In this one, we sat down with Colette to discuss the history of democratic centralism, and how it has been developed over the years, as well as other forms of democracy from ostensibly socialist origins. If you haven't already, go to www.prolespod.com or you can help the show improve over at www.patreon.com/prolespod and in return can get access to our spicy discord, exclusive episodes, guest appearances, etc.! All kinds of great stuff. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast apps and rate or review to help extend our reach. Like and rate our facebook page at facebook.com/prolespod and follow us on Twitter @prolespod. If you have any questions or comments, DM us on either of those platforms or email us at prolespod@gmail.com All episodes prior to episode 4 can be found on YouTube, so go check that out as well! Suggested Reading:  Constitution of the Communist Party of the Philippines: https://bit.ly/2MojGOC Constitution of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: https://bit.ly/33IRj30 Parliamentary System of the DPRK: https://bit.ly/2H9bo91 The Soviets and Ourselves: Two Commonwealths by K.E. Holme: https://bit.ly/2YXEYt5 Stalin and the Struggle for Democratic Reform by Grover Furr: https://bit.ly/2ZclRef Anarchists in the Russian Revolution: The Makhno Myth by Jason Yanowitz: http://www.isreview.org/issues/53/makhno.shtml Democratic Centralism by Bay Area Socialist Organizing Committee: https://bit.ly/2Owsq1U Who runs China? https://bit.ly/2THbQAL Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder by Lenin: https://bit.ly/2YYuhq8 Intro music:  "Proles Pod Theme" by Ransom Notes Outro music: Vladimir Konovalov Jazz Orchestra "The Legend of the Araratsky Valley"

In this one, we sat down with Clara Sorrenti of the Canadian Communist Party to talk about a few important historical figures in the Canadian Communist movement, as well as answer some AMA questions. Editor's note: We're aware that in January, Clara has renounced her former political beliefs and has developed an unhelpful online presence, to put it mildly. We'll leave the episode up for now, but just know before you listen that she has turned out to be quite a clown (a chauvinist and ableist one at that). **Correction: Canada entered WW2 when Britain did, but the Communist Party didn't support the war until after the Soviet Union was invaded** f you haven't already, go to www.prolespod.com or you can help the show improve over at www.patreon.com/prolespod and in return can get access to our spicy discord, exclusive episodes, guest appearances, etc.! All kinds of great stuff. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast apps and rate or review to help extend our reach. Like and rate our facebook page at facebook.com/prolespod and follow us on Twitter @prolespod. If you have any questions or comments, DM us on either of those platforms or email us at prolespod@gmail.com All episodes prior to episode 4 can be found on YouTube, so go check that out as well! Intro music:  "Proles Pod Theme" by Ransom Notes Outro music: "The Communists Have the Music" by They Might be Giants

In the first episode of Ad Vincere Mundi and the first episode in the How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Histomat arc, which deals with the history of Classics as a discipline, Colette breaks down what dialectical and historical materialism are, and then confronts one of the most egregious and poisonous myths about the field: that of classical history as ‘white history’. Intro Music: Pines of Rome: Pines of the Villa Borghese, by Ottorino Respighi. Riccardo Muti conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra. Musical Interlude: Ύμνος του Εθνικό Απελευθερωτικό Μέτωπο (Anthem of the Greek National Liberation Front). Maria Dimitriadi, Afroditi Manou. Outro: Roman Festivals: The Epiphany, by Ottorino Respighi. Sergiu Comissiona conducting the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Sources for today’s episode: Dialectical and Historical Materialism, Joseph Stalin; The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World, by GEM de Ste. Croix; Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, by Cedric Robinson Recommended further reading: Peasant-Citizen and Slave, by Ellen Meiksins Wood; Invention of the White Race, by Theodore W. Allen; The Agrarian Sociology of Ancient Civilizations, by Max Weber

