SpartTalk
English-language podcast of the Spartacist League. Listen for a revolutionary Trotskyist perspective on key questions for the workers movement internationally.
Episodes
69 episodes
Chaos abroad, chaos at home - What can stop Trump? with Comrade Erica
Mansa is joined by Comrade Erica from Workers Vanguard, the newspaper of our comrades in the United States. We start off with the context in the country and the domestic response to Trump's war on Iran as well as his attacks at home. We then di...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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1:01:34
Aid to Cuba! PDC fundraising campaign, with Comrade Julia
Mansa is joined by Comrade Julia to discuss the rapidly worsening situation in Cuba and what is being done to help Cuba in its hour of need. Julia explains our fundraising efforts in the Partisan Defence Committee, which launched an internation...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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17:00
Can Iran defeat the U.S. & Israel? Why we're not so confident, with Comrade Perrault
Mansa is joined by Comrade Perrault to look at why a lot of analysts and the left think the U.S. will emerge weaker out of the Iran war. There is a lot of fatuousness that the Iranian regime's strategy will lead it to victory, but we ask: what ...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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43:10
Iran under attack & the left caught in a trap... again, with Comrade Elizabeth
Mansa is joined by Comrade Elizabeth to discuss how the left finds itself divided and disoriented yet again on Iran. Whether it's the 12-day war, the Dey uprising, or now, the two trends persist and keep getting ever more polarised: denounce th...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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43:41
U.S/Israel attack Iran, Khamenei killed - Where we stand, with Comrade Perrault
Mansa is joined by Comrade Perrault to discuss the resumption of war against Iran by the U.S. and Israel. As we publish, there is news that they have murdered Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran. We discuss what this and the recent escalation ...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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20:10
Pt 2 - How liberalism destroyed the black struggle - Black History & the Class Struggle, with Cairo Turner
Mansa and Cairo pick up their discussion from the previous episode on how liberalism destroyed the black struggle in the U.S. They begin with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the hyper-liberalism of the Clinton years to Obama's post-racial ...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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1:01:32
Pt 1 - How liberalism destroyed the black struggle - Black History & the Class Struggle, with Cairo Turner
Mansa is joined by Cairo Turner, editor of the newly relaunched Black History and the Class Struggle. We discuss how the current near non-existent state of the black movement is a result of decades of liberal politics. We start with the Civil R...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:01:17
Australian communists merge - The road to unity b/w Sparts & RCO, with Comrades Bourchier & Edith
In a special episode, Mansa is joined by Comrades Bourchier and Edith from Australia to discuss the merger of their two organisations, the Spartacist League of Australia and the Revolutionary Communist Organisation, respectively. We discuss the...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:30:40
How to fight a union sellout - Experience from German auto, with Jens from IG Metall and Comrade Steffen
Mansa is joined by Jens from Autoarbeiter für eine kämpfende IG Metall (Autoworkers for a fighting IG Metall) and Steffen from Spartakist-Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands to discuss the attacks raining down on workers in the auto industry. As German...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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45:18
Defend Cuba! Mexican communists say double the oil to Cuba! with Comrade Anacleto
Mansa is joined by Comrade Anacleto from Mexico City to discuss how Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum's decision to suspend oil shipments to Cuba is aiding the imperialist chokehold on the island and why communists must fight to break this bl...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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41:34
ICE terror in Minneapolis & the state of the movement, with Comrades Jeremy and Paula
Mansa is joined by Jeremy from Minneapolis and Paula from Chicago to get the latest from the ground. We discuss what it's like on the ground, the fear and anger amongst people, what the 'general strike' of January 23 represented, and what's ahe...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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55:18
Trump on a rampage, China lies flat. Why? with Comrade Ray Bishop
Mansa is joined by Ray to discuss why China is absent as the old world order is being torn up and the new emerges. We discuss why China is not resisting the U.S. as Trump goes on the offensive throughout the world, and why it's in China's inter...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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42:51
Biggest nurses strike in New York history! How to win, with Hospital Workers Building Union Power
Mansa is joined by Edith and Ozan, members of Hospital Workers Building Union Power (HWBUP), to discuss the biggest nurses strike in New York history. We discuss what the strikes are about, the mood on the picket lines, what the problems are wi...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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39:06
