no buts

1 (0.00) USA: looking back at January 6 2 (16.20) The Trans-Pacific Partnership after Trump and Brexit 3 (19.30) Covid vaccine wars 4 (30.25) China: where is it heading?

1 (0.00) Brexit - the crunch 2 (8.40) Labour - the end as a site for struggle? 3 (27.00) Covid vaccines - the market will deliver? 4 (38.00) China - a rival to the US hegemon?

1 (0.00) Sunak’s statement: making the working class pay. 2 (8.35) The pandemic and Tory divisions 3 (19.30) Labour witch-hunt: stay clear of the courts 4 (35.50) Brexit and fishing: it might be just symbolic, but ... 5 (42.10) USA: expect civil unrest 6 (45.25) Iran assassination: establishing Trump’s legacy

1. (0.00) What to expect from a Biden presidency 2. (36.55) Labour: will the witch-hunt be stepped up? 3. (42.20) RMT: Mick Cash’s resignation following defeat at conference 4. (47.35) Chris Williamson joins Tusc 5. (48.15) Spy cops: state infiltration of the left too 6. (56.05) EHRC: Latest appointment says it all

1 (0.00) Covid-19: devastation and shambles 2 (9.30) Brexit and the coming downturn: Johnson’s clever poker tactics? 3 (16.50) USA: it’s the working class that will pay 4 (32.40) Labour NEC elections: vote for the principled left 5 (37.10) Scotland: the right to self-determination and the need for independent working class politics 6 (52.15) Our culture: the importance of genuine debate

1 (0.00) Covid and the role of accident 2 (28.25) Promoting the right and undermining the left 3 (41.35) Brexit and the demonisation of migrants 4 (46.00) Labour NEC – vote against the witch-hunt

1. (0.00) Covid-19 shambles 2. (14.15) Supreme court: Trump plays another election card 3. (25.45) Belarus: no illusions 4. (28.30) Russia: terrorising opponents 5. (32.15) Labour: Starmer’s ‘constructive opposition’ and principle

1. Brexit 2. US Supreme Court 3. Covid-19 4. Labour

1 (0.00) California fires: global solution, not transitional demands 2 (10.00) Martial law: for or against Trump? 3 (14.40) Brexit: UK break-up in the agenda 4 (24.25) Covid contradictions: facing both ways 5 (27.20) State terror: not confined to Russia 6 (30.20) Middle East and imperialism: our rights and the weakness of the left 7 (39.05) Labour’s false left 8 (48.30) Tusc: let’s have another go...

1. (0.00) Labour Representation Committee – left of the establishment 2. (2.00) Suckers and losers: US elections and the military 3. (7.10) Covid-19: growth of irrationality 4. (19.50) Extinction Rebellion and ‘freedom of the press’ 5. (29.10) Scotland: democratic rights and Marxist principles

1. (0.00) Civil service shambles – covering up incompetence 2. (5.20) Covid ‘denialism’ – two sides 3. (7.55) The Proms: anti-slavery and pro-empire? 4. (20.15) Trump contradictions 5. (21.30) Japan – capital comes first 6. (27.45) Belarus – no illusions in either side 7. (31.00) Greece v Turkey 8. (34.10) China and modern weaponry 9. (39.05) LLA conference: the position of Labour Party Marxists

1. (0.00) Migration: ‘Something must be done’! 2. (14.25) Racism: don’t ever mention the ‘N word’! 3. (22.25) Lebanon explosion: the anarchy of global shipping in a chaotic state 4. (36.15) Covid-19 and the disempowerment of workers 5. (40.20) The Spanish king and genuine republicanism

1 (0.00) Pompeo’s speech: end of rapprochement with China 2 (13.10) Russia’s ‘Star Wars’ 3 (14.05) Federal agents on the streets: ‘strong man’ up for re-election 4 (22.10) Turkey: Hagia Sophia and Erdoğan’s assertiveness 5 (27.20) Labour’s ‘whistleblowers’: Starmer demonstrates his loyalty to the establishment 6 (31.00) Tusc: reviving the pathetic 7 (32.25) Wiley and ‘Black Hebrew Israelites’

1 (0.00) Covid-19: denialism and reality 2 (10.50) Iran attack: promoting Israel 3 (17.40) Turkey: Islamism or secularism? 4 (26.25) BLM: US racism

1. (0.00) RLB: playing the Zionists’ game 2. (28.45) Israeli annexation – waiting for the Donald 3. (39.50) Asylum-seekers – inhuman detention 4. (42.10) Social distancing and class privilege 5. (43.30) Covid-19: how will it turn out for Trump? 6. (46.10) Post-Covid Keynesianism 7. (48.00) Ireland’s coalition 8. (49.25) Justin Welby and the real Jesus

1. (0.00) SWP and Black Lives Matter 2. (1.10) Statue wars 3. (3.25) Race, class and Covid-19 4. (19.05) Government bungling –contact tracing app 5. (20.30) Trump, in competence and rebellion 6. (28.45) India v China: a question of geopolitics 7. (32.00) Israeli annexation: Zionist split 8. (40.15) Abolish the police

1. Covid-19: the 40,000 landmark in Britain 2. (17.25) Black Lives Matter USA: two approaches 3. (26.40) Social media and free speech 4. (30.40) Black Lives Matter: Britain too 5. (36.45) Black Lives Matter: identity politics 6. (46.15) Black Lives Matter: white privilege? 7. (56.20) Israel: Zionists opposed to annexation

1. (0.00) Covid-19: left-right polarisation 2. (14.20) Newspaper circulation: going downhill, but ... 3. (18.50) Hong Kong: China’s poisoned chalice? 4. (30.05) Israel: Netanyahu’s ‘Get out of jail’ card. 5. (35.20) Labour: politics of the witch-hunt.

1. Covid-19: ‘chaotic disaster’ 2. (7.30) Netanyahu: making use of Covid-19 3. (11.00) Labour: why the witch-hunt is continuing 4. (15.05) SWP: in another world 5. (17.10) Transitional programme: where’s the democracy? 6. (23.50) VE Day: two different world wars

1. Covid-19 and the imperial pushback 2. (13mins, 50) Labour, ‘anti-Semitism’ and Israel 3. (29mins) Sex scandals, home and away 4. (36mins) A ‘global ceasefire and Stop the War’s popular front.

1. (0:00) Covid-19: dysfunction and inequality 2. (7.45) Steve Hedley suspended: playing to the ‘We are all united’ gallery 3. (13.45) Labour: expect another purge 4. (21.30) Labour Left Alliance: don’t give up the fight Our apologies for the bad sound quality this week.

1. Covid-19 USA 2. (4.00) Covid-19 UK 3. (7.50) Covid-19 international 4. (10.40) Covid-19 – Chinese model? 5. (11.15) Economic downturn – expect the worse 6. (13.15) Covid-19 and xenophobia 7. (15.00) Covid-19 and mutual aid 8. (16.00) Covid-19 - ‘All in it together’? 9. (17.20) Communist Party of the European Union 10. (21.00) Labour elections 11. (23.15) Elections and communist strategy