Faith and Capital

To celebrate 100 episodes of the podcast (plus bonus episodes/writings on patreon!), Chase and Breht from Revolutionary Left Radio discuss mysticism and the maoist method of criticism and self-criticism. In the end we connect our religious and spiritual traditions (Buddhist mysticism and Christianity) to this method forged through revolutionary struggle.

Timeline:
00:01 -- mysticism
01:02:40 -- criticism and self-criticism
01:32:45 -- Buddhism and Christianity mirroring criticism and self-criticism

Study criticism and self-criticism with comrades and fellow people of faith: Constructive Criticism: A Handbook

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In this episode, Chris invites listeners to reflect on Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent.

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In this Bible in Red episode, we engage Luke 5:17-26 and discuss the importance of developing revolutionary determination, militant commitment, and proletarian discipline.

Find the first Bible in Red episode here: "Combat Individualism, Serve the People"

Links for a primer on the historical development of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, the necessity of its rupture from Leninism,  and today's struggle over the meaning of Maoism.

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Marxist scholar of Biblical Studies and Religion, Christina Petterson, joins us to discuss her essay "Apostles of Revolution? Marxism and Biblical Studies". We discuss the ways in which historical materialism is fundamental for correctly analyzing the conditions and contradictions in which the scriptures were produced, how both the scriptures and historical interpretations (including our own) are products of class struggle, how the 19th and 20th century international communist movement greatly influenced the field of biblical studies, how ideological struggle has shaped analysis and interpretations of the scriptures, early Christian communism, and the role religion and biblical study/interpretation tend to play (or alternatively could play) in today's struggle between capitalism and communism, colonialism and decolonization.

If you'd like a pdf of the essay, email us at [email protected].

Mentioned: Rosa Luxemburg's essay that discusses the Church of Acts

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This episode is the first of a three-part series on a section from Dorothee Soelle's book in The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance. For this series, Chase will read and reflect upon a section of the text from the chapter "Possession and Possessionlessness" in which Soelle engages a particular Christian's life, faith, and practice. In part one, we read about and reflect upon Francis of Assisi through the eyes of Soelle!

Parts 2 and 3 will soon release at patreon.com/faithandcapital and will cover Quaker abolitionist, John Woolman, and Catholic anarchist, Dorothy Day.

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Not only has Lucha Liberation made some of our super cool graphics for social media and the podcast, Lucha is also a Christian and a Maoist living in the deep South. Lucha joins us to discuss parenting, body autonomy, how he came to believe Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) should be a right for people who struggle with terminal illness and chronic pain, and the spiritual resources he pulls from to fuel his commitment to liberation.

You can find Lucha's revolutionary art on instagram.

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In this episode, Chase reads through and comments on Section III of the Communist Party of the Philippines' (CPP) course "Activist Study": The Mass Line.  This text is a great introduction for people who want study the mass line and develop mass work. It accessibly follows a question-answer format, eight questions in all. Find a paperback (or free pdf) here at Foreign Language Press.

If you find this text/episode interesting, check out our bonus episode on MASS WORK!

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Find the FULL EPISODE on "MASS WORK" now on the Mass Struggle Podcast.

Find the document here: http://www.massline.info/

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For the inaugural episode of our new Bible in Red series, Chase and Chris read and reflect upon Mark 10:35-45, we observe the individualist and opportunist tendencies within ourselves and among the US left, and we think through "becoming servants of the people."

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(ACCESS THE FULL SERIES NOW ON MASS STRUGGLE PODCAST)

This episode is part one to a three-part series on Charles Bettleheim's Class Struggles in the USSR, First Period: 1917-1923. We hope you find this series helpful and check out Chase's 7  pg. summary of each section of this 600 pg. book previously released in patreon!

Cameron joins me to discuss both history and theory in this mini-series.

This particular episode discusses the class contradictions of Russia on the eve of 1917, socialism as a period of transition and continued class struggle between capitalism and communism, and the role of the Maoist party, the proletariat, and the masses in revolutionary struggle.

You can find the pdf here, but this is one of the only volumes you can still find in paperback.

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