World Socialist Web Site Daily Podcast
779 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsThis is the daily podcast of the World Socialist Web Site (wsws.org). The World Socialist Web Site provides detailed coverage of international events , incisive social analysis, and a clear political orientation for working people around the world.
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Episodes
March 8, 2022
March 08, 2022 13:54 - 33 minutes - 31 MBPlaying reckless politics on the rim of a volcano / Studies warn Omicron BA.2 is the most dangerous COVID variant ever / European powers escalate threats against Russia over Ukraine war
March 7, 2022
March 07, 2022 13:06 - 26 minutes - 24.9 MBStop the reckless spiral toward nuclear war! / 8,000 Minneapolis, St. Paul educators set to strike Tuesday: What’s at stake / COVID deaths hit 6 million worldwide as Omicron mutation devastates Hong Kong
March 5, 2022
March 05, 2022 14:48 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBThe hysterical anti-Russian campaign and the US-NATO drive to war with Russia/Demands grow in Washington for US war with Russia over Ukraine/COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness is rapidly waning in children
March 4, 2022
March 04, 2022 12:13 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBThe war in Ukraine: The questions that must be asked/Biden’s COVID-19 Preparedness Plan will keep schools and businesses open regardless of the death toll/Australia: Residents abandoned by government in flood crisis
March 3, 2022
March 03, 2022 12:29 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MBIs the pandemic really over? / Japanese government imposes sanctions on Russia / The lies and absurdities in Biden’s State of the Union address
March 2, 2022
March 02, 2022 11:26 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBBiden’s “State of the Union”: Confronting internal crisis, the American ruling class turns to war / US and NATO intensify “economic warfare” measures against Russia, weapons transfers to Ukraine / NATO’s proxy war on Russia and the death of the Corbynite “left”
March 1, 2022
March 01, 2022 13:57 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBNATO goes to war against Russia / As over 10 children die from COVID-19 each day, all US states drop mask mandates in schools / In war speech, German Chancellor Scholz triples defense budget to rearm against Russia
February 28, 2022
February 28, 2022 12:22 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MBConflict between US-NATO and Russia over Ukraine threatens nuclear war / CDC tells Americans to take off their masks as COVID-19 death toll approaches 1 million / Anti-Russian fever takes hold of entertainment, music and sports world
February 26, 2022
February 26, 2022 12:48 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBThe Campaign against Russian conductor Valery Gergiev: Middle class hysteria in the service of war/ NATO mobilizes troops as UK MPs, US congressmen call for air war against Russia /New CDC mask guidelines lifts mandates for most regions in the US.
February 25, 2022
February 25, 2022 04:41 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBOppose the Putin government’s invasion of Ukraine and US-NATO warmongering! For the unity of Russian and Ukrainian workers!
February 24, 2022
February 24, 2022 12:41 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBJudge upholds strike injunction at BNSF: US capitalism disciplines the working class while preparing for war / Beijing condemns Washington’s “irresponsible and immoral” behaviour in the Ukraine crisis / Bernie Sanders backs imperialist provocations against Russia
February 23, 2022
February 23, 2022 12:59 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBWho in the Lord’s name gave the US the right? A question for Mr. Biden / Omicron is proving to be deadly serious for children in the US / EU countries impose sanctions on Russia over Ukraine crisis
February 22, 2022
February 22, 2022 15:17 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBThe political and historical background to the US war drive against Russia / Democratic Socialists of America confront left-wing opposition to Biden by shifting further to the right
February 21, 2022
February 21, 2022 13:00 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBStop the drive to World War 3! / War plotters at Munich Security Conference hear call for surrender to COVID-19 / Prince Andrew and a monarchy in crisis
February 19, 2022
February 19, 2022 13:46 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBCalifornia's "endemic plan" sets the stage for unending COVID-19 infections and deaths. /Biden claims "Putin has made the decision"to invade Ukraine as mass evacuations begin in the Donbass. / Using emergency powers, police move to end far-right Ottawa occupation.
