Militant socialist analysis without soft edges.
Proletarian Radio is a polemical political audio feed from the CPGB-ML, built around Marxist-Leninist readings of current events. Its recent episodes move from British union strategy and Labour criticism to Iran, Palestine, Venezuela, Palantir, and reports from Lebanon.
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Proletarian Radio is a CPGB-ML audio feed built around anti-imperialist argument, communist political education, and sharp attacks on social democracy. It is not a roundtable. The show tends to present a thesis, pile up political examples, and drive the point home through history, party language, and moral accusation. Recent episodes move through British union politics, Labour Party criticism, arrests connected to protest speech, war in Iran, Palestine, Lebanon, Venezuela, and the technology sector's role in military power. The Morning Star episode focuses on the relationship between unions and Labour, arguing that attempts to reclaim Labour for socialism are politically exhausted. The Ranjeet Brar episodes frame policing, workplace suspension, and anti-Semitism allegations as part of a wider campaign against anti-war politics. The show is at its most forceful when linking local British institutions to global conflict. It repeatedly treats imperialism as the central structure behind war, media narratives, trade union compromise, and state repression. Episodes on Iran and Minab speak in the language of atrocity, solidarity, and non-cooperation with the war machine. The Lebanon report from Steve Sweeney brings a direct account of injury, journalists under fire, and health workers operating under extreme danger. The Palantir segment is shorter and more collage-like, using defense-industry rhetoric to illustrate the bond between software, militarism, and Western power. The Venezuela episode slows the pace slightly, relying on first-hand travel description to contest Western portrayals of repression and collapse. Even there, the conclusion is firm rather than exploratory. Delcy Rodriguez is presented as a socialist doing the only thing possible in an impossible situation. The show assumes listeners can follow names, factions, and ideological shorthand without much hand-holding. It is serious, severe, and internally coherent. It will frustrate anyone seeking detached reporting or pluralist debate. It will suit listeners who want a militant communist interpretation of current affairs, especially where Britain, the United States, Israel, Iran, Venezuela, and labour politics intersect. Its strongest quality is consistency: every topic is pulled back to class power, imperialism, and the demand for organised resistance.
Made for: For listeners already interested in communist politics, anti-imperialist analysis, labour struggle, and movement education. It suits people who prefer ideological clarity and sustained argument over neutral news presentation.
What sets it apart: The show connects British labour politics, policing, war reporting, and global anti-imperialist struggles through a single CPGB-ML frame. It sounds less like commentary chasing headlines and more like party-line political education in audio form.
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A hard edged argument about protest, policing, and political dissent.
An arrest, a protest speech, and a long argument about political dissent drive this episode. Proletarian Radio gives Ranjeet Brar room to lay out his case, and the host keeps pressing on the police, the hospital, Labour, and the IHRA framework Brar says is being used against…
A forceful socialist defense of Delcy Rodriguez that rejects the Western account of Venezuela.
Proletarian Radio makes a clear socialist case for Delcy Rodriguez and for Venezuela's government, and it treats the Western account of the country as badly off base.
Five-minute arguments on American civic life.
Celebrity interviews with true-crime nerve.
Cold War history with teeth.
Fire service shop talk, measured against the old days.
Spy history told one person at a time.
Proletarian Radio presents Jyoti Brar's argument that a third world war is unfolding between imperialist powers and anti-imperialist forces.
Garland Nixon and Jody Brar discuss building an anti-imperialist, anti-war movement while criticizing electoral politics and established anti-war organizations.
Proletarian Radio presents the February 28, 2026 US-Israeli attack on Iran as Operation Epic Fury and Operation Roaring Lion, with Iran’s response called Operation True Promise.
The Morning Star editorial of 17 March 2026 is framed around Unite the Union cutting its Labour affiliation payments by 40%, or £580,000 a year, after the Birmingham bin strike dragged on for more than a year.
This episode discusses the arrest and suspension of Dr.
Proletarian Radio, the podcast of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist), interviews NHS vascular surgeon Dr.
Steve Sweeney reports on surviving an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon that he describes as a deliberate assassination attempt on journalists and part of a systematic targeting of health workers.
A deployment strategist at Palantir discusses leveraging American software technology to counter geopolitical threats and maintain U.S.
A Marxist analysis of the imperialist assault on Iran and its implications.
Proletarian Radio treats the weight on Delcy Rodriguez as part of a larger imperial campaign against Venezuela.
The host addresses Iranians and non-Iranians in solidarity, condemning a US bombing of a school in Minab that killed 186 children as a war crime.
Analysis of Chile's presidential election and the legacy of Pinochet from a Marxist perspective.
This episode discusses EU sanctions against German journalist Hussein Dogru for his reporting on Gaza, highlighting the impact on his family and civil rights.
This episode explores Eritrea, a young African nation that gained independence in 1993, highlighting its location, history, and the welcoming nature of its people.
A Marxist analysis of Palantir's origins, its founder's apartheid ties, and its contract with the NHS.
This episode analyzes how imperialist debt traps exploit third world countries, citing statistics from a Marxist book and recent UNCTAD data.
Analysis of imperialist efforts to destabilize popular governments in the Sahel region, focusing on recent attacks and coup attempts.
A Marxist analysis of current events and socialist theory, aiming to educate and organize listeners.
This episode analyzes the 2022 Iranian protests from a Marxist perspective, arguing that Western media narratives are part of a regime change operation.
A Marxist speaker at a protest denounces US imperialism, Zionists, and British intelligence, criticizing the absence of the anti-war movement and trade unions.
A Marxist-Leninist analysis of the Palestinian struggle as a key front in the global war against imperialism.
A Marxist analysis of Western media coverage of Iranian protests, framing them as imperialist regime change efforts.
A Marxist analysis of the Chegos Islands dispute as a case study of naked imperialism and inter-imperial rivalries.
Analysis of the Gorton and Denton by-election from a Marxist perspective, criticizing Labour Party's betrayal of working class.
This episode discusses ongoing Israeli oppression in Gaza, the diversionary effect of Epstein revelations, and breaches of the ceasefire.
A review of Geoffrey Roberts' book on Stalin's library, focusing on Stalin's study of history and diplomacy and his handling of foreign affairs and spy mania.
An interview with a communist party leader discussing modern communism and its relevance to current political corruption.
This episode discusses the growth of the BRICS alliance as a counter to imperialism and outlines the political tasks for British workers in response to economic crises under capitalism.
Host Laith Marouf interviews RT war correspondent Steve Sweeney about the escalating conflict in Lebanon, focusing on recent field visits and the breach of ceasefire agreements by Israel.
Garland Nixon and Jody Brar discuss the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, focusing on imperialist strategies and the anti-imperialist bloc.
A Marxist analysis comparing AI development outcomes in China versus the West, focusing on China's planned economy and state sector.
This episode analyzes how the crumbling Ukraine war front reveals Western proxy warfare tactics and connects to increased U.S.
A Marxist analysis of recent layoffs at Liberty Steel and Burberry, critiquing corporate greed and union inaction.