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Mansa is joined by Comrade Anacleto who spent some time in Bolivia during the height of the movement of workers and peasants against the Paz government. We discuss the current setback, how it was prepared by the leadership of the COB, and how to effectuate a strategic retreat in order to prepare for the next battle which is sure to erupt. 

Comrades reports from Bolivia:

• Repudiate the traitors! For a united defense of workers and peasants!
• Down with martial law! Defend the blockades! 
• Condemn the union leaders' betrayal! 
• Paz cracks down on massive march by COB and indigenous people 
• The people defend the blockades - Paz prepares for repression 
• Bolivia's uprising: Dangers and Tasks 
• Victory to Bolivias workers and peasants! Defeat the US lackeys! 
• Bolivia erupts! For a workers and peasants government! 

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Mansa is joined by Vincent to make sense of everything unfolding in Britain today. From the PM's resignation, to a record-breaking heatwave, racist riots, and the steady growth of reform, Britain's ungovernability is on full display. We discuss how each of these episodes and processes reveals the underlying crisis of British imperialism, and the problems of the left in dealing with the opportunities afforded by it. No surprises: it's the inability and refusal to fight against the trade union bureaucracy and the remnants of left Labourism.

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Some articles on trade unions from the latest issue of Workers Hammer:

• Organise the unorganised: A challenge to the RMT 
• How to fight misogyny in schools
• Letter from a Unison rep

From older issues:

• The truth about the Birmingham strike
• Bin strikers: Take matters into your own hands! 
• Busworkers should be treated better than cattle! 

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Mansa is joined by Comrade John Masters to discuss the series of economic reforms announced by the Communist Party of Cuba which, if implemented, would spell the death of the Cuban Revolution. We discuss why these measures must be vehemently opposed, why they are not akin to China's and Vietnam's reforms in previous decades, and the outlines of a concrete road to fight internationally and within Cuba to defend the revolution. 

We urge those who listen to share this podcast with leftists in the diaspora from Cuba, the Caribbean and Latin America as a means to advance the discussion on how to fight to save the Cuban Revolution - its defeat would be a defeat for the masses everywhere, and would further embolden Trump's offensive against all of Latin America. 

Follow our Spanish language podcast devoted to the fight to defend the Cuban Revolution: @Cuba_frente_a_yanquis 

• Defend the Cuban Revolution! Cuban CP "reforms" open door to counterrevolution 
• Cuban revolution in grave danger 
• U.S. workers: Defend Cuba! Break the blockade! 
• Break the blockade! Double the oil shipments to Cuba! 
• Cuba under siege: An eyewitness report 

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Mansa is joined by Ray to lay out our assessment of the Iran ceasefire. Much of the left has declared Iran the victor of the war with the U.S. and Israel, but we think that this is impressionist and disarming. The main reason? Nothing fundamental has changed in terms of the balance of overall forces in the region, and nothing has been resolved for either side. We also discuss how China continues to sit on its hands, allowing the U.S. to retain the initiative on the world stage.

• Iran War: Nothing won, nothing solved 
• Iran War: Don't underestimate U.S. imperialism 
• Can Iran defeat the U.S. and Israel? Why we're not so confident

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Mansa is joined by Comrade Perrault and a special guest, Michael Pröbsting of the Revolutionary Communist International Tendency (RCIT) to facilitate (or try to!) a comradely exchange between the two on the world situation. A crucial question for all revolutionaries but on which there is little agreement. Comrades debate whether China is imperialist, its class character, and the war in Ukraine. We would like to thank Comrade Michael for his time and energy in having this important discussion on our platform. 

Spartacist:

• The fallacy of the inter-imperialist analysis, by Spartacist
• The class nature of China

RCIT:

• For consistent anti-imperialism in the era of Trump's Donroe Doctrime
• On the "U.S. empire" and inter-imperialist rivalry
• China's transformation into an imperialist power 

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Mansa is joined by Comrade Perrault to report back to our listeners on the 4th annual Meeting of Internationalist Forces, held in Paris on 15-17 May and which we had the pleasure of attending. We discuss what the strengths and weaknesses of the meeting were, some of the main debates, and some highlights. We also appeal to leftists from other organisations to ask their own orgs to attend future meetings in order to expand this important forum for debate, including especially through the presence of non-Western trends of the left.

• An appeal to youth: Fight for revolution, become a worker 
• The fallacy of the inter-imperialist analysis  

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Mansa is joined by Comrade John to discuss a burning question for the international socialist and anti-imperialist movement: how to defend the Cuban revolution against the assault of U.S. imperialism. With the island in a deep crisis, we discuss how imperialist strangulation caused untold devastation, but how within this, the policies of the Cuban government have increasingly accommodated the status quo, instead of appealing to the masses of the region and the world to mobilise in opposition to the U.S. We discuss how to fight for the Cuban revolution today when the left is weak and divided. There are no easy answers or shortcuts, except incessant political struggle against the obstacles. 

• Report from PDC trip to Cuba 
• Cuba: Break the blockade! Fundraising success!  (You can still donate to Cuba here) 
• Break the blockade! Double the oil shipments to Cuba! 
• Cuba under seige: An eyewitness report 
• China - Defend Venezuela, Resist America! 

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Mansa is joined by Comrade Vincent to discuss the events shaking up Bolivia. The masses are demanding the resignation of U.S. lackey Rodrigo Paz, who has only been in power for 6 months. We salute the heroic struggle and call for a workers and peasants government, while discussing the state of the country and economy, the dynamics behind MAS's collapse, and the risks and dangers facing the movement. 

• Victory to Bolivia's workers and peasants! 
• In defense of permanent revolution - For communist leadership of the anti-imperialist struggle! 

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Mansa is joined by Comrade Felix to discuss what's going on with today's youth. While we focus mostly on the West, the trends we discuss are definitely apparent in the Global South, as seen by the Gen Z revolutions of 2025. We discuss why to understand the current condition of youth - marked by anxiety, despair, and divisions - we must understand how youth fit into the changing world situation. From this, we motivate why youth must break from liberalism and join the ranks of the proletariat in order to fight for their future.

Check out the new issue of Women & Revolution, devoted to the question of youth.

• Youth see no future
• "Critical thinking" and the morass of liberal pedagogy
• What is children's and youth oppression? 
• Britain - Youth need a future, not a social media ban
• Australia - Down with the social media ban! 

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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 divisions, particularly as they shape the experience of young people, what's fuelling them and how to fight them as Marxists. We will have more episodes on the issue coming soon. Please go check out the issue, which you can download for free here: https://iclfi.org/pubs/wr/47

The previous issue, with a lead article on trans liberation, can be found here: https://iclfi.org/pubs/wr/46

For our understanding of the source of instability in the world, check out the current issue of Spartacist here: https://iclfi.org/spartacist/en/70

On Charlie Kirk: https://iclfi.org/pubs/bh/27/kirk and why communists need to deal with Charlie Kirk: https://iclfi.org/pubs/wv/2026-kirk-letter

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