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Reading socialist theory, books, biographies, and anything else from my library that I haven't seen anywhere else, all in the name of distributing them to the masses

Ivy Poesie


    • Feb 7, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    The State and Revolution: Chapter 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2023 39:15


    it's a classic and it's in my backlog of prerecorded episodes, it's stats and rev by Lenin

    Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism - Chapters 9 & 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2022 48:15


    this is it! the last parts of imperialism! woo!

    Imperialism: the Highest Stage of Capitalism - Chapter 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2022 26:37


    we're back! hopefully I can get this going much more regularly than I have been but for now! back at it!

    Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism - Chapter 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 27:54


    Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Chapter 6

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2022 27:57


    it's chapter 6! yay!

    Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism - Chapters 4 and 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2022 32:33


    Lenin says some stuff idk what to say I have a headache

    Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism: Chapter 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2022 32:59


    shameless plug: shenandoahredgazette.wordpress.com

    Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism - Chapter 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 39:53


    There may be an audio problem in the first few minutes of the reading, there might not be. Listen in fear.

    Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism - Chapter 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2022 37:57


    New Book, Same Old Shit, moving into some better edited theory by Lenin, Imperialism!

    What Is To Be Done?: Chapter 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2022 134:48


    Hey! We finished a book!

    What Is To Be Done?: Chapter 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2022 95:49


    An episode I started last year (much laughter), finally chapter three is out. not much to say, only sorry, and you're welcome.

    What Is To Be Done?: Chapter 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021 52:34


    Again, sorry for my bad Russian pronunciations, I can promise it will only get worse. Anyways, Economism, what's that all about?

    What Is To Be Done?: Chapter 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 51:07


    Tarantinoing the shit out of this podcast as we jump back in time to get into some Vladimir Lenin! we're starting with What is to be Done and seeing how far we go with it, so sit down, grab some tea or coffee, and enjoy!

    On Guerrilla Warfare: Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2021 73:40


    in this second installment of Mao's On Guerrilla Warfare, we wrap up not only this text but the last of Mao I'll be reading for sometime. Next time I'll either be reading some Lenin or some Engels. it's only up for a day, but there's a poll on my Twitter where you can vote if you'd like https://twitter.com/m00njunk/status/1458095770746466327?t=Js_rq2OuBF03TLEtpfXJSQ&s=19

    On Guerrilla Warfare: Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2021 50:15


    on this episode, we start getting into Mao's On Guerrilla Warfare, because every Marxist has written a book ok guerrilla warfare lmao.

    Principles of Communism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 45:16


    --this episode was recorded and edited by my comrade in the Shenandoah Socialist Collective, Contradictions (@simpingforstalin on TikTok)-- in this episode we take a look at Principles of Communism by Friedrich Engels, in the first of hopefully many collaborations with my comrades in the SSC

    Concerning and Critiquing Stalin's 'The Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR' by Mao Zedong

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2021 42:26


    In this long awaited episode, we finally get back to Mao and see his critiques and ideas concerning Stalin's work "The Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR". oh and hey by the way the audio quality of the 2nd half is like suuuuuper shitty but wasn't shitty enough to make me re record so y'all are just gonna have to deal lmao. Intro music is a Chinese version of the Internationale. @m00njunk on twitter for questions and criticisms

    Dialectical and Historical Materialism: Chapter 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2021 43:06


    today we are finishing up Stalin's short but informative work by deep diving into what exactly is historical materialism. intro music is the national anthem of the USSR as sung by Paul Robeson.

    Dialectical and Historical Materialism: Forward, Chapters 1 and 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2021 39:42


    In this episode we jump into the first work by joey steel I've ever read: Dialectical and Historical Materialism. it's short, sweet, and I'm pretty sure is just basically quotes by Engels and Marx. Intro music is the National Anthem of the USSR as sung by Paul Robeson

    Concerning the Economic Conditions of Socialism in the USSR: Chapters 8, 9, and 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2021 13:02


    Today we finish up Concerning the Economic Conditions of Socialism in the USSR by Joseph Stalin! watch how Stalin girlbosses gatekeeps and gaslights his way into finishing a book with a chapter with only 300 words in it. the intro music is the national anthem of the USSR as sung by Paul Robeson.

