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Episode 15: The Trumpenproletariat
Capitol Insurrection Report
English - October 01, 2021 17:35 - 1 hour - 96 MB - ★★★★ - 30 ratingsGovernment Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 14: Three Percenters Gang
Next Episode: Episode 16: Subverting Justice
Reviewing the 15 persons issued subpoenas by the House Select Committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the Capitol, and the release of the Eastman memo detailing plans to circumvent the peaceful transfer of power following the 2020 election. I also examine the data on the educational attainment and employment histories of 100 of 623 January sixth defendants, and how the classical Marxist category of the "lumpenproletariat" can help to understand the character of the Insurrectionist mob that continues to pose a threat to electoral democracy in the US.