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Theo Williams' Making the Revolution Global: Black Radicalism and the British Socialist Movement before Decolonisation (Verso, 2022) shows how black radicals transformed socialist politics in Britain in the years before decolonisation. A history that runs from 1929 to the years after WWII here we see a number of significant activists and intellectuals such as George Padmore, C.L.R. James, Jomo Kenyatta and Amy Ashwood Garvey, establish significant groups on the British Left and how they related to the dominant groups in this field, most notably the Communist Party of Great Britian (CPGB) and the Independent Labour Party (ILP). As Williams shows, while these activists continually emphasised the need to combine international socialism with colonial liberation, these other groups were often resistant to this, with the CPGB responding to the shifting demands of international communism and the ILP facing internal splits on the role of colonialism. Despite these frustrations, these activists develop a significant radical tradition which doesn't reject the British Left, but rather changes it, as the events during, and after WWII show. As our conversation discusses Williams is encouraging us to reconsider this history, not just in order to correct the historical record and more fully account for the place of this black radical tradition within the British left, but also to think about the continuing impacts of decolonisation and what this may mean for contemporary demands to ‘decolonise the university'. Your host Matt Dawson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Glasgow with research interests in social theory and the history of sociology. He is the author of a number of books, including G.D.H. Cole and British Sociology: A Study in Semi-Alienation (2024, Palgrave Macmillan) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Theo Williams' Making the Revolution Global: Black Radicalism and the British Socialist Movement before Decolonisation (Verso, 2022) shows how black radicals transformed socialist politics in Britain in the years before decolonisation. A history that runs from 1929 to the years after WWII here we see a number of significant activists and intellectuals such as George Padmore, C.L.R. James, Jomo Kenyatta and Amy Ashwood Garvey, establish significant groups on the British Left and how they related to the dominant groups in this field, most notably the Communist Party of Great Britian (CPGB) and the Independent Labour Party (ILP). As Williams shows, while these activists continually emphasised the need to combine international socialism with colonial liberation, these other groups were often resistant to this, with the CPGB responding to the shifting demands of international communism and the ILP facing internal splits on the role of colonialism. Despite these frustrations, these activists develop a significant radical tradition which doesn't reject the British Left, but rather changes it, as the events during, and after WWII show. As our conversation discusses Williams is encouraging us to reconsider this history, not just in order to correct the historical record and more fully account for the place of this black radical tradition within the British left, but also to think about the continuing impacts of decolonisation and what this may mean for contemporary demands to ‘decolonise the university'. Your host Matt Dawson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Glasgow with research interests in social theory and the history of sociology. He is the author of a number of books, including G.D.H. Cole and British Sociology: A Study in Semi-Alienation (2024, Palgrave Macmillan) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Theo Williams' Making the Revolution Global: Black Radicalism and the British Socialist Movement before Decolonisation (Verso, 2022) shows how black radicals transformed socialist politics in Britain in the years before decolonisation. A history that runs from 1929 to the years after WWII here we see a number of significant activists and intellectuals such as George Padmore, C.L.R. James, Jomo Kenyatta and Amy Ashwood Garvey, establish significant groups on the British Left and how they related to the dominant groups in this field, most notably the Communist Party of Great Britian (CPGB) and the Independent Labour Party (ILP). As Williams shows, while these activists continually emphasised the need to combine international socialism with colonial liberation, these other groups were often resistant to this, with the CPGB responding to the shifting demands of international communism and the ILP facing internal splits on the role of colonialism. Despite these frustrations, these activists develop a significant radical tradition which doesn't reject the British Left, but rather changes it, as the events during, and after WWII show. As our conversation discusses Williams is encouraging us to reconsider this history, not just in order to correct the historical record and more fully account for the place of this black radical tradition within the British left, but also to think about the continuing impacts of decolonisation and what this may mean for contemporary demands to ‘decolonise the university'. Your host Matt Dawson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Glasgow with research interests in social theory and the history of sociology. He is the author of a number of books, including G.D.H. Cole and British Sociology: A Study in Semi-Alienation (2024, Palgrave Macmillan) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Theo Williams' Making the Revolution Global: Black Radicalism and the British Socialist Movement before Decolonisation (Verso, 2022) shows how black radicals transformed socialist politics in Britain in the years before decolonisation. A history that runs from 1929 to the years after WWII here we see a number of significant activists and intellectuals such as George Padmore, C.L.R. James, Jomo Kenyatta and Amy Ashwood Garvey, establish significant groups on the British Left and how they related to the dominant groups in this field, most notably the Communist Party of Great Britian (CPGB) and the Independent Labour Party (ILP). As Williams shows, while these activists continually emphasised the need to combine international socialism with colonial liberation, these other groups were often resistant to this, with the CPGB responding to the shifting demands of international communism and the ILP facing internal splits on the role of colonialism. Despite these frustrations, these activists develop a significant radical tradition which doesn't reject the British Left, but rather changes it, as the events during, and after WWII show. As our conversation discusses Williams is encouraging us to reconsider this history, not just in order to correct the historical record and more fully account for the place of this black radical tradition within the British left, but also to think about the continuing impacts of decolonisation and what this may mean for contemporary demands to ‘decolonise the university'. Your host Matt Dawson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Glasgow with research interests in social theory and the history of sociology. He is the author of a number of books, including G.D.H. Cole and British Sociology: A Study in Semi-Alienation (2024, Palgrave Macmillan) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

Theo Williams' Making the Revolution Global: Black Radicalism and the British Socialist Movement before Decolonisation (Verso, 2022) shows how black radicals transformed socialist politics in Britain in the years before decolonisation. A history that runs from 1929 to the years after WWII here we see a number of significant activists and intellectuals such as George Padmore, C.L.R. James, Jomo Kenyatta and Amy Ashwood Garvey, establish significant groups on the British Left and how they related to the dominant groups in this field, most notably the Communist Party of Great Britian (CPGB) and the Independent Labour Party (ILP). As Williams shows, while these activists continually emphasised the need to combine international socialism with colonial liberation, these other groups were often resistant to this, with the CPGB responding to the shifting demands of international communism and the ILP facing internal splits on the role of colonialism. Despite these frustrations, these activists develop a significant radical tradition which doesn't reject the British Left, but rather changes it, as the events during, and after WWII show. As our conversation discusses Williams is encouraging us to reconsider this history, not just in order to correct the historical record and more fully account for the place of this black radical tradition within the British left, but also to think about the continuing impacts of decolonisation and what this may mean for contemporary demands to ‘decolonise the university'. Your host Matt Dawson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Glasgow with research interests in social theory and the history of sociology. He is the author of a number of books, including G.D.H. Cole and British Sociology: A Study in Semi-Alienation (2024, Palgrave Macmillan) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

