The Plough and Stars: Recent Episodes
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History, theory, and current critical analysis of the world utilizing the science of dialectical materialism
Sadly, the Plough and Stars will not be publishing any new episodes. Tune in for this announcement along with a statement from the podcast’s parent organization, the Party for Reclamation and Survival.
We encourage you to stay in touch with the former Plough and Stars team, through either the Party twitter @reclaim_survive, or its email, reclamation.and.survival@protonmail.com.
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In this episode Nice Judeo Bolshevik interviews folks trying to unionize Starbucks restaurants in the New England area.
You can find the Plough and Stars on Twitter @ploughandstars. You can @ us, or send us a DM. We are also on twitter, and our handle is @nicejudeobolsh. We also have a redbubble where you can find Plough and Stars and RAS merch at redbubble.com/people/ploughandstars/shop. Finally, if you have an interest in the larger party we are affiliated with, the Party for Reclamation and Survival, you can contact us at reclamation (dot) and (dot) survival (at) protonmail (dot) com. RAS has an archive.org page set up where you can read various party publications. That site is archive.org/details/@reclaim_survive. Lastly, if you want to support the party overall, you can find our Ko-Fi account at ko-fi.com/rasredaid. In multiple locations across the country we have comrades out meeting with and feeding the masses, and doing the work. Speaking of which, while it is extremely important to learn the theory, that means nothing if you are not following through with the work. So we would encourage you to first reach out, get involved, and then come back and listen.
End song is 'Union Maid' by Woodie Guthrie
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In this episode NJB is joined by others to talks about Mutual Aid.
You can find the Plough and Stars on Twitter @ploughandstars. You can @ us, or send us a DM. We are also on twitter, and our handles are @nicejudeobolsh and @redbernarr. If you enjoy this show and would like to support us, you can find us on patreon at patreon.com/ploughandstars. We also have a redbubble where you can find Plough and Stars and RAS merch at redbubble.com/people/ploughandstars/shop. Finally, if you have an interest in the larger party we are affiliated with, the Party for Reclamation and Survival, you can contact us at reclamation (dot) and (dot) survival (at) protonmail (dot) com. RAS has an archive.org page set up where you can read various party publications. That site is archive.org/details/@reclaim_survive. Lastly, if you want to support the party overall, you can find our Ko-Fi account at ko-fi.com/rasredaid. In multiple locations across the country we have comrades out meeting with and feeding the masses, and doing the work. Speaking of which, while it is extremely important to learn the theory, that means nothing if you are not following through with the work. So we would encourage you to first reach out, get involved, and then come back and listen.
End song is 'Colores' by Ska-P.
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In this episode Nice Judea Bolshevic and Red Bernarr talk about current events happening since June 2022.
You can find the Plough and Stars on Twitter @ploughandstars. You can @ us, or send us a DM. We are also on twitter, and our handles are @nicejudeobolsh and @redbernarr. If you enjoy this show and would like to support us, you can find us on patreon at patreon.com/ploughandstars. We also have a redbubble where you can find Plough and Stars and RAS merch at redbubble.com/people/ploughandstars/shop. Finally, if you have an interest in the larger party we are affiliated with, the Party for Reclamation and Survival, you can contact us at reclamation (dot) and (dot) survival (at) protonmail (dot) com. RAS has an archive.org page set up where you can read various party publications. That site is archive.org/details/@reclaim_survive. Lastly, if you want to support the party overall, you can find our Ko-Fi account at ko-fi.com/rasredaid. In multiple locations across the country we have comrades out meeting with and feeding the masses, and doing the work. Speaking of which, while it is extremely important to learn the theory, that means nothing if you are not following through with the work. So we would encourage you to first reach out, get involved, and then come back and listen.
End song is 'Bulls on Parade' by Rage Against the Machine
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You can find the Plough and Stars on Twitter @ploughandstars. You can @ us, or send us a DM. We are also on twitter, and our handles are @imdocplague and @redbernarr. If you enjoy this show and would like to support us, you can find us on patreon at patreon.com/ploughandstars. We also have a redbubble where you can find Plough and Stars and RAS merch at redbubble.com/people/ploughandstars/shop. Finally, if you have an interest in the larger party we are affiliated with, the Party for Reclamation and Survival, you can contact us at reclamation (dot) and (dot) survival (at) protonmail (dot) com. RAS has an archive.org page set up where you can read various party publications. That site is archive.org/details/@reclaim_survive. Lastly, if you want to support the party overall, you can find our Ko-Fi account at ko-fi.com/rasredaid. In multiple locations across the country we have comrades out meeting with and feeding the masses, and doing the work. Speaking of which, while it is extremely important to learn the theory, that means nothing if you are not following through with the work. So we would encourage you to first reach out, get involved, and then come back and listen.
