The Movements is a podcast history of the working class, anti-fascists, revolutionaries, women, people of color, and liberation movements. My history shows are narrative driven and audiobook style, with a focus on historical analysis from a Marxist perspective. History Eps = Scripted Drama, Scholarly AnalysisStallin' For Time Shows = Opinion, Cuss WordsSupport the show by donating at https://www.patreon.com/movementspod
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Guatemala and Cuba #3 - ¡Patria o Muerte!
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Fulgencio Batista has fled Cuba and the Cuban Revolutionaries are victorious. As Fidel Castro implements a revolution from above, the Latin American bourgeoisie and Central Intelligence Agency plot a destabilization campaign (modeled after the 1954 coup against Jacobo Arbenz). Guatemalan President Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes invites the CIA to establis…
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TEASER: Guatemala and Cuba #3 - ¡Patria o Muerte!
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Full Episode available in October 2022! Support The Movements on Patreon Subscribe to the Podcast Apple Podcasts Google Spotify Stitcher Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/movementspod) royalty free music by Giorgio Di Campo freesoundmusic.eu youtube.com/freesoundmusic Support the show Support The Movements on Patreon Subscribe to the Podcas…
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Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Historical background with Adam Patterson
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Adam returns to the show to discuss the historical context for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. We discuss Ukraine and Russia's relationship within the Soviet Union, the shock privatization of the post-Soviet Russian economy, Yeltsin's 1993 attack on the Russian parliament, NATO expansion, Putinism as a product of hyper-capitalism and far-right nation…
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Guatemala and Cuba #2 - Iron Discipline
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Che Guevara links up with Cuban revolutionaries in Guatemala, but is forced to leave the country after the US sponsored coup against moderate President Jacobo Arbenz. Communists and the left are being persecuted throughout Latin America, sending them into exile in Mexico, where Che joins Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, which aims to overthrow…
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The Weapon of Theory by Amilcar Cabral (Audiobook with Intro)
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An experimental episode! An audiobook adaptation of "The Weapon of Theory", by Amilcar Cabral. Brief intro and foreword by Comrade KG, host of The Movements. *** The Weapon of Theory by Amilcar Cabral Published on the Marxists Internet Archive (www.marxists.org) https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/cabral/1966/weapon-theory.htm Foreword, The War…
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Guatemala and Cuba's Revolutions #1 - The Latinx Spring
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In 1944, a wave of Democratization hits Latin America. After generations of semi-feudal labor conditions under successive liberal dictatorships, Guatemalan school teachers rise up and overthrow the regime. Inspired by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, these New Deal reformers join with indigenous activists and their commmunist party allies to launch the "…
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Stallin' For Time: Democratic Socialism From Harrington to Sanders with Historian Doug Enaa Greene
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Marxist historian, researcher and biographer of Auguste Blanqui and Michael Harrington joins the show to discuss the life and career of Democratic Socialists of America's founder, the Sanders campaign and what lies ahead in this new period of American politics. Read Doug's work! Michael Harrington and His Afterlives Communist Order of the Samurai: …
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Stallin' For Time: The Twin Cities Uprising and Beyond
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Adam returns to the show to discuss the unprecedented, still-growing uprising sparked by the murder of George Floyd. Simultaneously terrified and excited, we discuss the possibilities, good and bad, and the remarkable tactics that demonstrators have used to consistently defeat the police four nights in a row. Support the show Support The Movements …
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The Russian Revolution #8 - In One Country
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Peasant uprisings break out throughout revolutionary Russia, forcing the Communist Party to acknowledge their excesses during civil war. The Kronstadt revolt forces communists to weigh the legitimate grievances of the sailors against the real threat of SR-White Russian resurgence. Emergency measures are taken to ensure the survival of the regime, d…
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The Russian Revolution #7 - To End All Wars
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The Great War is winding down, but new wars break out throughout Europe and beyond. A year of siege from the right-wing, foriegn armies and leftist rivals fails to dislodge the Bolsheviks from power, but famine and civil war have taken their toll. The revolutionaries struggle to fight a vicious civil war as corruption and bureaucracy creep into the…
