This 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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The World Socialist Web Site Daily Podcast is a must-listen for working people like myself. It provides valuable intersectional perspectives from non-white voices, ensuring a diverse range of viewpoints. The analysis and commentary featured on this podcast are unparalleled in the left-wing podcast world, making it my daily go-to for news and information. While some may find the production quality lacking, with occasional dropouts in the recording, I still make the most of my time with this podcast.
The best aspect of The World Socialist Web Site Daily Podcast is its commitment to providing vital intersectional perspectives from non-white voices. This ensures that a wide range of experiences and viewpoints are represented, adding depth and diversity to the discussions and analyses presented. The podcast also stands out for its insightful commentary and analysis, offering a truly Marxist perspective that is both scientific and accurate. It covers topics that other news outlets may overlook, providing important insights into global events.
However, one of the worst aspects of this podcast is the occasional dropouts in recording quality. These brief interruptions can be distracting and frustrating when trying to follow the narrative or discussion. It would be beneficial if the production team could address these technical issues to enhance the overall listening experience.
In conclusion, The World Socialist Web Site Daily Podcast is an invaluable resource for those seeking insightful analysis of global events from a socialist perspective. Despite some minor issues with production quality, this podcast offers unique perspectives that are not found elsewhere. It is highly recommended for workers looking to learn more about revolutionary truth and gain a comprehensive understanding of current events.

Christmas in America: Staggering wealth concentration and deepening social crisis / Denmark summons American ambassador, after Trump appoints special envoy to “make Greenland a part of the US” / High-ranking Russian general killed in Moscow car bombing

Musk's wealth surges to $750 billion after court grants him $150 billion payday / Four immigrants die in four days in ICE private prisons / Australia: NSW premier, police justify violent arrests in Sydney following Bondi shootings

Support the fight for socialism in 2026: Donate to the WSWS New Year Fund! / Wisconsin judge convicted as Trump administration escalates attacks on immigrants and political opponents / Technology and the working class: Responding to an opponent of Socialism AI

Trump delivers fascist diatribe in year-end speech / GM moves to permanently lay off 1,145 workers at Factory Zero amid record profits and UAW silence / Democrats vote to give Trump $1 trillion for global war

For a united global movement against layoffs in the auto industry! / European powers set course for escalation of war in Ukraine against Russia

40 years since the suspension of the Workers Revolutionary Party from the ICFI / In step toward war, Trump orders “a total and complete blockade” of Venezuelan oil

Trump threatens neo-colonial war of plunder against Venezuela / Trump administration ordered TSA to provide passenger travel lists to immigration / How can GM workers at Factory Zero in the US oppose layoffs? Answers from Socialism AI

The anti–public health agenda and the resurgence of measles in America / Reactionary shooting in Sydney kills 15 people / Two longstanding Sri Lankan Trotskyists die

Welcome Socialism AI: A historic advance in the political education of the working class / Democrats join Republicans to grant Trump $1 trillion in military spending for 2026

Australia's social media ban sets global precedent for online censorship / White House plans oil blockade of Venezuela in drive for regime change / European powers strive to prolong war in Ukraine

The case for expropriation: 60,000 multimillionaires own three times more wealth than half the world's population / US seizes Venezuelan oil tanker in act of international piracy, as Trump escalates war preparations / US Federal Reserve cuts interest rate in split decision

Expert report shatters fraudulent case against Bogdan Syrotiuk: Deepen the international campaign for his freedom! / White House doubles down on September 2 boat strike cover-up / Hundreds of high school students in Oregon and Minnesota walk out to protest ICE kidnapping operations

The Bondi memorandum: FBI, DOJ seek to outlaw political opposition / “Our family wants answers that we have not gotten”: 8 months since the death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr. / Ken Mantell, Australian Trotskyist: November 11, 1945–November 30, 2025

The Bondi memorandum: FBI, DOJ seek to outlaw political opposition / “Our family wants answers that we have not gotten”: 8 months since the death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr. / Ken Mantell, Australian Trotskyist: November 11, 1945–November 30, 2025

In major attack on public health, CDC recommends delaying Hepatitis B vaccine at birth / Survivors of September 2 boat strike waved for rescue, did not know they had been attacked / Jacobin's defense of the Trump–Mamdani pact and the capitalist state

Holiday jobs massacre: Mobilize the working class to defend the right to a job! / Video of September 2 killing showed US massacred “shipwrecked” people, House committee leaders say / Massive flooding in Asia leaves over 1,500 dead, hundreds missing

The “garbage” in the White House: Trump's racist diatribe against Somalis / Missouri attorney general calls for ICE investigation of company gathering signatures on behalf of anti-gerrymander referendum / A top-level warning of heightened global financial risks

Trump's Caribbean murders and the legacy of Nuremberg / Christmas in Detroit: Holiday galas for the rich as GM workers face mass layoffs and low-income residents are evicted / Massive humanitarian crisis looming in the wake of Ditwah cyclone disaster in Sri Lanka

The Wang Fuk Court Fire in Hong Kong: a crime of global capitalism / UN says Israel has "de facto state policy" of organised torture

US war crime exposed, as Trump escalates assault on Venezuela / Sri Lanka: Over 330 dead from Cyclone Ditwah, hundreds of thousands impacted / Australian governments invoke Nazi actions to crack down on democratic rights

