1Dime Radio Tendencies on the Left (Ft. C. Derick Varn)
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In this episode of the 1Dime Radio podcast, I am joined by the theorist, writer, and Marxist podcast veteran C. Derick Varn (Who runs the podcast channel "Varn Vlog") to discuss the complicated, bizarre history of certain tendencies on the contemporary Western left, such as neo-Stalinism, Dengism, old and new Maoism, Trotskyism, and "MAGA Communism." We also discuss the history of people on the left shifting to the right, Varn's own political journey from right to left, and his disagreements with different leftist groups like the Platypus Affiliated Society.
0:00 MAGA Communism Episode Sneak Peak
3:18 Guest Introduction
5:30 Varn's Political Journey: From Right to Left1
8:18 Western Trotskyism
29:47 Occupy Movement and Call-Out Culture
38:40 Mark Fisher and the Vampire Castle Debate
53:38 Pete Buttigieg's Marxist Dad
56:29 The Trotskyist to Conservative Pipeline
01:15:53 The Role of the CIA in Academic Marxism01:24:09 Contradictions in Marxism-Leninism
01:35:37 Reflections on the American Revolution
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