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Last time we spoke about the Guangzhou, Gansu and Red Spear Uprisings. During China's Warlord Era, the CCP faced many challenges as they sought to implement land revolutions and armed uprisings. Following the Nanchang and Autumn Harvest uprisings, the CCP held an emergency meeting criticizing Chen Duxiu for his appeasement of the KMT right wing. With strong encouragement from Soviet advisors, the CCP planned a major uprising to seize control of Guangdong province. In November 1927, the CCP saw an opportunity as petty warlords in Guangdong and Guangxi engaged in conflict. Zhang Fakui's troops, vulnerable and demoralized, were targeted by the CCP. Mobilizing workers and peasants, the CCP initiated the Guangzhou Uprising. The uprising was ultimately suppressed by superior NRA troops, resulting in heavy CCP casualties and brutal reprisals. The failed uprisings, though unable to achieve immediate goals, ignited a persistent revolutionary spirit within the CCP, marking the beginning of a prolonged civil conflict that would shape China's future.   #121 The Sino-Soviet Conflict of 1929 Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. All the way back in 1919, the brand new Soviet government's assistance Commissar of foreign affairs, Lev Karakhan, issued a manifesto to the Beiyang government, promising the return of the Chinese Eastern Railway at zero financial cost. That statement was made in late July and alongside the railway, he also mentioned relinquishing a lot of rights the former Russian Empire had acquired from unequal treaties, such as the Boxer Protocol. This all became known as the Karakhan Manifesto, and it was formed in a time when the Soviets were fighting the Russian Civil War, advancing east into Siberia. In order to secure the war in Siberia the Soviets had to establish good relations with the Chinese. Yet six months after the july manifesto, Karakhan personally handed over a second version of said manifesto, one that did not influence the rather nice deal of handing over the Chinese eastern railway for free. The Soviets official statement was that they had accidentally promised the deal prior. The truth of the matter was some real politik work at play. The Soviets had been trying to secure a Sino-Soviet alliance against the Japanese, but it looked to them it would never come to be so they simply took the deal off the table.  Henceforth the issue cause a lot of friction. In March of 1920 the Fengtian forces disarmed White Russian Troops along the railway and seized control over its operations. In February of 1922 China and the USSR signed a agreement stipulating the Beiyang government would set up a special agency to manage the railway. Then in November the Chinese announced an area within 11 km along the railway would be designated a Eastern Province special district. In December the Soviet Union officially formed and by May the two nations agreed to settle a list of issues. The Soviets agreed to abolish all the unequal treaties formed by the Russian Empire handing over all the leased territories, consular jurisdiction, extraterritoriality, Boxer payments and such, but the Chinese Eastern Railway would be jointly managed by China and the USSR. Now since the railway sat in the area that Zhang Zuolin came to control, in September of 1924 the Soviets signed an agreement with the Fengtian clique. In this agreement, the Soviets lessened the 80 year lease over the railway to 60 years. The Soviets also promised to hand full control to Chinese administrators, but had a trick up their sleeve. The Soviets let the Chinese think they were adding workers and officials loyal to them, in reality the Soviets were creating more jobs on the railway while hiring Soviet workers. In the end the Soviets controlled roughly 67% of the key positions. When Zhang Zuolin went to war with Feng Yuxiang's Guominjun this changed things considerably. In December of 1925, Zhang Zuolin's army owed the Chinese eastern railway some 14 million rubles, prompting the Soviet administrator over the railway, Ivanov to prohibit Zhang Zuolin's army from using it. Fengtian commander Zhang Huanxiang simply arrested Ivanov disregarding his ban. The Soviets then sent an ultimatum to the Beiyang government demanding his release. So Zhang Zuolin ran to the Japanese to mediate. Things smoothed over until 1928 when the Huanggutun incident saw Zhang Zuolin assassinated. As we saw at the end of the northern expedition, his son Zhang Xueliang responded by raising the KMT flag on December 29th of 1928, joining Chiang Kai-Shek. The next day Zhang Xueliang was made commander in chief of the Northeast.  Now Chiang Kai-Shek's government had broken diplomatic relations with the USSR after the Shanghai massacre purge. Thus Zhang Xueliang felt the old treaties signed by his father with the Soviets were null and void and looked upon the Chinese Eastern Railway enviously. To give some context outside of China. At this point in time, the USSR was implementing rural collectivization, ie; the confiscation of land and foodstuffs. This led to wide scale conflict with peasants, famines broke out, I would say the most well known one being the Holodmor in Ukraine. Hundreds of millions of people starved to death. The USSR was also still not being recognized by many western powers. Thus from the perspective of Zhang Xueliang, it looked like the USSR were fraught with internal and external difficulties, they had pretty much no friends, so taking the railway would probably be a walk in the park.  Zhang Xueliang began diplomatically, but negotiations were going nowhere, so he got tougher. He ordered his officials to take back control over the Chinese Eastern Railway zone police, municipal administration, taxation, land, everything. He instructed Zhang Jinghui, the governor of Harbin's special administrative zone to dispatch military police to search the Soviet embassy in Harbin and arrest the consul general. Zhang Jinghui did so and closed the Soviet consulates in Harbin, Qiqihar and Hailar. All of this of course pissed off the Soviets who responded by protesting the new Nanjing government, demanding the release of their people, while increasing troops to the border of Manchuria. The Soviets announced they were willing to reduce their control over the railway as a concession. This entire situation became known as the May 27th incident and unleashed a tit for tat situation. On July 13th, the Soviets sent an ultimatum giving three days for a response "If a satisfactory answer is not obtained, the Soviet government will be forced to resort to other means to defend all the rights of the Soviet Union." On the 17th the Soviets recalled their officials, cut off the railway traffic between China and the USSR, ejected Chinese envoys from the USSR and cut off diplomatic relations with China. In the background Joseph Stalin was initially hesitating to perform any military actions, not wanting to antagonize the Japanese in Manchuria. However the Soviet consul in Tokyo, sent back word that Japan was completely willing to stay out of any conflict if the Soviets limited it to just northern Manchuria. Thus Stalin decided to act. On August 6th, Stalin formed the Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army under the command of General Vasily Blyukher. It was composed of three infantry divisions; the 1st Pacific Infantry Division, the 2nd Amur Infantry Division, and the 35th Trans-Baikal Infantry Division), one cavalry brigade (the 5th Kuban Cavalry Brigade), and the addition of the Buryat Mongolian Independent Cavalry Battalion. The total force was said to be as many as 30,000 with their headquarters located in Khabarovsk. Blyukher also had the support of the Far Eastern Fleet, roughly 14 shallow water heavy gunboats, a minesweeper detachment, an aviation detachment with 14 aircraft, and a marine battalion commanded by Yakov Ozolin. Blyukher had served during the civil war and was a military advisor in China attached to Chiang Kai-SHek's HQ. He had a large hand to play in the northern expedition, and was one of the select Soviets Chiang Kai-Shek intentionally made sure got home safe during the purge. Blyukher would exercises a unusual amount of autonomy with his far east command, based out of Khabarovsk. For the upcoming operation a 5th of the entire Red Army was mobilized to assist. On the other side Zhang Xueliang mobilized as many troops as he could, including many White Russians hiding out in Manchuria. His total strength on paper was 270,000, but only 100,000 would be actively facing the Soviets as the rest were needed to maintain public order and to defend southern Manchuria. The person in charge of the Eastern Line of the Chinese Eastern Railway was the brigade commander of the Jilin Army, Ding Chao, and the western line was the brigade commander of the Heilongjiang Army, Liang Zhongjia, and the chief of staff was Zhang Wenqing. Wang Shuchang led the First Army to guard the eastern line, and Hu Yukun led the Second Army to guard the western line. The Soviet army also had a quality advantage in equipment. In terms of artillery, the Soviet army had about 200 artillery pieces, including more than a dozen heavy artillery pieces, while the Chinese army had only 135 infantry artillery pieces and no heavy artillery. At the same time, the Soviet army also had a quality advantage in machine guns because it was equipped with 294 heavy machine guns and 268 highly mobile light machine guns. The Chinese army was equipped with only 99 heavy machine guns. In terms of air force, the Chinese army had 5 aircraft that were combat effective. On July 26th the Soviets bombarded Manzhouli from three directions along the western end of the Chinese Eastern Railway. Two days later a Soviet infantry regiment, 3 armored vehicles and 4 artillery pieces advanced to Shibali station, cutting the lines to Manzhouli. They then ordered the Chinese military and police to withdraw as they captured Manzhouli. Then on the 29th the began bombarding Dangbi. On August 8th, 100 Soviet troops carrying two artillery pieces and 3 machine guns engaged Chinese forces outside the south gate of Oupu County street, casualties were heavy for both sides. 5 Soviet aircraft circled over Suifenhe City firing 200 rounds and dropping bombs over the Dongshan Army defense post and Sandaodongzi. The next day 40 Soviet soldiers established two checkpoints at Guzhan blocking traffic and they even began kidnapping civilians. That same day 300 Soviet soldiers and two gunboats occupied the Hujiazhao factory. On the 12th, Sanjianfang, Zhongxing and Lijia's Oil Mill were occupied by over 2000 Soviet troops. Meanwhile 80 Soviets amphibiously assaulted Liuhetun using 8 small boats, killing its defenders before returning to the other side. The next day two Soviet gunboats, 300 marines and 2 aircraft attacked Suidong county in Heilongjiang province while another force attacked Oupu county with artillery. On the morning of the 14th both counties fell. In response the Nanjing government dispatched Liu Guang, the chief of the military department to inspect the Northeast front. On the 15th Zhang Xueliang issued mobilization orders against the USSR, seeing his standing front line forces bolstered to 100,000. On the 15th the foreign minister of the Nanjing government, Wang Zhengting reported to Chiang Kai-Shek negotiations were going nowhere, the Soviets were adamant about getting their rights returned over the Chinese Eastern Railways. The next day, Wang Zhenting told reporters that if the Soviets attacked anymore China would declare war. The next day Zhang Xueliang was interviewed by the Chicago Daily News and had this to say. "The Soviet Union disregarded international trust, trampled on the non-war pact, and rashly sent troops to invade our country. We respect the non-war pact and have repeatedly made concessions to show our responsibility for provoking the provocation. If the Russian side continues to advance, we will be willing to be the leader of the war, so we have prepared everything and will do our best to fight to the death."  On the 16th two Soviet infantry companies and one cavalry company attacked Zhalannur from Abagaitu along the border. The two sides fought for 2 hours until the Soviets stormed the Zhalannur station. After another 5 hours of combat the Soviets pulled back over the border. By this point enough was enough. China declared war on August 17th escalating what was an incident around the Chinese Eastern Railway zone into a full blown war.  Blyukher had developed a plan for an offensive consisting of two rapid operations. The first would be against the Chinese naval forces and the second against the ground forces via a large encirclement. After the war was declared on the 17th, the Soviet Army advanced into Manchuria from the western end of the Chinese Eastern Railway. The Red Banner Special Far Eastern Army initially dispatched a total of 6,091 infantrymen and 1,599 artillerymen in front of Manchuria, equipped with 88 artillery pieces of 76.2 mm or above, excluding artillery belonging to infantry regiments, 32 combat aircraft, 3 armored trains, and 9 T-18 light tanks . The army units included: the 35th and 36th Infantry Divisions of the 18th Infantry Army; the 5th Cavalry Brigade; the Buryat Mongolian Cavalry Battalion; an independent tank company equipped with T-18 tanks, the 6th Aviation Detachment, the 25th Aviation Detachment, the 26th Bomber Squadron, the 18th Army Artillery Battalion, the 18th Engineering Battalion, and a Railway Battalion.  The first battle broke out around Manzhouli. Liang Zhongjia, the brigade commander stationed in Manzhouli, reported this to his superiors of the engagement “of the battle situation, the 38th and 43rd regiments under my command fought with a regiment of Soviet infantry and cavalry for 4 hours in the afternoon and are still in a standoff. The Soviet army has more than one division of troops near Abagaitu”. At 10:30 p.m. on the 18th, the Soviets began to attack the positions of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 43rd Regiment of the Northeastern Army in Zhalannur. At 1 p.m. on August 19, the Soviets added about 600 to 700 troops opposite the positions of the 43rd Regiment of Zhalannur. At 5 a.m the Soviets dispatched five aircraft from Abagaitu to Shibali Station. On the 19th, the Soviets captured Suibin County with ease. At 6 a.m. on the 20th, the Soviets used armored trains to transport more than 200 troops to attack the 10th Cavalry Regiment of Liang Zhongjia's troops. After fighting for about an hour, the Soviets retreated. On the 23rd a battle broke out in Mishan and on the 25th 400 Soviet cavalry began building fortifications roughly a kilometer near the Chinese 43rd regiment at Zhalannur. Zhang Xueliang spoke again to the Chinese and foreign press on the 25th stating this. "Foreigners have many misunderstandings about the Eastern Province's actions this time, thinking that it is to take back the Eastern Route and violate the treaty. In fact, we have no intention of violating the 1924 Sino-Russian Agreement or the Agreement with Russia, because China has signed it and has no intention of violating it. China has no intention of taking back the route at all. What it wants is to remove the Russian personnel who are involved in the communist movement. Moreover, in this matter, the Eastern Route is a very small issue. The real point is that the Russians use China as a base for communism, and we have to take measures in self-defense." Between the 28th to the 30th an intense battle broke out at Wangqing.  On the 31st, Soviet gunboats bombarded three garrisons around  Heihe. On September 4th, the Soviet army bombarded the right wing of the 43rd and 38th Regiments stationed in Lannur. At 4 pm on the 9th, a single regiment of the Soviet army, under the cover of artillery, launched a fierce attack on the Chinese army at Manzhouli Station from the Shibali Station, but by 8:30 pm, they pulled back. At 4 pm, 8 Soviet aircraft bombed Suifenhe Station, causing over 50 Chinese casualties and injured a regimental commander. On the night of the 16th, more than 100 Soviet troops attacked the Kukdoboka checkpoint in Lubin County and burned down the checkpoint. On the 18th, the Soviet government announced to the ambassadors of various countries that they had always advocated for a peaceful solution to the issue of the Chinese Eastern Railway, while China's attitude was hypocritical and insincere. It was believed that future negotiations were hopeless, and all previous negotiations mediated by Germany were terminated. From now on, they stated quote “the Soviet Union would not bear any responsibility for any ominous incidents caused on the Sino-Russian border”. With negotiations completely broken down, Blyukher was given the greenlight to launch a fatal blow.  On October 2, more than a thousand Soviet infantryman, supported by aircraft and artillery stormed the positions of the 3rd Battalion of the 38th Regiment in Manzhouli. The two sides fought until the morning of the 3rd. On the 4th Zhang Xueiliang drafted the “national volunteer army organization regulations letter” trying to embolden the population stating "when the foreigners invade the border, the first thing to do is to resist. All citizens or groups who are willing to sacrifice their lives for the country on the battlefield will be volunteers or volunteer soldiers." The new regulations stipulated that volunteers of this new group would be named as the National Volunteer Army. On October the 10th, 30,000 Soviet forces on the Baikal side advanced through the northeastern border of China. At this time, the brigade responsible for defending Liang Zhongjia had been fighting with the Soviet troops for dozens of days. There was no backup and they were in urgent need of help. According to Chinese observations, the Soviets deployed nearly 80,000 troops by land, sea and air on the Sino-Soviet border. Along the eastern front, the Soviets capture in succession Sanjiangkou, Tongjiang and Fujin. Meanwhile at 5am on the 12th the Far Eastern Fleet commanded engaged in a firefight with the Songhua River Defense Fleet, near Sanjiangkou. According to Chinese reconnaissance, the Soviet warships participating in the battle included: the flagship "Sverdlov" a shallow-water heavy gunboat led by Sgassk, the shallow-water heavy gunboat "Sun Yat-sen", the shallow-water heavy gunboat "Red East", the shallow-water heavy gunboat "Lenin", the inland gunboat "Red Flag", and the inland gunboat "Proletariat", with a total of 4 152mm cannons, 26 120mm cannons, 6 85mm anti-aircraft guns, 8 37mm anti-aircraft guns, and more than ten aircraft for support. The Chinese forces were led by Yin Zuogan who commanded six shallow-water gunboats, including the "Lijie" (flagship), "Lisui", "Jiangping", "Jiang'an", and "Jiangtai", and the "Dongyi" armed barge as a towed artillery platform. Except for the "Jiangheng" of 550 tons and the "Liji" of 360 tons, the rest were all below 200 tons, and the entire fleet had 5 120mm guns. In the ensuing battle the Jiangping, Jiang'an, Jiangtai, Lijie, and Dongyi, were sunk, and the Lisui ship was seriously injured and forced to flee back to Fujin.The Chinese side claimed that they damaged two Soviet ships, sunk one, and shot down two fighter planes; but according to Soviet records, five Soviet soldiers were killed and 24 were injured.  At the same time as the naval battle around Sanjiangkou, two Soviet gunboats covered four armed ships, the Labor, Karl Marx, Mark Varyakin, and Pavel Zhuravlev, carrying a battalion of more than 400 people from the 2nd Infantry Division Volochaev Regiment, landing about 5 kilometers east of Tongjiang County and attacking the Chinese military station there. The Northeast Marine Battalion guarding the area and the Meng Zhaolin Battalion of the 9th Army Brigade jointly resisted and repelled the Soviet's initial attack. The Chinese suffered heavy losses, with more than 500 officers and soldiers killed and wounded, and more than 70 people including the Marine Battalion Captain Li Runqing captured.  On the 14th, the Chinese sank 6 tugboats, 2 merchant ships and 2 warships in the waterway 14 kilometers downstream of Fujin, forming a blockade line; and set up solid artillery positions and a 13-kilometer-long bunker line nearby, destroying all bridges on the road from Tongjiang to Fujin. A battle broke out at Tongjiang and according to the the report of Shen Honglie “the Northeast Navy suffered more than 500 casualties (including marines), 4 warships were sunk, 1 was seriously damaged, and the "Haijun" gunboat (45 tons) was captured by the Soviet army and renamed "Pobieda"; 17 officers including the battalion commander Meng Zhaolin and 350 soldiers of the army were killed; the Chinese side announced that 2 Soviet planes were shot down (some sources say 1), 3 Soviet warships were sunk, 4 were damaged, and more than 300 casualties”. On the 18th, the Soviets completely withdrew from the Tongjiang, allowing the two regiments of Lu Yongcai and Zhang Zuochen of the 9th Brigade to recapture it. On the 30th, Admiral Ozolin led some Soviet land forces in a major attack in the Fujian area. He organized the troops under his jurisdiction into two groups. He led the first group personally, who were supported by heavy gunboats Red East, Sun Yat-Sen and gunboats Red Flag, Proletarian, Buryat, minelayer Powerful and the armored boat Bars. Their mission was to annihilate the remnants of the river defense fleet anchored in Fujin. The second group was commanded by Onufryev, the commander of the Soviet 2nd infantry division. His group consisted of the shallow-water heavy gunboat Serdlov, gunboat Pauper and the transport fleets steam carrying the Volochaev Regiment and the 5th Amur regiment who landed at Fujin.  On the other side the Chinese had concentrated two infantry brigades, 3 cavalry regiments and a team of police with the support of the gunboats Jiangheng,  Lisui, Liji and the tugboat Lichuan. At 9 am on the 31st, the 7 Soviet ships suddenly destroyed the river blocking ropes and entered the Fujin River bank, bombarding the Chinese army, as cavalry landed. The Chinese ships "Lisui" and "Lichuan" sank successively, and only the "Jiangheng" managed to participate in the battle, but soon sank after firing only three shots. At 7 pm 21 Soviet ships sailed up the Songhua River, as part of the cavalry landed at Tuziyuan, advancing step by step towards Fujin. At 9 pm 7 Soviet ships approached the Fujin River bank, with roughly 700 infantry, cavalry and artillery soldiers of the 2nd Amur Infantry Division landed. The Chinese army collapsed without a fight, retreating to Huachuan, and by11am, Fujin county was occupied. Chinese sources reported “the Soviet army burned down the civil and military institutions separately and destroyed all the communication institutions. They distributed all the flour from the Jinchang Fire Mill to the poor, and plundered all the weapons, ammunition and military supplies." On the evening of November 1, the Soviet infantry, cavalry and artillery withdrew from the east gate. On the morning of the 2nd, the Soviet ships withdrew one after another. According to Soviet records, nearly 300 Chinese soldiers were killed in this battle, with thousands captured, while the Soviet army only lost 3 people and injured 11 people . The Chinese Songhua River fleet was completely destroyed, and 9 merchant ships were captured. In early November, the weather in the north became freezing cold, leading the rivers to freeze. Soviet warships retreated back to Khabarovsk, and their infantry and cavalry also returned by land. The war on the Eastern Front was basically over.  As for the western front, the main battlefields revolved around Manzhouli and Zhalannur. Since August 1929, conflicts here continued, a lot of back and forth stuff. The soviets would storm the areas and pull out. Yet in November, the war in the west escalated.  The commander of the Soviet Trans-Baikal Group, was Stepan Vostrezov, wielding the 21st, 35th and 36th infantry divisions, the 5th Cavalry Brigade, 331 heavy machine guns, 166 light machine guns, 32 combat aircraft, 3 armored trains, 58 light artillery, 30 heavy artillery, 9 T-18 ultra-light tanks, amongst other tanks. The Chinese side had about 16,000 people. There would be three major battles : the Battle of Zhallanur, the Battle of Manzhouli, and the Battle of Hailar. On November the 16th, the Soviets unleashed a large-scale offensive, tossing  nearly 40,000 troops, 400 artillery pieces, 40 tanks and 30 aircraft against the western front. At 11pm the Soviets crossed over the border. At 3am on the 17th the 5th Kuban Cavalry Brigade set out from Abagaitui, followed by the 35th Infantry Division who crossed the frozen surface of the Argun River, hooking around the rear of the Chinese garrison in Zhalannur along the east bank of the Argun River. At 7am Soviet aircraft began bombing the western front. The Chinese garrison headquarters, tram house, 38th Regiment building, and military police station were all bombed, and the radio station was also damaged. At noon, the Binzhou Railway was cut off 10-12 kilometers east of the city, and Zhalannur was attacked. Supported by 8 T-18 tanks and fighter planes, they attacked Zhalannur several times. On the morning of the 18th, the Soviet 5th Cavalry Brigade launched an attack against the 7,000-man 17th Brigade of the Chinese Army guarding Zhalannur. At 1pm on the 18th the Zhalannur Station and the Coal Mine was occupied by the Soviet army. The Chinese defenders, Brigadier Han Guangdi and Commander Zhang Linyu, were killed in action. More than half of the brigade officers and soldiers were killed and more than a thousand were captured. After capturing Zhalannur the Soviets concentrated their forces against Manzhouli. On the 19th, 7 T-18s supported the 108th Infantry Regiment of the Soviet 36th Division to attack Manzhouli from the east and west. Artillery pounded the city, before it was stormed. The 15th Brigade of the Chinese Army guarding the area was quickly surrounded by the Soviet army. Brigade Commander Liang Zhongjia and Chief of Staff Zhang Wenqing, alongside nearly 250 officers, fled to the Japanese consulate and surrendered to the Soviet army on the 20th. According to Soviet records, in the battles of Zhalannur and Manzhouli, over 1,500 Chinese soldiers were killed and more than 9,000 were captured, while the Soviet side lost 143 people, 665 were wounded and 4 were missing. Additionally 30 Chinese artillery pieces and 2 armored trains were captured by the Soviet army. The Soviets claimed that Chinese troops from Lake Khinkai were attacking Iman, modern day Dalnerechensk. In the name of self-defense, the Soviets began bombing Mishan on November 17 and mobilized  the Soviet Primorsky State Army and the 1st Pacific Rifle Infantry Division. The 1st Pacific Division and the 9th Independent Cavalry Brigade advanced towards Mishan, 40 kilometers from the border. Soviet records showed that during this battle the Chinese army suffered more than 1,500 casualties and 135 prisoners. The Soviets seized 6 machine guns, 6 mortars, 500 horses, 6 mortars, 200 horses and a large number of confidential documents. On November 23rd, 12 Soviet aircraft bombed Hailar, before capturing the city the next day.  By late November the Chinese had suffered something in the ballpark of 10,000 casualties along various fronts and an enormous amount of their equipment was taken by the Soviets. The Chinese officially reported 2000 deaths, 1000 wounded with more than 8000 captured. The Soviets reported 812 deaths, 665 wounded with under 100 missing. The Japanese had actually been quite the thorn for the Chinese during the war. They had intentionally barred Chinese forces from advancing north through their South Manchurian Railway zone, a large hindrance. Likewise the Kwantung army stationed in Liaoning were mobilizing, giving the impression they would exploit the situation at any moment.  In the face of quite a catastrophic and clear defeat, Nanjing's ministry of foreign affairs tossed a cease fire demand asking for foreign mediation. By December 3rd, Britain, France and the US asked both sides to stop the war so they could mediate a peace. The USSR rejected the participation of a third nation and suggested they could negotiate with China mono e mono. Zhang Xueliang accepted the proposal, dispatching Cai Yunsheng quickly to Shuangchengzi who signed an armistice with the Soviet representative Smanovsky. On the 16th real negotiations began and on the 22nd a draft agreement was signed. The draft stipulated both nations would re-cooperate over the Chinese Eastern Railway and that the Red Army would pull out of Manchuria as soon as both sides exchanged prisoners and officials. Thus the entire incident was resolved after humiliating China. While this all seemed completely needless, perhaps not significant, don't forget, the Japanese were watching it all happen in real time, taking notes, because they had their own ideas about Manchuria.  I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. And so the Soviets and brand new Nationalist Republic of China went to war over, honestly a petty squabble involving railway rights and earnings. It was a drop in the bucket for such a war torn nation and only further embarrassed it on the world stage. Yet the Soviets might not be the foreign nation China should be looking out for. 

