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Back to SearchThe Italian Communist Party: From Resistance to Dissolution
James, Steven and Rudy sit down to talk about the Italian Communist Party (PCI) from its foundation to its dissolution, with a focus on its period of maximum influence from the post-WW2 refound…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
The New Thing: Jazz Music in the Cold War, 1950-1970 with Christian Noakes
Jackson and Donald are joined by Christian Noakes author of Do It Yourself, Brother: Cultural Autonomy and the New Thing to discuss jazz music and musicians during the Cold War. We cover the U.S. st…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Sports and Straight Edge in Red Vienna with Gabriel Kuhn
We join Gabriel Kuhn, author of books like Soccer vs. the State and Antifascism, Sports, Sobriety: Forging a militant working-class culture for a discussion on sports, sobriety and also the way…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Nasserism and the Egyptian Revolution of 1952
Rudy, Andrew and Eric sit down to discuss Egypt from its origins as an independent polity under Mehmed Ali up to the Sadat years, with a focus on the Nasserist revolutionary period. We discuss the or…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Escaping the Constitutional Bind with Aziz Rana
Donald and Luke talk with Aziz Rana about his latest book, The Constitutional Bind: How Americans Came to Idolize a Document That Fails Them. Rana discusses why constitutional veneration has remained…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
The Making of a Working Class Revolutionary: an Interview with Jerome Scott
We sit down with Jerome Scott, former Detroit Auto worker and founding member of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers to learn about Black working-class radicalizing during the Vietnam War…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Artificial Intelligence
Ian, Nico, Matt, Chas and Rudy join for a general discussion on artificial intelligence. They cover the early origins of AI as a field, with the debates of the time, all the way up to the prese…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
The Frankfurt School in Context (1923-69)
Exir, Toby and Jackson join for a discussion on the (in)famous Frankfurt School. They discuss the history of the Institute for Social Research from its founding as a think tank for the study of…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Mining and the Environment with Martin Lallana
Rudy joins Martín Lallana for an introductory discussion on mining. We talk about the importance of mining to capitalism, the ecological impacts of different kind of mining, the way that the ma…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Jihadism and Military Juntas in the Sahel with Alexander Thurston
Rob joins Alexander Thurston for a discussion on his work on the Sahel region, focusing on the interplay between radical Islamic groups, the civilian governments/military juntas of the regions and…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago