Podcast appearances and mentions of todd chretien

Correction: When editing this podcast, a segment of audio on Maine Youth Action was used to describe Presente! Maine. We regret this error.   For coverage of the 2025 DSA Platform, see "Proposal for a Maine DSA 2025 Platform" on the Pine and Roses online Publication. For additional coverage of the 2025 Semi-Annual WInter Convention, please see "Maine Socialists Say No To Trump" by Todd Chretien on the Pine and Roses Publication. Revolutionary Communists of America Maine Youth Power Presente! - Maine

For coverage of the 2025 DSA Platform, see "Proposal for a Maine DSA 2025 Platform" on the Pine and Roses online Publication. For additional coverage of the 2025 Semi-Annual WInter Convention, please see "Maine Socialists Say No To Trump" by Todd Chretien on the Pine and Roses Publication. Revolutionary Communists of America Maine Youth Power Presente! - Maine

Guest: Paco Ignacio Taibo II He is a tireless social activist, historian, and writer. He is the author of several books including the biography of Che Guevara, '68: The Mexican Autumn of the Tlatelolco Massacre, and his latest, Pancho: Villa: A Revolutionary Life, translated by Todd Chretien . The post KPFA Special – The Life & Times of Pancho Villa appeared first on KPFA.

Join Haymarket for a discussion celebrating the release of Olivier Besancenot and Michael Löwy's Marx in Paris, 1871. This deeply informed, eminently enjoyable work of historical fiction places Karl Marx in the thick of the unprecedented events of the Paris Commune. In disguise, employing imperfect but serviceable French, Karl and his eldest daughter, Jenny, encounter and debate many important figures of the movement, including Léo Frankel, Eugène Varlin, Charles Longuet, Elisabeth Dmitrieff, and Louise Michel, eventually returning to England with a profoundly changed sense of political possibility. “This book adds to the tradition evolving since Marx and Lenin. Remarkably accessible, it refreshes, provokes, and thereby develops that movement still further.” — Richard Wolff “This fictional account is a remarkable piece of historical criticism and revolutionary imagination.” —Enzo Traverso Get Marx in Paris, 1871: Jenny's “Blue Notebook” from Haymarket here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1770-marx-in-paris-1871 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Speakers: Michael Löwy is emeritus research director at the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research). His books, including On Changing the World and the Politics of Combined and Uneven Development, have been translated into thirty languages. Natalia Tylim is active in the NYC-DSA labor branch. She's a restaurant worker, a founding member of DSA's Restaurant Organizing Project, and a member of the Tempest Collective. Valerio Arcary is a professor at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology in Brazil. Todd Chretien (moderator) is an organizer, author, translator, and high school Spanish teacher. He has contributed to several books, including Socialist Strategy and Electoral Politics, and is editor of Eyewitnesses to the Russian Revolution. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/HdPcBkE7OlM Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

The Maine Mural Podcast is revisiting the May 1st kickoff of the Pine and Roses publication! This episode features a discussion of our hope's for Pine and Roses with speakers Coral Howe, Todd Chretien of No Borders News, and Bhaskar Sunkara of Jacobin magazine. This episode's volunteer editor was Adam Bovie, of the Maine DSA State-Wide Podcast Committee.   Citations By Time-Stamp   [00 Min 47 Sec] -- Pine and Roses.org   [01 Min 04 Sec] -- Pine and Roses Launch Party Facebook Video   [01 Min 25 Sec] -- 2020 Post Election Round Table - Maine Mural Podcast Episode 4   [02 Min 38 Sec] -- Pine and Roses Facebook Page   [02 Min 39 Sec] -- Maine DSA's Homepage   [03 Min 24 Sec] -- Kate Sykes on 'Pine and Roses'   [03 Min 34 Sec] -- N. Sainte Harkins on 'Pine and Roses'   [03 Min 43 Sec] -- Andrew Miln on 'Pine and Roses'                           -- Isreal Mosley on 'Pine and Roses'   [03 Min 52 Sec] -- "The Mainer Who Wrote Jim Crow Into Law," By Isreal Mosley   [09 Min 29 Sec] -- "Interview: Maine Med Nurses Vote Union," By Todd Chretien   [10 Min 53 Sec] -- Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912 on Wikipedia   [11 Min 26 Sec] -- Southern Maine IWW   [12 Min 52 Sec] -- pineandrosesme@gmail.com   [17 Min 26 Sec]  -- Jacobin                            -- Catalyst                            -- Tribune of London   [18 Min 50 Sec] -- Appeal to Reason on Wikipedia   [21 Min 05 Sec] -- 'The Maine Socialist' and other publications from the University of Maine Bureau of Labor Education.   [25 Min 01 Sec] -- Marxists.org

