Politics, sport, sport as politics pursued by other means. Objective, non-aligned, left-wing talk. Theory, practice, the history we're told, the history of what actually happened. Inspired by Marx, Rosa Luxemburg, Antonio Gramsci and Eduardo Galeano. A good midfield quartet but who will play out wide on the left? “The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening.” ― Rosa Luxemburg
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***House Nation Vol 2*** Kid Massive feat Jim C - House Music(Move Your Body) (Muzziak Remix) Lucas & Steve feat Bethany - Blinded (Original Mix) Matt Caseli & Terry Lex feat Catraz - Born Slippy.Nuxx (Original Mix) Eduardo De Rosa - Reason (Original Mix) Chus & Caballos - La Colombiana (Original Mix) Mike Mago - The Gift (Mark Knight Remix) Gorgon City feat Jennifer Hudson (Erick Morillo Dub) Chilly - Driver (Original Mix) eSQUIRE & Jolyon Petch - Rhythm Is A Dancer (Original Mix) Martin EZ ...
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VENEZUELA: "The most revolutionary thing one can do, is always to proclaim loudly what is happening."
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The Venezuelan working class and the Communist Party (PCV) are being attacked by the ruling Socialist Party. In this podcast, Stewart McGill talks to Paul Dobson, a member of the Central Committee of the PCV. Paul describes starkly and succinctly the nature of the attacks, and asks people to spend some time trying to understand the situation. He al…
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Empire, Race and Class 2: Hoisting the Starry Plough
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In this cast I talk to Stiofán Ó Nualláin and Seán Byers from Trademark Belfast about the prospects for the 32 counties of Ireland over the forthcoming years/ decades on a burning planet. See more about Trademark here: https://trademarkbelfast.com/ and here for their excellent podcasts: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trademark-belfast and …
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The first of our new Spartacus League podcasts. This features Roger Mackenzie, the international editor of the Morning Star, and Aston Villa fan. The podcast was recorded just after the first reports of the explosion at al-Ahli Arab hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip, so we talked about that and the situation in Gaza more than we originally in…
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STOP THE WAR - START THE PEACE: Communist Party of Britain General Secretary on NATO, Russia and Ukraine.
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A special episode in which Communist Party of Britain General Secretary Rob Griffiths and Convenor of the party’s Political Economy Commission Stewart McGill discuss the unfolding crisis in Ukraine: how we got here and how we can work for peace. This is the comprehensive analysis based on current and historical fact that the supine mainstream media…
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Bodyline: The Empire Strikes Back Part 2
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Nothing embodies the idea of sport as politics pursued by other means so clearly, and painfully, as the 1932/1933 cricket tour of Australia by the MCC. This story has everything: class struggle and prejudice: camaraderie across the class divide; the attempt of a decadent empire to exert control over its uppity colony at a time of economic crisis; t…
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Nothing embodies the idea of sport as politics pursued by other means so clearly, and painfully, as the 1932/1933 cricket tour of Australia by the MCC. This story has everything: class struggle and prejudice: camaraderie across the class divide; the attempt of a decadent empire to exert control over its uppity colony at a time of economic crisis; t…
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Cycling: a Radical History with pedal4progress, Part 2
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You may not like bicycles, you may not be that keen on cyclists, but the history of cycling and its impact is fascinating, and radical. In the second of this two-parter we talk to Les Doherty of the mighty pedal4progress about that history . We talk about the connection between the Dreyfus affair and the the birth of the Tour de France, why the UK …
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Cycling: a Radical History with pedal4progress, Part 1.
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You may not like bicycles, you may not be that keen on cyclists, but the history of cycling and its impact is fascinating, and radical. In this two-part episode we talk to Les Doherty of the mighty pedal4progress about that history, more next week. Les is a smooth talker as he's persuaded me to take part in some of the marathon pedal4progress fund …
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Sport in Capitalist Society, Or The Myth of the Golden Age of Sporting Innocence
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In this Red Caste we talk to Professor Collins about his Sport in Capitalist Society, a book which could be the text book for this series. In this magnum opus Tony exposes, inter alia, the intimate links and interdependencies between the development of UK and international sports and capitalism; the utter, tendentious cant behind the cult of amateu…
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Rugby League: and the class war was made flesh, and dwelt among us.
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The history of all hitherto existing Rugby codes is the history of class struggle. Here we talk with the best historian in the field about how Rugby League arose from the class politics of Britain in the late 19th century, and how its history has continued to reflect the vicissitudes of that struggle. We were privileged to be joined by Professor To…
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Belfast Celtic Part 2: sectarian and class politics in the North of Ireland since the 1960s.