NEWS EP! We talk about the hurricane disaster, the Middle East disaster, the Ukraine disaster, and the Longshoremen's strike as a prelude to the war on Christmas.Sign up at http://patreon.com/theantifada for the fun half! We look at a proletarian get-rich quick scheme, an LAPD robbery gone wrong, and speculate on the REAL reason the Feds are taking down Mayor Eric Adams.Organized abandonment & campaign strategy in Appalachia: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/09/30/helene-aftermath-live-updates-monday-north-carolina/75447978007/https://www.axios.com/2024/09/27/kamala-harris-asylum-rules-border-crossingshttps://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/harris-alcohol-prices-trump-tariff-plan-1235113532/Biden on settling the "strike" https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1840576548992106698The strike he's probably thinking of: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/us-east-coast-port-strike-set-start-tuesday-says-union-2024-09-29/Cruise ships and weapons shipments not effected by strike: https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/baltimore-cruise-ships-military-cargo-not-affected-by-dock-worker-strike/65-93d26a57-812c-44ba-bff6-5704ce08c292https://apnews.com/article/longshoremen-strike-ports-pay-consumers-automation-october-77289c12bf3c3eff5e42cb6372126576Asheville Mutual Aid Disaster Relief info: https://itsgoingdown.org/mutual-aid-hurricane-helene/Proletarian self activity: https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/infinite-money-chase-bank-customers-in-trouble-after-viral-glitch/article_4b062eb2-6978-11ef-8c96-2346f53d638b.htmlSong: Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees

