The Left Opposition Podcast
News and views from a Trotskyist perspective. We tend to dunk on "Patriotic Socialists" and "MAGA Communism" while attacking the Democrats from the left.
Episodes
Doug's new book is out where he discusses the conspiracy surrounding the Left Opposition and the Moscow show trials. Many writers have defended these trials like Dominic Losurdo, who argued they were necessary to build socialism, and Grover Furr, who advocates there was a conspiracy and has written multiple books citing the evidence for such a conspiracy. But does the evidence hold up to scrutiny? Doug weighs in to counter thes...
Hey folks its been a while, we know. We've been busy in our personal lives and Chris has been hitting the streets organizing ballot measures and building that fighting NALC! John joins us from the streets to shed some insight into his activities and to discuss the latest flotilla intercepted by Israel. Greta Thunberg continues to be an incredible activist refusing to bend to media pressures and celebrity, with more gall and bra...
Aaron opens the show with a presentation on the influences of Marxism in the archaeological profession in both theories and more recently, practice. The conditions of archaeology as a profession and industry not only produced an exploited class of field workers but paved the way for unionization of archaeologists. Joining the program is our guest Sean who helped lead the initial unionizing campaign back in 2017 and continues to rep...
The Air Canada flight attendants go on strike, then defy back to work orders only to be sold out by union leadership. What can we learn from this? The working class can learn of its power by drawing on previous strikes to fight back and win.
With nothing stopping Israel's genocide and a famine going full steam ahead in Gaza, we take stock of the conditions on the ground. What more can we say at this point? Then we get into Trump and Epstein, and have some fun with the Sydney Sweeney "Good Jeans" controversy.
Cover art by taqadoom.com
Union busting scab Hulk Hogan dies, AOC defends the Iron Dome again, and a new study shows the average American worker has to have started working since the year 1740 to have earned as much as the average CEO in 2025. What does this mean? That CEOs are our betters and we should bow down to their work ethic. We also take some time to shit on the ACP some more.
With the defeat of the Cuomontang by General Maomdani, we will achieve socialism in one city, New York City that is, any day now. As a light of the world, New York will become a glorious people's republic. But not all socialists are on board. Joining us is Ken from Firebrand to discuss his article on why Zohran Mamdani is not a socialist, but an opportunist, a populist, representing a general trend we need to be wary of in the ...
We don't have much planned in this episode, just sharing our thoughts on the incredibly half assed attempts to manufacture consent over WMDs, nukes and Iran, as if we haven't heard them a billion times before. We barely get through the episode without bringing up the ACP in the end, because they are trash and deserve to be dunked on for supporting Trump as the so-called "peace" candidate.
Ashley Rogers of the Independent Socialist Group joins us to discuss mass protest and movements, and the need for the LGBTQ liberation movement to regain control of Pride as a protest and not a corporate sponsored parade. An injury to one is an injury to all, and every mass movement must unite along class lines to stop Trumps MAGA agenda and build for a better future.
As we sat down to record, Israel decides to strike Iran. Blows have been exchanged back and forth, we had very little information at the time of recording. Tune in next week for a discussion on that! In the mean time, here are our thoughts on the ICE raids in LA, the resistance and elevation of the workers and students on the ground defending their communities, the Madleen flotilla and Greta Thunberg, and we express our solidarity ...
Ben and Chris get together and discuss the USA's ticking time bomb of national debt. Contrary to what some on the Left might think, national debt is actually very real and sooner or later the bill comes due. The question is who pays the tab?
Tristan from Left Voice, Mark from Firebrand and Angus from the Independent Socialist Group join us to discuss whether or not Russia is an imperialist power and what it might mean for the international working class.
Closing song by our comrade Joe Messina, RadicalizeMe on youtube. "Lenin". Check it out here. https://youtu.be/Y74e3XdYLf0?si=6CG5dZNQcvLYixkR
https://www.leftvoice.org/no-to-the-war-russian-troops-out-of-ukraine-nato-ou...
Chris and his letter carrier comrades discuss their campaign to keep the post office public. Check out their podcast
https://www.youtube.com/@BuildaFightingNALC
Jeff Booth and Peggy from the ISG join us to discuss May Day 2025, talk about the attendance at the Boston rally, comparing the class struggle from previous years and what keeps us going as Marxists in these grim times.
https://independentsocialistgroup.org/2025/04/29/may-day-2025-fight-trump-build-for-mass-strikes-and-a-workers-party/
Closing Song: Spanish Bombs by the Clash (1979) (f u spotify for making me delete this song)
Not days after she appeared on our program, Peggy was censored and placed on administrative leave for her solidarity with Palestine. Censorship is not unique to the Trump era, but it is a vital part of the capitalist system.
https://chng.it/GL2qvh5bYW
"If people want to sign the petition and share around to demand MassArt administration end the admin leave of me and my coworker, put us back in our job duties, and revoke discipl...
Howdy folks! We take a quick look at the death of his holiness Pope Francis-something, with a short article from the RCI and the left's revisionism of the papacy. Britain passes an anti-trans law and we look at the mistake many communists make in regards to trans issues. Joining us from the Marxist Workers Group in Canada to discuss the upcoming federal election is Ben Merenlensky to discuss his article "Canada Amid a Patr...
This came across our desk while we were recording and decided to release this as a bonus episode. It's not a full critique of their video, that might come later, but we randomly scrolled through their stream to see what they were saying.
Noah and Eddie take on the old man himself by quoting some Spart newspaper not by engaging in their ideas on the longshoremen but pointing out other problematic articles. They then admit they don't ...
Another crazy week in which we examine Trump's tariffs, what they're supposed to do versus what they actually are doing, and we look at the opposition to Trump's anti-everything agenda and where and when communist should intervene.
With free speech under assault once again for opposing Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people, what is the working class strategy?
https://communistusa.org/free-mahmoud-khalil-only-class-struggle-can-ensure-freedom-of-speech/
https://www.leftvoice.org/trumps-attacks-on-the-palestine-movement-and-the-universities-are-the-same-fight/
Be sure to check out Chris' other podcast Next Generation Carriers!
Talking about Trump's tariffs and the threats to annex Canada.
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