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Stallin' For Time: American Genocidaires with Adam Patterson
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It's going to be a heavy one. Adam returns to discuss his latest piece on the mounting warning signs that the far-right is preparing for a wider atrocity, citing pre-genocide historical conditions in Rwanda, Nazi Germany, British South Africa, and other examples. Featuring a very brief special guest appearance from my cat. Read Adam's work at napal…
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Stallin' For Time: Puerto Rican Protests
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Manuel returns to the show to provide context and explain the protests that toppled Ricardo Rossello in Puerto Rico. Support the show Support The Movements on Patreon Subscribe to the Podcast Apple Podcasts Google Spotify Stitcher Twitter @movementspod Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/movementspod)…
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Stallin' For Time: War with Venezuela and Iran with Adam Patterson
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Adam returns to discuss what a war with Iran would look like, with a focus on the resourcefulness and strength of the revolutionary guards. Followed by a discussion on Venezuela and the possibility of civil war with US backing. Support the show at Patreon. Featuring "Break The State" by Time. Find Time on Soundcloud or Spotify Support the show Supp…
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Stallin' For Time: Labor and Law with Judy Cotter
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Stallin' For Time is back! Judy Cotter (Twitter @UnionSaltBae) joins the show to discuss labor struggle and how to improve the US Constitution. I'd rather replace it entirely, but this is a big tent podcast. Also, and update on the Russian Revolution and some thoughts about mental health. Support the show at Patreon. Featuring "Break The State" by …
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The Russian Revolution #6 - Year One
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The Russian Revolution enters a new phase as the Bolsheviks successfully take power and form a coalition with the Left SRs. A new Constituent Assembly is elected, but out of date candidate lists leave the results in question. The Reds seek to make peace with the Germans without leverage, while facing off coup plots and military threats from the Rig…
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The Russian Revolution #5 - Red October
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Dual power is falling apart. After the uprising of the July Days and the disastrous Kerensky offensive, the Provisional Government looks to the military for help against the Soviet. The new Prime Minister Kerensky appoints a right-wing general as Commander-in-Chief and enters negotiations for an alliance against the left. Talks break down, and the …
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The Russian Revolution #4 - Peace, Bread, Land
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The Tsar has fallen, but The Provisional Government and Petrograd Soviet struggle over the future of the revolution. Crisis after crisis reveal the instability of Dual Power, as the masses grow increasingly distrustful of of both. The masses refuse to lay down their arms and submit to a bourgeois government, while growing frustrated with the collab…
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Stallin' For Time: Ethnic Cleansing & Genocide
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A heavy episode on the common trends that lead to ethnic cleansing and genocide, as well as forms of denial during and after. Ask yourself if any of these sound familiar. Adam returns to the show where we examine the Armenian Genocide, the Nakba, and other similar events. We end with a silly bit, completely unrelated to anything, because we're all …
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The Russian Revolution #3 - The Reds Return
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Reform has failed and the Social Democratic Parties of Europe have failed to stop the war. As the European war grinds the working class and peasantry like meat, a demonstration by proletarian women revives the Russian Revolution. The Tsar orders a brutal suppression of the uprisings just as he did during the 1905 Revolution. This time, however, the…
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Stallin' For Time: Sex Workers Against FOSTA SESTA with Janis Luna
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Janis Luna stops joins the show to talk about sex worker resistance against the new laws, Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA) and Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA). We also discuss the history of sex workers within the larger feminist and queer movements. Janis Luna is a stripper, writer, sex educator, and s…
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Stallin' For Time: Adam Patterson's Syria Update
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Adam returns to provide an update on the Syrian Civil War, focusing on the Turkish occupation of Afrin, the future of salafist jihadism, and Assad's brutal progress taking rebel territory, with apologies to dentists. Plus, some raw thoughts on Israel's murder of Palestinians during the Great Return March demonstrations. Recorded April 1, 2018Subscr…
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The Russian Revolution #2 - Reform, Or...