Join Michael Löwy, Marianela D'Aprile, and Aline Klein for a multi-media discussion of Löwy's new book, Revolutions. Michael Löwy's Revolutions presents a startling visual documentation of a wide range of seminal revolutionary events, from the Paris Commune of 1872 through to the Zapatista uprising of the mid-1990s. The immediacy and dynamism of the book's images tells the story of these upheavals in a way that texts rarely can, offering a rare glimpse of these complex and messy events and the real human beings who drove them. This celebration of the book's release will showcase dozens of these stirring photos as the participants discuss what the images tell us about their moments, and how today's socialist movement can draw lessons from the revolutionary struggles of the past. Get a copy of Revolutions here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1476-revolutions ---------------------------------------------------- Speakers: Marianela D'Aprile is a writer in Chicago. She is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America's National Political Committee. Aline Klein is on the editorial board of Jacobin Brasil and is an activist in the Party for Socialism and Freedom (PSOL). Michael Löwy is emeritus research director at the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research). He is the author of numerous books, including Revolutions; On Changing the World; the Politics of Combined and Uneven Development; and the War of the Gods: Religion and Politics in Latin America; Fire Alarm: Reading Walter Benjamin's “On the Concept of History.” Todd Chretien (moderator) is an organizer, author, translator, and high school Spanish teacher. He has contributed to several books, including Socialist Strategy and Electoral Politics, and is editor of Eyewitnesses to the Russian Revolution. ---------------------------------------------------- Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/-gdjTK7V2f0 Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Programa especial de Contratiempos en colaboración con CTXT (Contexto y acción), Viento Sur y Radio Vallekas dedicado a las #EleccionesEEUU. El diablo naranja está fuera de la Casa Blanca. Analizamos su salida y los que serán los retos de Biden esta legislatura. Contamos con entrevistas a Nicole Moeller, del Comité Internacional de Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), y con Todd Chretien, editor de la publicación No Borders News. En el debate, hablamos con Olga Rodríguez (Periodista especializada en política internacional y DD HH), Pablo Bustinduy (Profesor adjunto del City College de Nueva York) y Azahara Palomeque (Doctora en Princeton y priodista de Contextos) para entender la crisis política que vive EEUU, las claves internacionales, ¡y más! Además, nos estrenamos con la sección Lucha de Pases. Xaquín Pastoriza y Gabriel Matute nos hablan de la rebelión anti-Trump en el deporte norteamericano. Puedes escuchar el programa en su versión podcast: IVOOX SPORTIFY GOOGLE PODCAST TUNE IN APPLE PODCAST Más información en nuestra web vientosur.info, radiovallekas.org o en ctxt.es

Jason Wilson on how cops are more interested in surveilling the Left than the Right (article here; Will Parrish article here). Then, Todd Chretien reflects on the forty-two-year history of the International Socialist Organization, which dissolved itself at the end of March.

