Teach Me Communism

We're finally tackling that war that always seems to pop up in our conversations: The Spanish Civil War. We talk leftist unity, mujeres libres, anarchism, the totally coincidental connections between the church and the military as repressive forces, and more.   Check us out on social media: Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism  And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube!   Solidarity forever!

Back to the mailbag! This week’s topics: an addendum on Ireland, a definition for liberalism, healthcare, L3Cs, tips for young communists, and children’s rights in a communist society. And in our intro segment, Christine gives us the horoscopes of famous commies.   Check us out on social media: Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism  And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube!   Solidarity forever!

Communist Movie Night is back and this time, we brought a friend: Noam Chomsky! Well, not literally. We’re just watching a movie about him, Manufacturing Consent, which explores the bias in the media and how it plays into capitalism and imperialism.   Check us out on social media: Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism  And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube!   Solidarity forever!

Time to check back on the fight for a unified Ireland. This episode covers events following the Easter Rising up to the Good Friday agreement. We talk about imperialism and the fracturing of the left, so like, the usual topics.   Check us out on social media: Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism  And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube!   Solidarity forever!

This week's biography is of abolitionist academic Angela Davis, including her early travels, the Soledad brothers, the People's Park, and more. Reagan accidentally makes UC Berkeley sound super cool. We also look at readings from Women, Race and Class and Are Prisons Obsolete?   Check us out on social media: Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism  And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube!   Solidarity forever!

We have a dark tale from Latin America this week, full of spies, murder, kidnapping, and lots of weirdly named clandestine organizations. Spoiler: our old pals the CIA are heavily involved. Shocking, we know. Get out your red string, thumbtacks, and bulletin boards, it's gonna be a lot!   Check us out on social media: Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism  And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube!   Solidarity forever!

The title kinda says it all for this one! Christine has been a long-time advocate for fat folks, so they take the lead on debunking some myths, explaining the effects of fat bias, and why this important for the left. Grady once again longs for an android body.   Check us out on social media: Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism  And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube!   Solidarity forever!

Vive la commune! Today we're revisiting the Paris Commune, first mentioned in our episode on Lenin's The State and Revolution. Now that we've got the analysis, let's take a deeper look into the events leading up to the commune, their policies, their downfall, and how the world responded to it all. Christine sings a bit of Les Mis at one point.   Check us out on social media: Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism  And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube!   Solidarity forever!

This week we're reading one of Vladimir Lenin's premier texts, The State and Revolution. We talk about smashing, organizing, withering, oh my! Sound note: there were some loud dogs in the background, along with a very squeaky door letting them in and out of the house. Apologies for the noise! You can access this text for free at marxists.org, or get Grady and Christine's notes on Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism.   Check us out on social media: Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube!   Solidarity forever!

While a real-life megacorporation tries to crush its workers' attempts to unionize, we watch a sci-fi version of our world that's sadly not too far off the mark: the 2018 film Sorry to Bother You, directed by Boots Riley. We bemoan corporate nonsense, crush on various actors, yap about art, and there's a horse, of course.   Check us out on social media: Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism  And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube!   Solidarity forever!