Pick Me Up, I'm Scared.

This week, we talk more about Lyndon LaRouche and the Marxists that never were, and David tries to cajole Madeline into saying a slur (Madeline does NOT).

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/10/26/larouches-call-to-quarantine-aids-victims-trails-in-california/f79e0d33-02be-4fad-a643-08bf0d462f95/

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00806R000100640021-7.pdf

https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2022/10/14/conference-build-the-new-paradigm-defeat-green-fascism/

https://archive.org/details/larouchenewamericanfascism

https://larouchepub.com/pr/2022/20221102_hinkle.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20110713184401/http://larouchewatch.com/ugliest-larouche-rant.pdf

https://www.cosmonautmag.com/2025/04/praxis-of-alienation-and-enmity-on-the-american-communist-party/

This week, Madeline and David talk about Lyndon LaRouche!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/10/26/larouches-call-to-quarantine-aids-victims-trails-in-california/f79e0d33-02be-4fad-a643-08bf0d462f95/

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00806R000100640021-7.pdf

https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2022/10/14/conference-build-the-new-paradigm-defeat-green-fascism/

https://archive.org/details/larouchenewamericanfascism

https://larouchepub.com/pr/2022/20221102_hinkle.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20110713184401/http://larouchewatch.com/ugliest-larouche-rant.pdf

https://www.cosmonautmag.com/2025/04/praxis-of-alienation-and-enmity-on-the-american-communist-party/

This week, Madeline and David wrap up our two-part episode about AFRICOM, Burkina Faso, and Traore!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

https://www.defense.gov/About/combatant-commands/

https://hoodcommunist.org/2022/09/29/a-guide-to-shutdownafricom/amp/

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/16/afri-m16.html

https://www.communistpartyofkenya.org/87-recent-news/246-oint-statement-of-the-communist-party-of-kenya-and-the-zimbabwe-communist-party-on-the-expansion-of-africom

https://mronline.org/2021/10/05/building-a-movement-to-shutdown-africom/

https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/africom

https://hoodcommunist.org/2020/10/01/africom-and-nato-are-terrorist/amp/

https://monthlyreview.org/2024/06/01/the-actuality-of-red-africa/

https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/socialist-viewpoint-us/julaug_12/julaug_12_27.html

https://www.workers.org/2018/10/39384/

https://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/news/2023/2023-07-20-al-bulushi-teen-vogue.php

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-africom-us-military-africa

https://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/rethinking-africa-command/

https://countrystudies.us/libya/30.htm

https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199846733/obo-9780199846733-0193.xml

https://www.accord.org.za/analysis/african-military-marxism-is-its-past-its-future/

https://hoodcommunist.org/2021/09/30/building-a-movement-to-shutdown-africom/

https://blackallianceforpeace.com/events/2024actionsagainstafricom

https://www.communistpartyofkenya.org/87-recent-news/246-oint-statement-of-the-communist-party-of-kenya-and-the-zimbabwe-communist-party-on-the-expansion-of-africom

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/16/afri-m16.html

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-africom-us-military-africa

https://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/rethinking-africa-command/

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/world/africa/07congo.html?_r=2

https://www.theafricareport.com/380259/us91africa-africom-makes-its-case-tariffs-for-south-africa-women-under-fire/

https://www.blackagendareport.com/africom-congo

https://blackallianceforpeace.com/africomwatchbulletin//edition47

https://sfbayview.com/2013/12/declaration-would-contract-drc-to-concede-to-m23/

https://www.blackagendareport.com/african-unity-and-new-cold-war

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/05/26/unity-is-an-imperative-reclaiming-african-liberation-day-60-years-on/

https://www.blackagendareport.com/liberia-and-challenges-us-imperialism

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/11/30/africom-corporations-dr-congo-climate-china/

https://defensescoop.com/2025/01/29/us-algeria-defense-cooperation-mou-agreement-to-expand-military-cooperation/

https://www.blackagendareport.com/africom-watch-bulletin-50

https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/counterterrorism/africom-led-operation-extracts-u-s-government-personnel-from-sudan/

https://realistreview.org/2021/11/02/america-played-a-big-role-in-sudans-coup/

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/01/27/us-africa-command-official-hails-new-beginning-in-sudan/

https://www.blackagendareport.com/useunatos-regime-change-playbook-burkina-faso-and-captain-ibrahim-traore

https://www.military.africa/2024/09/us-forces-returning-to-chad-but-with-a-different-objective/

https://apnews.com/article/niger-chad-us-troops-withdrawal-russia-aa852a79bac39aaa679af3663b56deaa

https://peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-africom-africa-and-the-world-in-the-crosshairs/

https://legalafrica.org/from-gaddafi-to-traore-africa-must-unite-against-neo-imperialism/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jun/14/africom-imperial-agenda-marches-on

https://foreignpolicy.com/2010/07/21/the-truth-about-africom/

https://blackagendareport.com/africom-crying-russia-libya-pot-and-kettle-syndrome