Thank you for downloading the episode please share and review the podcast, and email them at bandsofturtleisland@gmail.com or on twitter @BandsIsland. You can see transcripts, sources, and other miscellaneous things on their website here. Keep an eye on their twitter for update on episodes, new projects, and other important information. Suggested Reading: Fort Laramie Treaty: https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=42&page=transcript AIM Quotations, sources, etc. http://www.aimovement.org/csi/index.html http://www.aimovement.org/ggc/trailofbrokentreaties.html http://www.aimovement.org/ggc/history.html https://prolespod.libsyn.com/episode-22-indigeneity Black Elk Speaks by John Neihardt Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Browns Down with Colonialism by Ho Chi Minh Sitting Bull: The Collected Speeches by: Mark Diedrich Settlers by J.Sakai https://onkwehonwerising.wordpress.com/

In this deviation from our normal formula, we sat down with the lead singer/songwriter for Craig's Brother to have a brief, informal conversation about their past, present, future, as well as ideas about what happened and what indie music looks like now in the U.S. If you haven't already, go to www.prolespod.com or you can help the show improve over at www.patreon.com/prolespod and in return can get access to our spicy discord, exclusive episodes, guest appearances, etc.! All kinds of great stuff. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast apps and rate or review to help extend our reach. Like and rate our facebook page at facebook.com/prolespod and follow us on Twitter @prolespod. If you have any questions or comments, DM us on either of those platforms or email us at prolespod@gmail.com All episodes prior to episode 4 can be found on YouTube, so go check that out as well! Intro music:  "Proles Pod Theme" by Ransom Notes Outro music: "Follow Your Heart" by Craig's Brother

In this one, we sat down with Pres to discuss the long and depressing history of Reproductive Rights, Patriarchy, Eugenics and how they all tie together. SPOILER ALERT: deathtoamerica CORRECTION: The Proles were lied to; Dep (Depo Prevera) is an injection that is re-administered every three months, whereas the arm implant referred to in the episode is Nexplanon (formerly Implanon) which lasts three years. IUDs can last three to ten years depending on the type. @marxymarx2 to contact Pres. If you haven't already, go to www.prolespod.com or you can help the show improve over at www.patreon.com/prolespod and in return can get access to our spicy discord, exclusive episodes, guest appearances, etc.! All kinds of great stuff. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast apps and rate or review to help extend our reach. Like and rate our facebook page at facebook.com/prolespod and follow us on Twitter @prolespod. If you have any questions or comments, DM us on either of those platforms or email us at prolespod@gmail.com All episodes prior to episode 4 can be found on YouTube, so go check that out as well! Suggested Reading:  Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, Ibram X. Kendi The Counter-Revolution of 1776, Gerald Horne When The Welfare People Come: Race and Class in the US Child Protection Service, Don Lash Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty, Dorothy Roberts Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present, Harriet Washington   Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination, Alondra Nelson   The Social Transformation of American Medicine:  The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry, Paul Starr (More liberal standard academic text) Labor's Love Lost: The Rise and Fall of the Working-Class Family in America, Andrew Cherlin (more liberal  standard academic text)    The Zero Trimester: Pre-Pregnancy Care and the Politics of Reproductive Risk, Miranda Waggoner   Women, Race, and Class, Angela Davis     On how men's reproductive health is under represented: sci-hub.tw/10.1177/1557988314556670  On China's One Child Policy (Warning! This paper is super orientalist/racist and very liberal--read at your own peril. Only snippets of what comes out of this paper are actually interesting and what Pres used in the episode): sci-hub.tw/10.2307/3115224   On Puerto Rico's sterilization program: sci-hub.tw/10.1177/0094582X7700400405   Sterilization as part of plea deal for man: https://insider.foxnews.com/2014/06/24/va-man-required-get-vasectomy-part-plea-deal  Intro music:  "Proles Pod Theme" by Ransom Notes Outro music: "A Single Spark" by Xiangyu (you can order the album here)

