Podcasts by Book Club Commune
Reading socialist theory, books, biographies, and anything else from my library that I haven't seen anywhere else, all in the name of distributing them to the masses
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The State and Revolution: Chapter 1 from 2023-02-07T18:29:34
it's a classic and it's in my backlog of prerecorded episodes, it's stats and rev by Lenin
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Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism - Chapters 9 & 10 from 2022-09-15T18:06:51
this is it! the last parts of imperialism! woo!
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Imperialism: the Highest Stage of Capitalism - Chapter 8 from 2022-09-05T18:27:55
we're back! hopefully I can get this going much more regularly than I have been but for now! back at it!
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Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism - Chapters 4 and 5 from 2022-04-24T03:31:11
Lenin says some stuff idk what to say I have a headache
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Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism: Chapter 3 from 2022-04-10T17:58:15
shameless plug: shenandoahredgazette.wordpress.com
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Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism - Chapter 2 from 2022-03-08T19:19:39
There may be an audio problem in the first few minutes of the reading, there might not be. Listen in fear.
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Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism - Chapter 1 from 2022-03-02T19:00:19
New Book, Same Old Shit, moving into some better edited theory by Lenin, Imperialism!
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What Is To Be Done?: Chapter 3 from 2022-01-15T02:54:54
An episode I started last year (much laughter), finally chapter three is out. not much to say, only sorry, and you're welcome.
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What Is To Be Done?: Chapter 2 from 2021-12-10T13:33:37
Again, sorry for my bad Russian pronunciations, I can promise it will only get worse. Anyways, Economism, what's that all about?
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What Is To Be Done?: Chapter 1 from 2021-11-16T14:02:04
Tarantinoing the shit out of this podcast as we jump back in time to get into some Vladimir Lenin! we're starting with What is to be Done and seeing how far we go with it, so sit down, grab some te...
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On Guerrilla Warfare: Part 2 from 2021-11-10T02:52:48
in this second installment of Mao's On Guerrilla Warfare, we wrap up not only this text but the last of Mao I'll be reading for sometime. Next time I'll either be reading some Lenin or some Engels....
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On Guerrilla Warfare: Part 1 from 2021-10-19T17:51:32
on this episode, we start getting into Mao's On Guerrilla Warfare, because every Marxist has written a book ok guerrilla warfare lmao.
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Principles of Communism from 2021-10-04T15:32:10
--this episode was recorded and edited by my comrade in the Shenandoah Socialist Collective, Contradictions (@simpingforstalin on TikTok)-- in this episode we take a look at Principles of Communism...
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Concerning and Critiquing Stalin's 'The Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR' by Mao Zedong from 2021-10-03T00:13:09
In this long awaited episode, we finally get back to Mao and see his critiques and ideas concerning Stalin's work "The Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR". oh and hey by the way the audio q...
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Dialectical and Historical Materialism: Chapter 3 from 2021-09-25T19:28:55
today we are finishing up Stalin's short but informative work by deep diving into what exactly is historical materialism. intro music is the national anthem of the USSR as sung by Paul Robeson.
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Dialectical and Historical Materialism: Forward, Chapters 1 and 2 from 2021-09-18T17:22:28
In this episode we jump into the first work by joey steel I've ever read: Dialectical and Historical Materialism. it's short, sweet, and I'm pretty sure is just basically quotes by Engels and Marx....
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Concerning the Economic Conditions of Socialism in the USSR: Chapters 8, 9, and 10 from 2021-09-08T22:47:09
Today we finish up Concerning the Economic Conditions of Socialism in the USSR by Joseph Stalin! watch how Stalin girlbosses gatekeeps and gaslights his way into finishing a book with a chapter wit...
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Concerning the Economic Conditions of Socialism in the USSR: Chapters 5, 6, and 7 from 2021-09-02T16:18:51
Stalin is not a man of many words, so we move quickly along through chapters 5, 6, and 7 in this episode of the Book Club Commune! intro music is the national anthem of the USSR as sung by Paul Rob...
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Concerning the Economic Conditions of Socialism in the USSR: Chapters 3 and 4 from 2021-08-21T22:11:34
we move right along to chapters three and four of Concerning the Economic Conditions of Socialism in the USSR by none other than Joseph Stalin! intro is the National Anthem of the Soviet Union as s...
