Synopsis
All things lefty, Ireland and the world
Episodes
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128. Tariffic!
11/04/2025 Duration: 38minIn this episode, Stiofán Ó Nualláin is joined by regular guests and comrades Sean Byers and Joe Guinan.As Trump flip flops on tariffs, the lads talk China, finance capitalism, the gilded age and the empty suits in London and Brussels.
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127. From Resistance to Revolution
07/03/2025 Duration: 43minIn this episode, Naomi Connor from Alliance for Choice, Belfast, talks the power of resistance with Bernadette McAliskey and Clare Daly, live at Leftblocs annual Féile, Scoil Chois Claí 2024, on the beautiful island of Lusty Beg.
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126. Deep, Seek and Destroy
11/02/2025 Duration: 27min'Deep, Seek and Destroy', Stiofán Ó Nualláin is joined by Danny Scott from Jarrow Insights to talk about the impact of DeepSeek AI on US tech monopolies, up next time, techno fascism!
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125. WTF is a Trump?
17/01/2025 Duration: 36minIn this episode, Stiofán Ó Nualláin is joined by Joe Guinan, President at The Democracy Collaborative, to discuss WTF is going on in the US?!
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124. Build, Fight, Transform - A strategy for meeting the crisis
21/12/2024 Duration: 35minComrade Kali Akuno from Cooperation Jackson speaking live at Leftblocs annual Féile, Scoil Chois Claí 2024 on the beautiful island of Lusty Beg.
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123. Georgia on my mind
06/12/2024 Duration: 41minStiofán Ó Nualláin chats with Sopo Japaridze on what's actually happening in Georgia.
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122. AI and Big Brother
24/10/2024 Duration: 27minIn this episode, Stiofán Ó Nualláin is joined by Danny Scott from Jarrow Insights to talk about AI, it's technological advancements and why the Left should be using this along with other social listening tools to combat the rise of the far right.
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121. Community Responses to Racism and the Far Right
02/10/2024 Duration: 22minThe growth of the far right is not a short-term blip in onward human progress, it's a sign we're in trouble; in this episode Dr Paul O Connell suggests ways in which we might respond... #fascismiscapitalismindecay
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120. I Predict A Riot
10/09/2024 Duration: 39minIn this episode, Stiofán Ó Nualláin is joined by Dr Seán Byers and Stewart Mac Goill to discuss the rise of the far right, with particular focus on the recent anti-immigration and racist attacks.
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119. Extractive Capitalism
21/08/2024 Duration: 31minStiofán Ó Nualláin is joined by regular guests and comrades Dr Seán Byers and Stewart Mac Goill to discuss the different forms of extractive capitalism, looking into its environmental, social and economic impacts.
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118. Don't Vote, It'll Only Encourage Them
18/07/2024 Duration: 40minStiofán Ó Nualláin is joined by regular guests and comrades Dr Seán Byers and Stewart Mac Goill - to discuss the recent elections, broadly focusing on the British and French elections and by extension those elections that took place "in the wee six" - here in Northern Ireland.
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117. The Far Right in the EU
04/07/2024 Duration: 33minStiofán Ó Nualláin talks to comrade Dr Seán Byers about the recent European elections and how it relates to the rise and threat of the far right.
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116. The Far Right Online
20/06/2024 Duration: 28minThis week's podcast is hosted by Trademark's very own Stiofán Ó Nualláin, talking in depth about the factors surrounding the rise of the far right online and how trade unions and the left can respond.
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115. Guns & Ammo - The Global Arms Trade Part 2
04/06/2024 Duration: 34minThe usual suspects Stiofán Ó Nualláin, Sean Byers and Stewart Mc Gill take a deeper dive into the international guns trade in this second part surrounding the arms industry and militarisation.
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114. War is Business -The Global Arms Trade
17/05/2024 Duration: 37minThe usual suspects take a dive into the arms industry and militarisation.
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113. All that glitters isn't gold
19/04/2024 Duration: 34minStiofan and Stewart Mac Goill talk all things gold.....
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112. Marxism in the Revolutionary Period
29/02/2024 Duration: 37minConor McCabe talks with Stiofán Ó Nualláin about some of the Marxist writings of the revolutionary period in Ireland.
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111. The Coming Storm
16/02/2024 Duration: 40minA chat with Professor John Barry and Dr Amanda Slevin about what the future holds as we head past 2 degrees global heating above pre-industrial levels and what that means for human civilisation and life support systems...
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110. The Political Economy of 2024
31/01/2024 Duration: 45minThe usual suspects talking the geopolitics of US imperialism, Germany, China and the ongoing genocide in Palestine...
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109. An Anthology of Irish Marxism Part 2
15/12/2023 Duration: 37minSitting down with Dr Conor McCabe for another look at at Irish Marxist writings, this time from the 20th century....(coming soon to a decent bookshop near you and definitely not on Amazon)