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Larouche: a Warning for us All

Oct 31, 2022

Donald Parkinson argues the seeds of what Lyndon LaRouche would become were present from the very beginnings of his organization in this analysis of the early days of his career.

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Ecological Leninism with Kai Heron

Oct 26, 2022

Rudy joins Kai Heron for a discussion on ecological political strategy. We discuss his political background, how to develop an ecological program out of the different ecology schools, the agrarian and land questions and how to approach liberal climate movements and trade unions. We also talk about the Green New...

State, Democracy, and Transition: Is There a “Democratic Road” to Socialism?

Oct 21, 2022

Maxi Nieto critiques the perspectives of the “new democratic socialism” and argues they are based on a misunderstanding of capitalism as a structural totality.

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Stalin pt. 2: the Second World War, Reconstruction, and the Making of High Stalinism

Oct 18, 2022

Donald, Christian, and Connor return to the subject of Stalin and Stalinism. Picking up from the Great Purge, the episode covers the Second World War through the death of Stalin, or the High Stalinist period. Among other things they take up the questions of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Gulag system, and the rise...

Women, Life, Freedom: The Iranian Protests with Slingers Collective

Oct 9, 2022

Annie and Matthew sit down with Foroogh, Niloo, and Ida from the Slingers Collective, an Iranian leftist media project, to discuss the ongoing protest wave in response to the killing of Mahsa Amini. The conversation covers the history of the imposition hijab in the Islamic Republic and the position of women in Iranian...