Episode 55: What Happened in the Spanish Civil War?
We're finally tackling that war that always seems to pop up in our conversations: The Spanish Civil War. We talk leftist unity, mujeres libres, anarchism, the totally coincidental connections between ...
3 Juni 20211h 31min
Episode 54: Listener Q&A 5
Back to the mailbag! This week’s topics: an addendum on Ireland, a definition for liberalism, healthcare, L3Cs, tips for young communists, and children’s rights in a communist society. And in our intr...
27 Maj 20211h 24min
Episode 53: Communist Movie Night - Manufacturing Consent
Communist Movie Night is back and this time, we brought a friend: Noam Chomsky! Well, not literally. We’re just watching a movie about him, Manufacturing Consent, which explores the bias in the media ...
20 Maj 20212h 8min
Episode 52: What's up with Irish Socialism? Part 2
Time to check back on the fight for a unified Ireland. This episode covers events following the Easter Rising up to the Good Friday agreement. We talk about imperialism and the fracturing of the left,...
13 Maj 20211h 53min
Episode 51: Who Is Angela Davis?
This week's biography is of abolitionist academic Angela Davis, including her early travels, the Soledad brothers, the People's Park, and more. Reagan accidentally makes UC Berkeley sound super cool. ...
6 Maj 20211h 29min
Episode 50: What Was Operation Condor?
We have a dark tale from Latin America this week, full of spies, murder, kidnapping, and lots of weirdly named clandestine organizations. Spoiler: our old pals the CIA are heavily involved. Shocking, ...
29 Apr 20211h 35min
Episode 49: Anti-fatness, Capitalism, and the Left
The title kinda says it all for this one! Christine has been a long-time advocate for fat folks, so they take the lead on debunking some myths, explaining the effects of fat bias, and why this importa...
22 Apr 20211h 42min
Episode 48: What Happened in the Paris Commune?
Vive la commune! Today we're revisiting the Paris Commune, first mentioned in our episode on Lenin's The State and Revolution. Now that we've got the analysis, let's take a deeper look into the events...
15 Apr 20211h 28min