Listen to the first installment of this four-episode series HERE Kenneth J. Hammond is Professor of History at New Mexico State University. Hammond was a student and Students for a Democratic Society leader at Kent State University from 1967 to 1970. He later (1985) completed his degree in Political Science, then studied Modern Chinese language at the Beijing Foreign Languages Normal School in Beijing. Hammond received an M.A. in Regional Studies - East Asia (1989), and a Ph.D in History and East Asian Languages (1994) from Harvard University. In 2007, Hammond was appointed director of the Confucius Institute, a cultural initiative funded in part by Hanban on the NMSU campus that is dedicated to studying and publicizing China and Chinese culture. He is the editor of the journal Ming Studies.    Follow Guerrilla History on X Follow Guerrilla History on IG Subscribe to Guerrilla History on your preferred podcast app Support Rev Left Radio    

Having been introduced to Lysenko and why he still matters, having given a rudimentary picture of agricultural research in the Tsarist days, we will today suit up in the armour of proletarian science, as to be able to fight the beasts that lay ahead. This episode is a bit theory heavy but I've sprinkled it with some comedy, some parallax events and a biological cliffhanger of the centuries!  We are standing at the gate of the law but unlike Kafka's protagonist we will not be discouraged by the guard or his warning of other guards, more mightier door after door,  come dream or nightmare we must step through for the sake of an environmental future that is not a virtual hologram.  Brace yourself dear listener, for it's getting heavier. 

Workers of the world unite, we have nothing to lose but our chains! But just who is this ‘we'? How do we identify the proletariat, the revolutionary subject, and how does the proletariat identify itself in the midst of an intensifying threat of economic precarity and capitalist immiseration. This ‘we', to quote Wilhelm Weitling, is a tricky question. Today we're taking a dive into Historical Materialism with the latest book in the series “The Poetry of Class: Romantic Anti-Capitalism and the Invention of the Proletariat”, with author Patrick Eiden-Offe and translator Jacob Blumenfeld. We discuss the work of Weitling, Marx, Engels, Hess, Tieck, and Lukacs in exploring re-evaluations of Romantic Anti-Capitalism, and the leftist literary scene today.Support the showSupport the podcast:https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/Linktree: https://linktr.ee/acidhorizonAcid Horizon on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcastZer0 Books and Repeater Media Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zer0repeaterMerch: http://www.crit-drip.comOrder 'Anti-Oculus: A Philosophy of Escape': https://repeaterbooks.com/product/anti-oculus-a-philosophy-of-escape/Order 'The Philosopher's Tarot': https://repeaterbooks.com/product/the-philosophers-tarot/Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/169wvvhiHappy Hour at Hippel's (Adam's blog): https://happyhourathippels.wordpress.com​Revolting Bodies (Will's Blog): https://revoltingbodies.com​Split Infinities (Craig's Substack): https://splitinfinities.substack.com/​Music: https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/ and https://thecominginsurrection.bandcamp.com/

References Jeffrey Bale, The Darkest Sides of Politics: Postwar Fascism, Covert Operations, and Terrorism. London: Routledge 2018. Antonella Beccaria, Segreti della Massonera in Italia. Roma: Newton Saggistica, 2013. John Berry, "David Kennedy Testifies to Link With Sindona," Washington Post, January 10, 1979. Rupert Cornwell, God's banker: an account of the life and death of Roberto Calvi. London: Gollancz 1983. Giorgio Galli, La venerabile trama. La vera storia di Licio Gelli e Della P2. Torino: Copertina di Dada Effe, 2007. Richard Hammer, The Vatican Connection: The True Story of a Billion-Dollar Conspiracy Between the Catholic Church and the Mafia. New York City: Open Road Media, 2016. Marco Preve and Ferruccio Sansa, Il Partito del Cemento. Politici, imprenditori, banchieri, la nuova speculazione edizia. Milano: chiarelettere, 2008. Gianni Simoni, Giuliano Turone, Il caffè di Sindona. Un finanziere d'avventura tra politica, Vaticano e mafia. Milano: Garzanti, 2010.

On this episode, we talk with Financial Times' Moscow bureau chief Max Seddon who speaks about his personal path to journalism in Putin's Russia, the state of the country's economic system, the political ineffectiveness of Russian oligarchs, and much more. Thanks for listening! ABOUT THE GUEST Max Seddon has been the FT's Moscow bureau chief since 2021 and leads coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He was previously a correspondent in the Moscow bureau, where he wrote about the tug-of-war over money and power between the Kremlin, Russian oligarchs, and state companies, as well as topics from the Orthodox Church to football. Before that, he covered Russia and Ukraine for BuzzFeed News and the Associated Press. PRODUCER'S NOTE: This episode was recorded on October 24, 2023 via Zoom. If you have questions, comments, or would like to be a guest on the show, please email slavxradio@utexas.edu and we will be in touch! PRODUCTION CREDITS Assistant EP/Host: Misha Simanovskyy (@MSimanovskyy) Associate Producer: Cullan Bendig (@cullanwithana) Associate Producer: Sergio Glajar Assistant Producer: Taylor Helmcamp Production Assistant: Faith VanVleet Production Assistant: Eliza Fisher Recording, Editing, and Sound Design: Michelle Daniel Supervising Producer: Nicholas Pierce SlavX Editorial Director: Sam Parrish Main Theme by Charlie Harper (charlieharpermusic.com) and additional background music by kaleidoplasm, Holizna, Crowander, Blue Dot Sessions, Ketsa, Eazy) Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (@MSDaniel) msdaniel.com DISCLAIMER: Texas Podcast Network is brought to you by The University of Texas at Austin. Podcasts are produced by faculty members and staffers at UT Austin who work with University Communications to craft content that adheres to journalistic best practices. The University of Texas at Austin offers these podcasts at no charge. Podcasts appearing on the network and this webpage represent the views of the hosts, not of The University of Texas at Austin. https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/9/9a59b135-7876-4254-b600-3839b3aa3ab1/P1EKcswq.png Special Guest: Max Seddon.

