The Left Opposition Podcast

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 with the PSL against the McCarthyite witch hunt. Lastly we weigh in on the Zohran Mamdani race against Cuomo.Sources for this week's episode:https://communistusa.org/why-communists-cant-support-zohran-mamdanihttps://marxist.com/freedom-flotilla-abduction-sparks-mass-anger.htmhttps://www.leftvoice.org/hands-off-our-unions-defend-david-huerta-and-unite-the-fight-against-ice/https://www.leftvoice.org/ice-raids-in-los-angeles-state-brutality-popular-resistance-and-class-struggle/https://marxist.com/ice-out-of-la-workers-defend-themselves-against-trump-s-raids.htm

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=6CG5dZNQcvLYixkRhttps://www.leftvoice.org/no-to-the-war-russian-troops-out-of-ukraine-nato-out-of-eastern-europe-no-to-imperialist-rearmament/https://independentsocialistgroup.org/2022/03/02/imperialist-powers-clash-over-ukraine/https://firebrand.red/2023/06/no-u-s-nato-arms-to-ukraine/

Chris and his letter carrier comrades discuss their campaign to keep the post office public. Check out their podcasthttps://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 discipline against students and not further discipline students"

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 Patriotic Wave: What are the tasks of the Marxists?" where we take stock of the position of the parties in relation to the working class, and what, if anything, the canadian Marxist movement is doing to galvanize the workers.https://marxist.com/the-reformist-left-has-lost-its-pope.htmhttps://www.marxistworker.ca/articles/canadian-election-amid-patriotic-wave

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 know much about Trotsky but downplay his role in the Russian revolution anyway. Excellent analysis as always guys!