Communists of America
We are America’s communist generation. The Revolutionary Communists of America are a product of this new period in history. We are here for the complete overthrow of capitalism. If you consider yourself a communist, if you’re committed to carrying out a revolution in our lifetime, this is your podcast. Learn more and join the party at communistusa.org.
Episodes

5 days ago
5 days ago
John Peterson, Antonio Balmer, and Tom Trottier discuss Trump's war on Iran, and Zohran Mamdani, the self-described socialist, who won the New York City Democratic mayoral primary.
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#iran #ZohranMamdani #Trump #War #Socialism #NYCPolitics #Imperialism #MiddleEast #DSA #MAGA #ClassStruggle #WallStreet #Revolution

Saturday Jun 21, 2025
How to Build a Revolution in the U.S. — The Leninist Way
Saturday Jun 21, 2025
Saturday Jun 21, 2025
Can revolution happen in the United States? Not just someday, but in our lifetime — and not just spontaneously, but with strategy. ✊Join the fight against capitalism: https://communistusa.org/join
Antonio Balmer explains what it actually takes to overthrow capitalism in the U.S. — drawing lessons from Bolshevism, cadre organization, and modern political conditions. From media strategy to building a disciplined force, this is how revolution is made.
📍Recorded at the Second National Congress of the RCA on May 31–June 1 in Philadelphia.
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Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
World Capitalism Is Collapsing (Marx was Right)
Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
🌍 The World Is Shifting Fast — But This Isn’t Random Chaos. It’s Capitalism in Crisis. We're living through a period of deep instability, sharp turns, and global upheaval. In this talk, Fred Weston explains the root of the crisis — and why building a revolutionary organization is the only way forward.
📍 Recorded at the Second National Congress of the Revolutionary Communists of America (RCA)
🗓️ May 31 – June 1, 2025 | Philadelphia
📃Read the recap: https://communistusa.org/rca-second-national-congress/
🔻 Dig Deeper:
📖 World Perspectives 2025: https://marxist.com/world-perspectives-2025.htm
📖 U.S. Perspectives 2025: https://communistusa.org/where-is-america-going/
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Saturday Jun 14, 2025
Where is America Going?
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
John Peterson outlines the revolutionary processes developing in American society—and how we must prepare as communists. Recorded at the Second National Congress of the RCA on May 31–June 1 in Philadelphia.
Read our 2025 US perspectives here: https://communistusa.org/where-is-america-going/
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Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Trump isn't a Fascist—Here's Why
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
What is Trumpism and how do we fight it? In this talk, originally titled "Fascism, Bonapartism, and right-wing populism," Bryce Gordon explains the Marxist theory of the state, and why Trump is not a fascist but a different kind of class enemy. To beat him, we have to understand his rise and what he represents.
To fully understand, we recommend a few readings:
The context of Trump 2.0 & Where America is Headed: https://communistusa.org/where-is-america-going/
Bryce's article on Trumpism from 2024:
https://communistusa.org/what-is-trumpism/
A brand new episode of the RCI podcast, Spectre of Communism: https://youtu.be/t_TuWkVS8pU?si=0Uq6SmhSreJYHdte
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Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
Bernie and Trump Supporters Turn to Communism
Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
With capitalism in its deepest crisis, some turned to Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump to challenge the status quo. As the two discredit themselves, many of their disillusioned supporters are now looking towards communism—and finding the Revolutionary Communists of America.
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Friday Apr 04, 2025
Trump's "Golden Age" off to a Rough Start
Friday Apr 04, 2025
Friday Apr 04, 2025
One crisis is layered upon another: Constitutional crisis, recession fears, and tariff chaos. Trump's pro-worker charade won't stand the test of events. The RCA is the only party arguing for consistent, class-independent politics. Our forces are growing, and so is the urgent need for our message.
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Friday Mar 28, 2025
What Luigi Mangione Shows Us about Mass Consciousness
Friday Mar 28, 2025
Friday Mar 28, 2025
The widespread sympathy for Luigi Mangione has starkly revealed the enormous amount of working-class anger that has built up in American society. But one thing is necessary to ensure the victory of our struggle: the urgent building of a revolutionary party, armed with the ideas of Marxism. ✊ Join the fight against capitalism: https://communistusa.org/join
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Friday Mar 21, 2025
What is Trumpism? w/ Alan Woods
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
This week we republish an episode from our international podcast: Against the Stream: Trump’s dramatic return to the White House has thrown the liberals into complete panic and confusion. They have flung whatever insults they can at him: from semi-fascist, to fascist, to neo-fascist. To explain how Marxists should understand and approach these phenomena, Alan Woods, the leading theoretician of the Revolutionary Communist International, joined Hamid Alizadeh for another episode of Against the Stream, the weekly current affairs podcast of the RCI. This episode premiered on YouTube. Tune in every Thursday at 6pm GMT.
Books mentioned in the episode can be purchased on: https://www.marxistbooks.com/
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Saturday Mar 01, 2025
Marxism VS Mysticism
Saturday Mar 01, 2025
Saturday Mar 01, 2025
Despite the decline of organized religion in recent years, there has also been a concurrent rise in mysticism and “New Age” beliefs. How should communists approach this belief with people that we encounter in our work?
📖 Lenin "The Attitude of the Workers’ Party to Religion": https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1909/may/13.htm
📖 Marx on religion "A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right": https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1843/critique-hpr/intro.htm
📖 Engels's letter to Conrad Schmidt on the development of ideas: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1890/letters/90_10_27.htm
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