Theo Williams' Making the Revolution Global: Black Radicalism and the British Socialist Movement before Decolonisation (Verso, 2022) shows how black radicals transformed socialist politics in Britain in the years before decolonisation. A history that runs from 1929 to the years after WWII here we see a number of significant activists and intellectuals such as George Padmore, C.L.R. James, Jomo Kenyatta and Amy Ashwood Garvey, establish significant groups on the British Left and how they related to the dominant groups in this field, most notably the Communist Party of Great Britian (CPGB) and the Independent Labour Party (ILP). As Williams shows, while these activists continually emphasised the need to combine international socialism with colonial liberation, these other groups were often resistant to this, with the CPGB responding to the shifting demands of international communism and the ILP facing internal splits on the role of colonialism. Despite these frustrations, these activists develop a significant radical tradition which doesn't reject the British Left, but rather changes it, as the events during, and after WWII show. As our conversation discusses Williams is encouraging us to reconsider this history, not just in order to correct the historical record and more fully account for the place of this black radical tradition within the British left, but also to think about the continuing impacts of decolonisation and what this may mean for contemporary demands to ‘decolonise the university'. Your host Matt Dawson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Glasgow with research interests in social theory and the history of sociology. He is the author of a number of books, including G.D.H. Cole and British Sociology: A Study in Semi-Alienation (2024, Palgrave Macmillan) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

Theo Williams' Making the Revolution Global: Black Radicalism and the British Socialist Movement before Decolonisation (Verso, 2022) shows how black radicals transformed socialist politics in Britain in the years before decolonisation. A history that runs from 1929 to the years after WWII here we see a number of significant activists and intellectuals such as George Padmore, C.L.R. James, Jomo Kenyatta and Amy Ashwood Garvey, establish significant groups on the British Left and how they related to the dominant groups in this field, most notably the Communist Party of Great Britian (CPGB) and the Independent Labour Party (ILP). As Williams shows, while these activists continually emphasised the need to combine international socialism with colonial liberation, these other groups were often resistant to this, with the CPGB responding to the shifting demands of international communism and the ILP facing internal splits on the role of colonialism. Despite these frustrations, these activists develop a significant radical tradition which doesn't reject the British Left, but rather changes it, as the events during, and after WWII show. As our conversation discusses Williams is encouraging us to reconsider this history, not just in order to correct the historical record and more fully account for the place of this black radical tradition within the British left, but also to think about the continuing impacts of decolonisation and what this may mean for contemporary demands to ‘decolonise the university'. Your host Matt Dawson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Glasgow with research interests in social theory and the history of sociology. He is the author of a number of books, including G.D.H. Cole and British Sociology: A Study in Semi-Alienation (2024, Palgrave Macmillan) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

Theo Williams' Making the Revolution Global: Black Radicalism and the British Socialist Movement before Decolonisation (Verso, 2022) shows how black radicals transformed socialist politics in Britain in the years before decolonisation. A history that runs from 1929 to the years after WWII here we see a number of significant activists and intellectuals such as George Padmore, C.L.R. James, Jomo Kenyatta and Amy Ashwood Garvey, establish significant groups on the British Left and how they related to the dominant groups in this field, most notably the Communist Party of Great Britian (CPGB) and the Independent Labour Party (ILP). As Williams shows, while these activists continually emphasised the need to combine international socialism with colonial liberation, these other groups were often resistant to this, with the CPGB responding to the shifting demands of international communism and the ILP facing internal splits on the role of colonialism. Despite these frustrations, these activists develop a significant radical tradition which doesn't reject the British Left, but rather changes it, as the events during, and after WWII show. As our conversation discusses Williams is encouraging us to reconsider this history, not just in order to correct the historical record and more fully account for the place of this black radical tradition within the British left, but also to think about the continuing impacts of decolonisation and what this may mean for contemporary demands to ‘decolonise the university'. Your host Matt Dawson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Glasgow with research interests in social theory and the history of sociology. He is the author of a number of books, including G.D.H. Cole and British Sociology: A Study in Semi-Alienation (2024, Palgrave Macmillan) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rudy and Andreas join Tony Collins, author of Raising the Red Flag. Marxism, Labourism, and the Roots of British Communism, 1884–1921 for a discussion on the origins of the British Marxist movement from the creation of the Social Democratic Federation to the foundation of the Communist Party. We cover some of the important groups of the British Left at the time, the labor militancy before and during and after the First World War, and the founding of the Communist Party of Great Britain detailing which groups did not join the party. We discuss the weaknesses of the CPGB in the issues of Colonialism and its relationship to the Labour party before finishing with a discussion of how past issues can be reflected in the present.

General election 2024 and communist perspectives - discussion and debate between the Spartacist League and the CPGB

Join Mike Taber, David McNally, Anne McShane, & Tom Alter for a discussion about the Second International's strengths, weaknesses, & legacy. This event took place on October 26, 2023. At its height, the Second (Socialist) International (1889-1914) represented the majority of organized workers in the world, with the stated revolutionary aim of overthrowing capitalism. Several of Its major campaigns and initiatives—such as the eight-hour day, May Day, and International Women's Day—remain today as testaments to its lasting influence. To mark the release of Reform, Revolution, and Opportunism—a collection of debates at congresses of the Second International—join editor Mike Taber, along with David McNally, Anne McShane, and Tom Alter, for a discussion about the Second International's strengths, weaknesses, contradictions, and legacy. The speakers will draw out the relevance of socialist debates from more than a century ago on topics that remain deeply contested: militarism and war, immigration, colonialism and imperialism, women's rights, and socialist participation in government. ———————————— Get a copy of Reform, Revolution, Opportunism: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/... ———————————— Speakers: Mike Taber has edited and prepared a number of books related to the history of revolutionary and working-class movements—from collections of documents of the Communist International under Lenin to works by James P. Cannon, Leon Trotsky, Malcolm X, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Maurice Bishop, and Nelson Mandela. David McNally is the Cullen Distinguished Professor of History and Business at the University of Houston and director of the Center for the Study of Capitalism. McNally is the author of seven books and has won a number of awards, including the Paul Sweezy Award from the American Sociological Associaton for his book Global Slump and the Deutscher Memorial Award for Monsters of the Market. Anne McShane is a Marxist, a historian of the early Soviet women's movement and a human rights lawyer, specialising in representing asylum seekers. She has a long history of involvement in both the British and the Irish working class and leftwing movements. She contributes regular articles to the Weekly Worker, the journal of the British based CPGB and occasional pieces for Jacobin. She writes on Irish politics and the historical struggle to connect women's liberation with the socialist project. She is currently writing on the work of the Women's Department of the CPSU (Zhenotdel) in Soviet Central Asia, having completed a PhD on this subject in 2019 at Glasgow University. She is based in Cork, Ireland. Tom Alter is an assistant professor of history at Texas State University, where he specializes in labor and working-class history. He is the author of Toward a Cooperative Commonwealth: The Transplanted Roots of Farmer-Labor Radicalism in Texas and has been involved in labor and social justice movement activism for nearly 30 years. Watch the live event recording: https://youtube.com/live/4uhw8mFmKNk Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

