Latest Antiimperialism Podcast Episodes
Episode 25: The Defining Features of Socialism
This Podcast is Propaganda - March 13, 2022 16:00 - 1 hourWe're back to our study of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics this episode! This time we're looking at some defining features of a Socialist Society as determined by Marx and Engels. We then take explore how various socialist leaders including Lenin, Stalin, Mao, and Deng constructing thes...
Episode 24: The Canadian Emergencies Act and "Trucker" Convoy
This Podcast is Propaganda - February 20, 2022 16:00 - 2 hoursI just couldn't help myself... I know we're supposed to be continuing our study of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, but with shit poppin' off between the Canadian Government and the so-called "Trucker" Convoy, I had to make this episode a deep dive. I mean a DEEEEEP dive, this is a whop...
Episode 23.25: The Return!
This Podcast is Propaganda - February 13, 2022 20:19 - 59 minutesWe're back! After an extended break, I've finally recorded another episode. We're taking a short break from our study of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and discussing a couple current events: 1. Rising Tension on the Russia/Ukraine Border 2. The Trucker Protests in Canada and their r...
Episode 23.1: Origin of Scientific Socialism
This Podcast is Propaganda - September 26, 2021 21:22 - 2 hoursEpisode Note: I've been mistakenly referring to Professor Jin as Professor Huiming (first name) for the first several episodes, I've corrected it starting here (thanks to the listener who informed me of the mistake on twitter!) We're back into Professor Jin Huiming's Marxism and Socialism with C...
Episode 23.1 - Origin of Scientific Socialism
This Podcast is Propaganda - September 26, 2021 21:22 - 2 hoursEpisode Note: I've been mistakenly referring to Professor Jin as Professor Huiming (first name) for the first several episodes, I've corrected it starting here (thanks to the listener who informed me of the mistake on twitter!) We're back into Professor Jin Huiming's Marxism and Socialism with...
Episode 22.2: Marxist Outlook on Epochs, Cont.
This Podcast is Propaganda - September 12, 2021 14:00 - 2 hoursI told you last episode this was going to be a big one, so big in fact it took me a week longer than anticipated to put it together. In this episode I continue our reading of Chapter 2 of Professor Jin Huiming's text Marxism and Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, and our analysis of the con...
Episode 22.2 - Marxist Outlook on Epochs, Cont.
This Podcast is Propaganda - September 12, 2021 14:00 - 2 hoursI told you last episode this was going to be a big one, so big in fact it took me a week longer than anticipated to put it together. In this episode I continue our reading of Chapter 2 of Professor Jin Huiming's text Marxism and Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, and our analysis of the c...
Episode 22: Marxist Outlook on Epochs
This Podcast is Propaganda - August 22, 2021 16:10 - 45 minutesWhat is an epoch? What drives the transition between them? In this this episode I continue our analysis of Marxism and Socialism with Chinese Characteristics by Professor Jin Huiming and delve into Chapter 2. We look at Marx and Engels early views of developmental stages of human society an...
Episode 21.2: Marxism and Socialism with Chinese Characteristics
This Podcast is Propaganda - August 15, 2021 14:00 - 1 hourThis week we finish Chapter 1 of Marxism and Socialism with Chinese Characteristics by Prof. Jin Huiming. We examine "The Basic Tenets and Scientific System of Marxism", and the Professor provides us with a bunch of very useful, easy-to-study lists of the basic tenets and key features of Marxi...
Episode 21: Marxism and Socialism with Chinese Characteristics
This Podcast is Propaganda - August 08, 2021 14:00 - 1 hourThe first episode of Season 2 is here! Starting this season I am analyzing the text Marxism and Socialism with Chinese Characteristics by Professor Jin Huiming. In this first episode we go through and discuss the key ideas from sections 1.1-1.2, focusing on the emergence of Marxism as an ide...
Season 2: Socialism with Chinese Characteristics (Teaser)
This Podcast is Propaganda - August 01, 2021 15:00 - 13 minutesWe're back! Don't get too excited, this isn't a full episode, but it is the teaser and introduction for Season 2 of This Podcast is Propaganda. In Season 2 I'm going to be taking a deep dive into the Actually Existing Socialism (AES) occurring in China under the CPC's program of Socialism wi...
Episode 20.4: Reactionary Evangelical Christianity
This Podcast is Propaganda - April 18, 2021 14:00 - 1 hourBack again with the final part of our multi-episode series on reactionary Evangelical Christianity in the U.S. In this episode, I finish analyzing the essay "The Integration of Theory and Action", the revolutionary call to action published by Eric Heubeck, in an effort to organize a quasi-Leni...
Episode 20.3: Reactionary Evangelical Christianity
This Podcast is Propaganda - April 11, 2021 14:00 - 2 hoursIn this episode I analyze "The Integration of Theory and Practice: A Program for the New Traditionalist Movement" by Eric Heubeck, a "lost" essay written by the protege of a man some called the "Lenin of social conservatism", written in 2001 and seemingly wiped from the internet in 2006. I man...
Episode 20.2: Reactionary Evangelical Christianity
This Podcast is Propaganda - March 21, 2021 14:00 - 1 hourThis is the second part of our multi-part series on the reactionary forces of American Evangelical Christianity. I discuss how some Evangelical leaders utilized and internalized racist, sexist, homophobic, and anticommunist narratives on their path to power. I also examine how the Evangelical ...
Episode 20.1: Reactionary Evangelical Christianity
This Podcast is Propaganda - March 07, 2021 16:00 - 1 hourWe're finally back! In the first of our several part series on the reactionary force of American Evangelical Christianity, I take a look at Kristin Kobes Du Mez's book, Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. We trace the development of Fundamen...