In this episode your host Shibby hits back at grifter Brett of Rev Left & the Proletarian Feminists he simps for in this diss track. Everything we do: Linktr.ee/RevLumpenRadio

Tai Lee joins Breht to discuss the recent split from AF3IRM, radical feminism, critique as a form of solidarity, the necessity of struggle within organizations, sexual harrassment and abuse in the labor movement, liberal opportunism, the targeting and intimidation of women who speak up, how to prevent abuse and harrassment within orgs, and more! Here is the letter that they discuss in the episode with a full breakdown of events: https://proletarianfeminist.medium.com/our-split-from-af3irm-shedding-light-on-our-issues-to-encourage-our-growth-towards-a-real-76cd1bcae395 Check out more of Tai's work: https://linktr.ee/chairmantailee Check out more of Esperanza's work here: https://proletarianfeminist.medium.com/ Contact the Interim Revolutionary Feminist Committee: InterimRevFemCommittee@proton.me

In a struggle against the right opportunism of AF3IRM's leadership--a US-based, women's organization that focuses particularly on the violence of the sex trade--numerous members split from the organization and now aim to start a new, revolutionary proletarian feminist organization. Gigi, Feroz, Esperanza and Jacqui join me to discuss the failures of AF3IRM's leadership and what a new proletarian feminist organization might look like.Read the summation and criticism here!Questions:What was the fundamental two line struggle that emerged within AF3IRM?What are some of the ways in which right opportunism is manifested within both AF3IRM and SEIU?How could a scientific, materialist and communist analysis of nationality and race have prevented AF3IRM's mishandling of questions that arose internally around white supremacy and membership?How do we combat economism while also linking up with the masses in the day-to-day struggles, whether it be in a women's organization or a labor organization?What does keeping politics in command mean to you?In light of the errors of leadership being bourgeois commandism and ultra-democracy, what does correct leadership look like?What's the purpose of internal and open line struggle?What does critiquing choice feminism beyond the sex trade look like?Why must all of our organizations center class struggle in our fight against all forms of exploitation and oppression?Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/massstruggleFollow Mass Struggle on instagram: @MassStrugglePodFollow Mass Struggle on twitter: @MassStrugglePod Email: massstrugglepod@gmail.comSupport the show

What is Proletarian Internationalism? And how do we implement it today? Anti-Imperialist struggle is not just a remnant of the past; it has to be conducted in the ongoing fight against the unequal division of the world by the imperialists. We discussed with Justin Yeary, the Treasurer of Friends of Swazi Freedom, on his recent solidarity mission to South Africa to assist the Communist Party of Swaziland in their ongoing struggle against neocolonialism, and his theory of internationalism. We hope comrades learn from this example about ways they can participate in internationalist solidarity. https://friendsofswazi.com https://twitter.com/KansasSBC https://discord.gg/RURAWQWJ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cadre-journal/support

Concluding part of our double-episode in conversation with author, DD Johnston, about his new novel, Disnaeland.In this part, Darren discusses the novel's relationship to the Scots language, the apocalyptic prophecies of radical, pre-Enlightenment Christianity, and his focus on mutual aid as a response to disaster. Darren also performs two further readings from the novel.Full information, sources, further reading, acknowledgements and eventually a transcript on the webpage for this episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl-5-6-dd-johnstons-proletarian-apocalypse/Get books mentioned in this episodePeace, Love and Petrol Bombs: https://bookshop.org/a/80203/9781849350617Disnaeland: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/disnaeland/9781909954533AcknowledgmentsOur theme tune is Bella Ciao, thanks for permission to use it from Dischi del Sole. You can purchase it here: http://www.alabianca.it/en/store/bravo-records-en/le-canzoni-di-bella-ciao-aa-vv/

Concluding part of our double-episode in conversation with author, DD Johnston, about his new novel, Disnaeland.In this part, Darren discusses the novel's relationship to the Scots language, the apocalyptic prophecies of radical, pre-Enlightenment Christianity, and his focus on mutual aid as a response to disaster. Darren also performs two further readings from the novel.Full information, sources, further reading, acknowledgements and eventually a transcript on the webpage for this episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl-5-6-dd-johnstons-proletarian-apocalypse/Get books mentioned in this episodePeace, Love and Petrol Bombs: https://bookshop.org/a/80203/9781849350617Disnaeland: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/disnaeland/9781909954533AcknowledgementsOur theme tune is Bella Ciao, thanks for permission to use it from Dischi del Sole. You can purchase it here: http://www.alabianca.it/en/store/bravo-records-en/le-canzoni-di-bella-ciao-aa-vv/

英语新闻｜江泽民骨灰撒入江海扬州舰送别The ashes of Comrade Jiang Zemin, who passed away in Shanghai on Nov 30 at the age of 96, were scattered in the sea at the estuary of the Yangtze River on Sunday, in accordance with the wishes of Jiang and his family.11月30日，江泽民同志在上海逝世，享年96岁。遵照江泽民同志及其亲属的意愿，敬爱的江泽民同志的骨灰11日在长江入海口撒入大海。Jiang was an outstanding leader enjoying high prestige acknowledged by the whole Communist Party of China, the entire military and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups. His remains were cremated on Dec 5 in Beijing, followed by a grand memorial meeting the next day to mourn and pay respect to him.江泽民是我党我军我国各族人民公认的享有崇高威望的卓越领导人。江泽民同志的遗体5日在北京火化，次日举行了盛大的追悼会，向他表示哀悼和敬意。Entrusted by the CPC Central Committee, Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and Jiang's widow, Wang Yeping, and other relatives escorted Jiang's ashes for the ashes-scattering ritual.　受党中央委托，中共中央政治局常委、中央书记处书记蔡奇等领导同志和江泽民同志的夫人王冶坪等亲属护送骨灰撒放。Earlier in the morning, Jiang's ashes were carried by a hearse from Zhongnanhai, the central headquarters of the CPC and the State Council, where Jiang had worked as a Party and State leader, to Xijiao Airport in Beijing. Jiang's ashes were later flown by a special plane to Shanghai's Hongqiao International Airport, where his ashes were transferred by a hearse to the military vessel CNS Yangzhou at a military port. Yangzhou, Jiang's hometown, is a city in Jiangsu province.上午，灵车缓缓驶出江泽民同志生前长期工作的中南海，缓缓驶入西郊机场。载护江泽民同志骨灰的专机抵达上海虹桥机场，随后，骨灰由灵车载护前往吴淞军港码头，将骨灰转移到扬州舰。江苏扬州，是江泽民同志的家乡。At 12:35 pm, Cai joined Jiang's widow and other family members in scattering Jiang's ashes in the waves, along with flower petals, from aboard the military vessel.中午12时35分，在军舰甲板上，蔡奇和江泽民同志的夫人王冶坪等亲属，将江泽民同志的骨灰和缤纷的花瓣一起缓缓撒向无垠的江海。Jiang was hailed as a great Marxist and a great proletarian revolutionary, statesman, military strategist and diplomat.江泽民是伟大的马克思主义者，伟大的无产阶级革命家、政治家、军事家、外交家。He was the core of the third generation of the Party's central collective leadership and the principal founder of the Theory of Three Represents, which defines the role of the Party and stresses that the Party must always represent the requirements for developing China's advanced productive forces, the orientation of China's advanced culture and the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people.江泽民是党的第三代中央领导集体的核心，“三个代表”重要思想的主要创立者。“三个代表”重要思想强调，中国共产党始终代表中国先进生产力的发展要求、始终代表中国先进文化的前进方向、始终代表中国最广大人民的根本利益。Cremated英 [krəˈmeɪt] 美 [ˈkriːmeɪt]v.火化Hearse英 [hɜːs] 美 [hɜːrs]n. 灵车Proletarian英 [ˌprəʊləˈteəriən] 美 [ˌproʊləˈteriən]adj. 无产阶级的

The first of a two-part episode, Working Class Literature speak to DD Johnston about his new novel, Disnaeland, about a working-class Scottish community's response to societal collapse. We also discuss his previous novels and his participation in McDonald's Workers' Resistance, a radical collective of angry employees at the world's biggest fast food chain.Darren also reads passages from Disnaeland and his first novel, Peace, Love and Petrol Bombs.Full information, sources, further reading, acknowledgements and eventually a transcript on the webpage for this episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl-5-6-dd-johnstons-proletarian-apocalypse/Get books mentioned in this episodePeace, Love and Petrol Bombs: https://bookshop.org/a/80203/9781849350617Disnaeland: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/disnaeland/9781909954533AcknowledgmentsOur theme tune is Bella Ciao, thanks for permission to use it from Dischi del Sole. You can purchase it here: http://www.alabianca.it/en/store/bravo-records-en/le-canzoni-di-bella-ciao-aa-vv/

The first of a two-part episode, Working Class Literature speak to DD Johnston about his new novel, Disnaeland, about a working-class Scottish community's response to societal collapse. We also discuss his previous novels and his participation in McDonald's Workers' Resistance, a radical collective of angry employees at the world's biggest fast food chain.Darren also reads passages from Disnaeland and his first novel, Peace, Love and Petrol Bombs.Full information, sources, further reading, acknowledgements and eventually a transcript on the webpage for this episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl-5-6-dd-johnstons-proletarian-apocalypse/Our theme tune is Bella Ciao, thanks for permission to use it from Dischi del Sole. You can purchase it here: http://www.alabianca.it/en/store/bravo-records-en/le-canzoni-di-bella-ciao-aa-vv/Get books mentioned in this episodePeace, Love and Petrol Bombs: https://bookshop.org/a/80203/9781849350617Disnaeland: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/disnaeland/9781909954533

Germany music artist, Taktikka, talks about his music and the role music plays in revolutionary movements.  Watch and listen to Taktikka's music on YouTube. Music by Space Baby, listen on Spotify, YouTube, BandcampResources from POLICOMM: https://linktr.ee/policomm

This week on the show, Doreen Nicoll speaks to author and professor Dennis Raphael about the idea of “social murder” and how it applies to Doug Ford's government.  The expression “social murder” was first introduced by Friedrich Engels, a German political economist in the 1840's. In his book, The Condition of the Working Class in England, Engels describes the misery and class division he witnessed in day-to-day English life. His conclusion? Proletarian revolution was necessary.   Then in 2007, the term was re-introduced by Canadian economists Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson. Their book called “Social Murder and Other Shortcomings of Conservative Economics” outlined how the influence and size of corporate power is shaping the world in a negative way - corporations are able to wreak social and environmental havoc with few serious consequences. Fast forward again to today and the term has gained popularity when referring to the recently re-elected Premier of Ontario Doug Ford and his government. And specifically - the cuts the Ford government has made to Ontario's healthcare system.  Dennis Raphael explains why this term is being used, and what exactly it means in today's interview.  Photo: Orfeas Green on Unsplash If you like the show please consider subscribing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your podcasts. And please, rate, review, share rabble radio with your friends — it takes two seconds to support independent media like rabble. Follow us on social media across channels @rabbleca. Or, if you have feedback for the show, get in touch anytime at editor@rabble.ca.

What drives and sustains participation in unemployed workers' movements in Argentina? Today's guest, Marcos Perez, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Washington and Lee University and author of the new book, Proletarian Lives. Routines, Identity and Culture in Contentious Politics. Marcos talks about how he came to study “piquetero” organizations that emerged in the late 90s and early 2000s, but have retained their influence for decades. He describes his participation in the organizations' unremarkable daily tasks, and how he came to understand their importance to the lives of working-class participants who felt like economic collapse had robbed them of their blue-collar routines. He discusses the life history interviews through which he came to understand the importance of participation in the context of the rest of their lives, and finally talks about the books that have inspired him. Alex Diamond is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of Texas, Austin. Sneha Annavarapu is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago. 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

What drives and sustains participation in unemployed workers' movements in Argentina? Today's guest, Marcos Perez, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Washington and Lee University and author of the new book, Proletarian Lives. Routines, Identity and Culture in Contentious Politics. Marcos talks about how he came to study “piquetero” organizations that emerged in the late 90s and early 2000s, but have retained their influence for decades. He describes his participation in the organizations' unremarkable daily tasks, and how he came to understand their importance to the lives of working-class participants who felt like economic collapse had robbed them of their blue-collar routines. He discusses the life history interviews through which he came to understand the importance of participation in the context of the rest of their lives, and finally talks about the books that have inspired him. Alex Diamond is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of Texas, Austin. Sneha Annavarapu is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/latin-american-studies

What drives and sustains participation in unemployed workers' movements in Argentina? Today's guest, Marcos Perez, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Washington and Lee University and author of the new book, Proletarian Lives. Routines, Identity and Culture in Contentious Politics. Marcos talks about how he came to study “piquetero” organizations that emerged in the late 90s and early 2000s, but have retained their influence for decades. He describes his participation in the organizations' unremarkable daily tasks, and how he came to understand their importance to the lives of working-class participants who felt like economic collapse had robbed them of their blue-collar routines. He discusses the life history interviews through which he came to understand the importance of participation in the context of the rest of their lives, and finally talks about the books that have inspired him. Alex Diamond is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of Texas, Austin. Sneha Annavarapu is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

What drives and sustains participation in unemployed workers' movements in Argentina? Today's guest, Marcos Perez, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Washington and Lee University and author of the new book, Proletarian Lives. Routines, Identity and Culture in Contentious Politics. Marcos talks about how he came to study “piquetero” organizations that emerged in the late 90s and early 2000s, but have retained their influence for decades. He describes his participation in the organizations' unremarkable daily tasks, and how he came to understand their importance to the lives of working-class participants who felt like economic collapse had robbed them of their blue-collar routines. He discusses the life history interviews through which he came to understand the importance of participation in the context of the rest of their lives, and finally talks about the books that have inspired him. Alex Diamond is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of Texas, Austin. Sneha Annavarapu is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

What drives and sustains participation in unemployed workers' movements in Argentina? Today's guest, Marcos Perez, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Washington and Lee University and author of the new book, Proletarian Lives. Routines, Identity and Culture in Contentious Politics. Marcos talks about how he came to study “piquetero” organizations that emerged in the late 90s and early 2000s, but have retained their influence for decades. He describes his participation in the organizations' unremarkable daily tasks, and how he came to understand their importance to the lives of working-class participants who felt like economic collapse had robbed them of their blue-collar routines. He discusses the life history interviews through which he came to understand the importance of participation in the context of the rest of their lives, and finally talks about the books that have inspired him. Alex Diamond is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of Texas, Austin. Sneha Annavarapu is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago.

