This episode of Spring Radio was recorded at Spring’s annual Red October conference of socialist ideas in action. The session took place on October 25, 2025 as part of the course “What is Revolutionary Socialism?” and features Spring Members Ayan Tani, Sarah Shahid and Emma Paling.
“As revolutionaries, we must engage in battles not just on the ground and picket lines, but also in the realm of ideas,” Egyptian journalist and revolutionary Hossam El-Hamalawy once said.
Journalism is a vital tool for socialists to use in this battle of ideas. But the revolutionary newspapers of Lenin and Claudia Jones are not the only publishing format available to socialists anymore. The internet, social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram, and podcasting offer new opportunities — and new challenges — for socialists to organize and disseminate their messages to the working class.
Red October is an annual conference organized by Spring Magazine to discuss socialist ideas and put them in action. To learn more and to listen to other sessions from Red October please visit redoctober.ca.
This episode was produced in Tkaronto on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples.
It was produced by Sarah Shahid, Ayan Tani, Emma Paling, Rajean Hoilett, and Josh Frame, with original music by Benjamin Bilgen.
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