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Hex concludes the reading of Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat by J. Sakai with chapters 11-14, as well as a reading of an interview the author gave in the 90s to round out the work. Music used in this episode: "The Bourgeois Blues" by Leadbelly "Black Maybe" by Syreeta "Changes" by 2Pac Support the United Neighborhood Defense Movement (UNDM) undm.org Cashapp: $undmvmt Big thanks to the supporters of the show on patreon. If you would like to support the show, you can do so at patreon.com/redstateradio

Hex continues reading J. Sakai's "Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat". In this episode, we cover chapters 9 and 10, respectively 'Neocolonial Pacification in the United States', and '1950's Repression and the Decline of the Communist Party USA', which will bring us out of the WWII period and into the 1950s. Music in this episode: "Sharecropper Blues" performed by Ben Wiley Payton "El Grito de Lares" composed by Daniel Santos Support the United Neighborhood Defense Movement (UNDM) undm.org Cashapp: $undmvmt Big thanks to the supporters of the show on patreon. If you would like to support the show, you can do so at patreon.com/redstateradio

Hex continues reading "Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat" with chapter 7, "Breakthrough of the CIO", and chapter 8, "Imperialist War and the New Amerikan Order". Music: "D-Day" by Nat King Cole "Somebody's Got to Go" by Lonnie Johnson Support the United Neighborhood Defense Movement (UNDM) undm.org Cashapp: $undmvmt Big thanks to the supporters of the show on patreon. If you would like to support the show, you can do so at patreon.com/redstateradio

Hex continues reading Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat by J. Sakai, with chapters 5 and 6. These chapters continue explaining the role European immigrant labor and large unions played in the imperial core around the time of World War 2. Music: "Let My People Go" Uknown Quartet "No One Knows You When You're Down and Out" by Scrapper Blackwell Join or support the United Neighborhood Defense Movement (UNDM): undm.org Cashapp: $undmvmt Big thanks to supporters of the show on Patreon. If you would like to support the show, you can do so at patreon.com/redstateradio

Hex continues reading Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat by J. Sakai with Chapter 4: Settler Trade Unionism. Support the show at patreon.com/redstateradio Support activists in Brooklyn, NY working to stop the construction of a gas pipeline in working class areas: Venmo: @micasaresiste Donate: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/legal-supply-funds-for-nonbk-pipeline-fight/ Support 1Hood activists in western Pennsylvania fighting against gentrification and empowering youths: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/1Hood Join or support the United Neighborhood Defense Movement (UNDM): undm.org Big thanks to everyone who supports the show on patreon, and to those who are in the streets fighting back.

Hex begins reading "Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat from Mayflower to Modern" by J. Sakai. Support protesters arrested recently in Louisville: https://bailproject.org/louisville/?form=donate Support protesters arrested recently in Austin: https://gogetfunding.com/help-austin-georgefloyd-protesters-facing-state-repression/?fbclid=IwAR2CqI

Indigineity And The Jumma: The Chittagong Hill Tracts by Hex

In this episode, Hex talks with a comrade about the politics of Korea, north and south. The article mentioned in the episode: https://tjen-folket.no/index.php/en/2020/05/14/the-august-incident-the-fight-against-the-right-opportunist-line-in-the-workers-party-of-korea/ Big thanks to all the supporters of the show on Patreon. If you would like to support the show, you can do so at patreon.com/redstateradio

Hex talks about what's been going on in the last two weeks since the unrest sparked by George Floyd's death began. End song is "For Free?" by Hex Sources:https://www.nytimes.com/article/george-floyd-protests-timeline.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tim-walz-minnesota-governor-fully-mobilizes-national-guard-first-time-in-history-george-floyd-death-protests/ https://www.wftv.com/news/local/orange-county/protesters-gather-outside-orange-county-home-minneapolis-police-officer-involved-george-floyd-case-deputies-say/UY2HKGAMHFEYBJPTWBCIK5RUS4/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/protests-looting-erupt-again-minneapolis-area-following-death-george-floyd-n1216881 https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/reports-of-shots-fired-at-nypd-88th-precinct-as-riots-erupt/ https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/mother-seeks-answers-from-austin-police-chief-following-death-of-her-son/ https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/politics/troops-deploying-washington-dc/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/politics/insurrection-act-trump-protesters/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/world/george-floyd-global-protests-intl/index.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOAp_LtzbPk https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/02/us/omaha-bar-owner-black-protester-trnd/index.html Bail/General Financial Support: Mike Ramos Brigade Venmo: @MSMRB Cashapp: $MikeRamosBrigade 400 and 1 https://reparation.atlas.thrinacia.com/campaign/24/400-1-bail-fund

Hex talks about the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as how revolutionaries have handled pandemics in the past.

Hex continues reading from Lenin's classic, "What is to Be Done?"

Hex concludes this reading of "What is to Be Done?" by Lenin.

Hex continues reading from Lenin's classic, "What is to Be Done?"

Hex begins Lenin's famous work: "What is to Be Done?"

In this episode, Hex discusses the history of Iran from its foundations way back in the BCE to its modern tensions with the west and especially the US. Honestly way more interesting than Game of Thrones.

Hex celebrates the anniversary of Red State Radio by recounting the events of the year (without a script :0)

Hex reads Struggle Session's Maoism in the US, on Maoist praxis moving forward in the United States. Read it here: https://struggle-sessions.com/2019/10/11/maoism-in-the-us/

Hex reads from Pao Yu-ching's work describing the building up of the productive forces, as well as working class power under Mao's socialism, and the subsequent fall of that power and production capacity after the coup by Deng Xiapoing. Read it here: https://anakbayanph.wordpress.com/2010/07/10/pao-yu-chings-china-socialist-development-and-capitalist-restoration/

Hex talks art/class history. Then they interview a spokesperson from Sparkposter about the role of proletarian art. Big thanks to Sparkposter for the interview, long live revolutionary art! Outro Music - "Art Star" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs Now you can subscribe on Patreon to get access to the Red State Read-Along series: https://www.patreon.com/redstateradio

Hex gives you a quick overview of the history and situation in Indian Kashmir.

Hex finishes the book, covering the sections on the Military Line, Line of Construction of the Three Instruments, and the Mass Line. Theory made fun again!

Hex reads from the classic Maoist text, the General Political Line of the PCP. They laugh, they cry (not really), and they hope you have a good time listening.

Hex talks Maoism. What is it, where did it come from, why does the acronym make it look like a pyramid scheme?

Hex, Hazel, and Karma talk about education: Where it came from in the US, why it sucks, and where it could be! Did you really learn? Or did you learn to serve?

Hex talks about Venezuela, where it is today and how it got there. Hex gets pretty bummed. Further Reading: https://venezuelanalysis.com/tag/communes https://www.telesurenglish.net/opinion/Venezuelan-Food-Company-Caught-Burying-Alive-Millions-of-Chicks-20171113-0013.html https://www.telesurenglish.net/analysis/Shortages-Smuggling-and-Paramilitaries-in-Venezuela-20150821-0034.html https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Opposition-Violence-Responsible-for-23-Venezuelans-Burned-Alive-20170723-0010.html https://popularresistance.org/world-ignores-opposition-violence-at-venezuela-protests/

Hex interviews their anarchist comrades, Hazel and Dax, in order to get a better understanding of anarchism and the thought process behind it. Hex has to hold their tongue a little bit in order to stop this from being a debate episode and....mostly holds it together. Big thanks to Proles of the Round Table for letting us call in while we were taking a break from recording! Also Hex's definition of materialism/idealism was pretty bad so heres this one: "Materialism is the idea that material machinations move history, while idealism suggests that ideas do". Thank you for overlooking this error.

Hex talks about the DPRK. Is it an authoritarian wasteland or, more realistically, a normal place where normal people do normal stuff? Songs used in episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycdDHP7QfWo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDJwlUNiJBQ Constitution of the DPRK: https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Peoples_Republic_of_Korea_1998.pdf?lang=en The Taean Work System: http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-9558.html Documentaries to Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSd48emp0lI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8o2wG3KUGk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qS8w9PIR7I "The Propaganda Game" on Netflix

Hex talks socialism. How do we bring it here? That's like asking how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop: sometimes you just gotta bite it.

Hex is joined by Dax to talk about what could happen if we don't build socialism. The future has never looked so. . .bleak.

Hex talks about what it means to live in Neoliberalism. It sucks, go figure.

Hex talks history. There are winners and losers. All of *us* are losers, but you already knew that.