Episode 86: National Liberation or American Patriotism?

Guest: Hassan M.

Hassan M. is a contributing editor for Peoples Anti-Colonial Press (pa-cp.org). His writing can be found at shatteringhegemony.wordpress.com and on Twitter at @19hassan49.

American communists have proposed that appealing to a sense of American patriotism is important for socialist organizing. In this episode, we use a Marxist perspective to uncover deeper questions which lie behind the idea of patriotism, frame US imperialism as a principal contradiction, and understand the role of Black and Indigenous nationalism.

Host: Rick.

Rick is a citizen of the Comanche Nation, and has a masters degree in Indigenous Peoples Law, from the University of Oklahoma.

Intro Music: “Turning Into Me” by Jericho Salt