Socialist correspondent
The Socialist Correspondent attempts to get to the truth behind events. Using Marxist principles, it shines a light on those responsible for war, terrorism and exploitation and reports and analyses the struggles of working people across the globe. The Socialist Correspondent is partisan. It unashamedly supports those fighting for peace, justice and socialism.
All episodes(25)
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 157 - A Poem for Nakba Day
Published May 16, 2026
A poem by Tawfiq Zayyad (1929-1994) who was a Palestinian leader and member of the Israeli Communist Party. He was elected to the Knesset in 1973, representing Rakah and later Hadash until his death in 1994. He was elected mayor of Nazareth in 1975 and served in that role until he died. Between 1958 and 1962 he spent long periods under arrest in Israeli prisons and later was the target of several assassination attempts. On March 30 1976 he led a nationwide strike against land confiscation, a day
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 156 - Report on the conditions of lorry drivers
Published May 12, 2026
Many difficulties face contemporary lorry drivers, from working within a complex employment network disconnected from their clients to being closely watched and managed by GPS, digital tachographs, and advanced driver assistance programs to keep them in line.
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 155 - China and the new world disorder
Published Apr 28, 2026
How China foresaw the unravelling of the post war liberal international order many years ago and set about protecting itself from the expected increase in aggression from the the USA.
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 154 - When truth becomes treachery - narrowing the window
Published Apr 14, 2026
Neither truth nor honestly held opinion are defences against prosecution under the current anti terror legislation which seeks to stifle public debate about Palestine and other matters under alleged national security concerns.
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 153 - Jury Trials - 12 potentially angry people
Published Mar 31, 2026
Jurors are temporary actors in a judicial system designed to protect property and profit. At the same time, they are admitted into that system in a role that accords them real powers as well as access to privileged information that exposes the workings not just of the British state's legal apparatus but also of the world it serves.
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 152 - Latin America - The United States and China
Published Mar 25, 2026
Podcast 152 - Latin America - The United States and China by Socialist Correspondent
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 151 - Divisions in Washington - same goal, different strategies
Published Mar 3, 2026
Trumps radical foreign policy marks a seismic shift in US strategy and leaves the pretence of a rules based order reeling.
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 150 - Extreme Adventurism - the dangerous decline of the USA
Published Feb 18, 2026
The world is more dangerous than it's ever been. The US has escalated a campaign of reckless violence across the globe to try to offset its long-term decline. This strategy is not a Trumpist aberration but is fully backed by the whole American machine. The extreme adventurism we are witnessing is more dangerous than US warmongering up to now, not only because it's so widespread, fire-raising in multiple theatres simultaneously, but because of the utterly brazen and provocative way it's being con
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 149 - Politics, class, and inequality
Published Feb 3, 2026
Class division remains a key element of Britain's political picture, but in a new way. Whereas working class people once formed the heart of the class structure and the focal point of political competition they now lack representation.
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 148 - Let us speak of freedom
Published Jan 20, 2026
Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the South African Freedom Charter, adopted on 26 June 1955 by the Congress of the People at Kliptown, near Soweto, South Africa.
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 147 - Geostrategic Fight for the Caucasus
Published Jan 6, 2026
For centuries the Caucasus region has been fought over by various empires, most recently under the influence of the Soviet Union. The region comprises Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, along with the autonomous republics Nakhichevan, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia. Current US actions and the expansion of NATO have threatened the sovereignty and security of the region.
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 146 - The Department of War Studies
Published Dec 23, 2025
The Department of War Studies at Kings College London is ostensibly a university department but the function it performs for the British State goes well beyond the academic study of military science and strategy.
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 145 - Immigration, capitalism and cruelty
Published Dec 19, 2025
In a climate of austerity, stagnation, and uncertainty about the future, along with the Tories and Labour both trying to draw support back from those now attracted to the Reform party, hostility towards immigrants has risen as have harsher attitudes towards them.
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 144 - European Powers Set Their Sights on War
Published Nov 25, 2025
European powers have dramatically increased theirs arms budgets under pressure from the US. Europe's focus is on supporting the war in Ukraine while the US concentrates on China.