This week we talk to British socialist David Renton about the history of Rock Against Racism and the Anti-Nazi League. RaR and the ANL were a cultural and protest movement against the rise of the National Front in Britain in the 1970’s. Renton contends that these movements played a decisive role in preventing the rise of fascism in Britain, while similar movements took root in France. David Renton is a British historian and activist, a member of the socialist group RS21 and author of the book, Never Again: Rock Against Racism and the Anti-Nazi League 1976-1982 (http://bit.ly/RentonANL). We talk to him about the importance of the contestation for culture, particularly around punk music, and the role that RaR played in that. He describes some of the key turning points of anti-fascist mobilization and the creation of the ANL. We discuss what lessons we can draw for the movement against a resurgent right today. In our opener, we talk about socialists Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as they prepare to take office. We discuss the ways in which they are challenging politics as usual, raising expectations and opening up possibilities, while also exploring the constraints imposed by the Democratic Party and how socialists can take advantage of this moment. Links for our interview: *You can buy David’s book here (http://bit.ly/RentonANL) *David also blogs at his website lives;running where he frequently discusses politics and especially the new movements against the right in Britain (http://bit.ly/LivesRunning) *In this piece re-published at Socialist Worker, David makes the case for a militant movement that directly confronts the fascists and examines different trajectories within the movement in Britain *Today’s episode is being released on December 10 as part of a contribution to the call for a day of action against fascism and racism (http://bit.ly/Dec10Action) Links for our intro: *You can listen to our assessment of AOC’s election victory in episode 17 of this podcast (http://bit.ly/BOREp17) *You can read analysis of the November elections at Socialist Worker by Todd Chretien (http://bit.ly/ChretienElections), Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (http://bit.ly/KeeangaElections), Alan Maass (http://bit.ly/MaassElections) and the editorial staff (http://bit.ly/EditorialElections) *In episode 34 (http://bit.ly/LanceSelfa), we interviewed Lance Selfa about the midterm elections. Lance is the author of The Democrats: A Critical History, which is available from Haymarket Books (http://bit.ly/LanceHaymarket). Music for this episode The Boy & Sister Alma, “Lizard Eyes” (Dead Sea Captains Remix) Gang Of Four, “Why Theory?” Sham 69, “If The Kids Are United” The Specials, “Ghost Town” Steel Pulse, “Jah Pickney (R.A.R.)” The Selecter, “On My Radio” Elvis Costello, “Less Than Zero”

Lance Selfa comes on the pod this week to discuss what midterms tell us about the state of U.S. politics. In addition to being an associate editor of the International Socialist Review and a frequent contributor to Socialist Worker, Lance is the author of The Democrats: A Critical History, published by Haymarket Books. Before our conversation with Lance, Eric joins Jen and Danny to respond to a listener’s question about whether socialism can be compatible with religion. We cover lots of ground, including Marx’s famous (and misunderstood) quote about the opium of the masses, the hypocrisy and chauvinism of the so-called “new atheism,” and Danny’s deep discomfort with his mortality. Links for our interview with Lance Selfa: • “The Trumpification of American politics”: Lance’s recent article in Socialist Worker (http://bit.ly/Trumpification). • Alan Maass’s “Six socialist takeaways from Election 2018” (http://bit.ly/6socialisttakes). • Todd Chretien’s look at discussions among different socialists about the way forward after the midterms (http://bit.ly/aftermidterms). • Sam Farber’s piece in Jacobin about Donald Trump as a “lumpen capitalist” (http://bit.ly/lumpenTrumpen). • Lance’s book, The Democrats: A Critical History (http://bit.ly/Selfa). Links for our opener on religion: • The Meek and the Militant, Paul Siegel’s classic Marxist analysis of how religion can play both a reactionary and radical political role (bit.ly/MeekMilitant). • Mike Marqusee’s sharp criticism of neoliberal secularism, “Contending for the living” (http://bit.ly/Marqusee). • FYI, Danny’s got a chapter called “Is Socialism a Religion” in his book Socialism…Seriously (http://bit.ly/SocSersly) Music for this episode: The Boy & Sister Alma, “Lizard Eyes” (Dead Sea Captains Remix)Frank Ocean, “Bad Religion” Stevie Wonder, “Have A Talk With God” The Shazam, “Super Tuesday” Rihanna, “American Oxygen” Stealers Wheel, “Stuck In The Middle With You” Death Cab For Cutie, “Good Help (Is Hard To Find)"

