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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November 9, 2021
November 09, 2021 13:31 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBThe Astroworld festival disaster and the normalization of death / COP26 climate summit ends in failure / New York Times hails “labor coverage” of publications aligned with the Democratic Party and trade union apparatus
November 8, 2021
November 08, 2021 18:36 - 51 minutes - 47.7 MBThe winter of death: Governments slash COVID-19 restrictions as cases surge/Biden, Democrats retreat on social spending as Congress passes pro-corporate infrastructure bill/German Left Party politician Sahra Wagenknecht denounces COVID-19 protection measures
November 7, 2021
November 07, 2021 12:57 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBScience summit warns of escalating pandemic disaster / Top US general reduces time frame for war with China to two years / In response to election debacle, New York Times demands Democrats shift further to the right
November 5, 2021
November 05, 2021 20:58 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MBDeere declares “all options on the table” after workers defeat second UAW-backed contract/WHO warns of 500,000 new COVID-19 deaths in Europe by February/University of Michigan officials defend their right-wing attack on composer Bright Sheng
November 4, 2021
November 04, 2021 11:37 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBThe significance of the Democratic Party debacle on November 2 / Striking Deere workers defeat second UAW-company agreement / Corbyn, Covid and school reopenings: A record of silence and political betrayal
November 3, 2021
November 03, 2021 11:43 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBCOVID-19 must not be the “new normal” / Striking Deere workers defeat second UAW-company agreement, in powerful show of determination that workers’ needs be met / Anglo-French tensions overshadow opening of COP26
November 2, 2021
November 02, 2021 13:20 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MBThe record of the World Socialist Web Site on Trump’s coup attempt of January 6 / Military jury calls torture of Majid Kahn “a stain on the moral fiber of America” / Harvard’s American Repertory Theater designates performance of Macbeth In Stride for “Black-identifying” only
November 1, 2021
November 01, 2021 14:04 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBGlobal COVID-19 death toll surpasses 5 million: Government policies promote mass death / Federal officials deliberately ignored January 6 coup plotting, Washington Post reveals
October 30, 2021
October 30, 2021 12:18 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBThe Glasgow summit, climate change, and the case for socialism / As infections skyrocket, German government declares pandemic over / Oklahoma death row prisoner John Grant vomits, convulses in death chamber as state resumes executions
September 27, 2021
September 27, 2021 14:23 - 24 minutes - 23 MBBritish parents plan October 1 school strike: An important step forward in the fight against the pandemic / US government, CIA plotted to kidnap or assassinate Assange in London
September 25, 2021
September 25, 2021 22:05 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBThe international significance of Germany’s federal election and the campaign of the Socialist Equality Party / UK parent Lisa Diaz calls for a school strike on October 1 / Quad summit heightens threat of US-led war against China
September 24, 2021
September 24, 2021 16:41 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBAmerican capitalism normalizes mass death / Biden administration sends migrants in chains back to Haiti, prepares Guantanamo camp / Peru’s ruling elite unleashes anti-communist tirade after Shining Path leader’s death
September 23, 2021
September 23, 2021 11:48 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBAmerica’s deadliest pandemic: COVID-19 eclipses the Spanish flu / Biden gives Johnson short shrift even as UK ruling class lines up behind AUKUS / Scientists find new evidence of the natural origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19
September 22, 2021
September 22, 2021 10:58 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBStop the deportation of Haitian refugees / Biden proclaims “new era” of human rights imperialism at UN / China’s Evergrande set to default on debt payment
September 21, 2021
September 21, 2021 14:30 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBThe UN General Assembly and the threat of imperialist aggression against China / US Border Patrol agents whip and corral Haitian migrants / New York Times revels in remote-control assassination of Iranian scientist
September 20, 2021
September 20, 2021 17:15 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBAs fall begins in Northern Hemisphere, school reopenings fuel global spread of COVID-19/ Biden administration begins mass deportation flights from Texas to Haiti
September 18, 2021
September 18, 2021 15:55 - 32 minutes - 30.3 MBUS, UK, Australia military pact threatens war against China / Paris recalls ambassadors to US, Australia over anti-Chinese AUKUS alliance / US hospitals running out of beds amid COVID-19 surge