In this one we sat down with Joel from Anti-Imperialist Parentiposting to discuss the colonial period of Argentinian history, how freedom of slaved was raffled off by the British government, the codification of racism, and how the indigenous groups were targeted and assimilated.  If you haven't already, go to www.prolespod.com or you can help the show improve over at www.patreon.com/prolespod and in return can get access to our spicy discord, exclusive episodes, guest appearances, etc.! All kinds of great stuff. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast apps and rate or review to help extend our reach. Like and rate our facebook page at facebook.com/prolespod and follow us on Twitter @prolespod. If you have any questions or comments, DM us on either of those platforms or email us at prolespod@gmail.com All episodes prior to episode 4 can be found on YouTube, so go check that out as well! Suggested Reading:   Intro music:  "Proles Pod Theme" by Ransom Notes Outro music: Silvio Rodriguez "El Necio"

In this one, the Proles talk about 5 of the most interesting communist spies and the lies, philandering, and political maneuvers that shaped the 20th century! If you haven't already, go to www.prolespod.com or you can help the show improve over at www.patreon.com/prolespod and in return can get access to our spicy discord, exclusive episodes, guest appearances, etc.! All kinds of great stuff. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast apps and rate or review to help extend our reach. Like and rate our facebook page at facebook.com/prolespod and follow us on Twitter @prolespod. If you have any questions or comments, DM us on either of those platforms or email us at prolespod@gmail.com All episodes prior to episode 4 can be found on YouTube, so go check that out as well! Suggested Reading: "My Cambridge Friends" by Yuri Modin "My Silent War" by Kim Philby "True Believer" by Kati Marton "Operation Splinter Factor" by Stewart Steven "An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin's Master Agent" by Owen Matthews "The Man With Three Faces: The True Story of a Master Spy" by Hans-Otto Meissner Anna Filoneno-Kamayeva Wiki (portugese) http://agesmystery.ru/rubriki/lica-razvedki/razvedchiki-nelegaly-maxail-i-anna-filonenko/ "Ningen Zoruge" by Ishii Hanako Intro music:  "Proles Pod Theme" by Ransom Notes Outro music: "Secret Agent Man" by Johnny Rivers

The Proles introduce the debut episode of The Tolerant Left, an ML podcast that tackles controversial topics in *discourse*.   In their first episode, Talia and Jess talk about electoral politics, why it's never going to give us the change we need, and what to do instead.    You can follow them on Anchor and Spotify, with all the others to come shortly!

In the debut episode of Proles of the Minyan, The Proles declare their support for DC Dyke March’s banning of the Israeli pride flag, present a historical analysis of Jewish symbolism, argue for an abandonment of the Magen David, and advance other symbols, like the Hamsa, that can serve to build Jewish solidarity with Palestinians for our collective liberation. Follow them on http://anchor.fm/proles-of-the-minyan twitter @prolesminyan, email prolesminyan@gmail.com. Suggested Reading: https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/06/06/we-dont-have-to-choose-between-dyke-and-jewish-identities/ https://medium.com/ifnotnoworg/jewish-dykes-are-welcome-at-dc-dyke-march-nationalist-symbols-are-not-c603b1f81b4c   https://twitter.com/theradr/status/1136627137203572737?s=21   https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/the-curious-history-of-the-six-pointed-starhow-the-magen-david-became-the-jewish-symbol/ https://www.academia.edu/2553194/Shaping_Time_The_Choice_of_the_National_Emblem_of_Israel The Encyclopedia Judaica, edited by Cecil Roth   The Encyclopedia of Jewish Symbols, by Ellen Frankel & Betsy Platkin Teutsch   https://prtcls.com/article/the-hamsa-flag/ Hamsa Flag and other sources for ethical Judaica   https://ayinpress.org/hamsa-flag @hamsaflag   https://www.netzitzot.com/   https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/social-justice-judaica/   Intro Music by Eli Bertram   Outro Music: “Nitsokhn Lid (Victory Song)” by Yiddish Glory