As the Radical Thoughts Podcast is no longer active, I am making these old bonus episodes from Patreon publicly available so that listeners don't have to pay for an inactive podcast. - Patrick In this bonus episode, Patrick sits down with James Turley to discuss Louis Althusser, his theories, and his political situation, in greater detail. Turley is a supporter of the Communist Party of Great Britain and has written for the CPGB newspaper The Weekly Worker.Gregory Elliott's Book: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/286-althusser The Weekly Worker: https://weeklyworker.co.uk/

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Comrade Kevin Bean addresses the March 5th Online Communist Forum Kevin's talk follows on from his recent article in the Weekly Worker: https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1432/sunaks-brexit-deal/ Organised by CPGB (www.communistparty.co.uk) and Labour Party Marxists (www.labourpartymarxists.org.uk)

Comrade Moshé Machover addresses the January 5th Online Communist Forum Moshé Machover, born in Tel Aviv in 1936, is a mathematician and socialist activist who has been active in and written extensively on Middle-Eastern politics. You can read his articles in the weekly worker here: https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/authors/moshe-machover/ Organised by CPGB (www.communistparty.co.uk) and Labour Party Marxists (www.labourpartymarxists.org.uk)

Jack Conrad addresses the December 18th Online Communist Forum on the subject of Jesus as an apocalyptic revolutionary. Comrade Conrad has written extensively on Marxism and Religion in the weekly Worker (https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/authors/jack-conrad/) and in his 2012 book 'Fantastic Reality' (https://communistparty.co.uk/resources/library/jack-conrad/) Organised by CPGB (https://communistparty.co.uk/) and Labour Party Marxists (http://labourpartymarxists.org.uk/)

THE VIEWS IN THIS VIDEO ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THOSE OF THE CPGB Tony Greenstein addresses the December 11 Online Communist forum with a talk on his new book 'Zionism during the holocaust: the weaponisation of memory in the service of state and nation'. Comrade Tony has written many articles for the Weekly Worker on the subject of Israel, Zionism, and much more. You can find his pieces here: https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/authors/tony-greenstein/ Organised by CPGB (https://communistparty.co.uk/) and Labour Party Marxists (http://labourpartymarxists.org.uk/)

Following the latest round of elections in Israel, Moshé Machover assesses the new state of play in Israeli politics at the November 27 Online Communist Forum. Comrade Machover is a regular writer on zionism and the Middle East for the Weekly Worker. You can find his articles here: https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/authors/moshe-machover/ Organised by CPGB (https://communistparty.co.uk/) and Labour Party Marxists (http://labourpartymarxists.org.uk/)

Daniel Lazare addresses the November 13th Online Communist Forum on the results of the 2022 US midterm elections and gives his assessment. For more coverage of US politics, see comrade Lazrae's articles in the Weekly Worker: https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/authors/daniel-lazare/ Organised by CPGB (www.communistparty.co.uk) and Labour Party Marxists (www.labourpartymarxists.org.uk)

Organised by CPGB: communistparty.co.uk and Labour Party Marxists: www.labourpartymarxists.org.uk For further information, email Stan Keable at Secretary@labourpartymarxists.org.uk

Yassamine Mather adresses the October 16th Online Communist Forum on the ongoing protest movement in Iran. Comrade Mather is a Middle East expert and regularly writes for the Weekly Worker (https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/authors/yassamine-mather/) Organised by CPGB and Labour Party Marxists. For more from the CPGB or to attend future OCFs, check out our website: https://communistparty.co.uk/

Kevin Bean reports on the 2022 Labour Party conference. This talk follows from his article, 'Political wing of capitalist class', in Weekly Worker 1412 (https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1412/political-wing-of-capitalist-class/) Organised by CPGB and Labour Party Marxists. For further information, email Stan Keable at Secretary@labourpartymarxists.org.uk For more from the CPGB or to attend future OCFs, check out our website: https://communistparty.co.uk/

R. Palme Dutt was born in the U.K. in 1896, and came of age during the lead up to World War I. He was a conscientious objector, and after the war ended, he joined the newly-formed Communist Party of Great Britain. He was a strong supporter of the Soviet Union, and was an important figure in the Comintern, where he eventually rose to leadership of the CPGB and also served as an advisor to the Communist Party of India. In Fascism and Social Revolution Dutt places the emergence of fascism in Europe in the context of the capitalist liberal democracies that spawned it, and carefully lays out the conditions of its emergence and the functions it performs. Drawing on Leninist ideas about Imperialism, Dutt sees fascism as another step in Capitalism's degeneration. Writing well before the Second World War and the atrocities that carved the word Fascism into history, Dutt's analysis is prophetic, both for his time and our own. This recording covers Part 1 of the reading for the Red Start discussion. TIMESTAMPS (00:03) Introduction (11:26) Chapter 1 Summary (12:23) Chapter 1 (13:41) Chapter 2 Summary (14:27) Chapter 3 (17:22) Chapter 3 Summary (18:27) Chapter 3, Section 3 (21:39) Chapter 3, Section 3 Summary (24:50) Chapter 3, Section 4 (29:58) Chapter 3, Section 4 Summary (32:30) Chapter 3, Section 5 (45:14) Chapter 3, Section 6 (53:22) Chapter 4 (56:55) Chapter 4, Section 1 (58:45) Chapter 4, Section 1 Summary (1:03:45) Chapter 4, Section 2 (1:10:25) Chapter 4, Section 3 (1:21:22) Chapter 4, Section 4

