Socialism the Podcast offers a Marxist approach to the big issues we face in a world of capitalist crisis. Fighting for jobs, homes and public services for all. From strikes and mass movements through to community campaigns, history and theory. We shine a light on the struggles of workers and young people, and discuss the strategy for a socialist fightback.
Hannah Sell, General Secretary of the Socialist Party, discusses the Green Party's recent electoral surge and its future development as a potential socialist force.
21 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
May elections: Capitalist politics in crisis, time for a workers’ party
Hannah Sell, General Secretary of the Socialist Party, discusses the May elections, capitalist politics in crisis, and the urgent need for a workers' party.
23 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT
Unite Executive Council elections
www.socialistparty.org.uk This podcast is a discussion with Rob Williams, the industrial organiser of the Socialist Party, about the upcoming UNITE the union executive council elections.Unite’s elections take place as the pro-capitalist character of Keir Starmer’s Labour government becomes ever clearer, with the working class still paying the price for the crisis in the bosses’ system. The elections from 23 March to 27 April are for the Executive Council (EC), the lay-member leadership of the union.Later this year there will be the election for general secretary. Where Sharon Graham is standing for re-electionSocialist Party members are standing on the left ‘Workers Unite/Back to the Workplace’ slate that supports the manifesto on which Sharon was elected in 2021. The slate includes fellow supporters of the Unite Broad Left, a new broad left group in Unite. We supported Sharon in the 2021 general secretary election because her programme best ensured that Unite would maintain itself as a militant industrial union. This has been borne out by events. Sharon was previously Unite’s head of organising, effectively the lead officer for the union’s industrial action strategy. As general secretary, this has been taken to an even greater level, on a systematic scale. Since she became general secretary, Unite has called over 1,500 disputes, winning 83%. Those disputes have won £605 million for members. ‘The main opposition is grouped around the United Left (UL). It is clear that it is in political retreat, tying itself to Starmer’s Labour and its cutting Labour councillors. What else is at stake in these crucial elections? Further reading: Unite Executive reduces payments to Labour Party:
https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/148868/18-03-2026/unite-executive-reduces-payments-to-labour-party/ Taking the fight for a new party into the trade unions https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/148864/18-03-2026/taking-the-fight-for-a-new-party-into-the-trade-unions/
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How will the Greens develop now?
Published 11 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] No, no. Look, I know I've talked a lot about it and it is important because it's where Greens have power. So it's where they can show right now that they stand on the side of working class people. And if even a minority of Green councillors stand up and fight in the way that I've described, that we will put forward in the Socialist Party, that would be a big step forward for the workers' movement in Britain. But of course, trade unions and working class people generally can't only judge the Greens on that basis. There are many other issues as well. One that I would raise is the democratic structure of the Green Party, because... […]
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