Ending song is "Go On Home English Soldiers" by Kilmaine Saints.
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You can find the Plough and Stars on Twitter @ploughandstars. You can @ us, or send us a DM. We are also on twitter, and our handles are @imdocplague and @redbernarr. If you enjoy this show and would like to support us, you can find us on patreon at patreon.com/ploughandstars. We also have a redbubble where you can find Plough and Stars and RAS merch at redbubble.com/people/ploughandstars/shop. Finally, if you have an interest in the larger party we are affiliated with, the Party for Reclamation and Survival, you can contact us at reclamation (dot) and (dot) survival (at) protonmail (dot) com. RAS has an archive.org page set up where you can read various party publications. That site is archive.org/details/@reclaim_survive. Lastly, if you want to support the party overall, you can find our Ko-Fi account at ko-fi.com/rasredaid. In multiple locations across the country we have comrades out meeting with and feeding the masses, and doing the work. Speaking of which, while it is extremely important to learn the theory, that means nothing if you are not following through with the work. So we would encourage you to first reach out, get involved, and then come back and listen.
Ending song is "The Rifles of the IRA" by Free Horse.
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You can find the Plough and Stars on Twitter @ploughandstars. You can @ us, or send us a DM. Each of us is also on twitter. Our handles are @imdocplague, @NiceJudeoBolsh, and @redbernarr. If you enjoy this show and would like to support us, you can find us on patreon at patreon.com/ploughandstars. We also have a redbubble where you can find Plough and Stars and RAS merch at redbubble.com/people/ploughandstars/shop. Finally, if you have an interest in the larger party we are affiliated with, the Party for Reclamation and Survival, you can contact us at reclamation (dot) and (dot) survival (at) protonmail (dot) com. RAS has an archive.org page set up where you can read various party publications. That site is archive.org/details/@reclaim_survive. Lastly, if you want to support the party overall, you can find out Ko-Fi account at ko-fi.com/rasredaid. In multiple locations across the country we have comrades out meeting with and feeding the masses, and doing the work. Speaking of which, while it is extremely important to learn the theory, that means nothing if you are not following through with the work. So we would encourage you to stop this podcast right now, reach out, get involved, and then come back and listen.
End song is "Come Out Ye Black and Tans" by the Floggy Dudes
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In this episode Red Bernarr and Nice Judeo Bolshevik talk about Overproduction and the Supply Chain Crisis brought around by covid.
You can find the Plough and Stars on Twitter @ploughandstars. You can @ us, or send us a DM. Each of us is also on twitter. Our handles are @NiceJudeoBolsh, @imdocplague, and @redbernarr. If you enjoy this show and would like to support us, you can find us on patreon at patreon.com/ploughandstars. We also have a redbubble where you can find Plough and Stars and RAS merch at redbubble.com/people/ploughandstars/shop. Finally, if you have an interest in the larger party we are affiliated with, the Party for Reclamation and Survival, you can contact us at reclamation (dot) and (dot) survival (at) protonmail (dot) com. RAS has an archive.org page set up where you can read various party publications. That site is archive.org/details/@reclaim_survive. Lastly, if you want to support the party overall, you can find out Ko-Fi account at ko-fi.com/rasredaid. In multiple locations across the country we have comrades out meeting with and feeding the masses, and doing the work. Speaking of which, while it is extremely important to learn the theory, that means nothing if you are not following through with the work. So we would encourage you to stop this podcast right now, reach out, get involved, and then come back and listen.
End song is a live recording of "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends" by Phil Ochs.
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Today's episode we have a recording of an artical from our Rise! newspaper.