32: Right turn in US politics, Aldo Cordeiro Sauda on Bolsonaro’s Brazil In this week’s episode, we discuss Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro with Brazilian socialist Aldo Cordeiro Sauda and U.S.-based socialist Todd Chretien. This weekend, in a terrifying development in international politics, Brazil’s neo-fascist Bolsonaro won the presidential elections. Since that time, the military has paraded openly through the streets, raided universities and raised the prospect of attacks on Brazil’s social movements and oppressed populations. Recorded just days before the October 28 election, we talk to Aldo and Todd about the background to Bolsonaro’s rise after 14 years of rule by the Workers Party (PT). Aldo identifies the constitutional coup against former President Dilma Rousseff as a turning point in the advance of the far right. We talk about why the ruling class has swung behind Bolsonaro and what the rise to power of a neo-fascist means for the left specifically. We end by talking about the labor and social movements, which still have real organization and power in Brazil, and how to build international solidarity with their struggles. Aldo Cordeiro Sauda is a journalist and activist in Brazil’s Party of Socialism and Liberation (PSOL). He also covered the Arab Spring for Estado de São Paulo and Folha de São Paulo and is currently a masters candidate in political science at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). In our opener, we talk about the hard right turn in U.S. politics since the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. This episode was recorded before the horrific massacre of at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, but the trends we identify make clear why such attacks are an inevitable product of this moment. We review the right-wing offensive — from Trump’s transphobic memo to the racist hysteria about the migrant caravan — and discuss how this can co-exist with a potential advance of the Democrats in the midterm elections, but also why that advance will not eliminate the basis for Trumpism. Links for this episode’s interview on Brazil: *Valério Arcary, a leading member of Resistência, a revolutionary socialist current inside the Party for Socialism and Freedom (PSOL), discusses the factors underlying an assessment of Bolsonaro as a neo-fascist in an article re-published at Socialist Worker (http://bit.ly/ArcarySW) *Aldo, along with Benjamin Fogel, discusses the role of the military in providing a base of support for Bolsonaro in an article for Jacobin (http://bit.ly/AldoJacobin) *Socialist Worker reprinted a statement of Resistência following the first round of Brazilian elections that analyzes the threats posed by Bolsonaro and charts a way forward for the left, labor and social movements (http://bit.ly/ResistenciaSW) *The Intercept has written on the reasons Wall Street is happy about a Bolsonaro victory (http://bit.ly/BrazilWallStreet) and has put together a piece explaining who Bolsonaro is using his own words (http://bit.ly/InterceptBolsonaro) Links for this episode’s opener on the right turn in US politics: *Nicole Colson discusses how Trump’s hate has unleashed the violence that has targeted Jews, Blacks and migrants in the last week and points to lessons of the anti-fascist movements of the past in an article for Socialist Worker (http://bit.ly/ColsonTrumpHateSW) *Our co-host Danny wrote a piece for Socialist Worker that assesses the phases of the Trump regime and what the sharpening backlash means for socialists (http://bit.ly/DannyTrumpEra) *Lance Selfa talks about the Trumpification of American politics and why a blue wave won’t erase the Trump stain in this article for Socialist Worker (http://bit.ly/TrumpificationSW) Music The Boy & Sister Alma, “Lizard Eyes” (Dead Sea Captains Remix) Gil Scott-Heron, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” Chico Buarque, "Apesar de Você” Caetano Veloso, "Um Comunista” Elis Regina, "O Bêbado e a Equilibrista” Jorge Ben Jor, “Zumbi"

We are back! Kristen and Erica talk about the Russian Revolution, and Erica interviews Todd C. about his book, Eyewitnesses to the Russian Revolution, and the Russian Revolution's relevance today. Grab Todd's book here: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1113-ey…an-revolution Theme by False Priest @false_priest