Moshé Machover introduces his new book, 'How Labor Powers the Global Economy: A Labor Theory of Capitalism', co‑authored with Emmanuel D Farjoun and David Zachariah. Organised by CPGB and Labour Party Marxists. For further information, email Stan Keable at Secretary@labourpartymarxists.org.uk For more from the CPGB or to attend future OCFs, check out our website: https://communistparty.co.uk/

Lydia Apolinar addresses the July 24 Online Communist Forum on the uses and misuses of Shariati during the Iranian Revolution and after. You can find Lydia's background article to this talk here: https://cosmonautmag.com/2019/11/ali-shariati-ideologue-of-the-iranian-revolution/ Organised by CPGB (www.communistparty.co.uk) and Labour Party Marxists www.labourpartymarxists.org.uk). For further information, email Stan Keable at Secretary@labourpartymarxists.org.uk For more from the CPGB or to attend future OCFs, check out our events page: https://communistparty.co.uk/category/events/

Ben Lewis addresses the June 26th Online Communist Forum on the little explored paper Die Gleichheit, its role in the women's movement in Germany and the Second International as well as its legacy for communists today. Comrade Lewis has written a number of articles for the Weekly Worker (https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/authors/ben-lewis/) and has authored several books (https://communistparty.co.uk/resources/library/ben-lewis/). He is currently heading the 'Marxism Translated' project (https://marxismtranslated.com/) that aims to first-time translations of classical texts of German Marxism. Organised jointly by the Communist Party of Great Britain and Labour Party Marxists. For more from the CPGB or to get involved, visit our website: https://communistparty.co.uk/

Moshé Machover addresses the May 29 Online Communist Forum. References and links from Moshé's talk: - 'Israel and the Messiah's ass' (https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1157/israel-and-the-messiahs-ass/) - 'Messianic Zionism: The Ass and the Red Heifer' (https://monthlyreview.org/2020/02/01/messianic-zionism/?v=79cba1185463) - 'How Israel Uses Radical Islam to Justify the Occupation' (https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2022-04-24/ty-article-opinion/.premium/how-israel-uses-radical-islam-to-justify-the-occupation/00000180-6563-db2f-a1c0-ef6fd89e0000) - 'Religion, Not Nationalism or Real Estate, Is to Blame in Israel' (https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2022-04-26/ty-article-opinion/religion-not-nationalism-or-real-estate-is-to-blame-in-israel/00000180-66ae-d030-a3cc-7eaf4a310000) For more from the CPGB or to get involved, visit our website: https://communistparty.co.uk/

Kevin Bean and Anne McShane address the May 15th Online Communist Forum on the result of the Stormont elections in the Six Counties as well as the wider constitutional crisis, the state of the left north and south of the border, and the prospects for Irish unification. This talk is follows on from a recent article by comrades Kevin Bean and Anne McShane in the Weekly Worker: https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1395/crisis-in-permanence/ Organised by CPGB (https://communistparty.co.uk/) and Labour Party Marxists (http://labourpartymarxists.org.uk/) For further information, email Stan Keable at Secretary@labourpartymarxists.org.uk

Mike Macnair introduces his recent 'Imperialism and the state' series of Weekly Worker articles to the CPGB's May 8th Online Communist Forum. Mike's four-part supplement series is essential background reading for this talk: (Part I) - https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1387/supplement-imperialism-and-the-state-part-i/ (Part II) - https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1388/supplement-imperialism-and-the-state-part-ii/ (Part III) - https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1390/supplement-imperialism-and-the-state-part-iii/ (Part IV) - https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1391/supplement-imperialism-and-the-state-part-iv/ Organised by CPGB (https://communistparty.co.uk/) and Labour Party Marxists (http://labourpartymarxists.org.uk/) For further information, email Stan Keable at Secretary@labourpartymarxists.org.uk

Lawrence Parker, author of 'The Kick Inside - Revolutionary Opposition in the CPGB, 1945-1991' (2012), addresses the CPGB's Online Communist Forum on the 90th anniversary of the Kinder Scout mass trespass. Comrade Parker Has also written an accompanying article to this talk in the Weekly Worker: https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1392/forgive-us-our-trespasses/ Organised by CPGB: https://communistparty.co.uk/ and Labour Party Marxists: http://labourpartymarxists.org.uk/ For further information, email Stan Keable at Secretary@labourpartymarxists.org.uk Previous OCF can be found on our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOkaFWQNpCTrQfT65UszE4A

Mike Taber addresses the March 27th Online Communist Forum. Taber has edited and prepared a number of books related to the history of revolutionary and working-class movements. His latest book (Under the Socialist Banner: Resolutions of the Second International, 1889-1912) is the first English-language collection ever assembled of all the resolutions adopted by congresses of the Second International in its Marxist years. Don't forget to tune in to our upcoming OCFs live, you can find out more on our websites events page: https://communistparty.co.uk/category/events/ For more from the CPGB or to get involved, visit our website: https://communistparty.co.uk/ You can also read our weekly publication, the Weekly Worker, online at: https://weeklyworker.co.uk/

Mike Macnair addresses the March 6th Online Communist Forum. Don't forget to tune in to our upcoming OCFs live, you can find out more on our websites events page: https://communistparty.co.uk/category/events/ For more from the CPGB or to get involved, visit our website: https://communistparty.co.uk/ You can also read our weekly publication, the Weekly Worker, online at: https://weeklyworker.co.uk/

With Reid's boots firmly planted in Georgia clay, he gives us an update on what it's like to be the new comic in town, plus he gives us a rundown of all the hot comedy clubs in ATL and he spends some time reliving the feel good energy at the Obituary show

Yassamine Mather addresses the February 20th Online Communist Forum. Don't forget to tune in to our upcoming OCFs live, you can find out more on our websites events page: https://communistparty.co.uk/category/events/ For more from the CPGB or to get involved, visit our website: https://communistparty.co.uk/ You can also read our weekly publication, the Weekly Worker, online at: https://weeklyworker.co.uk/

***The views in this video do not necessarily represent the views of either organisation*** Opening to a debate between Daniel Lazare and Mike Macnair at the February 13th Online Communist Forum. Don't forget to tune in to our upcoming OCFs live, you can find out more on our websites events page: https://communistparty.co.uk/category... For more from the CPGB or to get involved, visit our website: https://communistparty.co.uk/ You can also read our weekly publication, the Weekly Worker, online at: https://weeklyworker.co.uk/

Jack Conrad, member of the CPGB Provisional Central Committee and author of ‘Fantastic Reality' (2012), addressed the December 19th OCF on the life of Jesus and the evolution of the ‘Jesus Party' inside and outside of Judea, as well as the development of modern Judaism and Christianity in this period. Jack Conrad argues that religion should not be dismissed as mere false consciousness, religions reflect the ideas of the societies which created them and their history also reflects the changes in those societies. You can download or buy Jacks book on religion from the digital library on the CPGB website: https://communistparty.co.uk/resources/library/jack-conrad/ A video of this talk is available to watch on the CPGB YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOkaFWQNpCTrQfT65UszE4A

CPGB is going on vacation. We are taking a much needed rest and you should, too!

