Τα καλύτερα Communism podcast (2025)

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The 1917 Russian Revolution: A Complete Timeline 1:40:16

4d ago1:40:16

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The Russian Revolution of 1917 was the greatest event in human history. For the first time, ordinary working people were able to win power and hold onto it. Our new season of the Spectre of Communism podcast kicks off with a complete timeline of the revolution, from January to October, charting 10 months that shook the world! The Russian proletaria…

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Victory Over Communism-S4-Episode 6 1:00:00

30d ago1:00:00

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The Chinese Communist Party and its supreme leader Xi Jinping recently made clear during a massive military parade that the CCP is leading a new Cold War against the United States and the West. And artificial intelligence is a new strategic battleground in the CCP's ideological war promoting Marxism-Leninism with Chinese characteristics around the …

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Victory Over Communism-S4-Episode 5 52:57

2M ago52:57

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America is reeling from the terrible political assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Initial signs point to a connection between the assassin and the radical leftist group Antifa. This episode explores Antifa's ideology which is a mix of Marxism-Leninism and anarchism. Its black clad thugs and revolutionaries are systematically engag…

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Victory Over Communism-S4-Episode 4 46:37

3M ago46:37

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The Chinese Communist Party is unlike any other political party. It is a secret society that now boasts 100 million members. Unfortunately, many in the West do not understand the threat posed by this mafia-like organization. This episode explores that reality. The counterproposal section explains why Chinese communists' view of history as a struggl…

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Victory Over Communism-S4-Episode 3 50:17

5M ago50:17

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Home-grown Marxists and communists exposed their true ideologies more openly during the recent anti-ICE protests and riots in Los Angeles. The unrest is spreading throughout the country. This episode critiques domestic radicals fomenting the protests and, importantly, the funding sources behind them. It reveals an alarming convergence of American a…

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The case for theory: why communists should study philosophy 1:17:16

6M ago1:17:16

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“Do I really need to read long theoretical books to be a communist?” This is a common question among class fighters today. In our final episode of the season, we make the case that, in order to change the world, it is first necessary to understand it. And for that, we need a philosophy! The American trade unionist Bill Haywood once said: “I’ve neve…

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Victory Over Communism-S4-Episode 2 1:03:17

6M ago1:03:17

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Communist China today has dropped its propaganda stance of being a force for peace and stability. The regime in Beijing has torn off the mask that hid its communist ideology for decades. This episode reveals how the CCP is now turning its power and money into advancing an atheist, millenarian and aggressive radical transformation of the entire worl…

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The history of fascism: lessons for today 1:33:27

6M ago1:33:27

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What is fascism and is it a threat today? In this episode of the Spectre of Communism podcast, we discuss the history of fascism’s rise to power in the 1930s, to learn the lessons for our movement. Our guest, Niklas Albin Svensson, is a leading member of the Revolutionary Communist International and the editor of a brand new collection of articles …

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The TRUTH about World War 2: Marxist historian sets the record straight 1:17:45

7M ago1:17:45

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The Second World War is one of the most-mythologised events in history. In the West, we are led to believe that Winston Churchill and Roosevelt single-handedly led the Allies in a struggle for democracy against the fascist totalitarianism of Nazi Germany. But what’s the real story of WWII: the one they don’t teach you at school or on the History Ch…

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Who was Karl Marx REALLY? – A reply to CrashCourse 1:31:22

7M ago1:31:22

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Karl Marx was a German philosopher, economist and journalist, and above all a revolutionary. He continues to haunt the nightmares of the rich and powerful, just as he inspires workers, the poor and youth to struggle for a future without exploitation and oppression. The popular CrashCourse channel has attempted to explain Marx’s theories and their c…

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Victory Over Communism-S4-Episode 1 1:02:16

7M ago1:02:16

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Marking the start of the fourth season of the Victory Over Communism podcast, this episode explores the role of American Marxism in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. DEI programs are now being dismantled under the Trump administration. And Marxist radicals are fighting back in a bid to continue using DEI as a tool for fomenting a…

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The TRUTH about Mao and the Chinese Revolution 1:33:38

7M ago1:33:38

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The Chinese Revolution is condemned as a bloody tragedy by bourgeois historians. But if it was all simply a disaster, then how do we explain China going from a backward colonial holding to the second world power today? In this episode, we deal with the truth about the Chinese Revolution of 1949. We welcome Daniel Morley from the Executive Committee…

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Communist replies to MORE right-wing LIES 1:30:17