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 143 - Politics in crisis, but the drive to war continues
Published Nov 11, 2025
Labour and the Tories, both parties of the political establishment, are mired in problems they have failed to address. They cannot resolve the contradictions of neo-liberalism that alienate them from the electorate and halt the decline in living standards and decaying services whilst they also vigorously support a drive to war.
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 142 - How the Five Year Plans brought Prosperity to the People - A refutation of the case against socialism - Part 2
Published Oct 28, 2025
The challenges and successes of a planned economy focussing on the experience of the Soviet Union.
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 141 - US campaign to destabilise South Africa
Published Oct 14, 2025
The US government under Donald Trump has recently been escalating its campaign to destabilise South Africa including false charges against the South African government as regards its treatment of the Africana population and fake videos claiming genocide against the white population. Trump is supported in these strategies by a group of ultra wealthy US individuals of South Afican origin who are determined to protect white privilege, waekjen the ANC and silence South African support for the Palest
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 140 - BAE Systems, a very special company
Published Sep 30, 2025
A review of BAE systems, a private company in which the UK government holds a 'golden share' which gives it a veto over decisions. Its principle business is with the US, the UK and Saudi Arabia and it operates in all sectors of the defence market. With growing global tensions and rising military budgets the BAE share price is rising ever upward as the world gears up for war.
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 139 - The trade World War
Published Sep 16, 2025
The current global trade war initiated by the US government is having a serious impact on European economies and other nations but has not managed to weaken its main target, China, which has demonstrated it can resist caving in to any sanctions the US tries to impose. As China moves towards achieving self reliance in energy and parity in technological innovation we will witness the West's two centuries of global capitalist military and technical supremacy unravel.
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 138 - Britain - imperialism abroad and austerity at home
Published Sep 2, 2025
While the UK economy stagnates at home, the government plans to increase military spending to 3% per annum. To pay for this funds will be taken away from social welfare services and further austerity measures seem inevitable. Claims that increasing military expenditure is necessary to defend the UK in a hostile world lack credibility. The reality is that it is an attempt to maintain and strengthen Britain's imperial role in the world and prevent fundamental changes in the world order.
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 137 - British warmongering in Ukraine
Published Aug 20, 2025
Britain's relationship with Russia abruptly changed with the ousting of Ukraine's President Yanukovych in 2014 from one of close trade and investment partnership to naming Russia as Britain's principal enemy. This sudden pivot is tied to the struggle to secure access to Ukraine's valuable mineral assets. In promoting and prolonging the war in Ukraine Britain also hopes to promote its global arms exports and become an important player in central and eastern Europe.
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 136 - The German Democratic Republic - a different world
Published Aug 5, 2025
Although German Democratic Republic (GDR) ended 35 years ago its achievements demonstrate what is possible in a society committed to the welfare of its citizens. It did this against enormous odds. It was economically disadvantaged after the end of the second world war and faced the West's attempts to isolate it from the rest of the world. Significantly it was determined that war would never again emanate from German soil and advocated for peace.
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 135 - Syria and the implications of the fall of Assad
Published Jul 22, 2025
There is a long history behind the West’s objective of destroying the government in Syria. The long campaign of military action and sanctions which eventually led to Assad’s defeat. His overthrow will have a profound impact on future prospects for Syria and the region, including the Palestinians whose cause has been weakened by these events. The West backs the terrorists who now control the country and who are oppressing and killing people from ethnic and religious minorities and women from all
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 134 - Artificial Intelligence, China's challenge
Published Jul 8, 2025
The threat from China to the US and the West is real but it is not a military one, as the media would have us believe, which is used as the pretext for increased arms spending. In fact, it is the US that has threatened to annex Canada, take over Greenland, take back the Panama Canal (which it has partly succeeded in) take over Ukrainian mineral resources and redevelop Gaza ethnically cleansed of Palestinians. By contrast, what China has been doing is developing its technology and industry so tha
- StandardSummaries onlyPodcast 133 - Palestine solidarity united, defiant, focused
Published Jun 24, 2025
Although Trump is notoriously erratic, beneath the surface of this and his egregious, insulting behaviour there are consistencies. One is that he will continue to support Israel as the bastion of US interests in the Middle East and Palestinians who continue to suffer from Israel’s genocidal actions both in Gaza and the West Bank. One bright spot in a rather grim political landscape in Britian has been the unified and determined campaigning by activists in solidarity with Palestine. In particular