Vanguard Party, Democratic Centralism, and Workers' Revolution Todd Chretien Socialism 2018 Socialism & Marxism The Bolsheviks developed a theory and practice of political organization that is both coherent and recognizable, and it is absolutely relevant for today. This talk will explain terms and history for beginners, but also address the rise of a new socialist movement in the U.S. read more

*Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts (bit.ly/BetterOffRediTunes) and share with friends. If you like Better Off Red, consider donating on Patreon. (bit.ly/PatreonRedPod)* This week we talk to Lee Wengraf about her book, Extracting Profit: Imperialism, Neoliberalism and the New Scramble for Africa (bit.ly/ExtractingProfit). Lee’s book challenges the prevailing myths that shape how most people understand the persistence of war and poverty in Africa. These come not only in outright racist forms, but also as paternalistic, liberal tropes. We discuss the Guyanese Marxist Walter Rodney’s groundbreaking work How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. Lee describes how economic and social development was reversed in Africa history as a result of colonial intervention. She argues that this is not only in the colonial past, but that imperialism and neoliberalism have continued to shape the development of Africa. Lee extends Rodney’s analysis to discuss the role of the IMF, the World Bank and neoliberal economic policy since the establishment of national independence throughout most of Africa. Today there is a new scramble for Africa, with the US and China competing for access to oil and mineral assets. Extractive industries have threatened the ecological sustainability of the continent and are displacing local communities. But they are also creating a powerful working-class. Lee talks about her recent trip to attend a conference of left-wing activists in Tanzania and then to South Africa, where she was able to witness a one-day national strike. She talks about how the debates that African socialists have wrestled with for many decades, and which are discussed in her book, have taken on a pressing urgency today. In our opener, we wish Karl Marx’s a happy 200th birthday (which was on May 5th). We discuss the centrality of struggle from below, the concept of self-emancipation and why Marxism is not just a narrow economic struggle but a strategy for full human liberation. We point to the teachers’ strikes as a vindication of Marx’s project of working-class self-emancipation and end our opening segment with interviews with Arizona teachers on strike. For more resources on materials covered in this episode, explore: You can purchase Lee’s book at Haymarket Books (bit.ly/ExtractingProfit). If you want to learn more about Walter Rodney, you can see the video of Lee’s presentation for the Socialism Conference (bit.ly/Socialism2018) at our YouTube channel (bit.ly/RodneyVideo). For more about class struggles in South Africa after independence, two excellent talks are available at We Are Many (bit.ly/WeareMany): Pranav Jani on After Independence (bit.ly/AfterIndependenceJani); and, Aaron Amaral on Class Struggle in South Africa Today (bit.ly/SouthAfricaAmaral). If you liked what we had to say about Karl Marx’ relevance today, read Todd Chretien on How Marx Became a Marxist (bit.ly/SWMarxist) for Socialist Worker’s 200th birthday feature. To find out more about socialism and ways to get involved, check out Socialism 2018 , held in Chicago, July 5-8 (bit.ly/Socialism2018). The NYC ISO, DSA and Jacobin are hosting a meeting on the Lessons of the Teachers’ Revolt (bit.ly/LessonsTeachers) May 9th at Verso in NYC - you can watch the livestream at Jacobin's facebook page (bit.ly/JacobinFB). Music The Boy & Sister Alma, “Lizard Eyes” (Dead Sea Captains Remix) DJ Mujava, “Township Funk,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBNYjAhEsx4 Amandla, “Sasol,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fu9N1U9fFY Band Aid 1984, “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjQzJAKxTrE Seun Kuti, “IMF,” ft. M1 (from Dead Prez), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fGcf3GODKE Y'en a Marre, “Dox ak sa Gox,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74YyD_SB33U Fela Kuti, “International Thief Thief (I.T.T.),” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jptR_YwCs3o

Challenging the American Injustice System Rebekah Ward Lee Wengraf Helen Redmond Yusef Salaam Todd Chretien Socialism 2009 (Chicago) Criminal Justice