7M ago1:30:17

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Is communism against ‘human nature’? Would workers in charge inevitably be ‘corrupted by power’? Do communists ‘oppose free speech’? Watch a leading communist answer some more typical right-wing talking points! A couple of weeks ago, Fred Weston (a member of the International Secretariat for the Revolutionary Communist International) was on the sho…

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Stalinism on TRIAL 1:27:25

8M ago1:27:25

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Who was Joseph Stalin and what is the legacy of his leadership? In this episode of the Spectre of Communism, we weigh the evidence, based on historical fact and the principles of Marxist theory, to give Stalinism a fair trial. The USSR achieved great things, thanks to the superiority of the planned economy. It defeated the Nazis, expropriated capit…

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Communist replies to right-wing LIES: Musk, Peterson & Shapiro 1:20:40

8M ago1:20:40

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Did communism kill 100 million people? Was Hitler really a communist? Is there no difference between Lenin and Stalin? Right-wing pundits and politicians always throw blood-curdling statistics and historical ‘facts’ to prove that communism is pure evil, while capitalism is the best system that could ever exist. In this video, leading communist Fred…

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Victory Over Communism-S3-Episode 15 1:02:08

9M ago1:02:08

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This episode explores how China's supreme leader Xi Jinping revitalized communist ideology. He remains a true believer in its false tenets. The program reveals that a new school of thought among China experts in the West incorrectly argues that Xi is not seeking global domination. These China hands seek to minimize the ideological danger posed by X…

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Victory Over Communism-S3-Episode 14 1:00:34

10M ago1:00:34

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Devastating wildfires destroyed large areas of Los Angeles and prompted intense criticism of LA Mayor Karen Bass, a Marxist-Leninist who traveled frequently to Cuba for radical training in the past. Bass, along with Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom, failed to effectively prepare for the wildfires by cutting funds for firefighting and instead spent millio…

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Victory Over Communism-S3-Episode 13 1:19:45

11M ago1:19:45

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The Chinese Communist Party has persisted since seizing power in 1949 because of a fundamental failure on the part of American and international leaders to understand the nature of the communist system it imposed. These include the failure to properly identify its nefarious activities, its strategic goals, and most importantly seeing through its gr…

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2024 Wrapped: a year of war and revolution 1:36:00

11M ago1:36:00

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2024 has been a year of war, revolution and crisis on every continent. From the horrors of the Gaza genocide, to the revolutionary summer in Kenya and Bangladesh; from viral assassinations, to to the re-election of Donald Trump. The communists have been offering analysis and perspective at every step of the way, and now: it’s time to put this drama…

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Lenin’s crusade against imperialist war – lessons for today 58:37

11M ago58:37

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We are living through an epoch of war and revolution. In Ukraine, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and countless other countries, wars and civil wars are raging, all with the backing and complicity of various imperialist powers. In these turbulent times, the ideas and methods of Lenin – who fought a relentless struggle against warmongering chauvinism during t…

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What is the Permanent Revolution? 1:03:01

11M ago1:03:01

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Trotsky’s theory of the permanent revolution is one of the most important, but also amongst the most misunderstood ideas in the entire Marxist tradition. Does it really mean that revolution needs to happen everywhere, all at once? Does it ignore workers outside of the West? Is it contrary to Lenin’s views? Josh Holroyd, leading member of the Revolu…

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Trump and the crisis of liberal democracy 1:07:55

12M ago1:07:55

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Three weeks ago, to the horror of the liberal establishment in the USA and internationally, Donald Trump was elected President of the United States for the second time, defeating the hated and discredited Democrats. The capitalist media is filled with hysteria about a dire threat to democracy and the rise of ‘fascism’ posed by Trump’s presidency… j…

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Corbyn spokesman: “Why we lost” – reformism & the perils of opportunism 1:07:24

12M ago1:07:24

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The meteoric rise and catastrophic fall of the Corbyn movement represented a major turning point in British and world politics. It was an object lesson in the betrayals inherent in reformism and the pitfalls of opportunism: i.e. when left-wing leaders make ‘pragmatic’ concessions to the class enemy – with fatal consequences. This week, the Spectre …

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Venezuelan communist discusses revolution, Hugo Chavez and workers’ control 45:32

12M ago45:32

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Right-wingers and reactionaries often hold up Venezuela as an example of why “socialism never works” (notwithstanding the disastrous state of capitalism today). In fact, the Venezuelan Revolution was an inspiring episode in recent history, which showed the immense power of the masses and the potential of workers to run their workplaces without boss…