You can find the Plough and Stars on Twitter @ploughandstars. You can @ us, or send us a DM. We are also on twitter, and our handles are @imdocplague and @redbernarr. If you enjoy this show and would like to support us, you can find us on patreon at patreon.com/ploughandstars. We also have a redbubble where you can find Plough and Stars and RAS merch at redbubble.com/people/ploughandstars/shop. Finally, if you have an interest in the larger party we are affiliated with, the Party for Reclamation and Survival, you can contact us at reclamation (dot) and (dot) survival (at) protonmail (dot) com. RAS has an archive.org page set up where you can read various party publications. That site is archive.org/details/@reclaim_survive. Lastly, if you want to support the party overall, you can find our Ko-Fi account at ko-fi.com/rasredaid. In multiple locations across the country we have comrades out meeting with and feeding the masses, and doing the work. Speaking of which, while it is extremely important to learn the theory, that means nothing if you are not following through with the work. So we would encourage you to first reach out, get involved, and then come back and listen.
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In this episode Yanis Iqbal reports over the Venezuela Bolivarian Revolution. Yanis can be found on Twitter from the handle @yanisiqbal .
You can find the Plough and Stars on Twitter @ploughandstars. You can @ us, or send us a DM. We are also on twitter, and our handles are @imdocplague and @redbernarr. If you enjoy this show and would like to support us, you can find us on patreon at patreon.com/ploughandstars. We also have a redbubble where you can find Plough and Stars and RAS merch at redbubble.com/people/ploughandstars/shop. Finally, if you have an interest in the larger party we are affiliated with, the Party for Reclamation and Survival, you can contact us at reclamation (dot) and (dot) survival (at) protonmail (dot) com. RAS has an archive.org page set up where you can read various party publications. That site is archive.org/details/@reclaim_survive. Lastly, if you want to support the party overall, you can find our Ko-Fi account at ko-fi.com/rasredaid. In multiple locations across the country we have comrades out meeting with and feeding the masses, and doing the work. Speaking of which, while it is extremely important to learn the theory, that means nothing if you are not following through with the work. So we would encourage you to first reach out, get involved, and then come back and listen.
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Doc Plauge read and article from the Rise Newspaper entitled 'Bourgeois Prison System and Gender'.
You can find the Plough and Stars on Twitter @ploughandstars. You can @ us, or send us a DM. Each of us is also on twitter. Our handles are @imdocplague and @redbernarr. If you enjoy this show and would like to support us, you can find us on patreon at patreon.com/ploughandstars. We also have a redbubble where you can find Plough and Stars and RAS merch at redbubble.com/people/ploughandstars/shop. Finally, if you have an interest in the larger party we are affiliated with, the Party for Reclamation and Survival, you can contact us at reclamation (dot) and (dot) survival (at) protonmail (dot) com. RAS has an archive.org page set up where you can read various party publications. That site is archive.org/details/@reclaim_survive. Lastly, if you want to support the party overall, you can find our Ko-Fi account at ko-fi.com/rasredaid. In multiple locations across the country we have comrades out meeting with and feeding the masses, and doing the work. Speaking of which, while it is extremely important to learn the theory, that means nothing if you are not following through with the work. So we would encourage you to first reach out, get involved, and then come back and listen.
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An informational over what is happening with the Plough and Stars Podast and what to expect coming soon.
You can find the Plough and Stars on Twitter @ploughandstars. You can @ us, or send us a DM. Each of us is also on twitter. Our handles are @imdocplague and @redbernarr. If you enjoy this show and would like to support us, you can find us on patreon at patreon.com/ploughandstars. We also have a redbubble where you can find Plough and Stars and RAS merch at redbubble.com/people/ploughandstars/shop. Finally, if you have an interest in the larger party we are affiliated with, the Party for Reclamation and Survival, you can contact us at reclamation (dot) and (dot) survival (at) protonmail (dot) com. RAS has an archive.org page set up where you can read various party publications. That site is archive.org/details/@reclaim_survive. Lastly, if you want to support the party overall, you can find our Ko-Fi account at ko-fi.com/rasredaid. In multiple locations across the country we have comrades out meeting with and feeding the masses, and doing the work. Speaking of which, while it is extremely important to learn the theory, that means nothing if you are not following through with the work. So we would encourage you to first reach out, get involved, and then come back and listen.
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This episode is apart of a new series viewing tabletop RPGs under a Marxist lends. The main focus is going to be over the series Dungeons and Dragons.