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In this episode we talk to Jack Duffin about his experience of the tumultuous politics of the Six Counties since the 1960s. Jack is an old Official IRA member and was Best Man at the wedding of the legendary Joe McCann; here he talks about Joe and much more: the split in the Republican movement between socialists and Catholic nationalists; the inhe…
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The Grand Old Team, the late, great Belfast Celtic.
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This Redcast is about the late, great Belfast Celtic. Gone but most definitely not forgotten. Celtic were founded in 1891, a few years after Glasgow Celtic and with a sense of responsibility to imitate their counterparts in “style, play and charity.” We talk to our friend and comrade Jack Duffin about the history of the club and their importance to…
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Detroit City F.C. Part 2: a little bit of the politics.
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In this second part of the Detroit City FC podcast, Matt talks to us about the politics of the club's supporters and gives us his colourful take on USA politics. This was recorded before the USA November election and when Donald Trump was in hospital. Events may have been slightly overtaken parts of this cast but it remains well worth a listen, par…
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Detroit City FC, Lefty "Soccer" on the Lake.
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SINCE David Bowie sung about Panic in Detroit in 1973 I have been fascinated by Detroit. I have also been fascinated by the international spread of British football culture since being asked to teach a bunch of Penarol fans in Montevideo in 1989 how to properly sing: “You’re going to get your fucking heads in!” I’m a Nacional man but thought it bes…
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DJ Flexx - House Nation Vol 2 (1-9-15)
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Kid Massive feat Jim C - House Music(Move Your Body) (Muzziak Remix) Lucas & Steve feat Bethany - Blinded (Original Mix) Matt Caseli & Terry Lex feat Catraz - Born Slippy.Nuxx (Original Mix) Eduardo De Rosa - Reason (Original Mix) Chus & Caballos - La Colombiana (Original Mix) Mike Mago - The Gift (Mark Knight Remix) Gorgon City feat Jennifer Hudso…
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DJ Flexx - House Sessions Vol. 1(4-8-14)
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1- Samuele Sartini feat. Jordon Dee & CeCe Rogers – Lets Get Back The Feeling (Sergio Sturai Remix) 2- Dave Aude, Crazibiza, Vassy – Hustlin (Slideback Remix) 3- Crazibiza feat. Jerome Robins & MC Flipside – Like That (Slideback Remix) 4- Prok & Fitch, The Cube Guys – Don’t Go (Original Mix) 5- Sean Finn feat. Ricardo Munoz – Infinity 2014 (Jay Fro…
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DJ Flexx - Peak Hour Mix vol. 17 (02-27-14)
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1- Papercha$er, Static Bros. – Out Of Control (Original Mix) 2- MAKJ & Henry Fong – Encore (Kronic Hype Mashup) 3- Sunday Funday – Fracture (Krunk! Remix) 4- Glowinthedark feat. Chuckie – NRG (Original Mix) 5- Autoerotique – Nasty (Original Mix) 6- Tony Arzadon – Anavar (Original Mix) 7- The Chainsmokers – #SELFIE (Club Mix) 8- Congorock & Nom De S…
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DJ Flexx - Peak Hour Mix Vol. 16 (02-08-13)
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Chuckie & Gregor Salto – Toys are Nuts 2013 (Original Mix) 2- Joe Ghost – Are You Ready (Hardwell Rework) 3- Autoerotique & Felix Cartel – The Alarm (Original Mix) 4- Quintino & Ralvero – Jackpot (Original Mix) 5- Kaskade & Swanky Tunes feat. Lights – No One Knows Who We Are (Original Mix) 6- Dannic – Clobber (Original Mix) 7- Syn Cole – April (Pro…
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DJ Flexx - Peak Hour MIx Vol. 15 (01-16-13)
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1- Kid Massive & Alex Sayz feat. Miella – Strong (Dannic Remix) 2- Franky Rizardo – Elements (Hardwell & Dannic Remix) 3- Dirty South & Nichael Brun – Rift (Original Mix) 4- Tony Romera – Pandor (Original Mix) 5- Showtek & Bassjackers – Hey! (Original Mix) 6- Mikael Weermets – Make Some Noise (Original Mix) 7- Antonio Giacca – Calm Down (Original M…
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DJ Flexx - Peak Hour Mix Vol.14 (11-29-12)