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Communist answers the web’s most searched questions 1:09:44

1y ago1:09:44

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With so much crisis and chaos in the world today, more and more people are turning to the internet for answers about what communism really is. But there’s a lot of propaganda and misinformation out there, so this week we’ve brought on leading RCI member Fred Weston for the Communism Autocomplete Interview: answering the most common questions people…

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Victory Over Communism-S3-Episode 12 1:12:47

1y ago1:12:47

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This episode explores in detail one of the most important features of Marxist and communist ideology -- redefining terms. This practice has been a key element in deceiving tens of millions of people into accepting communism's false and quasi-religious beliefs. The counterproposal section presents a key element needed for countering Marxism-Leninism…

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Is socialism in one country possible? A reply to the Young Communist League 1:04:47

1y ago1:04:47

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The idea of building socialism in one country alone was alien to Marx, Engels and Lenin. But after the latter’s death, Stalin and his supporters raised the possibility of constructing socialism in the USSR amidst a sea of capitalism. The Young Communist League – the youth wing of the Communist Party of Britain – recently advanced the theory of soci…

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US Civil War: America’s Second Revolution 52:23

1y ago52:23

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The American Civil War, unlike the conflicts that plague the world today, was just and historically progressive. The Union north smashed the Confederacy of southern slave states and carried out the biggest expropriation of private property in history at the time, with the emancipation of 4 million enslaved people. The Union cause was praised by Kar…

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Threads: a terrifying vision of nuclear annihilation 59:08

1y ago59:08

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This year marks 40 years since the release of the film Threads, one of the clearest and most harrowing depictions of the consequences of nuclear war ever produced. With wars and conflicts escalating around the globe, the stark message of this film has never been more relevant. The fight against the barbarity of militarism and imperialism is an exis…

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What is ‘woke’? Culture war vs. class war 53:41

1y ago53:41

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Around the world, the capitalist establishment is increasingly obsessed with the so-called ‘Culture War’, with conservative journalists and politicians scaremongering about the ‘woke agenda’, while liberals drape rainbow flags on war and austerity and call it ‘liberation’. How can communists cut through this reactionary nonsense and get to the hear…

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Victory Over Communism-S3-Episode 11 1:05:38

1y ago1:05:38

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China's Communist Party broke with the Soviet Union over the denunciation of Stalin in the 1950s and remains a Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist regime that regards its version of communism with Chinese characteristics as the only true ideology. In fact, Chinese communism remains as false and misleading as its Soviet progenitor. This episode looks at how …

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Israel invades Lebanon: fight war, fight imperialism! 1:09:35

1y ago1:09:35

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The situation in the Middle East is escalating dramatically. Israel’s current invasion of Lebanon has sent shockwaves throughout the region and represents a further step towards the outbreak of a region-wide conflict, risking open war with Iran. As the Middle East grows more unstable, communists need a clear understanding of these events and what w…

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State surveillance, fake boyfriends and blacklisting: police infiltration exposed – feat. SpyCops Info Podcast 1:03:43

1y ago1:03:43

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For decades, undercover police officers with Britain’s Metropolitan Police systematically infiltrated numerous political organisations, posing as activists. These SpyCops not only gathered information on supposed enemies of the state, but went as far as entering romantic relationships and even having children with political activists, in order to m…

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Israel, Ukraine and the threat of World War Three 1:08:32

1y ago1:08:32

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Are we on the edge of a third World War? The Spectre of Communism podcast is back for a new season. Our first episode welcomes Hamid Alizadeh, a leading comrade of the Revolutionary Communist International (RCI), to discuss the two central conflicts in the world today: the Middle East and Ukraine, and the madmen driving them forward. We are in a pe…

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Victory Over Communism-S3-Episode 10 1:01:12

1y ago1:01:12

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The neo-Marxist assault on the institution of the traditional family is the focus of this episode. The current trend in advancing radical gender ideology in America is not an isolated progressive policy. It is rooted in Marxist theorists of the Frankfurt School. Those radicals adapted Freud's theories on the role of sex in human behavior and merged…

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Victory Over Communism-S3-Episode 9 1:13:07

1y ago1:13:07

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This episode drills down on the Marxist-Leninist concept of perpetual revolution which is a key driver in Chinese communism. Mao Zedong used this concept in launching the disastrous Cultural Revolution and now Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping has embraced perpetual revolution in his drive to advance Chinese communism globally. The counterproposal …