September 17, 2021
September 17, 2021 13:55 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBDefend Sri Lankan workers against Rajapakse’s state of emergency!/More than 1 in 500 people in the US have died from COVID-19/Canada’s pandemic election, the resurgence of working class struggle and the fight for socialism
September 16, 2021
September 16, 2021 06:06 - 17 minutes - 16 MBWoodward revelations expose Democrats’ calls for “unity” with Republican coup plotters / Cutoff of federal jobless aid in the US leaves millions of workers scrambling to make ends meet / Ocasio-Cortez at the Met Gala: The farce, the spectacle, and the politics
September 15, 2021
September 15, 2021 17:35 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBNew book details Trump’s efforts to instigate war with China as part of January 6 coup attempt / National Guard deployed in Massachusetts as pandemic worsens school bus driver shortage in US /Alternative for Germany leader supports Brazilian President Bolsonaro’s plans for dictatorship
September 7, 2021
September 07, 2021 13:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBUS ruling class cuts off pandemic jobless aid, pushing millions over financial cliff / US football stadiums packed to the brim while COVID continues to surge / Military coup topples President Alpha Condé in Guinea
September 6, 2021
September 06, 2021 18:05 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBLabor Day 2021 takes places amidst surging pandemic and growth of the class struggle/ The Economist: "Excess deaths" during pandemic exceed 15 million/ Germany: Train drivers determined to continue their strike for better wages and working conditions
September 5, 2021
September 05, 2021 07:56 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBThe Texas abortion ban: A massive assault on democratic rights/At least 43 dead as massive storm ravages US northeast/How the Australian Labor Party spearheaded the ramming of anti-democratic electoral laws through parliament
September 4, 2021
September 04, 2021 15:26 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBNew York’s Ida disaster: A social crime in the center of world capitalism / After disastrous jobs report, Biden doubles down on reopening schools, ending pandemic relief / WHO reports fifth “variant of interest” as COVID pandemic worsens
September 2, 2021
September 02, 2021 06:12 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBDefeat bipartisan drive in Australia to de-register political parties! / Near-total abortion ban goes into effect in Texas / Dana workers reject sweatshop contract pushed by UAW and USW
September 1, 2021
September 01, 2021 06:36 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBBiden’s speech on Afghanistan: An admission of a shattering defeat / WHO warns of 236,000 COVID-19 deaths in Europe in next three months / The far-right candidates in the 2021 California recall election
August 31, 2021
August 31, 2021 12:12 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBSixteen years after Katrina: Hurricane Ida devastates southern Louisiana / COVID-19 hospitalizations top 100,000 daily average in US / New York Times cites US torturer Michael Chertoff on Chinese “repression”
August 30, 2021
August 30, 2021 14:05 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBUS auto parts workers rebel against Dana Inc. and the unions/ US school reopenings set to infect tens of millions of children with COVID-19/ US evacuation from Afghanistan nears its end
August 28, 2021
August 28, 2021 16:31 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBUK government: 50,000 annual COVID-19 deaths are “acceptable” / Millions face loss of their homes in wake of US Supreme Court ruling overturning eviction moratorium / Glenn Greenwald calls for COVID-19 policies that “will kill people”
August 27, 2021
August 27, 2021 12:07 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBUS teachers unions campaign for opening COVID-infected schools/ Terror bombs, gunfire kill at least 72 in Afghanistan capital/Canada’s governments press ahead with school reopenings as fourth COVID-19 wave accelerates
August 26, 2021
August 26, 2021 05:45 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBUS fails to provide evidence for COVID-19 “lab leak” claims / Florida teacher with leukemia dies from COVID-19 after being forced to return to class / IYSSE again wins seats in the student parliament at Berlin’s Humboldt University
August 25, 2021
August 25, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBThe international working class must fight for the eradication of COVID-19 /Biden, G-7 summit threaten to keep troops in Kabul amid Afghan debacle / Afghan refugees face steel border walls and barbed wire from Europe’s powers
August 24, 2021
August 24, 2021 08:52 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBUnsafe school reopenings in US fuel surge of COVID-19 among children / Biden, European powers in crisis talks over Afghan evacuation policy / The DSA Convention 2021: The banality of pseudo-left Democratic Party politics