https://www.mintpressnews.com/ibrahim-traore-burkina-faso-west/289538/

This week, Madeline & David talk about AFRICOM, Kony 2012, and whether or not X is a rockabilly band!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

https://www.defense.gov/About/combatant-commands/

https://hoodcommunist.org/2022/09/29/a-guide-to-shutdownafricom/amp/

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/16/afri-m16.html

https://www.communistpartyofkenya.org/87-recent-news/246-oint-statement-of-the-communist-party-of-kenya-and-the-zimbabwe-communist-party-on-the-expansion-of-africom

https://mronline.org/2021/10/05/building-a-movement-to-shutdown-africom/

https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/africom

https://hoodcommunist.org/2020/10/01/africom-and-nato-are-terrorist/amp/

https://monthlyreview.org/2024/06/01/the-actuality-of-red-africa/

https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/socialist-viewpoint-us/julaug_12/julaug_12_27.html

https://www.workers.org/2018/10/39384/

https://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/news/2023/2023-07-20-al-bulushi-teen-vogue.php

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-africom-us-military-africa

https://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/rethinking-africa-command/

https://countrystudies.us/libya/30.htm

https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199846733/obo-9780199846733-0193.xml

https://www.accord.org.za/analysis/african-military-marxism-is-its-past-its-future/

https://hoodcommunist.org/2021/09/30/building-a-movement-to-shutdown-africom/

https://blackallianceforpeace.com/events/2024actionsagainstafricom

https://www.communistpartyofkenya.org/87-recent-news/246-oint-statement-of-the-communist-party-of-kenya-and-the-zimbabwe-communist-party-on-the-expansion-of-africom

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/16/afri-m16.html

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-africom-us-military-africa

https://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/rethinking-africa-command/

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/world/africa/07congo.html?_r=2

https://www.theafricareport.com/380259/us91africa-africom-makes-its-case-tariffs-for-south-africa-women-under-fire/

https://www.blackagendareport.com/africom-congo

https://blackallianceforpeace.com/africomwatchbulletin//edition47

https://sfbayview.com/2013/12/declaration-would-contract-drc-to-concede-to-m23/

https://www.blackagendareport.com/african-unity-and-new-cold-war

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/05/26/unity-is-an-imperative-reclaiming-african-liberation-day-60-years-on/

https://www.blackagendareport.com/liberia-and-challenges-us-imperialism

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/11/30/africom-corporations-dr-congo-climate-china/

https://defensescoop.com/2025/01/29/us-algeria-defense-cooperation-mou-agreement-to-expand-military-cooperation/

https://www.blackagendareport.com/africom-watch-bulletin-50

https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/counterterrorism/africom-led-operation-extracts-u-s-government-personnel-from-sudan/

https://realistreview.org/2021/11/02/america-played-a-big-role-in-sudans-coup/

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/01/27/us-africa-command-official-hails-new-beginning-in-sudan/

https://www.blackagendareport.com/useunatos-regime-change-playbook-burkina-faso-and-captain-ibrahim-traore

https://www.military.africa/2024/09/us-forces-returning-to-chad-but-with-a-different-objective/

https://apnews.com/article/niger-chad-us-troops-withdrawal-russia-aa852a79bac39aaa679af3663b56deaa

https://peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-africom-africa-and-the-world-in-the-crosshairs/

https://legalafrica.org/from-gaddafi-to-traore-africa-must-unite-against-neo-imperialism/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jun/14/africom-imperial-agenda-marches-on

https://foreignpolicy.com/2010/07/21/the-truth-about-africom/

https://blackagendareport.com/africom-crying-russia-libya-pot-and-kettle-syndrome

This week David and Madeline finish our two part episode about the Italian syndicalists!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/

SOURCES:

⁠Anderson, Considerations on Western Marxism⁠

 ⁠Clark, Antonio Gramsci and the Revolution That Failed⁠

⁠Gramsci, The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings 1916-1935⁠

⁠Emmerson, “Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Fiume Escapade.”⁠

⁠Bertrand, “The Biennio Rosso: Anarchists and Revolutionary Syndicalists in Italy, 1919-1920.”⁠

⁠Lenin, “Terms of Admission into Communist International.”⁠

⁠Trudell, “Gramsci: The Turin Years.”⁠

 ⁠Trotsky, “Speech in Discussion of the Italian Question.”⁠

This week, David and Madeline talk about Italy, Biennio Rossa, and what age is too young to not know how to put your phone on silent!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/

SOURCES:

Anderson, Considerations on Western Marxism

 Clark, Antonio Gramsci and the Revolution That Failed

Gramsci, The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings 1916-1935

Emmerson, “Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Fiume Escapade.”

Bertrand, “The Biennio Rosso: Anarchists and Revolutionary Syndicalists in Italy, 1919-1920.”

Lenin, “Terms of Admission into Communist International.”

Trudell, “Gramsci: The Turin Years.”

 Trotsky, “Speech in Discussion of the Italian Question.”

