1Dime Radio The American Revolution: The Marxist Position (Part 1)
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Apr 24, 2024 Marxist historian James Vaughn discusses the American Revolution, contrasting the progressive narrative with the classical Marxist view. They explore perspectives on bourgeois revolutions, global impact, revolutionary connections, social contract theory, evolution of revolutionary thought, emergence of bourgeois society, and Marxist insights on plantation labor and slavery. The conversation delves into American expansionism, contradictions in free labor and capitalism, and the feasibility of socialism in the US.
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Introduction
00:00 • 4min
The Global Significance of the American Revolution from a Marxist Perspective
04:25 • 23min
Revolutionary Connections: Global Influence of the American Revolution
27:10 • 6min
Critique of Political Order and Social Contract Theory
33:11 • 3min
The Evolution of Revolutionary Thought
36:07 • 15min
Emergence of Bourgeois Society in Colonial British North America
51:03 • 2min
Marxist Perspectives on the American Revolution
53:11 • 27min
Evolution of Plantation Labor in Colonial America
01:19:41 • 5min
The Evolution of Bourgeois Society's Critique on Slavery
01:24:40 • 30min
Exploring the American Revolution and Socialist Prospects in America
01:54:21 • 2min