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1- Laidback Luke & Lee Mortimer – Stroblight (Original Mix) 2- Showtek, Justin Prime – Cannonball (Original Mix) 3- Nom De Strip & Peo De Pitte – Big Kobbler (Original Mix)Dirty South – Let it Go Acapella 4- David Guetta Ft. Taped Rai – Just One last Time (Hard Rock Sofa Big Room Mix) 5- Tommy Trash – Truffle Pig (Original Mix) 6- Dannic – Flare (O…
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DJ Flexx - Peak Hour Mix Vol. 13 (10-25-12)
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1- Chuckie & Junxterjack – Make Some Noise (Original Mix) 2- Deadmau5 – F’n Pig 3- DigitalismYves V & Felguk – WOW (Original Mix) 4- Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin – Don’t You Worry Child (Promise Land Remix) 5- Dada Life – Bass Don’t Cry (Original Mix) 6- John Dahlback – Panic (Original Mix) 7- Hard Rock Sofa & Squire feat. Max C. – Just Ca…
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DJ Flexx - Peak Hour Mix Vol. 12 (09-26-12)
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1- Firebeatz & Schelle – Dear New Your (Original Mix)Alex Peace – Illmatic Beats Acapella 2- Matt Nash, Dave Silcox & Tom Peppe – Hearts (Jordy Dazz Remix) 3- Digitalism – Zdarlight (Fedde Le Grand & Deniz Koyu Remix) 4- Jonas Tempel & Vincent Di Pasquale – Be You (Bad Boy Bill Remix) 5- Cedric Gervais – Cedanie (Original Mix) 6- ONO – I’m Moving O…
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DJ Flexx - Peak Hour Mix Vol. 11 (08-09-12)
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1- Wolfgang Gartner – Girl On Boy (Original Mix) 2- DJ Bam Bam – Machine Made Man (Original Mix) 3- Ansol & Dyro – Top Of The World (Original Mix) 4- Bingo Players – Don’t Blame The Party (Mode) (Firebeatz Remix) 5- Jordy Dazz & Mightyfools – Drum Fail (Original Mix) 6- Albin Myers – The Beast (Original Mix) 7- EDX feat. Hadley - Everything (Cazzet…
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DJ Flexx - Peak Hour Mix Vol. 10 (07-17-2012)
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1- Hard Rock Sofa & Swanky Tunes – Here We Go (Original Mix) 2- DJ Tory Tee, Nadia Now – Lights Go Down (DJ Bam Bam Remix) 3- Dada Life – Kick Out The Epic Mother fucker (Otto Knows Remix) 4- Spencer & Hill feat. Minoza – Let Out Da Freak (Maison & Dragen Remix) 5- Zedd feat. Matthew Koma - Spectrum (Extended Mix) 6- Bad Boy Bill feat. Tamara Keena…
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DJ Flexx - Peak Hour Mix Vol. 9 (06-06-2012)
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1- Laidback Luke, Chuckie & Martin Solveig - 1234 (Original Mix) 2- Juicy – Royal Bass (Uberjakd & Reece Low Remix) 3- Adrian Lux – Teenage Crime (Thomas Gold 2012 Rework) 4- Nelly Furtado – Big Hoops (Bigger The Better)(Sultan & Ned Shepard Remix) 5- Bassjackers, Angger Dimas - RIA (Original Mix) 6- Jordy Dazz – OMG (Original Mix) 7- David Puentez…
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DJ Flexx - Peak Hour Mix Vol. 8 (05-01-2012)
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1- Martin Solveig – The Night Out (A-Trak Remix) 2- DJ Falk – House Of God (2012 Update)(Nuff!,Artistic Raw Edit) 3- Dragonette – Let It Go (Faustix & Imanos Remix) 4- Steve Aoki feat. Kid Cudi, Travis Barker – Cudi The Kid (Third Party Remix) 5- Dada Life – Rolling Stone T Shirt (Cazzette Approaching Starry Homes Mix) 6- Rita Ora – How We Do - Par…
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DJ Flexx - Peak Hour Mix vol. 7 (04-07-2012)
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1- Laidback Luke feat. Wynter Gordon – Speak Up (Chris Lake Remix) 2- Probe – Ultimate (Original Mix) 3- Qulinez – Shave The Troll (DJ Flexx Mashup) 4- Swanky Tunes, Matisse, Sadko – The Legend (Original Mix) 5- Jack Back feat. David Guetta, Nicky Romero & Sia – Wild One Two (Original Mix) 6- Fedde Le Grand, Nicky Romero - Freaky (Original Mix) 7- …
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DJ Flexx - Peak Hour Mix Vol. 6 (02-21-2012)
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1- Hard Rock Sofa - Quasar (Original Mix) (Intro) 2- Tommy Trash – Sex, Drugs, Rock N Roll (Original Mix) 3- Felguk - Bassive (Original Mix) 4- Example – Changed The Way You Kissed Me (Mixin Marc, Tony Svejda Peak House Dub) 5- Hardwell - Spaceman (Original Mix)(Bodyrock Acapella) 6- Ian Carey & Rosetta feat. Timbaland & Brasco - Amnesia (Cazzette …
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