    Concerning the Economic Conditions of Socialism in the USSR: Chapters 5, 6, and 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 23:03


    Stalin is not a man of many words, so we move quickly along through chapters 5, 6, and 7 in this episode of the Book Club Commune! intro music is the national anthem of the USSR as sung by Paul Robeson

    Concerning the Economic Conditions of Socialism in the USSR: Chapters 3 and 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2021 20:56


    we move right along to chapters three and four of Concerning the Economic Conditions of Socialism in the USSR by none other than Joseph Stalin! intro is the National Anthem of the Soviet Union as sung by Paul Robeson

    Concerning the Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR: Chapters 1 and 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2021 31:33


    In preparation for more Mao, we cut to the Man of Steel himself, Joseph Stalin, as he details the economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR, in the aptly titled work, Concerning the Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR. the intro music is the Soviet national anthem, as sung by Paul Robeson.

    On Contradiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2021 100:32


    today we sit in for the longest episode recorded since we finished Black Bolshevik, On Contradiction! theory rich, it follows on where On Practice (already up in a previous episode) left off. Intro music is a Chinese version of the Internationale.

    3 Short Works By Chairman Mao Zedong

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2021 22:02


    Today is a triple threat, with liberalism, atomic warfare, and paper tigers, oh my! We cover Combat Liberalism, The Chinese People Cannot be Cowed by the Atom Bomb, and US Imperialism is a Paper Tiger. Intro music is a Chinese version of the Internationale.

    On Practice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2021 43:25


    Today we talk about combining theory and practice in the aptly titled work, On Practice. The intro music is a Chinese version of the Internationale.

    Oppose Book Worship

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2021 20:05


    Today we dive into 'Oppose Book Worship' by Mao Zedong, which talks about investigation and who has the right to speak and when. The intro music is a Chinese version of the Internationale.

    Reform or Revolution?: Chapters 9 and 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2021 24:00


    In this final episode of 'Reform or Revolution?' we read chapters 9 and 10 and finally put to bed the opportunism of Bernstein. The intro music is "Varshavianka (The Warsawian)", preformed by Maredith Placencia with Khosrean State Orchestra.

    Reform or Revolution?: Chapters 7 and 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2021 44:21


    In this episode, we cover chapters 7 and 8, and we continue viciously tearing apart the logic of reformists until they have absolutely nothing left. The intro music is "Varshavianka (The Warsawian)", preformed by Maredith Placencia with Khosrean State Orchestra.

    Reform or Revolution?: Chapters 4, 5, and 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2021 51:49


    In this episode, Rosa really doesn't hold back against this Bernstein fellow, huh? The intro music is "Varshavianka (The Warsawian)", preformed by Maredith Placencia with Khosrean State Orchestra.

    A Single Spark Can Start A Prairie Fire

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2021 32:16


    Diving into some Mao, we cover "A Single Spark Can Start A Prairie Fire", which talks about pessimism and how revolution can come from just a single spark. The intro music is a Chinese version of the Internationale.

    Harry Haywood: China and it's Supporters are Wrong About the USSR

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2021 13:39


    In what will probably be the last time I read something by Haywood for a while, we dive into an argument that still plagues the left to this very day: is *(insert socialist country here)* imperialist and needs to be fought against?

    Black Bolshevik: Epilogue

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 35:43


    Haywood wraps up the book with an analysis of the future of the Black liberation struggle, in words that are both optimistic and depressingly applicable to today's struggles

    Black Bolshevik: Chapter 22

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 49:35


    Haywood sees the culmination of Browderism in the party, resulting in further degradation and disintegrated of the Communist Party USA.