You can find the Plough and Stars on Twitter @ploughandstars. You can @ us, or send us a DM. Each of us is also on twitter. Our handles are @imdocplague and @redbernarr. If you enjoy this show and would like to support us, you can find us on patreon at patreon.com/ploughandstars. We also have a redbubble where you can find Plough and Stars and RAS merch at redbubble.com/people/ploughandstars/shop. Finally, if you have an interest in the larger party we are affiliated with, the Party for Reclamation and Survival, you can contact us at reclamation (dot) and (dot) survival (at) protonmail (dot) com. RAS has an archive.org page set up where you can read various party publications. That site is archive.org/details/@reclaim_survive. Lastly, if you want to support the party overall, you can find out Ko-Fi account at ko-fi.com/rasredaid. In multiple locations across the country we have comrades out meeting with and feeding the masses, and doing the work. Speaking of which, while it is extremely important to learn the theory, that means nothing if you are not following through with the work. So we would encourage you to stop this podcast right now, reach out, get involved, and then come back and listen.
End song is 'Wizard!' by Gloryhammer
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In this episode Cat Dad, Doc Plauge, and Red Bernarr talk about the history of the Carceral system and how it relates to the modern Settler-Colonial State.
You can find the Plough and Stars on Twitter @ploughandstars. You can @ us, or send us a DM. Each of us is also on twitter. Our handles are @derkatsfoter, @imdocplague, and @redbernarr. If you enjoy this show and would like to support us, you can find us on patreon at patreon.com/ploughandstars. We also have a redbubble where you can find Plough and Stars and RAS merch at redbubble.com/people/ploughandstars/shop. Finally, if you have an interest in the larger party we are affiliated with, the Party for Reclamation and Survival, you can contact us at reclamation (dot) and (dot) survival (at) protonmail (dot) com. RAS has an archive.org page set up where you can read various party publications. That site is archive.org/details/@reclaim_survive. Lastly, if you want to support the party overall, you can find our Ko-Fi account at ko-fi.com/rasredaid. In multiple locations across the country we have comrades out meeting with and feeding the masses, and doing the work. Speaking of which, while it is extremely important to learn the theory, that means nothing if you are not following through with the work. So we would encourage you to first reach out, get involved, and then come back and listen.
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In today's episode Doc Plague, Cat Dad, and Red Berrnar discuss the COVID situation, the PR that the bourgeois is doing, and how to talk to reactionary friends and family members.
End song: The Coup - The Coup.
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Doc Plague reads aloud a statement directly from the Party for Reclamation and Survival concerning the deliberate expiration of the U.S. empire moratorium on evictions beginning August 1, 2021 and addressing the waves of misery and agony in the imperial core that will follow.
Death to the bourgeois state!
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In this episode the Catdad, @derkatsfoter on twitter, reads a direct communication from the Party for Reclamation and Survival celebrating the ultimate defeat of the Capitulationist trend within the Party itself. Thank you for listening.
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In this episode our host DocPlague takes us through chapter three of the classic text "The Foundations of Leninism," by the one and only J. V. Stalin. Thank you for listening.
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On this episode, guest hosts Prismatic and Pablo chat with Gord from the Little Red School House about the Party for Reclamation and Survival's Party School.
We discuss topics surrounding how our classes are set up and how they are facilitated, along with the topics we cover, comparing them to more conventional classroom structures and learning methods.
We go on to discuss methods that radical educators within the system might engage their students in a dialectic learning experience through engaging in questions and context-building stories to help better understand concepts and ideas.
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In this episode our host DocPlague takes us through chapter two of the classic text "The Foundations of Leninism," by the one and only J. V. Stalin. Thank you for listening.
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In this episode hosts, Doc Plague, CatDad and Redbenarr are joined by two guests, Ashes from the episode on Amazon, and Yid, an RAS member who helped plan the episode. The episode covers some of the roots of anti-Semitism, and how it is related to the contemporary phenomena of Zionism, the roots of Zionism as a distortion of the labor movement, some facts about Soviet Jewry, as well as some notes on anti-Zionism in Israel itself. As always, thank you for listening, and remember from the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free!
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We have a lot to cover in terms of recent news since our last episode. Today on the Plough and Stars Red Bernarr, Doc Plague, and the Catdad address the Amazon union drive at Bessemer, the renewed violence in Colombia, the resurgence of embattled fascism in the US empire, and the threat of war with the PRC and Russian Federation directly or through proxies.
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A statement from the RAS in regard to the show of convicting Derek Chauvin, and the need for systemic reform and the inter-relation between abolition and socialism.
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Catdad, Doc and Red are joined by special guest Ash to discuss the nascent unionization efforts by Amazon employees in Bessemer, Alabama, along with the despicable workplace practices and anti-union propaganda workers at Amazon facilities or subsidiaries might face in their day-to-day.