In this episode of SPS, Sophia and Pamela discuss the moral panic surrounding Netflix's new film, Cuties (2020), and take up the responses by Spiked Online and Jacobin magazine. Platypus members Marco Torres and David Faes join us to reflect on Polanski's critically-acclaimed J'Accuse (2019)and how it speaks to the present. In the final segment, Sophia interviews Jack Conrad from the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). They consider how the 'Left' uses and abuses Karl Kautsky's legacy in order to avoid Kautsky's Marxism and discuss what the CPGB is up to. If you want to learn more about Platypus, and get involved, read the Platypus review, visit us on Facebook under the Platypus Affiliated Society or visit www.platypus1917.org. You can follow us on Instagram: ShitPlatypusSays, and on Twitter: @PlatypusSays. If you like the podcast, share it, rate it, and write us a review. Mentioned:
 (0) Theodor W. Adorno, "Sexual Taboos and the Law Today" (1963) https://platypus1917.org/wp-content/uploads/readings/adorno_sexualtaboostoday.pdf (1) Brendan O'Neill, Cuties Review 
https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/09/15/in-defence-of-cuties/ (2) Eileen Jones, Cuties Review
 https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/09/cuties-scandal-netflix-controversy-french-movie 
(3) The Spartacist League on Polanski, “Stop the Puritan Witchhunt Against Roman Polanski!” printed in the Workers Vanguard, No. 192, 10 February 1978 https://www.icl-fi.org/english/wv/944/polanski.html
 (4) Platypus' 'Kautsky in the 21st Century' Panel (2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL2TWNd1ntc (5) Communist Party of Great Britain's website https://communistparty.co.uk (6) The CPGB's Weekly Worker website https://weeklyworker.co.uk (7) The CPGB's Communist University 2020 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOkaFWQNpCTrQfT65UszE4A Hosted by Pamela C., Sophia F., with editing assistance by Michael Woodson, Audrey Crescenti and music from Tamas Vilaghy.

In this episode of Pop the Left Douglas Lain and Derick Varn discuss Chris Cutrone's teach-in on Lukacs entitled "CPGB contra Lukacs." Cutrone's lecture was uploaded to the Platypus Affiliated Society's youtube page on Jan 14, 2014 and was a response to Mike McNair's Essay "Lukács: The philosophy trap" which was published in the Weekly Worker in November of 2013. The Teach-In from 2014 CPGB contra Lukacs teach-in by Chris Cutrone of Platypus https://youtu.be/FyAx32lzC0U Why still read Lukács? The place of “philosophical” questions in Marxism https://platypus1917.org/2014/02/01/why-still-read-lukacs-the-place-of-philosophical-questions-in-marxism Relevant Essays: Mike Macnair, "The philosophy trap" 11/21/13 https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/987/lukacs-the-philosophy-trap/ Chris Cutrone, "Defending Marxist Hegelianism against a Marxist critique" 8/11/11 https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/878/defending-marxist-hegelianism-against-a-marxist-cr/ Georg Lukacs, Original Preface (1922) to History and Class Consciousness (1923) https://www.marxists.org/archive/lukacs/works/history/preface-1922.htm

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This is a preview from our most recent bonus episode. James Turley from the CPGB and Weekly Worker joins us to talk about Althusser and the political circumstances surrounding his life and career.If you want to listen to the full episode, you can access it by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/radicalthoughts/

1. Coronavirus – accelerating the downturn 2. (10.35) Syria – chaos rules 3. (16.50) Saudi Arabia – trying to secure the royal future 4. (20.20) Unite the Union – promoting a rightwing alternative 5. (24.00) US Democrats – the left learning the lessons 6. (35.00) International Women’s Day – what about the ‘working’? 7. (47.10) Labour – end of Corbynism? 8. (50.50) Monarchy stupidity 9. (52.05) CPGB – differences of shade

Reid gets engaged (finally) and interviews one of his favorite comic artists Mitch Gerard, plus more love for the books of NK Jemisin, plus Reid reports from the Altercation Comedy Festival in Austin, Texas and the Soda City Comedy Festival in Columbia, South Carolina, and what do Slayer and a dead grandmother have in common? The answers to these questions and much more in episode 23 of CPGB.  

Summer is still hanging around (and so are we!) In this episode of CPGB, we examine one of the most punk things that has happened in a long while, a co-founding member of Blink 182 proves that UFOs are REAL, plus Reid bombs spectacularly in front the High School Reunion of 1979 and it couldn't be funnier. Ryan shares his obsession for N.K. Jemisin's Hugo Award winning trilogy The Broken Earth and we say a fond farewell to Ric Ocasek.

This week we welcome James to the show, a long time listener and patron who I met recently at the CPGB Communist University this summer. We give a thorough analysis of the event, our thoughts on the talks, the people we met there, and our overall general impression. For those unaware, Mike MacNair, whose book ‘Revolutionary Strategy’ we are currently studying on the podcast, is a member of the CPGB. He gave a number of talks related to the book, and was where I got to sit down with him to talk about brexit for the recent episodes.

On this episode, we talk about Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and the undigested legacy of the late sixties among millennials. We take up the recent corruption scandal plaguing the United Auto Workers (UAW) with Platypus member, Nick Kreitman, a personal injury, employment and labor attorney practicing in Chicago, Illinois. Nick gives us an update on the state of American unions and what leftists think is possible under Bernie Sanders. In the second segment, Sophia interviews Hillel Ticktin, a South African expat living in London who spoke on the fall of the Soviet Union at the CPGB’s summer Communist University. They discuss the counterrevolution left by Stalinists in Power, the atomization of the working class in the USSR and the legacy of 1989. As always feel free to send your questions, comments and criticism to shitplatypussays@gmail.com. And if you like the podcast, share it and leave us a review. Links; Rory Hannigan, Platypus Review 119, September 2019 https://platypus1917.org/2019/09/01/what-was-stalinism-in-power/ J. Hoberman, "Once Upon a Time in Tarantino’s Hollywood" in New York Review of Books (08.19.2019) https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/08/19/once-upon-a-time-in-tarantinos-hollywood/ Labor Notes on the United Auto Workers (UAW) https://www.labornotes.org/2019/09/corruption-cases-auto-workers-complicate-bargaining https://labornotes.org/2019/07/viewpoint-big-three-negotiations-open-which-way-forward-auto-workers Meagan Day, "Americans Are Starting to Love Unions Again" in Jacobin (09.02.2019) https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/09/unions-us-labor-movement-americans-gallup-poll-bernie-sanders Nick Kreitman https://www.nickkreitman.attorney Hosted by Pamela C. and Sophia Freeman

Part two of our super special double feature, an exclusive interview with comedian Brooks Wheelan. He tells us why "Powerman 5000" is *his* band and Brooks goes head-to-head with Reid in everybody's favorite quiz show, "Magic: The Gathering Card or Metal Band". We also have exclusive interviews from the floor of NCComicon Raleigh with artists Kyle Baker and Aeron Alfrey.

The Conspiracy Beer Me Boys sit down with comedian Reid Pegram of the CPGB podcast to discuss the Black Knight satellite conspiracy. Each week comedians Justin Scranton, Shane Smith, and Sam Mazany get together, drink a bunch of beers, and incorrectly tell each other about conspiracies that they kind of know about. Become a patron! https://www.patreon.com/conspiracybeerme Give us a follow at @conspiracybeerme on Instagram and Facebook! Review us on iTunes!

Comedian Brooks Wheelan brings us stories from behind-the-scenes of Saturday Night Live and tells us how he walked away from a biomedical engineering job to pursue a career in comedy. Check out Brooks Wheelan's podcast "Entry Level  w/ Brooks Wheelan". We also have exclusive interviews from the floor of NC Comicon Raleigh with Robert Venditti, Rico Renzi and Steve Mannion. This is part one of a two-part episode. Part two will air May 1st and have more interviews from NC Comicon and the second half of our interview with Brooks Wheelan.

This is part two of an awesome crossover with my friends from the CPGB Podcast. CPGB stands for Comedy, Punk, Games, and Books.  Tune into their most recent episode for another great discussion with me and then come back to listen to us continue that conversation here ! Reid and Ryan are both huge facets of the Raleigh NC comedy scene and have deep roots in comics, punk rock, metal, and skateboarding.  We deep dive into all of this and much much more.  Please subscribe to both CPGB and Punks and Panels, it helps small time podcasters like us out so much.  Check out the Punks and Panels Playlist for each episode for music discussed in each episode!

Ben Roberts of “Punks and Panels” podcast joins us to discuss the DIY aesthetic of comic books and punk music, plus a review of the comic book “Invasion from Planet Wrestletopia”. We delve into the controversy surrounding the repurposing of “The Punisher” logo. Ryan celebrates Kevin Smith’s new venture with “Howard the Duck”. Reid plays his first game of Dungeons and Dragons, tells us why he cried at the Raleigh “Metallica” show, and provides a first-hand review of the “Corrosion of Conformity” show at the Lincoln Theater. Plus the return of “Magic the Gathering Card or Metal Band?” and a fond farewell to comedian Brody Stevens.

We give a full audio analysis of Bill Maher's rant against comic book culture with our careful analytical dissection of his comedy and opinions (SPOILER: he's an asshole.) A preview of the 21st Annual Punk Rock Bowling festival in Las Vegas Nevada and a look ahead at the Iron Reagan show at the Maywood in Raleigh. Reid details his fishing excursions in the video game Red Dead redemption 2 as he prepares to play Dungeons and Dragons for the first time in front of a live audience. The return of everyone's favorite quiz show "Magic the Gathering Card or Metal Band?" Our top reads for the past month including Brian Posehn's "Forever Nerdy" and "Die" the comic book. Plus a fond farewell to punk legend Lorna Doom and comedy actor Bob Einstein.

Ring in the New Year with a fresh episode from CPGB. In Episode 12: a look back at all the cool Christmas loot we managed to scam out of our loved ones, the miracle that is GWAR, why Reid will never go back to Kentucky, the top tabletop games from last year, must-read comedy books from 2018 and a fond farewell to Penny Marshall.

Interviews from NC Comicon-Bull City in Durham, North Carolina with Tamara Robertson from "Mythbusters" and comic creators Ben Bishop, Becky Cloonan, Jeff Parker and Jeff Lemire. Plus a tearful tribute and farewell to Stan Lee. 

Unexpected return of Louis CK, roasting the X-Men, reviews of Alice Cooper and Dead Boys, D.O.A. comes to power in Canada, winning the Spiderman PS4 game, a look at Red Dead Redemption 2, Reid hates on mustard-based barbecue, Ryan reviews the "Stranger Things" comic and "Batman & The MAXX", and another installment of everyone's favorite quiz show, "Magic: the Gathering Card or Metal Band?"  

Vandaag hebben we weer een interview vanuit de Communist University van afgelopen augustus. Het interview, met marxistisch econoom Michael Roberts is een uitbreiding op het gastcollege dat hij hield over de relevantie van Marx's economische theorieën vandaag de dag. Dit gastcollege is opgenomen en gepubliceerd door de CPGB en je kunt deze hier vinden. Hij is zeker het bekijken waard als je meer wilt weten over een marxistische analyse over de kapitalistische economie. De blog van Michael kun je vinden op thenextrecession.wordpress.com en hij heeft twee boeken uitgebracht die je overal kunt krijgen, getiteld: The Long Depression: Marxism and the Global Crisis of Capitalism en Marx 200 - a review of Marx's economics 200 years after his birth. Wat hem apart zet als marxistisch econoom is dat hij stevig inzet op de visie dat de grondoorzaak van elke kapitalistische crisis de wet is van de tendens van de dalende winstvoet van het kapitalisme.

