The Movements: A Podcast History of the Masses
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
Episodes
38 episodes
Guatemala and Cuba #3 - ¡Patria o Muerte!
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 ...
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Episode 3
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TEASER: Guatemala and Cuba #3 - ¡Patria o Muerte!
Full Episode available in October 2022!Support The Movements on PatreonSubscribe to the Podcast
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Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Historical background with Adam Patterson
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...
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Guatemala and Cuba #2 - Iron Discipline
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, sendin...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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The Weapon of Theory by Amilcar Cabral (Audiobook with Intro)
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 CabralPublished on th...
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Guatemala and Cuba's Revolutions #1 - The Latinx Spring
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,...
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Episode 1
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Stallin' For Time: Democratic Socialism From Harrington to Sanders with Historian Doug Enaa Greene
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 A...
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1:20:59
Stallin' For Time: The Twin Cities Uprising and Beyond
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...
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The Russian Revolution #8 - In One Country
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 t...
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The Russian Revolution #7 - To End All Wars
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 to...
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Stallin' For Time: American Genocidaires with Adam Patterson
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,&...
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1:17:47
Stallin' For Time: Puerto Rican Protests
Manuel returns to the show to provide context and explain the protests that toppled Ricardo Rossello in Puerto Rico.
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1:14:38
Stallin' For Time: War with Venezuela and Iran with Adam Patterson
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 t...
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Stallin' For Time: Labor and Law with Judy Cotter
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 ten...
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The Russian Revolution #6 - Year One
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 m...
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The Russian Revolution #5 - Red October
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 ...
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The Russian Revolution #4 - Peace, Bread, Land
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 refus...
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Stallin' For Time: Ethnic Cleansing & Genocide
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, ...
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The Russian Revolution #3 - The Reds Return
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...
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Stallin' For Time: Sex Workers Against FOSTA SESTA with Janis Luna
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 worker...
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Stallin' For Time: Adam Patterson's Syria Update
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 Isr...
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The Russian Revolution #2 - Reform, Or...
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...
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The Russian Revolution #1 - The Spark
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 libera...
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Stallin' For Time: The Last Jedi
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.
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Stallin' For Time: Harriet Tubman and Liberation Struggle with Jonelle
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...
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