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Concerning the Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR: Chapters 1 and 2 from 2021-08-14T20:27:14
In preparation for more Mao, we cut to the Man of Steel himself, Joseph Stalin, as he details the economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR, in the aptly titled work, Concerning the Economic Probl...
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On Contradiction from 2021-08-08T23:29:54
today we sit in for the longest episode recorded since we finished Black Bolshevik, On Contradiction! theory rich, it follows on where On Practice (already up in a previous episode) left off. Intro...
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3 Short Works By Chairman Mao Zedong from 2021-07-27T16:00:06
Today is a triple threat, with liberalism, atomic warfare, and paper tigers, oh my! We cover Combat Liberalism, The Chinese People Cannot be Cowed by the Atom Bomb, and US Imperialism is a Paper Ti...
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On Practice from 2021-07-22T22:45:11
Today we talk about combining theory and practice in the aptly titled work, On Practice. The intro music is a Chinese version of the Internationale.
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Oppose Book Worship from 2021-07-09T20:40:33
Today we dive into 'Oppose Book Worship' by Mao Zedong, which talks about investigation and who has the right to speak and when. The intro music is a Chinese version of the Internationale.
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Reform or Revolution?: Chapters 9 and 10 from 2021-07-05T19:43:44
In this final episode of 'Reform or Revolution?' we read chapters 9 and 10 and finally put to bed the opportunism of Bernstein. The intro music is "Varshavianka (The Warsawian)", preformed by Mared...
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Reform or Revolution?: Chapters 7 and 8 from 2021-06-26T05:11:54
In this episode, we cover chapters 7 and 8, and we continue viciously tearing apart the logic of reformists until they have absolutely nothing left. The intro music is "Varshavianka (The Warsawian)...
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Reform or Revolution?: Chapters 4, 5, and 6 from 2021-06-17T22:56:51
In this episode, Rosa really doesn't hold back against this Bernstein fellow, huh? The intro music is "Varshavianka (The Warsawian)", preformed by Maredith Placencia with Khosrean State Orchestra.
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A Single Spark Can Start A Prairie Fire from 2021-04-27T17:37:01
Diving into some Mao, we cover "A Single Spark Can Start A Prairie Fire", which talks about pessimism and how revolution can come from just a single spark. The intro music is a Chinese version of t...
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Harry Haywood: China and it's Supporters are Wrong About the USSR from 2021-04-25T23:21:50
In what will probably be the last time I read something by Haywood for a while, we dive into an argument that still plagues the left to this very day: is *(insert socialist country here)* imperiali...
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Black Bolshevik: Epilogue from 2021-04-19T20:02:15
Haywood wraps up the book with an analysis of the future of the Black liberation struggle, in words that are both optimistic and depressingly applicable to today's struggles
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Black Bolshevik: Chapter 22 from 2021-04-16T18:33:27
Haywood sees the culmination of Browderism in the party, resulting in further degradation and disintegrated of the Communist Party USA.
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Black Bolshevik: Chapter 21 from 2021-04-10T20:27:44
In this episode, the party is further liquidated as the Red Scare, HUAC, and general anti-communist bullshit take effect in America
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Black Bolshevik: Chapter 20 from 2021-04-06T23:19:57
Browder has been exposed, but will the influence of Browderism be expunged from the party? can the CPUSA correct itself? No! but let's read about it anyways! it's Chapter 20 of Black Bolshevik!
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Black Bolshevik: Chapter 19 from 2021-04-06T04:51:42
In this episode, World War 2 breaks out in earnest, Haywood is targeted by CPUSA leaders in a slander campaign, and Haywood becomes a sailor.
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Black Bolshevik: Chapter 18 from 2021-04-02T05:09:43
In this chapter, Haywood heads off to Spain to help in the fight against the rising fascist tide but comes into trouble with the International Brigade political struggles.
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Black Bolshevik: Chapter 17 from 2021-03-26T05:03:30
In this chapter, Haywood moves back to Chicago to get out of the bureaucracy of CPUSA headquarters and to do on the ground organizing in the Southside.
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Reform or Revolution: Chapters 2 and 3 from 2021-03-23T06:28:53
In this episode, we talk more about how Bernstein thinks capitalism will adapt it's way out of crises (spoiler: it can't) and how he believes labor reform by bourgeois governments is actually socia...