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    Black Bolshevik: Chapter 21

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2021 71:03


    In this episode, the party is further liquidated as the Red Scare, HUAC, and general anti-communist bullshit take effect in America

    Black Bolshevik: Chapter 20

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 86:32


    Browder has been exposed, but will the influence of Browderism be expunged from the party? can the CPUSA correct itself? No! but let's read about it anyways! it's Chapter 20 of Black Bolshevik!

    Black Bolshevik: Chapter 19

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 83:36


    In this episode, World War 2 breaks out in earnest, Haywood is targeted by CPUSA leaders in a slander campaign, and Haywood becomes a sailor.

    Black Bolshevik: Chapter 18

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 51:53


    In this chapter, Haywood heads off to Spain to help in the fight against the rising fascist tide but comes into trouble with the International Brigade political struggles.

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    Black Bolshevik: Chapter 17

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 59:13


    In this chapter, Haywood moves back to Chicago to get out of the bureaucracy of CPUSA headquarters and to do on the ground organizing in the Southside.

    Reform or Revolution?: Chapters 2 and 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 38:27


    In this episode, we talk more about how Bernstein thinks capitalism will adapt it's way out of crises (spoiler: it can't) and how he believes labor reform by bourgeois governments is actually socialism. Basically, Bernstein is just a modern day social democrat. a literal bernie bro. The intro music is "Varshavianka (The Warsawian)", preformed by Maredith Placencia with Khosrean State Orchestra.

    Black Bolshevik: Chapter 16

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 56:07


    In this episode, Haywood goes to the 8th convention of the CPUSA, and outlines the dangers and the need to fight against petty bourgeois nationalism.

    Black Bolshevik: Chapter 15

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 58:12


    CONTENT WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC MENTIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND MURDER. In this episode, Haywood travels to the deep south to do some organizing and to see the Black Belt Thesis in action. Oh, and some Black sharecroppers get guns and shoot at come cops.

    Reform or Revolution?: Introduction and Chapter 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021 22:26


    In a surprise twist, I'm started a second book in addition to Black Bolshevik, I am reading "Reform or Revolution" by Rosa Luxemburg. This is a text that I am reading for my organization's reading group, but since it's longer than one article, it wouldn't make sense to make it a Mini Commune like I did for Lenin's "The Three Sources and Three Components of Marxism", so instead I decided to ruin the linear podcast feed and dedicate a few episodes to Rosa. The intro music is "Varshavianka (The Warsawian)", preformed by Maredith Placencia with Khosrean State Orchestra.

    Black Bolshevik: Chapter 14

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 25:55


    In this chapter, Haywood returns to the Soviet Union to try and bring his wife Ina back to the US.

    Black Bolshevik: Chapter 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 32:02


    Harry heads down to Pittsburgh to help out the coal miners in their strike efforts in this chapter of Black Bolshevik.

    Black Bolshevik: Chapter 12

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 47:55


    In this chapter, Haywood comes home from the Soviet Union and gets to work fighting White Chauvinism which runs rampant not only in US society, but in the Communist Party itself

    Black Bolshevik: Chapter 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021 56:57


    Haywood details his last year in the Soviet Union, in the aptly titled chapter, "My Last Year in the Soviet Union"

    Mini Commune: The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 15:34


    I had to do some reading for my political organizing today so I decided to sit down and record myself reading. Today I'm reading Vladimir Lenin's "The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism", originally published in 1913 in the Bolshevik monthly Proveshcheniye (Enlightenment) No. 3.

    Black Bolshevik: Chapter 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2020 74:51


    The curtains close on Lovestone and the Rightists in this chapter of Black Bolshevik

    Black Bolshevik: Chapter 9

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2020 87:58


    In this episode Haywood is deep in the debates of the 6th Congress of the Comintern, where the fighting against right opportunism is in full force

    Black Bolshevik: Chapter 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 61:08


    In this chapter Haywood is deep in debates leading up to the 6th convention of the Comintern to determine if self-determination is applicable to the Black community in the US

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