
Marx Engels Institute
News and analysis podcast from a Marxist perspective hosted by Alexander Mckay
Latest episodes

Oct 14, 2022 • 28min
Ukraine War Bulletin #3
In this episode of our daily bulletins on the Ukraine war I examine the latest updates from the frontline before turning to look at Putins comments at the recent CIS meeting held in Astana.
Intro and outro music for this episode is from the album Jazz Kolem Karla Krautgartnera by the Czechoslovak artist Karel Krautgartner (1965)

Oct 13, 2022 • 34min
Ukraine War Bulletin #2
In this edition of the bulletin I look at the latest from the frontlines in the war, the recent comments made of Olaf Scholz and Josep Borrell and the state of the Russian economy according to the Economist magazine. There is also a song dedicated to the Irish womens football team.
Episode music is "Join the British Army" by the late great Luke Kelly.

Oct 12, 2022 • 30min
Ukraine War Daily Bulletin #1
This is the first of what will be daily updates on the latest situation in the Russia-Ukraine war.
In these bulletins I'll be looking at the latest from the frontlines as well as the wider stories in the economic and political sphere.
You can find an up to date map of the current positions on the frontlin on Southfront

Sep 28, 2022 • 1h 13min
Interview with Ukrainian Marxist
This week I speak to Slava, a comrade from the Chicago Workers School. We cover a lot about recent Ukrainian history, the role of anti-communist propaganda and the actions of US imperialism.

Sep 22, 2022 • 1h 17min
Interview With Thomas Fazi
In this episode I speak to the Italian political analyst Thomas Fazi regarding the upcoming Italian elections.
In this interview we cover why membership of the Euro has rendered Italian democratic institutions irrelevant, the failure and collapse of the Italian left, the lies and deceptions of the populists and the role of the German banks.
Be sure to follow Thomas Fazi on twitter @battleforeurope
You can also find more of his writing here
Outro music - La Canzone Del Fronte Unito (Song Of The United Front) - Original Germany Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht

Sep 6, 2022 • 1h 17min
Battlefields of Empire - Interview With Steve Sweeney
Last week I spoke to Steve Sweeney, formerly of the Morning Star now with Russia Today.
We covered a lot of ground from the death of Gorbachev and it's impact to the reporting Steve has done from the Syrian war and its many knock on effects around the region and the world.
Be sure to follow Steve on twitter
Episode image is of a US armoured column moving through US occupied Norther Syria

Aug 31, 2022 • 1h 5min
Gorbachev - A Political Obituary
In light of the death of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the USSR, I attempt to evaluate the life and legacy of the man and ask whether things could have been any different.
I argue that Gorbachev was more of a fool than anything else, a product of a bureaucracy that had become an active enemy of socialism and who triggered a collapse by pursuing policies he didn't fully understand. He's still a wretched traitor though.

Aug 11, 2022 • 28min
Introduction To Marxist-Leninism - Part 1 - The Historical Process
This is an early release of what will be a 15 part publicly released series covering an introduction to Marxism-Leninism. The aim of this will be to explain the fundamentals of scientific socialism.
This first episode covers the basics of Marxist view of how human societies develop throughout the different periods of history.
This will be a weekly show and you can find more details of it and a reading on our patreon page.

Aug 7, 2022 • 1h 1min
The Rise of Trauma Politics - Interview With Ashley Frawley
I recently spoke to the Sociologist Dr Ashley Frawley regarding her latest article in Compact Magazine in which she argues that the triumph of "trauma politics" is an anti working class phenomenon.
The conversation went to a number of interesting places including how we should all read more Hegel. Be sure to read Ashley's article https://compactmag.com/article/how-trauma-politics-hurts-the-poor

Jul 29, 2022 • 1h
Q&A and The A Curtain Call
In Leilas final appearance on the show we tackle listeners questions on the Bilderberg group, the WEF, abortion, female emancipation and the life & crimes of George H W Bush.