America as Conservative Democracy
How truly revolutionary was the American Revolution? Dan Lazare argues that it was hardly a revolution in the sense we would understand today, with consequences …
History
Cuba in Africa with Piero Gleijeses
Rudy joins Piero Gleijeses, author of Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington and Africa, 1959–1976 and Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern …
American Socialism from 1892 to 1908: A Study in Two Programs
Transcription and commentary by SA Reed. Read by Cliff Introduction Much has been written about the history of the socialist program, with classical European examples …
The Workers’ Opposition in the Russian Communist Party with Barbara C. Allen
Annie and Lucas join Barbara C. Allen, editor of the recent collection of documents The Workers’ Opposition in the Russian Communist Party: Documents, 1919-30 and …
Stalin Pt. 2: the Second World War, Reconstruction, and the Making of High Stalinism
Donald, Christian, and Connor return to the subject of Stalin and Stalinism. Picking up from the Great Purge, the episode covers the Second World War …
A New Jihad: Afghanistan from 1992 to the Present
Eric, Rob and Rudy join for the second part of the Afghanistan podcast, which covers the start of the Afghan civil war, the birth of …
Under the Socialist Banner with Mike Taber
Donald Parkinson sits down with Mike Taber, editor of ‘Under the Socialist Banner’, a collection of resolutions from the Congresses of the Second International’s revolutionary …
From Paris to Petrograd: State and Revolution in Practice
Parker, James, Rudy and Cliff join for a discussion on the context of Lenin’s State and Revolution, and how those ideas were applied in the …
Putin and the Project of a Big Russian Nation
Translation by Alex Andreev. The original article can be found here. Translator’s Introduction One of the arguments in favor of the initiation of the military …
Stalin pt. 1: The Long Road to the Red Inquisition
Donald, Christian, and Connor sit down and discuss the man of steel: Joseph Stalin. Less of a focused biography, we put Stalin in his historical …
Setting the Record Straight: On the Trotskyist-led 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters Strike, the Teamsters Bureaucracy & its Aftermath
Trotskyist Teamsters took a leading role in a historic labor upsurge and clashed with a corrupt leadership under Dan Tobin. Twenty-four-year Teamster Edgar Esquivel tells …
Organizing The Social Care Factory: Careworkers, Houseworkers and the Women’s Strike with Imogen Woods
Lydia and Rudy join Imogen Woods from Prometheus Journal to discuss her articles on organizing social care workers and houseworkers. We talk about the concept …
A Brief History of The Paris Commune with Carolyn Eichner
Charlie and Rudy join Carolyn Eichner, author of The Paris Commune: A Brief History and Surmounting the Barricades: Women in the Paris Commune for a …
Audiobook of Karl Kautsky’s texts on Republicanism and Democracy translated by Ben Lewis
This is an ongoing project to narrate Ben Lewis’s translation of Karl Kautksy´s texts on Republicanism and Democracy. The full audiobook is currently in production …