This episode is going to be a little different than the usual news rundown. I wanted to zoom out a bit and in light of the recent, undemocratic fashion in which the FL, AZ, and IL primaries played out, it is more important than ever that we recognize one of the biggest obstacles to progressive change in this country: The "Democratic" Party. This is an introduction into a separate, ongoing topic that I want to continue to discuss and think about. 

The State and Revolution: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/

The State in Capitalist Society: https://libcom.org/library/state-capitalist-society-ralph-miliband (LibCom is a crappy Trotskyist website, but there is a PDF link to the book here lol)

Full lecture that I stole the clip of Michael Parenti (Da Gawd) is from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05tz0V9IBi0&t=1528s

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