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From Petrograd to Shanghai: The Party and Mass Democracy in Lenin and Mao

Sep 30, 2022

James, Matthew and Rudy join for a followup on From Paris to Petrograd: State and Revolution in Practice to discuss how the ideas of the party, the masses and democracy changes from Lenin's State and Revolution to the proclamation of the Shanghai Commune during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. We start off...

Leon Trotsky and Cultural Revolution

Sep 26, 2022

Doug Enaa Greene argues that in Trotsky’s work a theory of cultural revolution can be found, one which differs from Mao Zedong’s that was developed in the context of the Russian Revolution and its struggle against bureaucracy.

Narrated by: Will

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A New Jihad: Afghanistan from 1992 to the Present

Sep 19, 2022

Eric, Rob and Rudy join for the second part of the Afghanistan podcast, which covers the start of the Afghan civil war, the birth of the Taliban and their takeover of the country, 9/11 and the US Invasion, the period of the occupation government and the Taliban resurgence and return. We discuss the origins of the...

Communists and the National Question in the 21st Century

Sep 12, 2022

Stani Bjegunac takes a look at different approaches to the national question by historical communists and how we may approach issues of national oppression in a 21st-century context.

Narrated by: Allan Lanterman Allen Lanterman

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Science Fiction, Emancipation and Yugoslavia with Darko Suvin

Sep 5, 2022

Rudy joins Darko Suvin, author of many books and pieces on science-fiction and also, an Splendour, Missery and Possibilities: An X-Ray of Socialist Yugoslavia for a discussion on his life-long work. We talk about the role of science fiction in socialist politics, Bertolt Brecht and the estrangement effect, and what...