In this episode, Kaarina Mikalson introduces the podcast, the project behind it, and provides a brief historical overview of the Spanish Civil War. Stay tuned for the next episode, about the International Brigades and the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion.

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Andrea Hasenbank joins us to talk about pamphlet culture radical movements throughout the 1930s, and traces a pretty compelling trajectory from Canadian leftist parties and organizations, through the Second World War and the building of the social welfare state and into our present (more dire) times. She reminds us how hard we have to fight for an equitable and democratic society, and how capitalism and austerity operate to undo and erase that work.

In Part 2 of our interview with Tyler Wentzell, we talk about a whole lot of things: his research on Toronto's Standard Theatre, the Foreign Enlistment Act, canada and the Spanish Civil War from the persepctive of a military historian, and anti-fascism. 

Kaarina and Kevin talk about Jean "Jim" Watts, who worked as a journalist, broadcaster, driver, and censor in Spain during the Spanish Civil War.

Kevin Levangie joins host Kaarina Mikalson to talk about Doctor Norman Bethune, a Canadian doctor who ran a blood transfusion service in Spain. Kevin tells us about Bethune's background, his radical politics, his art, and his work in Spain and China.

Just a quick announcement that Listen In is taking a break. We will be back in June with more episodes.

Kevin Levangie traces the typical (if such a generalization is possible) journey and experience of a Canadian volunteer in the Spanish Civil War. He discusses the Canadian's resistance to discipline, how scarcity of resources affected volunteers, and the battles they engaged in.

In this episode, Kaarina Mikalson introduces the podcast, the project behind it, and provides a brief historical overview of the Spanish Civil War. Stay tuned for the next episode, about the International Brigades and the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion.

Subscribe in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/listen-in/id1354987724?mt=2