February 18, 2022
February 18, 2022 12:51 - 39 minutes - 36 MBBlinken at the UN: A Colin Powell moment/CDC director spouts anti-mask rhetoric as thousands of Americans die daily/The vicious US media campaign against Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva
February 17, 2022
February 17, 2022 12:53 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBThe war that must be waged is the war on COVID-19 / US, NATO double down on war threats against Russia over Ukraine / In New Yorker interview, Ocasio-Cortez defends Biden and Pelosi, urges readers not to lose “hope” in reforming two-party system
February 16, 2022
February 16, 2022 12:06 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MBBiden’s Russia speech: Hypocrisy, lies and warmongering / “Endemic” COVID-19 may lead to 250,000 deaths each year in the US / NBC’s Richard Engel promotes Ukraine’s neo-Nazi Azov Battalion
February 15, 2022
February 15, 2022 14:37 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MBWhat’s at stake in the struggle by US rail and oil workers / US moves embassy from Ukraine’s capital Kiev to the Western city Lviv / Governments across the globe are pressing to declare the pandemic over
February 14, 2022
February 14, 2022 15:44 - 7 minutes - 62.2 MBOppose the US-NATO drive to war with Russia in Ukraine!/As US COVID-19 deaths continue to surge, corporate media maintains near blackout/Zelensky again rejects US claims of imminent Russian invasion even as Kiev continues war preparations
February 12, 2022
February 12, 2022 14:57 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBThe collapse of the "mitigation"strategy exposes the class issues in the fight against the pandemic / US accelerates troop deployments as Biden threatens "world war"with Russia /Under pressure from the White House and big business, Trudeau vows to do "whatever it takes"to end far-right Canada-US border blockades
February 11, 2022
February 11, 2022 13:21 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBAs inflation surges, unions impose cuts in real wages/White House leads charge by states to end masking/Far-right Freedom Convoy protesters blockade busiest Canada-US border crossing, clogging trade and shuttering auto plants
February 10, 2022
February 10, 2022 12:50 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBFrom “herd immunity” to “endemic”: The ruling class policy of perpetual mass death / NATO, Ukraine, Russia stage military exercises amid US-promoted war hysteria / Canada’s governments implement key elements of far-right Freedom Convoy’s pandemic policy
February 9, 2022
February 09, 2022 12:39 - 42 minutes - 39 MBBiden’s task force on unionization: A corporatist agenda for austerity and war / White House seeks to fabricate lower COVID-19 hospitalization numbers / As far-right Ottawa occupation continues, Canadian authorities move to shred all anti-COVID measures
February 7, 2022
February 07, 2022 12:34 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBUS death toll from COVID-19 heading toward 1 million / US combat troops arrive in Eastern Europe as Washington steps up war hysteria / State of emergency declared in Ottawa as far-right Freedom Convoy occupation continues
February 5, 2022
February 05, 2022 13:14 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBOlympics open under clouds of war / AP reporter challenges US lies about Russian war preparations / Republican Party officially endorses Trump’s January 6 putsch as “legitimate political discourse”
February 4, 2022
February 04, 2022 12:53 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBThe COVID-19 cover-up: Hear no deaths, see no deaths, speak no deaths/US claims assassination of ISIS leader in Syria
February 3, 2022
February 03, 2022 12:45 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MBFebruary 3, 2022: Deepening crisis of American capitalism as national debt hits $30 trillion / US sends another 3,000 troops to Eastern Europe / Ottawa police mull appealing for military support to end far-right occupation of Canada’s capital
February 2, 2022
February 02, 2022 12:07 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBFar-right “Freedom Convoy” besieges Canada’s parliament—an inflection point in the breakdown of Canadian democracy / Putin warns US seeks to “drag” Russia “into an armed conflict” / Press reports reveal Trump commissioned second draft executive order to seize voting machines
February 1, 2022
February 01, 2022 13:30 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MBTrump admits aim of January 6 plot was to “overturn election” and “change results” / US wants war in Ukraine, charges Russia at UN debate / Emboldened by ruling class support, far-right Freedom Convoy lays siege to Canada’s Parliament
January 31, 2022
January 31, 2022 12:47 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBThe Democratic Party spearheads war drive against Russia / US states end contact tracing in nationwide campaign for mass infection / Chinese foreign minister signals support for Russia over Ukraine crisis
January 29, 2022
January 29, 2022 14:59 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBWith 900,000 dead from COVID-19, US capitalism doubles down on mass infection / Contradicting US, Ukrainian President Zelensky denies Russian attack imminent / American Trotskyist and retired General Motors worker Jim Lawrence dies at age 83 (February 18, 1938—January 25, 2022)