Proletarian feminist, Esperanza Fonseca, joins us today to discuss physical fitness, fitness culture, mental health, and becoming disciplined. Let's exercise (with politics in command).Check out Esperanza's work on the sex and porn industry and follow her on instagram: @proletarianfeminist!HUGE favor: amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Support the show and access revolutionary bonus content: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalFollow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Email us: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by d.c.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/faithandcapital)

We talk with Corey (@JamaicanJihadi on Twitter), about the revival of a deeply revisionist "Proletarian Patriotism", South-South Cooperation between Cuba, Jamaica, and China, Canada's role in NATO and the current crisis, Israeli imperialism in Jamaica, and the legacy of Walter Rodney in Jamaica. This was an awesome conversation, and make sure to follow Corey on Twitter. And check out JA LANDS: https://www.jalands.org

Mit Christian Frings sprechen wir über die Haitianische Revolution, die Bedeutung von Sklaverei und Plantagenwirtschaft für den Kapitalismus und Sklaverei und Lohnarbeit bei Marx. Hier einige der im Interview erwähnten Texte: Christian Frings, Sklaverei und Lohnarbeit bei Marx. Zur Diskussion um Gewalt und „unfreie Arbeit“ im Kapitalismus, in Prokla 196, https://www.prokla.de/index.php/PROKLA/article/view/1836 Sven Beckert, King Cotton. Eine Geschichte des globalen Kapitalismus. C. L. R. James, Die Schwarzen Jakobiner. Toussaint Louverture und die Haitianische Revolution, https://dietzberlin.de/produkt/c-l-r-james-die-schwarzen-jakobiner/ Sidney W. Mintz, Was the Plantation Slave a Proletarian?, in Review Vol. 2 No. 1, 1978. Michel-Rolf Trouillot, Silencing the Past. Power and the Production of History. Susan Buck-Morss, Hegel und Haiti.

In this episode I discuss a little bit more of the situation going on in Ukraine especially since the last few days. I also use this to discuss the need for people across the world to come together in the fight against the reactionary and repressive governments, ruling class, and their propaganda across the world. Militarization will not solve the issues that capitalism and imperialism have created, only Proletarian revolution and the dictatorship of the working and exploited classes over the former oppressing and exploiting class. This is it, this is our only way out. Let me know what you think of the show!

In this Bible in Red episode, we engage Luke 5:17-26 and discuss the importance of developing revolutionary determination, militant commitment, and proletarian discipline. Find the first Bible in Red episode here: "Combat Individualism, Serve the People" Links for a primer on the historical development of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, the necessity of its rupture from Leninism,  and today's struggle over the meaning of Maoism.Support the work and access Bonus Content: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalLeave an iTunes rating and review.Faith and Capital is on instagram, twitter, and facebook.Email us: faithandcapital@gmail.comGraphic by Lucha LiberationMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/faithandcapital)

Gary reviews the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. He comments on how its ideals have fared over two centuries and continued as a threat to human freedom. Gary also discusses why some things lose their value in the socialist society and why this type of society only leads to cannibalism. Tune in to know why, according to Robert Kiyosaki, this manifesto is written for the year 2020. Highlights What this episode is all about - 0:10 The purpose of the document - 4:02 Uncommon knowledge: the last king of America - 5:33 The problem of socialism - 8:12 The communist manifesto - 9:19 The bourgeois and proletarian: using people as a tool - 9:42 Chapter 1: The Rise of the Proletarian - 12:46 Chapter 2: The Game Plan - 14:05 Abolition of land property and rights of inheritance - 14:28 The progressive tax - 18:01 Establishment of a national bank with an exclusive monopoly - 20:02 Centralization of means of communication and transport - 20:17 Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the states- 21:52 Abolition of children factory labor and free education for all - 22:25 Summary of Chapter Two of Communist Manifesto - 28:23 Price signals - 30:20 The last paragraph of the pamphlet - 34:33 Links and Resources from this Episode Connect with Gary Pinkerton https://www.paradigmlife.net/ gpinkerton@paradigmlife.net https://garypinkerton.com/ 

Kota is joined by Ken Kawashima, author of The Proletarian Gamble: Korean Workers in Interwar Japan and translator of Theory of Crisis by Japanese Marxist economist Uno Kōzō. We begin the interview by discussing Uno's methodology in analyzing capitalism called Sandankairon, or three-steps theory. The first step involves elucidating the fundamental principles of capitalism. The second step involves tracing the historical development of capitalism in stages. The third step is the conjectural analysis of capitalism in the present. Through the analysis of fundamental principles, Uno argued that the crisis under capitalism is not an accident, but necessarily built into its cyclical movement through three phases: prosperity, crisis, and depression. Unlike other Marxist theories of crisis which identified its cause in the spheres of production or circulation, Uno argues that the crisis originates in the intersection of production and circulation: the commodification of labour power. Since labour power is the only commodity that can produce value, as much as the workers are reliant on wage for their subsistence, capitalism is equally reliant on the continuous commodification of their labor power for its survival. However, capitalism's drive toward infinite growth meets its own barrier as the supply of labour power of human beings cannot be increased at will to meet the demands of expanding production. As a result, capitalist production comes to a stand-still. Uno therefore calls the commodification of labour power the fundamental contradiction of capitalism or its Archille's Heel.Since capitalism is unable to readily produce human beings as things, it creates what Marx called relative surplus populations, a mass of unemployed workers considered surplus or excessive in relation to capitalist production, whom it can bring back into production once the cycle re-enters the phase of prosperity and capitalism resumes its expansion...in theory. However, while this repetition indicates the inevitability of crisis under capitalism, the ways in which the crisis happens changed with the development of capitalism from liberalism to imperialism. Under imperialism, capitalism no longer follows the clearly demarcated phases, but stagnates in the chronic state of depression and relies on the pool of chronically unemployed surplus populations, often located in (semi-)colonized countries.In the second half of this interview, we apply Uno's Theory of Crisis to the historical stage of imperialism and the concrete struggle of Korean workers in the interwar period, who jumped out of the flying pan of agrarian poverty in the Korean countryside into the fire of post-WWI industrial recession and the Great Depression. We discuss the book's title “Proletarian Gamble," how the struggle of Korean workers was intertwined with their struggle as tenants, how the rise in unemployment during the post-war recession and the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, as well as the Korean Independence Movement in 1919 led to the reorganization of policing in the Japanese Empire. We conclude our interview by discussing how the struggle of Korean workers continued during and after WWII, and the struggle of migrants in Japan today and what this history tells us about capitalism and the necessity of communism.Intro Music: Cielo by Huma-HumaOutro Music: Flying Pan by Sugar Brown  Donate to GoGetFunding. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/againstjapanism)

In this episode I try to give an overview again as always of many things that are going on across the world right now in order to connect them and be able to get folks to see how universal a lot of the struggles we are facing are. I want people to understand that the best way that we can be able to build a struggle is together, we have to have solidarity with not only our communities our neighborhoods, and our own people groups, but also the international proletariat who is suffering and struggle is the basis to the Wests privileges and benefits from capitalism. We have to see that a true proletarian revolution cannot be anything other than international proletarian struggle for a true Liberation and yanno and Capitalist and Imperialism system as a whole. Long live Internationalism, long live international struggle!

For this episode of the Spring Series 2021 I caught the train to Orange in the Central Tablelands of NSW to chat once again with Father Karl Sinclair, a priest in the Catholic Diocese of Bathurst.We spoke about many things, including truth in journalism, real estate prices, a certain opinion piece by Pru Goward, golf, dreams, politics, Kerala and the story of Doubting Thomas, the fate of the poor, Nineteen Eighty-Four, apocalypses, Satanic barcodes, and even Christmas. No, it's not too early.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00150/Please support this podcast at:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

In this episode, Christian Sorace speaks with poet and essayist Cynthia Cruz about her recent book The Melancholia of Class: A Manifesto for the Working Classon the artistic and affective struggles to reclaim working class identity and resist its erasure by middle-class fantasy.

In this episode I discuss a bit of what we are facing here in the US in terms of political destabilization, Liberalism, Imperialism and economic/environmental collapse. We have much to discuss further in this realm, but I used a few examples to just get us in the right mindset. And then I go into my best attempt to this point (I think) to argue for the necessity of a Revolutionary Party or Organization intent on Anti-Imperialist, Socialist, and Proletarian efforts towards building a new, egalitarian society for all the people, not just the wealthy, powerful elites. Let me know what you think!

I start off this episode by discussing why and how I came to Marxism/communism, and I also discussed the importance of studying. Concrete analysis of concrete conditions is the only practical way to actually establishing a correct line and coming up with correct strategies and tactics. We have plenty of history to learn from, why do we refuse to learn it? Then I go into a discussion about how we should use this knowledge, while learning is important to doing. Praxis, or theory in action, is the most important part to a true Proletarian movement and revolution. Our actions cannot be misguided, our ideology should not be incorrect. We are the working class, we are the proletariat, we are the revolutionary class that will bring on socialism. But how the fuck are we going to do it?

In this episode I go into a discussion about why we need to get to the core of the issues that people are facing today, not simply look at individual acts or people, not individual struggles, but how struggles of the oppressed class unite and how we must use that class power to overthrow the ruling class and destroy the oppressive system they wield. We talk about the need for a Marxist class analysis, and how proletarian revolution is the only true means by which the system can be fixed, a.k.a. destroyed and rebuilt by those who have been oppressed themselves.

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Late last month, Dr. Asatar Bair made a tweet that lead Stalin's name to trend on Twitter. The story was picked up the following day by Fox News. On the 22n'd episode of the Crimson Flag we interview Dr. Bair and discuss his recent experience as well as the importance of upholding our proletarian history. The Fox News Article: https://www.foxnews.com/us/professor-praises-stalin-great-leaders-20th-century Dr. Bair's YouTube Channel and Twitter: https://www.youtube.com/user/asatarbair https://twitter.com/asatarbair -After taking some time to get back into the swing of making episodes, we decided to reopen our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=35491695

In this episode I begin by discussing how important relationships are, how much we have to fight the urge to isolate and do things like just read theory or just post Memes. Although both of these things are important, they cannot be all that we are doing. Many of us are hurting, many of us are alone, and this just proves once again why we need our communities organized and working towards building Socialism, and true Proletarian equality. Love is where it's at y'all!