Iran - The Revolution Must Be Anti-imperialist! with Comrade Vincent
Mansa is joined by Comrade Vincent to discuss the mass uprising in Iran and what communists should fight for. We in the International Communist League argue that for the struggle against the regime to succeed and lead to a progressive outcome f...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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54:50
A whirlwind start to 2026, with Comrade Perrault
Mansa is joined by Comrade Perrault for the official launch of Season 2 of SpartTalk. They dive right in by taking on the rising pressures facing militants and socialists in the face of crazy world events and an increasingly difficult political...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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54:18
Defend Venezuela! Release Maduro! Build the anti-imperialist struggle! with Comrade Vincent
Mansa kicks off season 2 of Spart Talk with an emergency episode following the US bombing of Venezuela and the capture of President Maduro. The punchlines: workers and oppressed of the world, including in the US, must take a clear stand with Ve...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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26:56
2025 - A Spart retrospective, with Comrades Vincent and Anna
Mansa is joined by Comrades Vincent and Anna to wrap up 2025 - a turning point in the world situation. We talk about what this year represented, what this meant for the tasks of the left and discuss some of the work we did, and what's ahead. Th...
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Season 1
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Episode 52
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1:21:50
Defend class war prisoners this holiday season - Donate to the Partisan Defence Committee!
Mansa is joined by Comrades from the Partisan Defence Committee - Comrade Jon from New York and Comrade Kat from London - to highlight some of the defence work they have done this year, why it's key to strengthening the struggle against the rul...
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Season 1
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Episode 51
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49:41
Your Party: Does it have a future? A conversation with Comrade Vincent
Mansa sits down with Vincent from Workers Hammer to discuss whether Your Party has a future and if so, what does it look like? Short answer: yes, but it depends on its politics. Fresh from the conference, both dive into the context in Britain a...
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Season 1
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Episode 50
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1:12:56
Two years of Javier Milei - A communist assessment, with Comrades Julia and Leticia
Mansa is joined by Comrades Julia and Leticia to discuss the state of Argentina after two years of Milei, who has just strengthened his position in the recent midterm elections. We discuss the basis of support for Milei, why the Peronists - the...
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Season 1
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Episode 49
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56:01
Holding Mamdani accountable - A discussion of tactics with the Just Break Already caucus in the DSA
Mansa is joined by Cassian and Natalie from the Just Break Already caucus in the DSA to discuss their work in the DSA now that the Mamdani era has begun. They touch on two main things that socialists in the DSA should be fighting to push Mamdan...
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Season 1
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Episode 48
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22:10
Mamdani meets Trump, keeps Tisch & endorses Jeffries - What does it all mean? with Comrades Michael & Lital
Mansa is joined by Workers Vanguard editor Michael Davisson and Lital to discuss the meaning of Mamdani's victory. Since taking office, the Democratic Socialist that the left is fawning over, has declared points of agreement with Trump, retaine...
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Season 1
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Episode 47
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47:27
Philippines - For transitional peoples’ councils without liberals & generals! with Kasamas Regis & Elizabeth
Mansa is joined by Comrades Regis and Elizabeth to discuss the fast moving events in the Philippines which has been rocked by a corruption scandal of huge proportions. Though the left has now called for the resignation of Marcos Jr and Sara Dut...
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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51:14
Peeking behind the Catherine Connolly hysteria - A look at Ireland today, with Comrade Eibhlin
Mansa sits down with Comrade Eibhlin to discuss the hype behind Catherine Connolly, the new President of Ireland, and why the left is so cheery about it. We get into what this victory means, or rather what it doesn't mean, for the situation of ...
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Season 1
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Episode 45
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52:14
Indonesia - After Gen Z uprising, where to now? A discussion with Comrade Oskar
Mansa is joined by Comrade Oskar, editor of Red Battler, to discuss the dynamics and outcomes of the Gen Z uprising in late August. We try and place this explosion of anger of youth in the context of Indonesia's place in a changing world order,...
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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