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Victory Over Communism-S3-Episode 8 1:00:04

1+ y ago1:00:04

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This episode provides the first public critique of a new U.S.-based communist movement that emerged in July. The Revolutionary Communists of America is a Trotskyite Marxist Leninist organization that rallied in Philadelphia and is vowing to overthrow the U.S. system of freedom and democracy and replace it with a communist regime. The counterproposa…

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Episode 208: The Finale 1:20:15

1+ y ago1:20:15

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Of course, there is a dog chewing a bone in the background of our final episode, because why not, so apologies for the sound quality. Tune in to find out what we’ve learned, what our goals are for the future, and how we’re processing this shift. Thank you to all our amazing listeners. We love you. Solidarity forever. Reminder that Patreon notes are…

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Victory Over Communism-S3-Episode 7 1:04:31

1+ y ago1:04:31

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To paraphrase Karl Marx and the Communist Manifesto, a specter is haunting China. It is the specter of Historical Nihilism. This episode reveals how the Chinese Communist Party is conducting a major Marxist-Leninist 'rectification' campaign to ruthlessly stamp out what it regards as a major ideological threat called historical nihilism -- code for …

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Episode 207: Chumbawamba 2:03:22

1+ y ago2:03:22

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Turns out these guys do more than just Tubthumping! They’re straight up anarchists with some killer songs about rebellions, strikes, imperialism, and more. Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: [email protected] Patr…

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Episode 206: Shootin’ the Shit: International Electoral Woes 1:13:02

1+ y ago1:13:02

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This week: Supreme court nonsense, shittin’ in the Seine, presidential debacles, and updates from Haiti, Kenya, Bolivia, and Iran. Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: [email protected] Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmec…

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Victory Over Communism-S3-Episode 6 56:43

1+ y ago56:43

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This episode explores the history of American Marxism heavily influenced by radical Saul Alinsky (1909-1972). His book Rules for Radicals remains a critical revolutionary tract outlining how to gain political power under the rubric of community organizing. A generation of leftist U.S. political leaders, including Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, a…

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Episode 205: Communist Movie Night - Pom Poko 1:15:31

1+ y ago1:15:31

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What does a studio Ghibli film featuring tanukis with… interesting anatomy have to tell us about organizing, guerrilla tactics, and environmentalism? Kind of a lot, actually! Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommu…

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Episode 204: Shootin’ the Shit - The Shame Flag 1:21:17

1+ y ago1:21:17

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This week’s topics: tax money for gen0cide, free menstrual products for schools, lung cancer and diabetes cures, flag wife, religion, idioms, and nostalgia. Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: [email protected] Pat…

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Episode 203: France, May 1968 1:51:05

1+ y ago1:51:05

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A story of student protests, throwing bricks, and a huge general strike. We also make fun of Charles de Gaulle a lot. Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: [email protected] Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism And …

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Victory Over Communism-S3-Episode 5 1:03:38

1+ y ago1:03:38

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Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping, a neo-Maoist orthodox communist, is reviving the false ideological precept that Marxism-Leninism is scientific. Boasting a doctorate in "scientific socialism," Xi is forcing this dogma on the 98 million members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) who are then spreading it worldwide as part of plans for overthrowi…

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Episode 202: Shootin’ the Shit - It’s All Fanfic 1:26:13

1+ y ago1:26:13

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Mostly Palestine talk today, with a bit of regulatory capture, Revelations, and China. Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: [email protected] Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism And like and subscribe to us at Tea…

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Victory Over Communism-S3-Episode 4 1:17:05

1+ y ago1:17:05

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U.S. intelligence obtained new details of subversion and political warfare operations in the United States by China's Ministry of Public Security, the political police and intelligence service of the Chinese Communist Party. An MPS defector for the first time provided direct evidence of MPS operations aimed at sowing social divisions in America thr…

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Episode 201: Socialist Albania 2:08:59

1+ y ago2:08:59

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Join us in the land of eagles as we learn about the history of socialist Albania. In this episode: dictators serving looks, poet/priest/politicians, spies, assassination attempts, and a ton of bunkers. Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachco…

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Interview with Fiona Lali: Suella is a symptom, capitalism is the disease 26:58

1+ y ago26:58

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Fiona Lali recently shot to prominence, and stunned former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman, when she publicly branded Suella a “war monger” and a “liar” for her support for the genocide in Gaza. Fiona’s words chimed with millions of workers and youth who have seen this clip, and who are sick and tired of this rotten imperialist system, of t…

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