Teach Me Communism

Episode 65: Who Was Huey Long?

Christine's teaching us all about Huey Long, aka the Kingfish, Louisiana's wheelin' and dealin' bad boy. We talk demagogues, populism, fascism, and scheming!

 

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Episode 64: Listener Q&A 6

Another Q&A! This time we cover: political charts and how they relate to communism, artisan goods in the utopia, the October 15 general strike, a brief aside about Blizzard's union-busting, Democratic Centralism, Stalin and Lenin's relationship, and third-worldism/Maoism-Third worldism.

 

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Episode 63: Disability and the Left

Join us as we discuss a selection from Disability and Capitalism by Marta Russell. Plus: a brief discussion on Cuba, by popular request. Other topics include charity, rights vs justice, marriage equality, the value of labor/bodies, and Star Trek.

 

Find the reading here: https://socialistregister.com/index.php/srv/article/view/5784

 

Additional resources mentioned:

Sins Invalid Home Page

Disability Justice 10 Principles

 

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Episode 62: What Happened in the Mexican Revolution?

This tale has it all: mysterious bandits, betrayals and DRAMA! Plus, land reform and American imperialism. Join us as we learn about this very long and twisting tale of revolution.

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Episode 61: Communist Movie Night - Harlan County, USA

This week we're watching a 1976 documentary about a coal miner strike in Kentucky. Honestly, the title says it all with this one, I just feel weird having a one sentence description.

 

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Episode 60: What Would Education Be Like Under Communism?

Students, teachers, lends us your ears! We're talking education this week, as we read some theory, discuss previous socialist approaches, and imagine our own anarchist utopia of learning.

 

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Episode 59: The Dispossessed

Would you live in an anarchist utopia if it also meant you had to live on a bleak desert moon with very little resources? This week we're discussing the sci-fi novel The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin. It's about anarcho-syndicalism, imperialism, and physics! We also talk about gender, faster than light travel, climate change, and land otters. Christine really wants a land otter.

 

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Episode 58: What Was the Bay of Pigs?

We return to Cuba this week to take a closer look at the CIA's fumbling, bumbling, very bad no good invasion. Topics include wacky assassination plots, bad plane disguises, and the astounding confidence of white men. 

 

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Episode 57: Who Was Thomas Sankara?

It's another biography this week, and this time we're talking about the socialist president of Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara. His story has everything! Coups, colonialism, betrayal, and... starting a band?

 

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Episode 56: What was the Federal Art Project

It's time for another art history episode! This time Christine is teaching us about the Federal Art Project, a division of the WPA. You can find the slideshow of artworks discussed on our social media.

 

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