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The first Russian Revolution has failed. The Tsar dissolves the Duma at will and refuses to make concessions to the liberal parties of the Duma. The socialists are driven underground, imprisoned or exiled in large numbers. As the Social Democratic Parties of Europe grow in power and influence. Mensheviks and Bolsheviks look to their comrades for su…
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The Russian Revolution #1 - The Spark
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The Russian Empire is a century behind the rest of Europe. Serfdom is abolished, but the free peasantry is forced to pay exorbitant prices to their former lords for inferior land. New classes of the industrial working class and middle class liberals pose a threat to the absolute monarchy of the Tsar. Jews and other ethnicities are suffering and org…
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Special bonus NYE Stallin' For Time just for fun! Miranda joins the show to talk Star Wars and capitalism, plus silliness on New Year's Eve.Support the show Support The Movements on Patreon Subscribe to the Podcast Apple Podcasts Google Spotify Stitcher Twitter @movementspod Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/movementspod)…
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Stallin' For Time: Harriet Tubman and Liberation Struggle with Jonelle
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Jonelle tells us about her favorite liberators and resistance movements. We discuss the guerilla tactics used by Harriet Tubman. It gets real.The Movements is a leftist history and politics podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Google Play. Find us on facebook and twitter @movementspod and support the show by donating at https://www.pa…
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The Colonization of Palestine Part 4: Catastrophe
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The Palestine national movement is left reeling after the rebellion is crushed by the British and Yishuv. The Zionist movements strategy of simultaneously collaborating with and subverting the British is paying off, as the British provide training and combat experience to the same militias that will soon wage war to drive them out. Meanwhile, Middl…
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The Colonization of Palestine Part 3: The Arab Question
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Palestine is erupting and the British struggle to maintain control. While the Jewish economy rapidly develops, the fellahin move to the cities as wage laborers in greater numbers. Working class Palestinians and Middle Eastern Jews co-habitate in mixed cities, but the political struggle between the Zionist settlers and the Palestinian masses is beco…
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Puerto Rican Debt Crisis with Manuel Venero
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Army veteran and comrade Manuel Venero explains the Puerto Rican Debt crisis and the colonial relationship between the Island and the Empire. Also, Puppets.Support the show Support The Movements on Patreon Subscribe to the Podcast Apple Podcasts Google Spotify Stitcher Twitter @movementspod Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/movementspod)…
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Salafist Threats to Hamas in Gaza with Adam Patterson
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Adam joins the show to discuss the emergence of small salafist militant groups in Gaza and their ongoing conflict with Hamas. Adam explains the difference between Sunni Islamist politics and salafist jihadism in the context of the Israeli government's policy of targeting Hamas for any actions taken by other Gazan factions. The Movements is a leftis…
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The Colonization of Palestine Part 2: A New Jew
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The Ottoman Empire is no more. The British have won the Great War, becoming "the Iron Wall" sought by the Zionist movement to strengthen their political position in Palestine. The Zionist Commission negotiates with Arab nationalist leaders outside of Palestine, bypassing Palestinians who have little politcal control of their own land. The theoretic…
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The Colonization of Palestine Part 1: From the Pale to the Settlements
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Zionism, the nationalist movement to establish a Jewish state, was born out of the broken promise of European Liberalism and enlightenment values. As pogroms and anti-semitic conspiracy theories spread throughout Europe, Jewish intellectuals inspired by Nationalism set out to create a “New Jew” in Palestine. But Palestine is already inhabited by Ar…
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Adam Patterson on Assad, Daesh and the YPG/YPJ
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Adam returns to the show to discuss the upcoming offensive in Raqqa, Chemical Weapons in Syria and Bashar Al-Assad. Also, I chastise the left for developing a poor analysis of Syria based on our own projections, and proceed to do the very thing I criticize. Also, dick jokes.Find Adam Patterson at Napalm in the Morning (http://www.napalminthemorning…
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The Spanish Civil War Part 4: Your Children Will Be Next
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Franco smashes the already exhausted Republicans as the Nationalists drive towards the sea, splitting the Republic in half. Hitler continues to grab land and expand his borders while the Nazi holocaust begins to take shape. While Britain, France and the US continue to appease fascism, the Republic makes a final, desperate attack in hope of spurring…
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The war is going badly for the Republic. As Franco consolidates power in the Nationalist zone, the divisions between the revolutionaries and the communists and right-socialists continue to deepen. Franco and his fascist allies seize control of the north and turn the tide in their favor. Desperate for a quick victory, the Republican popular army lau…
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Mechi Anais Estevez Cruz on Dominican History and Resisting White Supremacy
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Owner of Una Vaina Bien Spanish and anti-imperialist educator Mechi Anais Estevez Cruz joins the podcast to discuss the legacy of Rafael Trujillo and his cult of personality, as well as anti-fascist and liberation struggle, and Lil Wayne. Visit Mechi's website at www.unavainabienspanish.comThe Movements is a leftist history and politics podcast. Su…
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Adam Patterson on The Spanish Civil War and Anti-Fascism in the Age of Trump
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Adam Patterson drops by the podcast to discuss terror bombings from the air, guerilla tactics, the history of fascism and the relevance of anti-fascist history in the age of Trump. Adam Patterson is an analyst of armed conflict who specializes in civil war, insurgency, and extremist movements. He currently focuses on sectarian violence in the Middl…
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The Spanish Civil War Part 2: ¡No Pasarán!
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Having defeated the coup, the militias of the Popular Front struggle to hold onto territory as the rebel generals control the bulk of the armed forces. The anarchists and the marxist POUM launch a social revolution, irking the anti-revolutionary socialists and communists. Meanwhile, the world watches intently as the nationalists close in on Madrid.…
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The Spanish Civil War Part 1: If You Tolerate This
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In 1936, the first international fight against fascism began in Spain. Working and middle class leftists from the United States to Germany to China traveled to Spain to defend the Spanish Republic against a right-wing coalition of Spanish nationalists, Italian Fascists and German Nazis. In the midst of the vicious conflict, millions of working clas…
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