Episode 19: GMEing the System
This Podcast is Propaganda - January 30, 2021 02:36 - 54 minutesThis is a shorter episode than normal, I've been preparing a mutlipart episode for the last several weeks, so here's a something to tide you over until then! In this episode I take a look at the interesting situation evolving around the GME (GameStop) stock and the role of internet communi...
Episode 18: American Decay 2021
This Podcast is Propaganda - January 11, 2021 02:15 - 1 hourWhat a start to 2021. We're back and this week I'm talking about the MAGA insurrectionary event that occurred Wednesday, January 6th. In this episode I discuss some of the causes and influences that lead up to this moment, the problems with spontaneity in the revolution, and we examine some ...
Episode 17: Slide Another War Crime on the Barbie
This Podcast is Propaganda - December 13, 2020 15:00 - 1 hourG'day Mate! This week we're all going Down Unda' to talk about how good ol' Aussie SAS boys were killing innocents over in Afghanistan. We discuss how the Australian State is punishing the whistleblower with a possible 50 years in jail after trying for years to have his military superiors, ...
Episode 16: North America's Nazi Problem
This Podcast is Propaganda - December 06, 2020 15:00 - 2 hoursWe're back! After a two week break, we're talking about how WWII Nazis, Nazi collaborators, and various fascists from Eastern Europe were allowed to immigrate to the U.S. and Canada, settle, and often received government protection from prosecution and deportation. Why may you ask? So We...
Episode 15: Dialectical and Historical Materialism
This Podcast is Propaganda - November 15, 2020 15:00 - 2 hoursIn this episode I read and analyze Stalin's Dialectical and Historical Materialism. This work builds upon the discussion on Dialectical Materialism (D.M because I'm lazy) we had in Episode 8, ol' Joe does a good job presenting the ideas clearly, and using quotes from Marx, Engels, and Lenin ...
Episode 14: Halloween Special
This Podcast is Propaganda - November 01, 2020 01:29 - 55 minutesHere's a special Halloween episode! In an effort to contribute to the spooky vibes, I tell ghost stories, fables, and myths from several (kind of) socialist countries from around the world. I say "kind of" because one is ancient China and the other is feudal Russia, neither of which were socia...
Episode 10.6: The State and Revolution
This Podcast is Propaganda - October 25, 2020 14:00 - 1 hourI explore Chapter 5 of Lenin's The State and Revolution after a very late night of discussing this very work with an Anarchist friend. Yes, this is my round-about apology for my dry mouth in the first half of this episode... Besides that small auditory nuisance, this chapter is fantastic, fu...
Episode 13: The Michigan Kidnapping Plot
This Podcast is Propaganda - October 19, 2020 00:25 - 51 minutesEpisode 13 takes a look at the recent plot to kidnap and execute Democratic State Governor Gretchen Whitmer. I look into the background of the six right-wing kidnappers, their contacts with a right-wing militia called the Wolverine Watchmen, how their group was infiltrated and their plans thwa...
Episode 10.5: The State and Revolution
This Podcast is Propaganda - October 11, 2020 14:00 - 1 hourWe're back into the State and Revolution this week with our 4th episode of the multi-part series. In this week's episode I read and analyze Chapter 4: Supplementary Explanations by Engels. Some great stuff in this chapter, Engels does a great job building and further elucidating ideas we've ...
Episode 12: Spotlight on America
This Podcast is Propaganda - October 04, 2020 18:14 - 1 hour"There are decades where nothing happens, and weeks where decades happen." - Lenin Hold on to your seats folks, shit is about to get wild. In Episode 12, I discuss what we know about Trump's current COVID-19 diagnosis and then finish with a play-by-play breakdown of the first Presidential De...
Episode 10.4: The State and Revolution Chapter 3
This Podcast is Propaganda - September 27, 2020 14:00 - 1 hourWe return to Lenin's The State and Revolution and take a crack at Chapter 3. This was a great chapter, tons of concrete, clear, and realistic answers to many of the questions I've personally had on the transition from capitalism to socialism. Lenin calls out a bunch of liberals, social democ...
Episode 11: News & Discussion
This Podcast is Propaganda - September 20, 2020 14:00 - 54 minutesI took a break from our analysis of State and Rev and instead, examined and analyzed some current events from around the world. In this episode I discuss: Deforestation and Fires in Brazil Major Strike in Chicago, USA Arrests of BLM & PSL Activists in Oregon, USA Thai Anti-Monarchy Prot...
Episode 10.3: The State and Revolution
This Podcast is Propaganda - September 13, 2020 14:00 - 1 hourPart 3 of our multi-part series on Lenin's The State and Revolution. In this episode I analyze Chapter 2: The Experience of 1848-51, this includes sections on how bourgeoisie revolutions structurally lead to proletarian revolutions, the concept of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, and what ...
Episode 10.2: The State and Revolution
This Podcast is Propaganda - September 06, 2020 14:00 - 1 hourThe Second of our MEGA-EPISODE #10. This week I move onto the next section of Lenin's The State and Revolution. I discuss the Withering Away of the State, and how this concept has been distorted from it's original meaning, and finish the episode discussing Lenin's take on the necessity of viole...
Episode 10.1: The State of Revolution
This Podcast is Propaganda - August 30, 2020 14:00 - 1 hourThe First of our MEGA-EPISODE #10. To celebrate the podcast's 10th episode, I'm analyzing and discussing Lenin's The State and Revolution. I foolishly thought I could fit the entire work into one episode, but immediately recognized the depth of analysis needed to do this piece justice, so I'...
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