Seattle comedian Derek Sheen joins us in-studio at the Soda City Cola Comedy Festival in Columbia, SC.  Derek discusses: the comedy scene in Seattle, the Louis C.K. problem, a hotel located at the mouth of Hell, the bursting of the comedy bubble in the ‘90s, and so much more. Also, Reid finds something special in his hotel pillow and reviews the new PS4 Spiderman game. Plus, Derek and Reid square-off in everybody’s favorite quiz show: “Magic the Gathering Card or Metal Band?” DO NOT MISS THIS EPISODE!  Find Derek’s upcoming shows at https://www.dereksheenrulz.com/ Follow Derek on: twitter facebook  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dereksheen666/  

Reid's adventures with comedian Brian Posehn. Ryan reports on the latest Rifftrax Live: "Krull" and David Cross's comedy tour makes a stop in the Bull City. Also, a preview of Raleigh's premiere music festival "Hopscotch".  Ryan joins forces with RPG non-profit organization The Role Initiative . Plus, reviews of the new "DC/Looney Tunes" and the "Rick and Morty/Dungeons & Dragons" crossover comic books. And a look at the biggest little comic show in NC, the "Raleigh Comic Book Show". And Reid locks horns with everyone's favorite quiz show, "Magic: The Gathering Card or Metal Band?"

Exclusive interviews with comic book artists Larry Hama, Tim Seeley and Bob McLeod. Titans of the comics industry chat with Reid and Ryan about their favorite comic book villain, rock & roll, and hot pants for Robin. Also, recaps of SUPERCON panels with Eisner Award winning writer Tom King, "Batman the Animated Series" voice actor Kevin Conroy, and rock mega-star Alice Cooper.  Plus, Reid's unhealthy obsession with Tom King EXPOSED! Reid also demonstrates how NOT to talk to Kevin Conroy. Ryan makes things awkward with Larry Hama and shares his passion for tennis with Bob McLeod.  Plus the nominations are out for the Gen Con EN World RPG Awards (the “ENnies”) and the winners from the 2018 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. 

The serious topic of the allegations of abuse and misuse of power in the comedy world. In punk & metal: Slayer's farewell tour, Raleigh Deathfest, YOB at Kings, GWAR on tour, farewell to Nick Knox, Steve Soto and Vinnie Paul.  In games: E3 announcements, the Origins Game Fair Awards, Gamestop looks for a buyer and starts selling comic books. In books: A crimewave hits Ultimate Comics, Batman and Catwoman's wedding SPOILED, Conan the Barbarian coming to Amazon, Reid attends HeroCon, Supercon Preview, Action Comics #1 sells for millions at auction. 

Stan Lee's BILLION DOLLAR lawsuit against POW!Entertainment, Reid visits with "Name Redacted" podcast where he drinks 40 ounce beers out of a pint glass (classy) and does a comedy set with a shock collar around his neck at Monstercade in Winston Salem. A look back at the Cape Fear Comedy Festival in Wilmington and the Oak City Comedy Festival in Raleigh. Rick and Morty creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland ink a 70 episode deal. Network ABC cancels the reboot of the popular sitcom "Roseanne", because the show's name sake can't stop race baiting on twitter. Samantha Bee apologies for her controversial use of the word "feckless" on her show "Full Frontal". Michelle Wolf does the opposite of apologize for her scathing set at the White House Correspondents Dinner (read the transcript here).  In punk & metal news, the band NOFX loses its sponsorship and its spotlight gig at "Camp Drunk in Public" because Fat Mike can't keep his mouth shut. Reid renews his nerd card at a Bit Brigade and Mega Colossus show at King's in Raleigh.Ryan introduces the new game "Punch Shirt" at the Primus and Mastadon show and the best show the Ritz has seen this year: Descendents, Radkey and Pie Faced Girls, seriously this was the best show in Raleigh to date (read the Descendents setlist here). Tenacious D gears up for a new tour. Chicago's punk mega festival "Riotfest" releases the first wave of their band lineup (read the list of artists here). Chapel Hill's underground home for music weirdos, The Cave, is back in business.  In game news, Reid gets excited at some of the new PS4 releases that are coming out in this summer (read a list of the top 40+ video games coming out this year.) Thousands clamor to attend new E-Sports Arenas. Batman the Animated Series is getting a board game and Reid is about to lose his mind about it. The Sengoku punk role-playing game Warsong gets a second edition (download a copy on DriveThruRPG). The new D&D source book Mordenkainen Tome of Foes shows up in gaming stores across America damaged (Ryan still doesn't have his copy). The new D&D adventure books are announced. Reid takes another swing at everyone's favorite quiz show "Magic: The Gathering Card or Metal Band?" In books news, a small child throws a dead bird at Reid at Free Comic Book Day. Ryan tells you how to get one dollar comics for forty cents. Amazing Spider Man issue number 800 has 45 variant covers; is it too much or not enough? Ryan reviews "Uninvited Quests" by Lex Wilson. The 2018 Eisner Comic Industry Award nominations are announced (read the entire list of nominees here). We say good bye to Margot Kidder, Philp Roth and Tom Wolfe.   

The delicate art of producing a comedy open mic and take a look ahead at the "Cape Fear" & "Oak City" comedy festivals. Reid talks about eating his first beef tongue taco and breaking up a nerd fight. In punk news, the new album "The Sciences" from doom stoner metal band "Sleep" and a look at some of the punk bands heading back to the studio. In gaming news, a rundown of the top 10 video games of the year, examining the new PS4 game "God of War" and looking at some of the new tabletop games that are coming out. And everyone's favorite quiz show is back, "Magic: The Gathering Card or Metal Band?" Ryan talks about unearthing quality comic book issues at the "Ultimate Comics Super Secret Warehouse Sale"and rants about comic digging etiquette. Reid fawns over "Action Comics" issue number 1000 of the "Superman" comic and looks ahead to Free Comic Book Day. Reid Pegram live stand-up performances: May 2nd, 8pm - Cape Fear Comedy Festival - Waterline Brewing Company in Wilmington, NC May 2nd, 9pm - Cape Fear Comedy Festival - Dead Crow Comedy Room in Wilmington, NC May 3rd, 8pm -Cape Fear Comedy Festival - Reel Cafe in Wilmington, NC May 4th, 10pm -Cape Fear Comedy Festival - Bourgie Nights in Wilmington, NC May 5th, 8:30pm - Cape Fear Comedy Festival - Dead Crow in Wilmington, NC May 9th, 9pm - The Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson House Party Comedy Open Mic, The Outpost in Raleigh, NC May 22nd, 9pm - Oak City Comedy Festival - The Outpost in Raleigh, NC May 23rd, 9pm - The Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson House Party Comedy Open Mic, The Outpost in Raleigh, NC May 25th, TBA Oak City Comedy Festival

