The Skeptical Leftist Podcast

In this episode I talked to Eron who runs the Youtube channel Re-Education. We talk about the importance of community building as well as the work he is doing with the Cathedral Community Fridge here in Regina. It sounds like Eron is planning to start making some videos again and he’s doing amazing organizing work around the community fridge. It was a great chat and I hope you enjoy it Here are some links for the Cathedral Community Fridge https://www.cathedralcommunityfridge.com/ https://www.gofundme.com/f/cathedralcommunityfridge https://www.patreon.com/CathedralCommunityFridge https://www.instagram.com/reginacommunityfridgecathedral/ https://twitter.com/CathedralFridge https://www.facebook.com/CathedralCommunityFridge Also check out the video of the fridge enclosure repair on Eron’s channel https://youtu.be/9Btna5B61kw?si=rJsmIflcfaS_CyWI For fun you can follow me in other places https://www.skepticalleftist.com/ https://linktr.ee/Skepticalcory

In this episode Justin and I talk about The Wartime Pamphlets of Gore Vidal. We go through some of the history of the violence of the United States and some of the wars that have been carried out in the name of “US interests”.  You can get copies of them here Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How we got to be so hated https://www.amazon.com/Perpetual-War-Peace-How-Hated/dp/156025405X (sorry for the amazon link) I have no idea how archive.org works but you can find the book there as wellhttps://archive.org/details/perpetualwarforp00vida  Dreaming War: Blood For Oil and the Cheney/Bush Junta https://www.amazon.ca/Dreaming-War-Blood-Cheney-Bush-Junta/dp/1560255021 https://archive.org/details/dreamingwarblood00vida Imperial America: Reflections on the United States of Amnesia https://www.amazon.ca/Imperial-America-Reflections-United-Amnesia/dp/1543696317 https://archive.org/details/imperialamerica00gore Check out Justin's links and follow him https://www.justinclark.org/ https://www.instagram.com/justinclarkph/ https://www.tiktok.com/@justinclarkph https://bsky.app/profile/justinclarkph.bsky.social https://www.threads.net/@justinclarkph https://www.in.gov/history/ https://blog.history.in.gov/ https://newspapers.library.in.gov/ https://www.justinclark.org/podcast/red-reviews-47-the-wartime-pamphlets-of-gore-vidal And check out my linktree and website https://www.skepticalleftist.com/ https://linktr.ee/Skepticalcory

In this episode I talked to Daniel about some of the arguments I’ve seen from non-leftists or non-anarchist leftists. We also talk a little bit about some of the great work that local organizers in my city and where Daniel is, are doing. Daniel is a great resource for information about anarchism and organizing and if you want to learn more you should definitely head over to his channel and subscribe.  You can find Daniel’s content and other stuff here https://www.youtube.com/c/anark https://twitter.com/AnarkYouTube https://www.patreon.com/Anark/posts And check out my linktree and website https://www.skepticalleftist.com/ https://linktr.ee/Skepticalcory

In this episode Justin talks to us about the book This Life by Martin Hagglund. We discuss heaven versus the finitude of life, secularism, and how it all ties in with socialism and the socialist project. You can get a copy of This Life from Penguin/Random House https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/248368/this-life-by-martin-hagglund/9781101873731 Check out Justin's links and follow him https://www.justinclark.org/ https://www.instagram.com/justinclarkph/ https://www.tiktok.com/@justinclarkph https://www.in.gov/history/ https://blog.history.in.gov/ https://newspapers.library.in.gov/ And check out my linktree and website https://www.skepticalleftist.com/ https://linktr.ee/Skepticalcory

In this interview I talked to Ali Horriyat, founder of Compassiviste. Ali left the lucrative, profit-driven world of finance in 2016 to devote himself to his vision of a society where compassion, empathy, and social impact are at the heart of our actions. In 2020, he launched Compassiviste to spread this vision. Born in Dubai, he attended schools in the UAE, France and Switzerland before pursuing his higher education in Canada. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in economics, political science, philosophy, business, international relations and conflict resolution, and religion. Ali is the author of 12 books, including collections of essays and poetry, with themes ranging from racism and capitalism to spirituality, love and compassion. He believes that humans must “love always, and always love.” We talk a lot about the organization he founded, Compassiviste, and all the things surrounding it from sustainability to hypocrisy to compassion and how his view of things doesn’t differ so much from the views of anarchists, or at least this anarchist.  Here are some links where you can find Compassiviste and maybe Ali while you’re there https://compassiviste.com/ https://twitter.com/compassiviste https://www.tiktok.com/@compassiviste https://www.instagram.com/compassiviste/ https://www.facebook.com/CompassivisteOfficial And check out my linktree and website https://www.skepticalleftist.com/ https://linktr.ee/Skepticalcory

