Lenin once said that there are weeks where decades happen. This is one of those weeks. The French government collapsed. Revolutions broke out in Indonesia and Nepal. Israel bombed peace negotiations in Qatar. And just yesterday, right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk was shot and killed.

It’s easy to be disoriented by the speed of events these days. But revolutionaries most of all must have a clear grasp of what’s going on beneath the surface. For that reason, to break these lightning-fast developments down from a Marxist perspective, Jorge Martín and Hamid Alizadeh met for another episode of Against the Stream, the current affairs podcast of the Revolutionary Communist International, which airs weekly on YouTube on Thursdays at 6pm London time.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS ⏱️

0:00 Introduction

2:32 Charlie Kirk assassination

13:26 Mass protests in France

40:00 Israeli strikes on Doha

49:54 Revolution in Nepal

📖 RECOMENDED READING 📖

On Charlie Kirk assasination: “Why Marxists Oppose Individual Terrorism” by Leon Trotsky:

🔗 https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1911/11/tia09.htm

On events in Nepal: “Rulers cower as Nepalese masses seek to burn the system down”

🔗 https://marxist.com/rulers-cower-as-nepalese-masses-seek-to-burn-the-system-down.htm

Background article on Nepalese revolution of 2006-2008: “Victory of Nepalese Maoists in elections – where to now?”

🔗 https://marxist.com/victory-nepalese-maoists-elections.htm

On events in France: “After 10 September, what now?”:🔗 https://marxist.com/france-10-september-the-first-thunderclap.htm

Background article: “Causes and consequences of the decline of French capitalism”:

🔗 https://marxist.com/causes-and-consequences-of-the-decline-of-french-capitalism.htm

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