The Wars of Reconstruction with Douglas Egerton
Luke joins Douglas Egerton, author of The Wars of Reconstruction: The Brief, Violent History of America’s Most Progressive Era, for a conversation about an epoch-defining …
History
Lenin, History, Future: Response to a Critique
Paul LeBlanc responds to Cliff Connolly’s review of his book ‘Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution’, available from Pluto Press. I greatly appreciate Cliff Connolly’s positive yet …
The Libyan Arab Jamahiriya with Matteo Capasso
Rudy joins Matteo Capasso, author of Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya for a discussion on Libya with a focus on the period from …
The Algerian Revolution I (1954-65): Decolonization, Self-Management and Internationalism
Rob, Eric and Rudy delve into the Algerian revolution, tracing its roots back to French colonization, through the liberation war, and the Ben Bella period. …
Read Le Blanc. Be careful.
Cliff Connolly reviews Paul LeBlanc’s latest work ‘Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution’, available from Pluto Press on September 20th. Cliff will be speaking on …
Czechoslovakia’s Quest for Reform: Unraveling the Prague Spring
Chas, Christian, Rudy, and James come together to delve into a comprehensive conversation about the Prague Spring, a significant Czechoslovak reform movement. Their discussion begins …
Labor Republicanism and the Freedom Question in 19th Century North America
Luke and Donald join Alexander Gourevitch, author of From Slavery to Cooperative Commonwealth: Labor and Republican Liberty in the 19th Century, for a wide-ranging discussion …
The Mexican Dirty War: From Cárdenas to Zapatismo with Adela Cedillo
Rudy joins Adela Cedillo, co-editor of Challenging Authoritarianism in Mexico Revolutionary Struggles and the Dirty War, 1964-1982, and author of several studies on the Mexican …
The People’s Republic of Mozambique with Colin Darch
Rudy joins Colin Darch, author of several books on Mozambique and curator of Mozambique History Net for a discussion on Mozambique from the colonial period …
The People’s Republic of Bulgaria: From the Fields to the Cyberstars with Victor Petrov
Rudy joins Victor Petrov, author of Balkan Cyberia: Cold War Computing, Bulgarian Modernization, and the Information Age behind the Iron Curtain for a discussion on …
The Beijing Revolutionary Women’s Conference of ’49 with Elisabeth Armstrong
Annie joins Elisabeth Armstrong, author of Bury the Corpse of Colonialism: The Revolutionary Feminist Conference of 1949 for a discussion of the Beijing conference and …
Will the Teamsters Finally End Their Love Affair with UPS? A Concise History of Teamster-UPS Relations
Edgar Esquivel details the long and tumultuous history of Teamster relations with United Parcel Service, showing a story of both class collaboration and rank-and-file resistance. …
The People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen
Rudy, Carson, Eric and Rob sit down to talk about the only socialist state in the Arab peninsula, and arguably in the Arab world: The …
The Rise of Revolutionary Abolitionism with Jesse Olsavsky
Cliff and Isaac join Jesse Olsavsky, author of The Most Absolute Abolition: Runaways, Vigilance Committees, and the Rise of Revolutionary Abolitionism, 1835–1861, for a discussion …