In this episode Justin talks to us about the book Marxism in the United States by Paul Buhle and some of the history of socialism and some of the socialists that were active in the United States. Here’s a hint though for those conservatives that might come across this, Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden aren’t on the list. We on the left don’t like them either.  You can get the book from Penguin Random House https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/232492/marxism-in-the-united-states-by-paul-buhle/9781781680155 Check out Justin's links and follow him https://www.justinclark.org/ https://www.instagram.com/justinclarkph/ https://www.tiktok.com/@justinclarkph https://www.in.gov/history/ https://blog.history.in.gov/ https://newspapers.library.in.gov/ And check out my linktree and website https://www.skepticalleftist.com/ https://linktr.ee/Skepticalcory

In this episode Justin and I talk about the book Road to Nowhere by Paris Marx. We go through some of the failures of big tech to solve the big problems of society including climate change and how the car culture that was developed in the name of profits ultimately isolated people and made us all less connected to our communities. Make sure to check out Paris’ website https://parismarx.com/ Get your copy of Road to Nowhere https://roadtonowherebook.com/ https://www.versobooks.com/products/2795-road-to-nowhere And check out Paris Marx’s podcast Tech Won’t Save Us https://www.techwontsave.us/ Check out Justin's links and follow him https://www.justinclark.org/ https://www.instagram.com/justinclarkph/ https://www.tiktok.com/@justinclarkph https://www.in.gov/history/ https://blog.history.in.gov/ https://newspapers.library.in.gov/ And check out my linktree and website https://www.skepticalleftist.com/ https://linktr.ee/Skepticalcory

In this episode of Red Reviews Justin takes me through the book American Crusade by Andrew Seidel. We talk about the right wing take over of the Supreme Court of the United States and how corrupt they are and some of their bad decisions. You can get a copy through Andrew’s websitehttps://andrewlseidel.com/american-crusade/# Check out Andrew’s full website and check out the FFRF https://andrewlseidel.com/ https://ffrf.org/ For fun check out the Five to Four podcast about how the supreme court sucks https://www.fivefourpod.com/ Check out Justin's links and follow him https://www.justinclark.org/ https://www.instagram.com/justinclarkph/ https://www.tiktok.com/@justinclarkph https://www.in.gov/history/ https://blog.history.in.gov/ https://newspapers.library.in.gov/ And check out my linktree and website https://www.skepticalleftist.com/ https://linktr.ee/Skepticalcory

In this interview I talked to Nikki EatKS who is a podcaster in the music scene and who has worked in radio and has many contacts within the music scene. We talked about some of the toxicity that comes when men act as gatekeepers and become apologists for sexual harassment and assault because they like a particular artist. We also talked about some general social justice issues and the Me Too movement. Check out the links below for information on some of our topics. (sorry I couldn’t find any articles about GG Allin that weren’t written by rape apologists so I decided not to include them) Marilyn Manson has faced multiple accusations of which this article covers just onehttps://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57685153  We didn’t talk about this one but Anti Flag frontman has been accused of rape by a lot of women https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/anti-flag-justin-sane-1234817170/ Check out Julie Lalonde https://www.yellowmanteau.com/ https://pipsc.ca/news-issues/human-rights-and-diversity/watch-our-bystander-intervention-training-julie-lalonde Make sure to follow Nikki in all the places https://www.eatks.com/  https://linktr.ee/eatks  https://twitter.com/EatKS https://substack.com/@nikkieatks https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6D58hv9NdPYvgIPdYoB2Wg https://bandcamp.com/EatKS https://kolektiva.social/@Eatks@mastodon.social https://bsky.app/profile/eatks.bsky.social  https://www.instagram.com/nikki_eatks/ https://www.mixcloud.com/NikkiEatKS/ And check out my linktree and website https://www.skepticalleftist.com/ https://linktr.ee/Skepticalcory

In this episode Justin talks to us about the book Reform or Revolution and other writings by Rosa Luxemburg. Between the history, the theory, and the debates between Luxemburg and other socialists this was a great look at one of the greatest socialist minds of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  If you can’t afford to buy the book we covered which is available here - https://www.amazon.ca/Reform-Revolution-Other-Writings-Luxemburg/dp/0486447766 (I really tried to find a non-Amazon link but had no luck) - then you can get the individual books within it free on Marxists.org and libcom.orghttps://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/1900/reform-revolution/index.htm https://files.libcom.org/files/Leninism%20or%20Marxism.pdf https://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/download/mass-str.pdf https://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/1918/russian-revolution/index.htm Make sure to check out the wiki on Rosa and learn more about this great thinkerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Luxemburg Check out Justin's links and follow him https://www.justinclark.org/ https://www.instagram.com/justinclarkph/ https://www.tiktok.com/@justinclarkph https://www.in.gov/history/ https://blog.history.in.gov/ https://newspapers.library.in.gov/ And check out my linktree and website https://www.skepticalleftist.com/ https://linktr.ee/Skepticalcory