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In this episode we are sharing Brigid's interview she recorded for Revolutionary Left Radio on the topic of the sex trade along with guest speaker Esperanza Fonseca. Many thanks to Breht for inviting us on! Check out Revolutionary Left Radio on Spotify and Libsyn! Support the Probably Cancelled Podcast by becoming a patron on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/probablycancelledpod Read Esperanza's articles for a Marxist analysis of the sex trade on her Medium blog! https://proletarianfeminist.medium.com/ Follow Esperanza on Twitter: @endclasssociety Follow Brigid on Twitter: @ComradeBrigid  

Nate Wallace joins Political Misfits to discuss the working class revolt that sank billionaire plans for European Football Super League, the Olympic Games and the potential for a ban on protest in the upcoming Tokyo Summer Games and 2022 Beijing Winter Games. Recorded and aired live in Washington, DC on Wednesday, April 21st, 2021.If you enjoy Redspin Sports, please consider supporting our work on Patreon so we can produce more of it. The editing, equipment, podcast hosting, and other costs are the biggest barriers in the way of being able to churn out more content on a consistent basis.https://www.patreon.com/redspinsports...@RedspinSports (Twitter & IG)@NateWallace9 (Twitter)@BrotherFlourish (Twitter)@JuiceTinTweets (Twitter)https://www.facebook.com/RedspinSport...Checkout Redspin Sports on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, etc.Political Misfits airs from 12 noon to 2 pm EST Monday-Friday on Radio Sputnik in Washington, DC. https://sputniknews.com/radio/

Brigid Ó Coileáin and Esperanza Fonseca join Breht to discuss proletarian and Marxist feminism, the history and power dynamics of the sex trade, the rhetoric and ideology of liberal feminism, the role pornography plays in society, the importance of anti-imperialism for women's emancipation, and much, much more! Check out the Probably Cancelled Podcast here: https://probablycancelledpod.libsyn.com/website Check out Esperanza's writings here: https://proletarianfeminist.medium.com/ Learn more here: https://linktr.ee/estrellaroja   Outro Music: "The Men Who Rule the World" by Garbage ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com

This reading is from “Enemies of Society: An Anthology of Individualist & Egoist Thought,” published by Ardent Press and available from Little Black Cart. Enemies of Society at LittleBlackCart.com Immediatism.com My other podcast, PointingTexts.org Feedback and requests to Cory@Immediatism.com

A Letter to the National Guard(Who?) - Written during the National Guard occupation of Minneapolis, April 2021.  Subscribe on Patreon for an exclusive download of the entire song and more

What made Malcolm X and Claudia Jones so dangerous to the system, even though they were continents apart? The Black demand for international working class solidarity they championed. That is still a threat to the system. And so are we.

The scam has resumed at long last... In our first official episode (though still very much a working experiment), we briefly consider the so called 'Fulani herdsmen' crisis from a class perspective, before reflecting on the meaning of the 'Nigerian Scam' and its relevance to the history of the Nigerian left... Are yahoo boys fighting for reparations? Isn't the nation state, more fundamentally, a scam? What's left of the Nigerian Labour movement? etc, etc. Intro and outro song is Recognize ft OGenius & LJ by our very own Slasher O.A.G. Check out his mixtape on spotify: https://soundcloud.com/slasheroag Subscribe to our Patreon for exclusive content.

In this episode we were delighted to be joined by our friend, colleague and comrade Dr Matthew Kerry (University of Stirling) to discuss his book 'Unite Proletarian Brothers!: Radicalism and Revolution in the Second Spanish Republic' (Institute of Historical Research, 2020), which is available to everyone as an Open Access publication here: bit.ly/3is39X9 We discuss radicalism, fascism, the state and proletarian unity during the 1930s, exploring why and how the mining valleys of northern Spain erupted into revolution in October 1934, in what can be seen as the last attempt to seize state power through mass insurrection by the working class in Europe. --------------------------- The podcast music is Stealing Orchestra & Rafael Dionísio, 'Gente da minha terra (que me mete um nojo do caralho).' Reproduced from the Free Music Archive under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License, available here: https://bit.ly/35ToW4W The podcast logo is an adapted version of the Left Book Club logo (1936-48), reproduced, edited and shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International licence. Original available here: https://bit.ly/35Nd6cv The image in this episode is the poster 'Aprieta fuerte compañero!' ('Squeeze tightly, comrade!') created by Germán Horacio Robles in 1936 and available in the public domain.

In the second episode of “1979 Generation,” Jadaliyya’s Iran Page co-editor, Manijeh Nasrabadi interviews Shahla Talebi on the liberation of political prisoners, the intersection of gender, class and revolution, and the emergence of “proletarian feminism.” Shahla Talebi is Associate Professor of Religious Studies in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. Shahla was a student activist who participated in the 1979 Revolution, lived through the Iran-Iraq war, and left Iran for the U.S. in 1994. She is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, "Ghosts of Revolution: Rekindled Memories of Imprisonment in Iran", published by Stanford University Press in 2011. (Photo by Hengameh Golestan)

This week, I’m pleased to be joined by the lovely Vicky Osterweil, author of the new book In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action. In this wide-ranging conversation, we talk about the inextricable nature of class and race, the abolition of whiteness as a necessary step for police and prison abolition, the efficacy of riots, and why joy is what scares cops and politicians the most whenever the looting starts.  Follow Vicky on Twitter and pick up a copy of her book.  Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music:  Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie  Interlude: "Start a Riot" by Duckwrth, Shaboozey  Outro: "Blue Lies" by Year of the Knife 

The following is the first of a two-part article based on a talk the author gave at the People’s Forum in July 2020. This first part focuses on Kollontai’s struggle for proletarian feminism against bourgeois feminism as well as her struggle to center gender equality within the party’s platform. Part two focuses on her writings on the family, love, and communism. The Russian communist revolutionary Alexandra Kollontai lived from 1872 to 1952. Prior to the 1917 revolution, she was an active speaker, writer, and organizer in the socialist women workers’ movement in Russia and Europe. Kollontai was the first woman to be a cabinet official: she was people’s commissar for welfare in the first Bolshevik government after the October revolution. She also founded the new government’s “women’s department” (Zhenotdel), and was one of the first women to hold an official diplomatic post. More exciting than these official responsibilities were Kollontai’s revolutionary work and writing, which focused not only on the relation between the struggle for gender equality and socialism, but also the general role of love and solidarity in struggle. Attention to these can help us clarify our analyses and sharpen our politics today. A Marxist committed to organizing women workers, Kollontai argued that women’s subordination was anchored in economic conditions; that is, in the conditions of “the production and reproduction of immediate life,” to use Frederick Engels’ formulation [1]. These conditions involve how both human existence is produced and reproduced and how the means of existence—food, clothing, shelter, tools, and so on—are secured and arranged. Women’s position in the economy—which includes the sexual division of labor in the family—determines women’s position in society. The repercussion is that women’s liberation depends on the elimination of capitalism, of class society and exploitation, and the communist rearrangement of production and life. Read the full article: https://liberationschool.org/kollontai-socialism-and-feminism-part-one/

History Professor Dr. Peter Cole (previous guest from our IWW episode) joins Breht again, this time to discuss his fascinating new book Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area. We discuss the labor history of dockworker unionism, the racial justice campaigns that workers in Apartheid South Africa and the United States partook in, the impact of these labor struggles on local cultures, proletarian internationalism, and so much more.  Check out Peter's book here:  https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/48ydk2be9780252042072.html  Learn more about Peter here:  http://www.wiu.edu/cas/history/cole.php  New RLR Shirts Here:  https://goodsforthepeople.com/all-goods/revolutionary-left-radio  Outro Music: 'Hot October' by Wood Spider LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com

Ben Burgis of Zer0 Books is the author of Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left. He joins us to conduct a reading of analytic Marxist G.A. Cohen’s noted essay, “The Structure of Proletarian Unfreedom”. In addition to dissecting the argument, we discuss Ben’s book as well of the current state of academic philosophy and online discourse.

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In the new light of current events Jon chooses to look at a blood drenched decade in the history of China called The Cultural Revolution. We look at the similarities of the cancel cultures of 1966 and 2020 and how yanking down tradition leads to the yanking down of human beings. We are facing the end of Western Civilization; we HAVE to look at this.Featured Material: The Cultural Revolution: All You Need to Know About China's Political ConvulsionThe Cultural Revolution, 50 Years on – It Was the Worst of Times***Free Additional Content*** Graphic Elements, Infographics, Text Versions of Selected Episodes, and other Fun stuff!Sign up for the Mailing List: http://eepurl.com/YIbLfPlaylist: The Abracast Spotify Playlist ***Credits***The voice of The Abracast – Hila Assor https://hilaassor.com/Theme Song “Red Horse Rising” by X-Proph3t: http://www.reverbnation.com/xproph3tWritten / Produced / researched / Performed – Jon Towers www.abracast.com ***Contact***Visit Website: www.abracast.comEmail Jon: Towers113@gmail.com Find Jon on Twitter: @jonnyaxx https://twitter.com/JonnyAxx Find Jon on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/stigmatastudiosFind Jon On Instagram: http://instagram.com/stigmatastudios ***Support*** If you enjoy the show, learned something new, or was inspired you might consider supporting the show!Become a subscriber: www.subscribestar.com/abracast Become a Pateron: https://www.patreon.com/abracastJust wanna buy me a drink?: paypal.me/stigmatastudios Stigmata Studios Comic Books and Graphic Novels: www.stigmatastudios.com ***Advertise*** Got a book, Product or Podcast? Would you would like to get your message to my audience?Advertise on The Abracast: https://www.advertisecast.com/TheAbracastAdvertise on The Abracast: https://intellifluence.com/influencer/jon-towers-61030

We're back! Sylvia and Ryan tackle a Patreon request by playing ball with the "Person Juggling" emoji! Which of these jaunty jugglers is a lovable scamp, and which one is genuinely repulsive? How many of these ball-bearers are TikTok royalty, and which ones perform at the steampunk tavern? Stay tuned for the 1st Annual Improv Hullabaloo, Ryan's bad Doctor Who cosplay, juggling at the construction site, Sylvia's toilet-based The Last of Us II DLC, Juggalor, chap hop, and more! We will not apologize for laughing so much about "removing balls."Follow along here: https://emojipedia.org/person-juggling/iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/emojidrome/id1361236704?mt=2Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/I2rmhl3k6hkfysbqo4ikzbs5es4Follow us on Twitter: @emojidrome, @sylvisurfer (Sylvia), and @sewerpeak (Ryan).Find us on Patreon: patreon.com/emojidrome

We're back! Sylvia and Ryan tackle a Patreon request by playing ball with the "Person Juggling" emoji! Which of these jaunty jugglers is a lovable scamp, and which one is genuinely repulsive? How many of these ball-bearers are TikTok royalty, and which ones perform at the steampunk tavern? Stay tuned for the 1st Annual Improv Hullabaloo, Ryan's bad Doctor Who cosplay, juggling at the construction site, Sylvia's toilet-based The Last of Us II DLC, Juggalor, chap hop, and more! We will not apologize for laughing so much about "removing balls."Follow along here: https://emojipedia.org/person-juggling/iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/emojidrome/id1361236704?mt=2Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/I2rmhl3k6hkfysbqo4ikzbs5es4Follow us on Twitter: @emojidrome, @sylvisurfer (Sylvia), and @sewerpeak (Ryan).Find us on Patreon: patreon.com/emojidrome

The thinking of Chinese Communism’s two founders, Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu, diverges as revolutionary experience is gained.Further Reading:Maurice Meisner, Li Ta-Chao and the Origins of Chinese MarxismSome names from this episode:Li Dazhao, Co-founder of the Communist Party, often credited as China’s first MarxistChen Duxiu, Co-founder and first general secretary of the Communist PartyZhang Guotao, Communist leader and opponent of ‘united front from within’ with Guomindang

About the lecture: During World War I the idea of national self-determination came into its own. There were two principal proponents of this concept. First, Lenin advanced a theory of "proletarian" national self-determination to serve Communism; then, Wilson championed the liberal internationalist idea of national self-determination to support the cause of parliamentary democracy. Both ideas mattered in theory and practice because their advocates were winners; Wilson won World War I; and Lenin staged a successful Putzsch and prevailed in Russia's Civil War. The idea of national self-determination was a great gift to non-historical folk nationalist groups whose activists all clamored for their own states; and it became a bane of historic nations, and not only Great Powers. About the speaker: About the speaker: Dr. Chodakiewicz currently serves as a Professor of History at The Institute of World Politics, where he holds the Kosciuszko Chair of Polish Studies. He also leads IWP's Center for Intermarium Studies. At IWP, Dr. Chodakiewicz teaches courses on Contemporary Politics and Diplomacy, Geography and Strategy, Mass Murder Prevention in Failed and Failing States, and Russian Politics and Foreign Policy. He was formerly an assistant professor of history of the Kosciuszko Chair in Polish Studies at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at University of Virginia. He also served as a visiting professor of history at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

On this episode of We Regret the Error, I sat down with poet Brendan Joyce for a spirited discussion about the farce that is MFA programs, the power of poetry in this current moment, and Brendan's fantastic chapbooks, "Character Limit" and his recent release, "Unemployment Insurance."To support Brendan and his wonderful work, please check out his just-released chapbook, "Unemployment Insurance," at the link below!http://grieveland.com/books---------------------------------To talk to Brendan, you can find him here:Twitter: https://twitter.com/nicetryofficerBrendan's Patreon: patreon.com/nicetryofficer---------------------------------Intro: Sisyphus - Andrew BirdA special thanks to Ash Darrow (https://twitter.com/GothUncharted) for his incredible work producing this incredible conversation.