January 28, 2022
January 28, 2022 14:46 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBUS-NATO escalate war threats against Russia: Are you ready for World War III? / Educators and students around the world deepen fight to stop the spread of COVID-19 / BA.2 subvariant of Omicron in more than 40 countries across the globe
January 27, 2022
January 27, 2022 12:47 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBJudge imposes strike ban on 17,000 BNSF railway workers / US rejects Russian demands for security guarantees, escalates Ukraine crisis / As COVID-19 surges, deaths exceeded births in half of US states
January 26, 2022
January 26, 2022 10:55 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBAmerican capitalism demands the infection of China / US delivers 300 Javelin missiles to Ukraine as EU announces further military deployments / Anti-vaccine zealots join with fascist militia forces at D.C. rally to oppose all COVID-19 public health measures
January 25, 2022
January 25, 2022 18:58 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBWhy the US and NATO want war with Russia
January 24, 2022
January 24, 2022 14:23 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBOn eve of January 6 attack, Trump lawyers drafted order requiring military to seize ballots / White House discussed plans to send up to 50,000 troops to Eastern Europe / As death toll mounts, US officials, media try to declare the pandemic over
January 23, 2022
January 23, 2022 13:37 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBWeekend Edition: World leaders mourn Archbishop Desmond Tutu in acknowledgement of services rendered to imperialism
January 22, 2022
January 22, 2022 13:23 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBAustralia’s COVID explosion shows workers must fight for global elimination of the virus / Trump draft executive order called for military to seize ballots and voting machines as part of coup plot / US and NATO press ahead with anti-Russian military buildup
January 21, 2022
January 21, 2022 16:42 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBThe global struggle to close schools and stop the pandemic/As Omicron rages through US workplaces, 8.8 million workers were off sick in early January/German politicians and media intensify war threats against Russia
January 20, 2022
January 20, 2022 12:26 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBBiden at one year: A government of mass death and political crisis / New projections estimate that up to 304,000 in the US could die from COVID-19 by mid-March / The global media’s latest anti-China salvo: “Won’t somebody please think of the hamsters?”
January 19, 2022
January 19, 2022 12:04 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBOxfam report reveals malignant dependency of the pandemic on capitalist inequality / Nearly 1 million US children were infected with COVID-19 last week / Turkish iron miners launch wildcat strike for wages and benefits
January 18, 2022
January 18, 2022 22:51 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBAmerica’s COVID-19 nightmare / Oxfam report “Inequality Kills”: Billionaires racked up wealth while millions died during the pandemic / University of Michigan President Schlissel, who led unsafe reopening of campus, fired over sex scandal
January 17, 2022
January 17, 2022 19:56 - 24 minutes - 23 MBUS and NATO escalation of conflict with Russia is leading to war / Omicron’s surge through rural America will take a terrible toll / The effort to “delete” American novelist Norman Mailer
January 17, 2022
January 17, 2022 19:49 - 1 minuteWeekend Edition: World leaders mourn Archbishop Desmond Tutu in acknowledgement of services rendered to imperialism
January 15, 2022
January 15, 2022 12:51 - 30 minutes - 28 MBStewart Rhodes and Oath Keepers charged with seditious conspiracy / US government moves to end daily COVID-19 death reporting by hospitals / Thousands of Chicago students walk out to protest unsafe return to schools
January 14, 2022
January 14, 2022 12:39 - 46 minutes - 43 MBPrice surge slashes workers’ living standards / French teachers strike vs. COVID-19 policies / Leader of fascist Oath Keepers arrested on seditious conspiracy in January 6 coup attempt
January 13, 2022
January 13, 2022 12:46 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBFrom Paris to Chicago: The global fight to close schools and save lives / French teachers launch one-day strike against Macron’s COVID-19 policy / December inflation surge leaves US workers’ wages even further behind
January 12, 2022
January 12, 2022 12:14 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBA New Year’s appeal from the World Socialist Web Site / FDA director tells Senate “Most people in the US are going to get COVID”
January 11, 2022
January 11, 2022 12:55 - 36 minutes - 34 MBWinter of death: Two deadly housing fires in less than a week expose the reality of American capitalism / More than half a million children infected with COVID-19 in the US last week, shattering previous records / US and Russia meet for negotiations in Geneva