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In this double feature, we discuss the class character of the recent riots at the US capitol (hint: it's not the "white working class!") and explain the underlying mechanisms -- and potential calamity -- around the Gamestop short squeeze.
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Catdad discusses the Points of Unity and Party Demands of the RAS, which form the groundwork for our organizing, and guide us in our fight against the US Empire.
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We talk with Akicita, our special guest and a founding member of the Mniluzahan Creek Patrol, about serving unhoused folks in and around Rapid City, South Dakota. And as is always the case, when people show up with material support for those who need it, the police show up with riot gear. You can support Camp Mniluzahan & Creek Patrol at www.campmniluzahan.org/
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Catdad and Red discuss syndicalism: what is it, what are its strengths and weaknesses, and what kind of place does it have in revolutionary organizing?
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The whole gang is back! Today we're talking about the crisis of capital, COVID-19, and how the proletariat can organize against a policy of "work and die."
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In this episode, Pay and Doc talk to a special guest and fellow comrade about the concept of material feminism, and things principled organizations should be thinking about in this regard.
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We interviewed Lew and Kohai with GSO WHOA about their work around meeting the needs of houseless folks in their area. We talk about the revolutionary character of the lumpenproletariat, the mass line, meeting people where they're at, and about how not to be an asshole liberal.
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Guest star Erik from the RAS Party School joins us to discuss propaganda in its various modes. This episode covers not only the overt forms of capitalist propaganda, but its more sinister and hidden modes, as well as what we mean when we discuss propaganda in the first place.
It includes a discussion on communist pedagogy as well as a breakdown of various capitalist propaganda used
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Catdad, Doc, and Pay discuss the three strategies of U.S. counterinsurgency: the murder or removal of the revolutionary cadre, the destruction of the population base, and the co-opting of the movement by the replacement of its leadership with toothless liberals.
We also discuss the historic crimes of the MOVE bombing and the Greenwood Massacre.
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In this episode of the Plough & Stars, Paymyrant, CatDad, and Doc Plague cover the timeline of recent events, and discuss how you can get involved and protect yourself.
Breonna Taylor, we say your name today in honor of your birthday. You should still be here, and we carry on this fight in your name.
We honor our fallen trans siblings, Nina Pop and Tony McDade. We carry on this fight in your names, too.
Special shoutout to the K-pop stans, who have been acting in digital solidarity by clogging police radios, racist hashtags, and FBI tip lines with their glorious content.
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In this special mini episode, Paymyrant reads from Eugene Debs "Why Are We Not Stronger."
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For this special May Day episode, all four hosts come together to discuss Bernie Sanders, electoralism and voter suppression in the context of the current crisis.
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In this episode, hosts Catdad, Doc and Pay discuss the sharpening contradictions of capital in the current crisis, and how racial and class inequities are putting the most vulnerable among us at the highest risk.
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This time, Doc reads us some of J.V. Stalin's "Foundations of Leninism".
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Catdad reads the Umberto Eco piece Toward a Semiological Guerrilla Warfare to help pass the time in quarantine.
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In this episode, Pay, Catdad, and Doc discuss a little bit of the IWW, Trade Unionism, and the socialist legacy of Ireland
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Paymyrant hosts today's minisode with a reading of Rosa Luxemburg's The Dreyfus Affair and the Millerand Case. Read along here: https://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/1899/11/dreyfus-affair.htm
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Red and Catdad delve into a brief overview of James Connolly's life and then address his contributions to Marxist theory and his participation in the Easter Rising of 1916.
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A reading of Lenin's classic by Redbernarr on the eve of a new imperial war. Remember, revolutionary defeatism is the duty of every communist!
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Catdad hosts an emergency episode detailing imperial meddling in Persia and Iran since the end of the 19th century and calling for all leftists to support the organization of a general strike to cripple the imperial war machine.
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Debating the national structure of the United States as a settler-colony, Catdad is alone in this episode arguing that Marx and Lenin misunderstood the material conditions of the U.S. and its social reproduction and so turns to Connolly for a fuller understanding of the U.S. constellation of forces.
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There are fractures appearing through the global capital empire; the periphery and the core are both suffering from massive upheavals. These movements are the spontaneous results of the contradictions of capital sharpening. The dialectic is moving, and we owe it to each movement to study it and its material circumstances to try to get a working understanding of how it plays into the larger scheme of resistance against capital.