August 23, 2021
August 23, 2021 16:33 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBExtreme weather, climate change, and the case for socialism/ Dana contract details reveal pay cuts, no change to 70-to-84- hour workweek/ Surge in COVID deaths adds to pressure in Iran's clerical regime
August 21, 2021
August 21, 2021 15:58 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBThe eradication of COVID-19 is the only way to stop the pandemic / Biden expands military operations in Afghanistan amid withdrawal crisis / Scientific health policies contain delta variant outbreak in China
August 20, 2021
August 20, 2021 11:31 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBAnd so it begins again: The media recycles Afghanistan war lies / White House doubles down on reopening schools as COVID-19 cases surge / German militarism and the debacle in Afghanistan
August 19, 2021
August 19, 2021 07:14 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBCasualties of reopening schools: Children dying from COVID-19 / US military steps up Taliban-approved evacuation from Kabul / Behind the Biden administration’s insistence on bringing the unions into Amazon
August 18, 2021
August 18, 2021 06:38 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBMedia propaganda and the Afghan debacle / Delta variant fuels rapid surge of COVID-19 cases across southern US / Death toll in Haiti skyrockets following devastating earthquake
August 17, 2021
August 17, 2021 16:29 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBBiden’s Afghanistan speech: America’s criminal war ends in debacle/Coronavirus health disaster in Los Angeles looms with reopening of country’s second largest school district/Trudeau triggers Canadian election in midst of pandemic’s fourth wave
August 16, 2021
August 16, 2021 15:34 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBThe fall of the Afghan puppet regime: A historic debacle for US imperialism / US epidemiologist Michael Osterholm warns of impending catastrophe as children are sent into unsafe schools / Thousands feared dead as devastating earthquake hits Haiti
August 14, 2021
August 16, 2021 07:26 - 50 minutes - 46.8 MBUS troops return to Afghanistan as regime disintegrates / Three Florida educators die from COVID-19 within days of each other / Brazil’s Bolsonaro orders tanks to roll past Congress as it rejects his new electoral law
August 13, 2021
August 13, 2021 11:00 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBReopening schools poses major risks to children's lives /US sending 3,000 troops to Afghanistan as major cities fall to Taliban /Jeremy Corbyn and the political dead-end of the official Don’t Extradite Assange Campaign
August 12, 2021
August 12, 2021 05:01 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBSocialist Equality Party summer school prepares membership for period of revolutionary class struggle / Schools across Southern US reopen as COVID patients flood hospitals / Train drivers began nationwide strike in Germany
July 17, 2021
July 17, 2021 12:47 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBEighty-five years since the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War
July 16, 2021
July 16, 2021 10:24 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBGeneral Milley and America’s “Reichstag moment”/One pandemic fuels another: US overdose deaths hit all time high in 2020 with 93,000 dead/Flooding in Germany and Belgium leaves at least 93 dead
July 15, 2021
July 15, 2021 10:38 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBOver 1,200 doctors and scientists condemn UK COVID-19 policy as “dangerous and unethical” / UAW claims revote of Volvo Trucks contract passes by 17 ballots, while workers raise accusations of fraud / ANC government roiled by angry protests as South Africans protest worsening social conditions
July 14, 2021
July 14, 2021 10:50 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBIn speech on voting rights, Biden acknowledges American democracy is at death’s door / 120 million people pushed to extreme poverty by COVID-19 pandemic / Volvo Trucks workers revoting today on rejected contract as opposition mounts to UAW collusion with corporations
July 13, 2021
July 13, 2021 11:36 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBThe CPAC conference and the fascist transformation of Trump’s Republican Party / Volvo Trucks workers denounce UAW officials, call for decisive rejection in contract revote / Washington has not ruled out sending troops to Haiti
July 12, 2021
July 12, 2021 14:25 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBClass War at Volvo and the fight for Rank-and-File Committees/ Texas Man Faces 40 Years in Prison for Voting While on Parole/ The Delta Variant has been detected in 104 countries in new surge of the pandemic
July 10, 2021
July 10, 2021 15:23 - 37 minutes - 34.9 MBAs European governments demand population “live with” COVID-19 surge, workers must take up a socialist strategy / Volvo Trucks workers in Virginia reject third consecutive sellout deal, in massive rebuke of UAW / Thousands of Turkish electricity workers launch wildcat strike wave