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.
Latest episodes
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57 min
France: What's REALLY happening
The times we are living in are anything but ordinary. In the last twelve months alone, more than 57 countries have seen significant anti-government protests. Right now, France is a…
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1 h 26
Reports from the front line – Spain, France and Germany
Europe is the weak link of world capitalism. From Madrid to Paris to Berlin, young people and workers are on the move.In this special episode of Against the Stream, we talk to comr…
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1 h 28
Spain and France: Another May '68?
Occupations; general strikes; riot police tear-gassing school students. The streets of Madrid and Paris have exploded in revolt. Hundreds of thousands of youth and workers have ris…
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1 h 02
The World Economy Faces Perfect Storm
This week the interest rate on 10-year US government bonds hit 5.3 per cent, and borrowing costs in Britain, France, Germany and Japan are at levels not seen in decades. For ordina…
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1 h 19
The Deepening Crisis of World Capitalism
Against the Stream is back. After a summer break, Victor Murray joins Jorge Martín of the International Secretariat of the Revolutionary Communist International to take stock of th…
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1 h 41
Will Cuba restore capitalism?
On 18 June, the Cuban National Assembly approved a sweeping package of economic reforms. If implemented, they mean the end of the planned economy and the full restoration of capita…
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1 h 17
Iran Deal: the Biggest Defeat in US History
World School of Communism 2026: https://schoolofcommunism.com/-The United States and Iran have signed a deal to end the war. Looking through the fourteen points of the ‘Memorandum…
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1 h 14
Could America go Communist?
Five hundred days of Trump in power. No more forever wars – except there is a war. The biggest paychecks in history – except hundreds of millions of Americans say the cost of livin…
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1 h 38
The Ruling Class Has No Answer – Does the Left?
The Iran war has set off a cascade of crises working their way through the world economy. Oil reserves are at a twenty-year low, inflation is rising, bond yields are spiking, and t…
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1 h 17
Communists Answer Your Toughest Questions
What will be the future of Israel and the Gulf countries? What is the possible order of the Middle East and Asia? Those questions are the starting point for this week's Against the…
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1 h 28
Capitalism is ungovernable.
Six prime ministers in ten years. Labour just lost fifteen hundred council seats. Has Britain become ungovernable?In this week's Against the Stream, Hamid Alizadeh sits down with A…
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1 h 05
The meaning of Trump’s trip to China
Trump is in Beijing. He thinks he has gone to negotiate from a position of strength, but in reality, he is negotiating from a position of weakness. That is the story of American im…
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1 h 04
Why is Europe falling apart? A Marxist analysis
Europe was the birthplace of capitalism. Now it's in freefall.In this week’s Against the Stream, Hamid Alizadeh and Jorge Martín dive into the deepening crisis gripping the contine…
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1 h 05
Will AI destroy capitalism? A Marxist analysis
Is AI a revolutionary leap forward for humanity – or the latest crisis capitalism has engineered for itself? In this episode of Against the Stream, Hamid Alizadeh and Fred Weston c…
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1 h 03
How to destroy US imperialism | AGAINST THE STREAM
After a four-week break, Against the Stream is back!Since our last episode, the world has been plunged deeper into crisis. With no end in sight for the Iran War, with energy prices…
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1 h 10
Iran War could crash world economy – here's how...
All the warning lights are flashing. With the US and Israel relentlessly bombing Iran for nearly a month and the Strait of Hormuz remaining closed, the economic consequences of the…
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1 h 05
Iran opens civil war in Trump camp + Cuba crisis
"Head-spinning betrayal." These are the words of dissident Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene – and they are undoubtedly echoed by millions of Trump voters across America, who have…
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1 h 10
Iran war: How communists fight imperialism
As the war on Iran enters its third week, US imperialism finds itself mired in a deepening crisis. What Trump envisioned as a swift decapitation strike is rapidly proving to be the…
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1 h 21
Iran War: A Marxist Analysis
The United States and Israel have launched a war on Iran. Missiles and bombs are falling across Tehran and beyond, with strikes hitting schools, military installations, and governm…
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1 h 12
Iran CATASTROPHE + Epstein scandal out of control | AGAINST THE STREAM
Donald Trump is once again banging the war drums, threatening military action against Iran. He has now assembled the largest US naval build-up in the region since the 2003 invasion…