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Black Bolshevik: Chapter 16 from 2021-03-19T15:58:30
In this episode, Haywood goes to the 8th convention of the CPUSA, and outlines the dangers and the need to fight against petty bourgeois nationalism.
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Black Bolshevik: Chapter 15 from 2021-03-18T06:09:30
CONTENT WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC MENTIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND MURDER. In this episode, Haywood travels to the deep south to do some organizing and to see the Black Belt Thesis...
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Reform or Revolution: Introduction and Chapter One from 2021-03-12T06:28:51
In a surprise twist, I'm started a second book in addition to Black Bolshevik, I am reading "Reform or Revolution" by Rosa Luxemburg. This is a text that I am reading for my organization's reading ...
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Reform or Revolution?: Introduction and Chapter 1 from 2021-03-12T06:28:51
In a surprise twist, I'm started a second book in addition to Black Bolshevik, I am reading "Reform or Revolution" by Rosa Luxemburg. This is a text that I am reading for my organization's reading ...
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Black Bolshevik: Chapter 14 from 2021-03-05T16:04:34
In this chapter, Haywood returns to the Soviet Union to try and bring his wife Ina back to the US.
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Black Bolshevik: Chapter 13 from 2021-03-05T06:47:11
Harry heads down to Pittsburgh to help out the coal miners in their strike efforts in this chapter of Black Bolshevik.
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Black Bolshevik: Chapter 12 from 2021-02-17T00:22:33
In this chapter, Haywood comes home from the Soviet Union and gets to work fighting White Chauvinism which runs rampant not only in US society, but in the Communist Party itself
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Black Bolshevik: Chapter 11 from 2021-01-28T22:03:03
Haywood details his last year in the Soviet Union, in the aptly titled chapter, "My Last Year in the Soviet Union"
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Mini Commune: The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism from 2021-01-25T00:00:33
I had to do some reading for my political organizing today so I decided to sit down and record myself reading. Today I'm reading Vladimir Lenin's "The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Mar...
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Black Bolshevik: Chapter 10 from 2020-12-28T22:58:38
The curtains close on Lovestone and the Rightists in this chapter of Black Bolshevik
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Black Bolshevik: Chapter 9 from 2020-12-17T22:13:12
In this episode Haywood is deep in the debates of the 6th Congress of the Comintern, where the fighting against right opportunism is in full force
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Black Bolshevik: Chapter 8 from 2020-12-04T17:25:17
In this chapter Haywood is deep in debates leading up to the 6th convention of the Comintern to determine if self-determination is applicable to the Black community in the US
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Black Bolshevik: Chapter 7 from 2020-12-02T17:44:16
In this episode, Haywood is off to the Lenin school to deepen his revolutionary education.
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Black Bolshevik: Chapter 6 from 2020-11-13T04:32:44
In this episode, Haywood witnesses the struggle within the Soviet Union for the correct line between Trotsky's Permanent Revolution and Stalin's Socialism in one Country. Oh and Haywood goes on vac...
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Black Bolshevik: Chapter 5 from 2020-11-05T16:18:34
Haywood and others travel to Moscow to become trained revolutionaries in this chapter of Black Bolshevik!
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Black Bolshevik: Chapter 4 from 2020-10-28T16:46:45
Haywood joins the The CPUSA, and immediately faces factionalism and the struggle of the Party to connect to Black workers
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Black Bolshevik: Chapter 3 from 2020-10-21T17:11:56
In this chapter Haywood explores various explanations and solutions to the racist problems he and other Black people faced at the time, from assimilation and the NAACP, to Garveyism and the Back to...
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Black Bolshevik: Chapter 2 from 2020-10-14T16:02:46
We're off to France to fight in World War 1, but unfortunately the long arm of Jim Crow follows Haywood across the ocean in Chapter 2 of Black Bolshevik "A Black Regiment in World War One"
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Black Bolshevik: Prologue and Chapter 1 from 2020-10-07T17:05:36
The first episode of my series on Harry Haywood's Autobiography "Black Bolshevik", where we get into the Prologue and Chapter 1 "A Child of Slaves"
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Introducing: Book Club Commune from 2020-10-07T17:01:08
An introduction to a new project, "Book Club Commune, hosted and produced by Ivy Poesie.
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