Having a civil political discussion with a Bernie supporter!

We continue reading human action!

Whether on a plane or in their living room, Alex and Pablo are never far from films about class warfare.

In this epiode we start the first of our monthly educational series with a great text first published: Revolution, May 1973 on 'Proletarian Dictatorship Vs Bourgeois “Democracy”. We hope you find this informative and interesting! Feel free to suggest our next reading or even join in on the discussion by finding us at: https://www.Patreon.com/LumpenPodcast Twitter: @Lumpen_Radio | @TheZenMarxist Youtube: TheMisanthropicPhilosopher - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfTM9_PEg80d9H3ccZmCwgw Your Comrades Shibby & Ryan! Theme music by Jasmine Rosa    

On this episode, I deliver the second part of my theory on abolition as it brings together "identity politics" in its highest forms, the movements to abolish race and gender. I show how these movements lead naturally, if uneasily, to the Marxist project of proletarian self-abolition, whereby the proletariat destroys itself, and all other classes, it its coming to exist for itself as a class. This paradoxical notion leads us to Nagarjuna, who 1500 years before Marx was already working through the problem of mounting a global movement of awakening (Bodhicitta or the Buddhist project of eliminating suffering in all sentient beings) while not believing in categories. Nagarjuna was an early anti-essentialist and also shows there is nothing European about questioning essentialism. Lastly, we turn to Baudrillard for his own views on abolition (of the distinction between life and death), and his own blend of imminent uptopianism. True revolutionaries "speak of the world as non-separated," and these sense informs all transpolitical activity. Stay tuned! Next week I'll be interviewing Dr. Peter Lindsay of GSU, and I'm sure we will have another episode soon on this abolition business.

in Philadelphia at Wooden Shoe Books. All my thanks to KM for organizing and hosting; to Paintbucket and James for gathering us together in the first place, in this very online way; to Isobel for her generous recording and editing; to Ronnie for driving down to Philly with me in the rain; to Brendan for driving 7 hours from Cleveland to read; to Patrick for printing and distributing them zines (to JumpsuitUtopia for designing them); to Shel for reading poems that made me cry; to Amy for reading poems that made me laugh; to Steele for reciting your goddamn poems what the fuck; to everyone who was there whose names I don't know and who I love who came to hear us read; to the two beautiful strangers who helped me pay for the tickets I incurred on the way home; to you for listening and caring, allegedly. prolesound // mathilda

Modernism in the arts, and particularly literature, has often been portrayed as a middle class pursuit, with certain literary critics focusing on the ‘elitism’ of the movement. But does this give a true picture of its social composition? This week, Tom Overton talks to Nick Hubble about their new book The Proletarian Answer to the Modernist Question (https://euppublishingblog.com/2017/09/07/proletarian-modernism/), and about how the General Strike of 1926 (https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/writing-the-1926-general-strike/41A4BEF1FB2C099EEEFD60A5F14C0B80), the Equal Franchise Act 1928 and the Great Depression shaped working class forms of modernism during the 1930s. (Cover image: 'Acetylene Wielding' (1917) by C.R.W. Nevinson) SELECTED REFERENCES W. H. Auden Octavia Butler LEWIS CARROLL, The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland (1865) Chung Ling Soo (magician) T. S. Eliot WILLIAM EMPSON, Seven Types of Ambiguity (1930) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Types_of_Ambiguity EMPSON, Some Versions of Pastoral (1935) – https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/empson-style-from-despair Ford Madox Ford JOHN GAY, The Beggar’s Opera (1728) Lewis Grassic Gibbon – https://www.grassicgibbon.com WALTER GREENWOOD, Love on the Dole (1933) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIPubjjouaA J. B. S. Haldane – https://wellcomelibrary.org/collections/digital-collections/makers-of-modern-genetics/digitised-archives/j-b-s-haldane Richard Hoggart NICK HUBBLE, 'Proletarian Autofiction of the 1930s' (2019) - https://socialhumanities.home.blog/2019/03/10/proletarian-autobiografiction-of-the-1930s SAMUEL HYNES, The Auden Generation (1976) – https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/the-auden-generation-by-samuel-hynes/ JAMES JOYCE, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916); Ulysses (1922) D. H. LAWRENCE, ‘Odour of Chrysanthemums’ (1909) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odour_of_Chrysanthemums D. H. LAWRENCE, Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1928) Doris Lessing MARGARET LLEWELLYN DAVIES (ed.), Life as We Have Known It (1930) – https://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?id=4294981756 Charles Madge – http://www.sussex.ac.uk/library/speccoll/collection_descriptions/madge.html Mass Observation – https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/09/11/surveillance-society NAOMI MITCHISON, We Have Been Warned (1935) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Mitchison BILL NAUGHTON, Alfie (1963) – https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2007/dec/06/thebestevernovelform Friedrich Nietzsche GEORGE ORWELL, The Road to Wigan Pier (1936); Homage to Catalonia (1938) GEORGE ORWELL, ‘The Writer in the Witness Box’ (1940) – https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/the-proletarian-writer Alan Partridge Jackson Pollock Proletkult Ann Quin Karl Radek – https://www.marxists.org/archive/radek/1934/sovietwritercongress.htm Lorna Sage Stephen Spender Agnes Smith – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2082201.An_Edge_of_the_Forest JOHN SOMMERFIELD, May Day (1936) – http://ojs.ub.gu.se/ojs/index.php/njes/article/view/1262 August Strindberg Edward Upward – http://www.edwardupward.info/ H. G. Wells ELLEN WILKINSON, Clash (1929) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_(novel) Raymond Williams VIRGINIA WOOLF, Mrs. Dalloway (1925); Orlando (1928); The Years (1936); Three Guineas (1938)

The Waikiki Parc Hotel is one of modernist architect Edward Killingsworth’s final hotel projects on the island of Oahu. It’s remodeling into the Halekulani’s Halepuna raises the question of Waikiki’s future as its facing significantly different challenges than during its boom hey days half a century ago. The host for this episode is Martin Despang. The guest for this episode is Desoto Brown.

We’ve got a jam-packed episode of Coffee with Comrades for you this week. We were joined by Breht Ó Séaghdha of Revolutionary Left Radio and The Guillotine to talk about “Culture” by Terry Eagleton. But first, some current events: Jeff Sessions is forced out. Liberal melodrama ensues. The law won’t save us, only freedom will. Fuck Tucker Carlson. Nancy Pelosi wants to play nice with the GOP. The Democrats offer no hope. Trump witlessly compares himself to White Walkers. White nationalist and anti-fascist accounts were banned from PayPal earlier this week. California wildfires offer yet another glimpse into the future. A Neo-Nazi militia in the Ukraine is now training white nationalists in the U.S. FL recount: Gillum vs. DeSantis. FL restored the voting rights of 1.4 million human beings. We spend the rest of the episode discussing the cultural analyses of Terry Eagleton, dissecting “American culture,” historical repression, revolutionary ruptures, unfounded and arbitrary authority, neoliberalism, Hollywood, Buddhism, academia, and building an authentic leftist culture. You can follow Breht on Twitter and be sure to check out Revolutionary Left Radio and The Guillotine, as well. You can also support both shows on Patreon. If you like what you hear, follow us on Twitter or check out our website. Intro: “I Ain’t Got No Home in this World” by Woody Guthrie Interlude: “Propaganda” by Dead Prez Outro: “The House Always Wins” by Stray From the Path PS. Stick around 'till the very end for goofy bloopers at Pearson's expense.

Have you ever wondered where the montage came from? Do you enjoy hearing Ethan plug theatre in an episode about cinema? Do you never tire of hearing Justin defend Stalin even when he clearly did some things wrong? Then you will LOVE this raucous and informative episode on the history of film and cinema within the Soviet Union (and a bit before)!   *CORRECTION* While Prussia was a principality in the HRE, Prussia was never part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Our bad! If you haven't already, you can help the show improve over at www.patreon.com/prolespod and in return can get sweet pins, access to our spicy discord, exclusive episodes, pick your own, guest appearances! All kinds of great stuff.   Please subscribe on your favorite podcast apps and rate or review to help extend our reach. Like and rate our facebook page at facebook.com/prolespod  and follow us on Twitter @prolespod.   If you have any questions or comments, DM us on either of those platforms or email us at prolespod@gmail.com All episodes prior to episode 4 can be found on YouTube, so go check that out as well!  Outro Music: "At Dawn" by Alyens Sources/Suggested Reading/Viewing: Further reading: Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film, Jay Leyda The Red Screen: Politics, Society, Art in Soviet Cinema, ed. Anna Lawton Ways of Seeing, John Berger Directory of World Cinema: Russia, Birgit Beumers Film viewing: Battleship Potemkin, Sergei Eisenstein (1925) Man With A Movie Camera, Dziga Vertov (1929) October: Ten Day That Shook The World, Sergei Eisenstein (1928) Volga-Volga, Grigori Aleksandrov (1938) Solaris, Andrei Tarkovsky (1972) Moscow Doesn't Believe In Tears, Vladimir Menshov (1980)

Join the Proles with comrade Natalie as they discuss the incredibly deep and important history of the DPRK, Natalie's upcoming project and a bit of Seeing Red!    If you haven't already, you can help the show improve over at www.patreon.com/prolespod and in return can get sweet pins, access to our spicy discord, exclusive episodes, pick your own, guest appearances! All kinds of great stuff.   Please subscribe on your favorite podcast apps and rate or review to help extend our reach. Like and rate our facebook page at facebook.com/prolespod and follow us on Twitter @prolespod.   If you have any questions or comments, DM us on either of those platforms or email us at prolespod@gmail.com All episodes prior to episode 4 can be found on YouTube, so go check that out as well!   Sources/Suggested Reading:  10 Volume Series "Understanding Korea" "Understanding Workers' Party of Korea" "Socialist Korea - A Case Study in the Strategy of Economic Development" "Korea's Division and Its Truth" "War Veterans' Reminscences"   Outro: Moranbong Band "Without a Break"