On this 19th episode of the Plough and Stars we discuss the movements in Haiti, Brazil, Egypt, Iraq, Chile, Bolivia, France, and Lebanon with special guest @kniferoach.
Some sources to follow for more information on HAITI: Sandra Lemaire @SandraDVOA, Etant Dupain @gaetantguevara
on FRANCE: Priscilla Ludosky @PLudosky
Jérôme Rodrigues @J_Rodrigues_Off
Fabrice Grimal @FabriceGrimal
Faouzi Lellouche @FaouziLellouche
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Paymyrant continues reading from the book Marianas in Combat, Teté Puebla & the Mariana Grajales Women's Platoon in Cuba's revolutionary war, 1956-58. The story is told from an interview with Teté Puebla over two sessions in November 2000 with Mary-Alice Waters.
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Following up from our previous discussion on Cuba, host Paymyrant reads from the book Marianas in Combat, Teté Puebla & the Mariana Grajales Women's Platoon in Cuba's revolutionary war, 1956-58. The story is told from an interview with Teté Puebla over two sessions in November 2000 with Mary-Alice Waters. This section ends a little abruptly, but Part II will follow shortly.
TW: The interview read in this episode features some descriptions of physical and sexual violence.
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In this episode, Doc continues out reading of Lenin's "State and Revolution" with chapter 5.
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We return with another chapter of State and Revolution while we prepare your next host-filled episode of the Plough and Stars.
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In this episode our erstwhile hosts tackle the question of "What the hell do you do with liberals?" Through many tangents, they try their best to address this age-old conundrum, even going so far as to analyze what exactly liberalism is.
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We continue our reading of the State and Revolution with Chapter Three, read by Paymyrant.
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Our reading of the State and Revolution continues with Catdad/the Angry Commie Lawyer's reading of Chapter Two.
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Reading the State and Revolution while we plan for our next episode, this is the first of the six-chapter work by Lenin written in 1917 and revised slightly in 1918 but never appended with the planned addition.
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In which we discuss the common pitfalls and dangers faced by revolutionary worker's states after a successful revolution.
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This week, Paymyrant interviews leftist game developer Colestia! We talk about leftist principles in gaming, inspirational theory, and much more.
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Works mentioned in episode:
Caliban and the Witch by Sylvia Federici
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jan-d-matthews-an-introduction-to-the-situationists
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This week we have a bonus episode, brought to you by Doc Plague. It is a reading of Mao's "Oppose Book Worship". Let us know what you think!
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In this episode, we discuss the post-revolutionary USSR and the destruction of agricultural forces that led to the market-reform adoption of the NEP in the wake of the civil war.
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In this episode the hosts and a guest share their stories of moving leftward over their lives in honor of May Day.
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The Plough and Stars hosts discuss the pre-revolutionary conditions of Tsarist Russia and the conditions that led up to the revolution, from the unique position of the Russian Empire in terms of ethnicity, to the freeing of the serfs.
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In which three of the four hosts conduct a deep class analysis on the Golden Age Disney Classic, Beauty and the Beast
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Doc, Pay, and the Commie Lawyer discuss what makes a worker's state a worker's state, and why the Nordic social democracies (and, indeed, any social democracy) is merely a form of rearguard capitalism that bolsters the world-imperial order.
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This is a dramatic reading of a performance piece by Comrade Wallace Shawn called the Fever. You probably know him best as the actor who plays Vizzini, or as himself in My Dinner With Andre. However, he, like Comrade Danny Glover, is also a committed socialist. He wrote this piece in 1991 to be performed in small, intimate settings, and now the Angry Commie Lawyer has recorded it for you to listen to at your leisure.
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Keeping you up to date on the goings on in Venezuela on the ground, we discuss Guaido's failed putsch attempt, the "aid caravan," and the recent cyberattack on the electrical infrastructure.
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This month we discuss the Bolivarian Revolution and why it is important for us all to stand together in solidarity with nations in the crosshairs of imperial aggression. We also provide some background on US Intervention and destruction across Central and South America, and a few resources and arguments when your liberal or chauvinist interlocutors tell you that President Maduro is a "dictator."
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In which we discuss some basic Marxist principals, the outline of things happening, and the outline of things to come. Parliamentary engagement, and Allende make up the second section of this, our flagship episode.
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