SpartTalk
English-language podcast of the Spartacist League. Listen for a revolutionary Trotskyist perspective on key questions for the workers movement internationally.
Episodes
76 episodes
Sparts take on the culture wars - Introducing the new Women & Revolution, with Comrade Mansa
Mansa is on the hot seat in this one as Comrade Vincent takes over to fire all kinds of questions about the latest issue of Women & Revolution. While the issue is on youth oppression, in this episode we speak more broadly about the growing ...
Communists & the trade unions - A May Day special, with Comrade Perrault
Mansa is joined by Comrade Perrault to discuss what a revolutionary approach to trade union work looks like, and the challenges and pressures of such work as they bear down on both trade union militants, and left organisations. A day late in pu...
Julius Malema sentenced to 5 years - Fight this racist outrage! Reports from KuGompo City, South Africa
We bring you a special episode with reports from the 16 April protest in KuGompo City, South Africa, where Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) was sentenced to five years in prison on bogus gun-related charges. This is ...
South Korea - Break the alliance with US imperialism! with Comrade John Masters
Disclaimer: This episode was recorded in February 2026, before the Iran war. We postponed its publication to cover more urgent questions. Mansa is joined by Comrade John Masters to discuss South Korea, a country rarely discussed in ...
Communists bring aid to Cuba! Report back from Cuba, with Comrades Anna, Lisa and Tom
Disclaimer: This episode was recorded on 28 March and therefore some of the references to events are now slightly dated.Mansa is joined by Comrades Anna, Lisa and Tom to discuss their trip to Cuba. They brought material aid under the ban...
Iran war - A warning to anti-imperialists, with Comrade Vincent
Mansa is joined by Comrade Vincent to discuss the latest on the Iran war, and probe why a huge majority of the left thinks Iran is winning, including why it was so positive about the ceasefire last week. We get into why simply cheering on the s...
The world is not inter-imperialist, with Comrade Perrault
Apologies for being a few days late! We have been busy producing the new issue of Women & Revolution which should be out soon.In this episode, Mansa sits down with Comrade Perrault to discuss a big debate on the left: why the world i...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
