Best Zolotin Podcasts (2026)

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A Message from the Plough and Stars Team 3:52

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3y ago3:52

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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, reclamatio…

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New England Starbucks Unionizing Interviews 53:21

3y ago53:21

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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 …

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Mutual Aid 49:23

3+ y ago49:23

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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…

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Current Events Dissussion June 2022 46:15

3+ y ago46:15

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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 pa…

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Colonialism in Ireland Part 3: Conversations on Colonialism 32:56

4y ago32:56

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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 mer…

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Colonialism in Ireland Part 2: Britains Backyard - Ireland as Laboratory for English Colonial Policy 21:10

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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 mer…

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Colonialism in Ireland Part 1: Irish Blight English Famine 17:52

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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 …

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Overproduction and the Supply Chain Crisis 54:05

4y ago54:05

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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 wou…

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Liberal Co-optation and Countersurgency 17:26

4y ago17:26

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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/ploughandsta…

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Update Over the Venezuela Bolivarian Revolution by Yanis Iqbal 30:56

4y ago30:56

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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 supp…

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Bourgeois Prison System and Gender 23:50

4y ago23:50

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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 a…

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Update and future of the Plough and Stars Podcast 1:36

4y ago1:36

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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 pat…

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Tabletop Gaming Under Capitalism Part 1: The Dungeon 1:13:03

4+ y ago1:13:03

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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 wo…

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Settler-Colonialism & the Carceral State 1:06:42

4+ y ago1:06:42

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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 e…

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COVID and the So-Called Labor Crisis 52:55

4+ y ago52:55

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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. Support the showBy Zolotin

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RAS Statement Regarding the Cessation of the Eviction Moratorium 2:40

4+ y ago2:40

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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! Support the show…

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Defeat of the Capitulationist Tendency - An Official RAS Communication 13:58

4+ y ago13:58

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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. Support the showBy Zolotin

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The Foundations of Leninism by J.V. Stalin - Part 3 34:07

4+ y ago34:07

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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. Support the showBy Zolotin

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Revolutionary Education - A conversation with Reclaim Party School Facilitators in collaboration with the Little Red School House 1:29:21

4+ y ago1:29:21

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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 met…

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The Foundations of Leninism by J.V. Stalin - Part 2 18:18

4+ y ago18:18

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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. Support the showBy Zolotin

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Yiddishland Betrayed - The Serpent in the Garden 1:36:17

4+ y ago1:36:17

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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, som…

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Bessemer, FARC, the US Nazis, and the Indo-Pacific War Threat 1:33:37

4+ y ago1:33:37

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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…

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The State Sacrifice of Derek Chauvin 12:01

4+ y ago12:01

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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. Support the showBy Zolotin

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To Slay the Titan: Amazon 1:12:12

5y ago1:12:12

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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. Support the show…

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The Capitol Riots and the Fascist Menace 1:21:48

5y ago1:21:48

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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. Support the showBy Zolotin

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We Demand the Earth 21:42

5y ago21:42

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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. Support the showBy Zolotin

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Interview with Akicita from the Mniluzahan Creek Patrol 1:03:08

5y ago1:03:08

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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.campmn…

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Syndicalism: One Big Union 53:45

5y ago53:45

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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? Support the showBy Zolotin

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The Capitalist Covid Reponse 1:00:25

5y ago1:00:25

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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." Support the showBy Zolotin

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Material Feminism 40:54

5y ago40:54

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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. Support the showBy Zolotin

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Doing the work with GSO WHOA 34:25

5+ y ago34:25

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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. Support the showBy Zolotin

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Understanding Propaganda 1:31:45

5+ y ago1:31:45

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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 …

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Juneteenth: Fighting the Counterinsurgency 55:08

5+ y ago55:08

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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. Sup…

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The Coming Revolution 31:30

5+ y ago31:30

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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…

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Why Are We Not Stronger? 8:11

5+ y ago8:11

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In this special mini episode, Paymyrant reads from Eugene Debs "Why Are We Not Stronger." Contact us: [email protected] DM us on Twitter: @ploughandstars Support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ploughandstars Grab some RedBubble merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/ploughandstars/shop Support the show…

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The End of Electoralism 1:10:53

5+ y ago1:10:53

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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. Follow us on Twitter: @ploughandstars Get in touch: [email protected] Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ploughandstars Grab some of our RedBubble merch: https://w…

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The State Yearns for Destruction 1:11:04

5+ y ago1:11:04

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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. Website: ploughandstarspod.com Twitter: @ploughandstars Patreon: patreon.com/ploughandstars Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/P…

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Foundations of Leninism - Part I 17:28

6y ago17:28

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This time, Doc reads us some of J.V. Stalin's "Foundations of Leninism". Support the Plough & Stars: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ploughandstars Redbubble - https://www.redbubble.com/people/PloughandStars/shop Twitter - https://twitter.com/ploughandstars Website - https://www.ploughandstarspod.com/ Email - [email protected] Support…

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Toward a Semiological Guerrilla Warfare, by Umberto Eco 30:19

6y ago30:19

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Catdad reads the Umberto Eco piece Toward a Semiological Guerrilla Warfare to help pass the time in quarantine. Support the Plough & Stars: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ploughandstars Redbubble - https://www.redbubble.com/people/PloughandStars/shop Twitter - https://twitter.com/ploughandstars Website - https://www.ploughandstarspod.com/ Email …

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James Connolly Part II 32:10

6y ago32:10

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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 Support the showBy Zolotin

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Reading Rosa Luxemburg: The Dreyfus Affair 14:23

6y ago14:23

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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 Support the Plough & Stars: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ploughandstars Redbubble - https://www.redbubble.com/people/PloughandStars/shop Twitter - …

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James Connolly 1:01:45

6y ago1:01:45

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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. Support the showBy Zolotin

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Defeat of One's Own Government in the Imperialist War 16:19

6y ago16:19

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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! Support the showBy Zolotin

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The Iranian Crisis 35:39

6y ago35:39

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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. Support the showBy Zolotin

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The United States, a Settler-Colony 29:37

6y ago29:37

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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. Support the show…

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Revolutionary Round-Up 1:11:40

6y ago1:11:40

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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 und…

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Marianas in Combat, Part II 43:14

6y ago43:14

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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. Support the showBy Zolotin

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Marianas in Combat, Part I 41:15

6y ago41:15

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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 Pa…

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State and Revolution: Chapter 5, The Economic Basis of the Withering Away of the State 37:08

6y ago37:08

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In this episode, Doc continues out reading of Lenin's "State and Revolution" with chapter 5. Support the showBy Zolotin

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The State and Revolution: Chapter Four, Supplementary Explanations by Engels 57:18

6+ y ago57:18

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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. Support the showBy Zolotin