Nick Hubble’s The Proletarian Answer to the Modernist Question (Edinburgh University Press, 2017) is a thrilling, and timely challenge to the orthodoxy that proletarian and high-modernist literatures ought to be understood in opposition to one another. Featuring writers as diverse as Virginia Woolf, Naomi Mitchison, D. H. Lawrence, John Sommerfield, H. G. Wells, and Walter Brierley, this study creates new critical space that reveals the modernism in the proletarian, and the proletarian in the modernist. It foregrounds ideas of intersubjectivity, intersectional struggles, and emancipatory discourses that rely on some way of relating the ‘I’ to the ‘We’. Covering the critical discourses that have shaped our understanding of these literary movements in the UK since the interwar period, Hubble brings his critical intervention to bear on the contemporary historical moment, and asks how the proletarian answer to the modernist question might inform our political and cultural imaginations as a neoliberal consensus collapses around us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Hubble’s The Proletarian Answer to the Modernist Question (Edinburgh University Press, 2017) is a thrilling, and timely challenge to the orthodoxy that proletarian and high-modernist literatures ought to be understood in opposition to one another. Featuring writers as diverse as Virginia Woolf, Naomi Mitchison, D. H. Lawrence, John Sommerfield, H. G. Wells, and Walter Brierley, this study creates new critical space that reveals the modernism in the proletarian, and the proletarian in the modernist. It foregrounds ideas of intersubjectivity, intersectional struggles, and emancipatory discourses that rely on some way of relating the ‘I’ to the ‘We’. Covering the critical discourses that have shaped our understanding of these literary movements in the UK since the interwar period, Hubble brings his critical intervention to bear on the contemporary historical moment, and asks how the proletarian answer to the modernist question might inform our political and cultural imaginations as a neoliberal consensus collapses around us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Hubble’s The Proletarian Answer to the Modernist Question (Edinburgh University Press, 2017) is a thrilling, and timely challenge to the orthodoxy that proletarian and high-modernist literatures ought to be understood in opposition to one another. Featuring writers as diverse as Virginia Woolf, Naomi Mitchison, D. H. Lawrence, John Sommerfield, H. G. Wells, and Walter Brierley, this study creates new critical space that reveals the modernism in the proletarian, and the proletarian in the modernist. It foregrounds ideas of intersubjectivity, intersectional struggles, and emancipatory discourses that rely on some way of relating the ‘I’ to the ‘We’. Covering the critical discourses that have shaped our understanding of these literary movements in the UK since the interwar period, Hubble brings his critical intervention to bear on the contemporary historical moment, and asks how the proletarian answer to the modernist question might inform our political and cultural imaginations as a neoliberal consensus collapses around us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Hubble’s The Proletarian Answer to the Modernist Question (Edinburgh University Press, 2017) is a thrilling, and timely challenge to the orthodoxy that proletarian and high-modernist literatures ought to be understood in opposition to one another. Featuring writers as diverse as Virginia Woolf, Naomi Mitchison, D. H. Lawrence, John Sommerfield, H. G. Wells, and Walter Brierley, this study creates new critical space that reveals the modernism in the proletarian, and the proletarian in the modernist. It foregrounds ideas of intersubjectivity, intersectional struggles, and emancipatory discourses that rely on some way of relating the ‘I’ to the ‘We’. Covering the critical discourses that have shaped our understanding of these literary movements in the UK since the interwar period, Hubble brings his critical intervention to bear on the contemporary historical moment, and asks how the proletarian answer to the modernist question might inform our political and cultural imaginations as a neoliberal consensus collapses around us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gather around the table and join the Proles as special guest Brett from Rev Left Radio comes on to discuss Mao and the Cultural Revolution!   Please subscribe on your favorite podcast apps and rate or review to help extend our reach. Like and rate our facebook page at facebook.com/prolespod and follow us on Twitter @prolespod.   If you have any episode suggestions, or comments, DM us on either of those platforms or email us at prolesoftheroundtable@protonmail.com All episodes prior to episode 4 can be found on YouTube, so go check that out as well!   Sources/Suggested Reading: Hun Suyin, "Wind in the Tower"; J-Moufawad Paul, "Continuity and Rupture"; William Hinton, "Fanshen"; Aaron Leonard, "Heavy Radicals"   Outro: Bambu, "Chairman Mao"

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Tonight we discuss how the Lumpen Proletarian ( Marx defines the lumpen as the lowest level of the the working class society, drug dealers, thugs, unemployed, etc...) Will be the power behind real social change for the Oppressed, join us tonight  

Mitchell Abidor is a leftist writer and translator. He is the principal French translator for the Marxist Internet Archive; Abidor has translated hundreds of texts, in multiple different languages, and published numerous collections from a myriad of radical political writers, from 17th Century France to Revolutionary Russia. His books include anthologies of the anarchist writings of Victor Serge, on the propagandists of the deed, the Paris Commune, the left of the French Revolution, and French anarchist individualists. He is also the author of, among other works, "Voices of the Paris Commune".  Find his profile on the Marxist Internet Archive here: https://www.marxists.org/admin/volunteers/biographies/mabidor.htm Topics Include: The Paris Commune, French Napoleonic Imperialism, Marx and Engels, Anarchism, The Communards, Factions within the Commune, the role of Women in the Commune, The French Revolution, and much more!  Our Intro Music is by The String-Bo String Duo, which you can find here: https://tsbsd.bandcamp.com/releases Our Outro Song is "This is Class War" by The String-Bo String Duo, you can find that here: https://www.facebook.com/thestringbostringduo/?hc_ref=ARQA71ZejnRbSyy-vgEA-UpvPdZZyJtgYVEPAak6ZbfvcUJ0P9qLvLempRW0_u5DQPI Please follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio and donate to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio   This podcast is officially affiliated with the Nebraska Left Coalition and the Omaha GDC. 

Proletarian Feminism is a Marxist approach to feminism that was brought forth by the Indian revolutionary Communist and writer, Anuradha Ghandy, in Philosophical Trends in the Feminist Movement. In her writing Ghandy examines the dominant variants of feminism, pulling the relevant elements and issuing critiques of what she see's as detrimental to the movement and women. What results is a feminism that sees the struggle against patriarchy as inherently linked to the struggle against capitalism, colonialism, imperialism, and racism, and transphobia.  In this episode we talk to Jayelyn and Elizabeth, two feminists and members of the Revolutionary Student Movement in Winnipeg, who recently organized a panel at the University of Winnipeg on Proletarian Feminism.  We also discuss the recent conversation surrounding the involvement of police officers at Pride. Further Reading: Philosophical Trends in the Feminist Movement, by Anuradha Ghandy (PDF) What is Proletarian Feminism? In Defense of Proletarian Feminism   Police union upset by Pride's decision against officers in uniform Why banning uniformed police at Pride will actually make the event more inclusive Police welcome in Pride Winnipeg parade, asked not to wear uniforms

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

Comrades from the IWA, SLP, and the CPGB-ML met in Birmingham on Sunday 4 December to discuss comrade Fidel Castro's leading role in the Cuban revolution, the building of socialism in Cuba, and his legendary proletarian internationalism. 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

Messages of Solidarity from His Excellency comrade Kim Sung Gi, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Ambassador to the UK, Indunil Wijenayake, a representative of the Sri-Lankan JVP in Britain, and a message from an Australian comrade, Mark Window 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

A threat to the US, economic instability, and the dead are rising to sign petitions! Comrade Marcos Garcia from the Venezeulan Embassy to Britain discusses the situation in Venezuela today at the CPGB-ML's celebration of the October Revolution. 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

Joti Brar delivers a chilling analysis of the imperialist drive to war against Russia and China. As NATO builds up troops and equipment in Eastern Europe and the Baltic nations, the US stirs up tensions in the South China Sea. Ukraine has become a CIA playground with the Kiev coup government rotten with Nazis. Libya, Iraq, and Syria have been bombed by the West and beset by jihadi gangs of mercenaries. As Russia takes a stand in Syria, and China fortifies their islands in the South China Sea, will the imperialists of NATO push ahead with their agenda to divide and plunder the rest of the globe and risk a third world war? What has been the response from the left, and can the anti-war and anti-imperialist movements in imperialist countries such as Britain do today? Join us in building a bright future for humanity! Subscribe to LALKAR and Proletarian and visit the CPGB-ML bookstore: http://www.proletarianonline.org/ More information about Red Youth and the CPGB-ML: http://www.cpgb-ml.org http://www.redyouth.org http://www.youtube.com/ProletarianCPGBML http://www.lalkar.org Join the struggle! http://www.cpgb-ml.org/index.php?secName=join Donate: http://www.cpgb-ml.org/index.php?secName=donate

Comrade Sayakane Sisouvong, Laos’ Ambassador to the UK, spoke movingly of the electrifying role that the October Revolution and Soviet Socialism - the first durable workers' republic - had on the colonised peoples of southeast Asia, including the people of Laos. 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

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

Comrade Jackson sings a song from the revolutionary Peking opera Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy at the international October revolution celebrations at Saklatvala hall, Southall, 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

May 2016. A transcript of this conversation is available here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ep-70-proletarian-poetry-lpp-transcript.pdf David Turner is in Kentish Town, north London talking to editor of Proletarian Poetry Peter Raynard. They discuss the reasons for Peter starting the blog, how he identifies working class poetry and the need (and wish) to pay poets for public readings. www.twitter.com/Silent_Tongue www.twitter.com/ProletarianPoet www.proletarianpoetry.com

Adam and Jeremy read and comment on The Uncanny X-Men #124 from August 1979 titled “He only laughs when I Hurt!” This issue features Cyclops, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Banshee, Storm, Colleen Wing, Amanda Sefton, Miss Locke, Arcade, and the Proletarian.   … Continue reading →

Self-publishing a book is a huge undertaking and I take my hat off to anyone who does it. I saw firsthand how much work it takes with Gregg and his book, which was quite successful. Tonight we welcomed David Graham (@antikommie on Twitter), a listener of the show who contacted me about his book project. He joined me tonight to talk about his experience writing and self-publishing a book, Stay Mad: Observations of a Proletarian. I was struck by his motivations and desire to do something tangible beyond attending Tea Party rallies. This was his way of getting involved. We talked about how writing the book is only half the battle. Then you have to market and sell it. Like anything else, the more dollars you can throw at it, the better chance for success. David has the book for sale in several bookstore in New Hampshire where he lives and has more radio interviews and some guest hosting on Blog Talk Radio coming up. People are fed up and getting involved in large numbers, and in new and different ways. I admire the passion and go for it attitude and appreciate the passion for politics. The Pundit Review Radio Podcast RSS feed can be found here. What is Pundit Review Radio? On Boston’s Talk Station WRKO since 2005, Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week we give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Called “groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to the radio every Sunday evening from 6-8pm on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.

Self-publishing a book is a huge undertaking and I take my hat off to anyone who does it. I saw firsthand how much work it takes with Gregg and his book, which was quite successful. Tonight we welcomed David Graham (@antikommie on Twitter), a listener of the show who contacted me about his book project. He joined me tonight to talk about his experience writing and self-publishing a book, Stay Mad: Observations of a Proletarian. I was struck by his motivations and desire to do something tangible beyond attending Tea Party rallies. This was his way of getting involved. We talked about how writing the book is only half the battle. Then you have to market and sell it. Like anything else, the more dollars you can throw at it, the better chance for success. David has the book for sale in several bookstore in New Hampshire where he lives and has more radio interviews and some guest hosting on Blog Talk Radio coming up. People are fed up and getting involved in large numbers, and in new and different ways. I admire the passion and go for it attitude and appreciate the passion for politics. The Pundit Review Radio Podcast RSS feed can be found here. What is Pundit Review Radio? On Boston’s Talk Station WRKO since 2005, Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week we give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Called “groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to the radio every Sunday evening from 6-8pm on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.

Lincoln Cushing and Ann Tomkins talk about their new book, Chinese Posters: Art from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (Chronicle Books) with KUCI Subversity show host Daniel C. Tsang. Also participating is activist Steve Louie on the impact of the poster art on political movements in the U.S.