Summary execution in the West Bank: Trump's “peace” deal in practice

European governments oppose any negotiated settlement to Ukraine war / Death toll in Hong Kong fire rises to 94, hundreds still missing

Thanksgiving 2025 in America: Misery for workers, unprecedented wealth for the elite / Italy's general strikes against the 2026 budget of austerity and war

What do the Democrats know about Trump's plans for dictatorship and war crimes? / Walkouts spread as students protest ICE and Border Patrol raids in North Carolina and Oregon / Brazil's Bolsonaro arrested for plot to escape sentence for coup attempt / Family of postal worker Russell Scruggs, Jr. launches GoFundMe campaign to cover legal and funeral expenses

Where is America going?: Oligarchy, dictatorship, and the revolutionary crisis of capitalism

The Mamdani-Trump Pact and the bankrupt politics of the upper middle class pseudo-left / World Socialist Web Site to launch Socialism AI / European powers denounce proposed US peace deal on Ukraine

Mamdani announces “partnership” with hated would-be dictator Trump

Mass walkouts in North Carolina against immigration raids: Workers must lead the fight against kidnapping operations! / Verizon begins cutting 13,000 workers as global jobs massacre accelerates

For a rank-and-file inquiry into the deaths of USPS workers Nick Acker and Russell Scruggs, Jr.! / Debt now moving to centre of AI boom / Congress, CEOs follow Trump in welcome to Saudi butcher

Trump welcomes Saudi prince: Billionaire murderers meet at the White House / Trump breaks up the Department of Education, accelerating attack on public schools / Australia: Cobar mine fully reopened, although cause of deadly explosion still unknown

Defend the social rights of the working class! For an independent global movement against mass layoffs / Facing mounting crisis, Trump reverses course and calls on Republicans to support releasing Epstein files / Postal worker Russell Scruggs Jr. dies at Palmetto, Georgia distribution center

COP30, capitalism and the socialist solution to the climate crisis / In the first month of Gaza “ceasefire,” Israel has violated the agreement 282 times / Japan's new far-right PM threatens war with China over Taiwan

Stop Trump's deportation flight of Ukrainian immigrants into forced conscription!

Trump, Epstein and the Democrats: A criminal ruling class / Trump signs Democrat-backed spending package to end longest government shutdown in US history / West Virginia coal miner is found dead after a 5-day search in flooded mine

US hands off Latin America! Halt Trump's killing spree! / Mamdani reassures Wall Street with deputy mayor appointment

“Anti-Communism Week”: The White House declares war on socialism / Postal worker killed by mail sorting machine at Detroit area facility / Trump meets with former al-Qaeda leader Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House

Democrats move to end shutdown and bail out Trump / Trump threatens unpaid air traffic controllers "Get back to work, now"/ Trump pardons January 6 coup architects and fake electors

Alan Gelfand: A fighter for socialism and historical truth

Elon Musk's $1 trillion payout and the case for expropriation / Trump seeks Supreme Court help in denying food to millions, as hundreds of flights are cancelled / Bernie Sanders promotes nationalist poison in interview with New York Times

UPS plane crash: The latest in capitalism's string of industrial disasters / Food pantries see record demand, as government shutdown becomes longest on record / Elon Musk, world's richest man, awarded $1 trillion pay package

The political and class issues in Mamdani's victory in New York City / Germany's most senior military officer calls for conscription of entire age groups to prepare for war against Russia / Warnings of looming systemic financial risk getting louder

Dick Cheney dead at 84: A war criminal who paved the way for Trump / Democrats prepare to cave, as Trump refuses to release food stamp funding, threatens no back pay for furloughed workers /Supreme Court begins deliberations on Trump's “reciprocal tariffs”

Oxfam: 10 US billionaires have had their wealth increase 6-fold since 2020 / New report by The Lancet: More than 3 million Palestinian life-years lost in Gaza genocide

Trump, Xi agree to trade deal, but the US-led confrontation with China continues / Trump transforms Environmental Protection Agency into direct instrument of big business / Trump's US Labor Department whitewashes UAW election fraud that installed Shawn Fain

Mobilize the working class to fight Trump's hunger plan! / UN accuses US of violating human rights laws in Caribbean and Pacific airstrikes / City of Nuremberg censors Mehring Verlag event on Gaza genocide at Left-wing Literature Fair

Trump announces resumption of US nuclear weapons testing / Alan Gelfand: July 28, 1949–October 29, 2025 / Pentagon sets January 1 deadline to set up National Guard “riot control” units

The class issues in the New York City mayoral election / Israel massacres 100 Palestinians in a single day in Gaza

Gangster Trump unleashes Murder Inc. against Latin America / Alberta government runs roughshod over democratic rights to illegalize strike by 50,000 teachers

Trump's threats against food stamps: A weapon of class war / Trump's phony posturing as peacemaker in Asia / Denunciations of Gaza genocide secures Catherine Connolly's victory in Irish presidential election

Fascist conspirator Steve Bannon tells The Economist “We have a plan” for a 3rd Trump term / Pentagon moving massive naval force towards Venezuela / Trump prepared to starve tens of millions of Americans by allowing food stamp funding to run out Saturday