Premiere of your favorite new game show: "Magic the Gathering Card or Metal Band?", Reid stays at a sketchy beach motel, Ryan's favorite Communist comedians, DIY Punk & Comedy, Hot Sauce + Stand-up = Painful bits... of poo, Mac Sabbath at Motorco, latest tabletop game news: Pathfinder Second Edition, Star Wars Legion and Asmodee Launches an Entertainment division, Visiting NC Comicon (Reid gets crushed by a 12 year old), Remembering Meltdown Comics, Conan Returning to Marvel in 2019, NY Times Bestsellers Reid Pegram's live stand-up performances: April 5th, 8pm - "The People's Showcase: A Night of Stand-up Comedy" @ The Outpost in Raleigh, NC April 9th, 7:30pm - Charity Showcase for Interact April 11th, 9pm "The Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson House Party Comedy Open Mic" @ The outpost in Raleigh, NC April 13th, Copper Still Taproom in Thomasville, NC April 21st, North Star Cafe in Jacksonville, NC April 25th, 9pm "The Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson House Party Comedy Open Mic" @ The outpost in Raleigh, NC April 27th, Stone Cold Sober @ Bombers in Wilmington, NC

A special one-hour interview with actress, comedian and manager of Goodnights Comedy Club in Raleigh, Brandy Brown. CPGB's new intro song "Wendigo" compliments of Raleigh metalheads "Mega Colossus", the other CPGB, an update on Reid's horrific knee injury, Ryan's DM seminar at Playthrough Gaming Convention, upcoming punk festivals, "Ready Player One" back on the best seller list Click here to see the trailer of the cult zombie movie "One Last Sunset" our guest starring Brandy Brown. Reid Pegram's live stand-up performances: March 10th, 9pm - "From the Couch" (storytelling show) @ The PIT in Chapel Hill, NC March 15th, 8pm - "Neptune's 4 Year Anniversary Show" @ Neptune's in Raleigh, NC March 21st, 7:45pm - "Comedy Overload" @ Deep South in Raleigh, NC  March 22nd, 7:30pm - "Behind the Laughs" @ Varsity Theatre in Chapel Hill, NC March 30-31, 8:00pm - Opening at Dead Crow Comedy Club in Wilmington, NC April 9th, 7:30pm - "Charity Show to Benefit Interact" @ Jordan Lake Brewing Company in Cary, NC May 2nd-5th - "Cape Fear Comedy Festival" in Wilmington, NC May 22nd-26th - "Oak City Comedy Festival" in Raleigh, NC In the episode we reference the Native American spirit "Wendigo" (which is also the name of the Mega Colossus song that is now our new intro theme). Charming, isn't he?    

Welcome to the very first episode of the CPGB podcast. From the "Catacombs of Despair" located in the steam tunnels beneath the soft white underbelly of Raleigh, North Carolina, hosts Ryan Parker and Reid Pegram bring you the inaugural episode of "CPGB: Home of Underground Podcasting". In this episode, it's all about getting to know our hosts and the purpose behind the podcast. This month, Reid and Ryan talk about: The burgeoning comedy scene in North Carolina Reid's horrific injury and why it kept him from seeing one of his favorite metal bands Favorite punk and metal venues in the Triangle (and beyond)  report from the metal show at Slim's Downtown Distillery featuring: Mega Colossus, Knightmare, Children of the Reptile & Mortal Man The Punkrock Smackdown 7 at The Maywood featuring: Black Cat Attack, No Anger Control, Poison Anthem, Children of October, Ghosts of Saturday Nite, MechaBull, Safe Word, Machinegun Earl Reid's opinion on the greatest video game console of all time Why Ryan thinks we are in a board game renaissance  A book recommendation for comic book enthusiasts and comic book recommendations Reid Pegram live stand-up performances: Feb 18th, 7:00pm @ Mystery Brewing in Hillsboro, NC Feb 19th, 6:00pm - NC Comedy Festival @ The Idiot Box in Greensboro, NC Feb 21st, 9:00pm - NC Comedy Festival @ The Idiot Box in Greensboro, NC Feb. 28th, 9:30pm - The Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson House Party Comedy Open Mic @ The Outpost, Raleigh, NC  March 1st, 8:00pm - The People's ShowCase: A Night of Stand-up Comedy @ The Outpost in Raleigh, NC March 2nd & 3rd, 7:00 & 9:30 (both nights) - Hosting for Gina Brillon @ The Dead Crow Comedy Room in Wilmington, NC  March 30th & 31st, 7:00 & 9:30 (both nights) - Hosting for Randy Liedtke @ The Dead Crow Comedy Room in Wilmington, NC

Ranjeet Brar speaks on behalf of the CPGB-ML about the important lessons we can draw from the October Revolution which aid us in building a revolutionary party in Britain today. For more Marxist-Leninist news and literature and to find local events and meetings visit cpgb-ml.org We also have a new online shop where you can get copies of Proletarian, Lalkar and Marxist-Leninist books at proletarianonline.org

This is the final part of a two-part interview with Prof. Colin Chambers, former books editor of the Morning Star and Literary Editor at the Royal Shakespeare Company. He spoke with Elinor Taylor and Henry Stead about his experience of being a member of the CPGB from the late 1960s to the late 1980s. This podcast is the third episode in the Conversations on Communism series in association with Brave New Classics (http://www.bravenewclassics.info). It is also available for subscription via Soundcloud and iTunes. The photo shows Colin Chambers working as books editor at the Morning Star.

This is the first part of a two part interview with Prof. Colin Chambers, former books editor of the Morning Star and Literary Editor at the Royal Shakespeare Company. He spoke with Elinor Taylor and Henry Stead about his experience of being a member of the CPGB from the late 1960s to the late 1980s. This podcast is the second episode in the Conversations on Communism series in association with Brave New Classics (http://www.bravenewclassics.info). In the photograph, Colin Chambers (right) is taking over as books editor at the Morning Star from Bob Leeson (left). Tune in to the next episode for the second half.

Cuban ambassador to the UK, Comrade Teresita Vicente Sotolongo, speaks powerfully at the CPGB-ML meeting to celebrate the 99th anniversary of the Great Socialist October Revolution held in Saklatvala Hall, Southall, west London on 5th November 2016. Look out for the rest of the speeches, and read a report of the meeting here: https://redyouth.org/2016/11/08/october-revolution-1917-2016 Join us in building a bright future for humanity! Subscribe to LALKAR and Proletarian and visit the CPGB-ML bookstore: www.proletarianonline.org/ More information about Red Youth and the CPGB-ML: www.cpgb-ml.org www.redyouth.org www.youtube.com/ProletarianCPGBML www.lalkar.org Join the struggle! www.cpgb-ml.org/index.php?secName=join Donate: www.cpgb-ml.org/index.php?secName=donate