This week, Madeline and David wrap up our second part of our discussion about USAID!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/02/14/usaid-controversy-live-updates-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-temporarily-restore-foreign-aid-funding/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-canceling-foreign-aid-awards-in-place-before-his-inauguration/

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP74B00415R000300070019-8.pdf

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA

-RDP79T00975A027700010040-0.pdf

https://digitalcommons.csp.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1038&context=hmong-studies_hohp

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001000080025-2.pdf

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001000080025-2.pdf

https://www.newsweek.com/lefts-goal-usaid-reform-finally-accomplished-trump-opinion-2029951

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/08/04/report-u-s-aid-used-hiv-program-in-cuba-to-foment-rebellion/

https://apnews.com/music-general-news-548798feb950406d8e23186e77359f8f

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/u-s-secretly-built-cuban-twitter-stir-unrest-ap-reports-n70531

https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-usaid-c0c7799be0b2fa7cad4c806565985fe2

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitter-zunzuneo-stir-unrest

https://apnews.com/general-news-5de7cd8b5aab4294aaef93aa06fd6fda

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/how-hillary-clinton-militarized-us-policy-in-honduras/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/04/usaid-latin-americans-cuba-rebellion-hiv-workshops

https://apnews.com/music-general-news-7c275c134f1b4a0ca3428929fcece82d

https://web.archive.org/web/20240622164647/https:/www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/Disinformation-Primer.pdf

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-reorganization-of-usaid-will-not-change-its-promotion-of-exploitation/

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20250212/117881/HHRG-119-JU00-20250212-SD003-U3.pdf

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/06/musk-doge-usaid/

https://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/9-121-14-002-p.pdf

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-struggle-for-middle-east-democracy/

https://jacobin.com/2022/02/maidan-protests-neo-nazis-russia-nato-crimea

https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/georgia

https://adst.org/2016/02/winning-the-peace-usaid-and-the-demobilization-of-the-nicaraguan-contras/

https://web.archive.org/web/20170815101734/https://legcounsel.house.gov/Comps/Foreign%20Assistance%20Act%20Of%201961.pdf

https://www.jstor.org/stable/159742?read-now=1&seq=16#page_scan_tab_contents

https://web.archive.org/web/20180527183738/https://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/stabilization/

https://web.archive.org/web/20031119001121/http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/400/fsa.pdf

https://afsa.org/usaid-60-enduring-purpose-complex-legacy

https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/08/13/teaching-torture-the-death-and-legacy-of-dan-mitrione/

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-01601R000800260001-8.pdf

https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/AUPress/Books/B_0156_CELESKI_SPECIAL_AIR_WARFARE_AND_THE_SECRET_WAR_IN_LAOS_AIR_COMMANDOS_1964_1975.pdf

https://afsa.org/sites/default/files/vietnamArchivedContentFromFSJ008.pdf

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/11/haiti-and-the-failed-promise-of-us-aid

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56201575

This week, Madeline and David discuss USAID!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/02/14/usaid-controversy-live-updates-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-temporarily-restore-foreign-aid-funding/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-canceling-foreign-aid-awards-in-place-before-his-inauguration/

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP74B00415R000300070019-8.pdf

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA

-RDP79T00975A027700010040-0.pdf

https://digitalcommons.csp.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1038&context=hmong-studies_hohp

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001000080025-2.pdf

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001000080025-2.pdf

https://www.newsweek.com/lefts-goal-usaid-reform-finally-accomplished-trump-opinion-2029951

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/08/04/report-u-s-aid-used-hiv-program-in-cuba-to-foment-rebellion/

https://apnews.com/music-general-news-548798feb950406d8e23186e77359f8f

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/u-s-secretly-built-cuban-twitter-stir-unrest-ap-reports-n70531

https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-usaid-c0c7799be0b2fa7cad4c806565985fe2

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitter-zunzuneo-stir-unrest

https://apnews.com/general-news-5de7cd8b5aab4294aaef93aa06fd6fda

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/how-hillary-clinton-militarized-us-policy-in-honduras/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/04/usaid-latin-americans-cuba-rebellion-hiv-workshops

https://apnews.com/music-general-news-7c275c134f1b4a0ca3428929fcece82d

https://web.archive.org/web/20240622164647/https:/www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/Disinformation-Primer.pdf

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-reorganization-of-usaid-will-not-change-its-promotion-of-exploitation/

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20250212/117881/HHRG-119-JU00-20250212-SD003-U3.pdf

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/06/musk-doge-usaid/

https://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/9-121-14-002-p.pdf

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-struggle-for-middle-east-democracy/

https://jacobin.com/2022/02/maidan-protests-neo-nazis-russia-nato-crimea

https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/georgia

https://adst.org/2016/02/winning-the-peace-usaid-and-the-demobilization-of-the-nicaraguan-contras/

https://web.archive.org/web/20170815101734/https://legcounsel.house.gov/Comps/Foreign%20Assistance%20Act%20Of%201961.pdf

https://www.jstor.org/stable/159742?read-now=1&seq=16#page_scan_tab_contents

https://web.archive.org/web/20180527183738/https://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/stabilization/

https://web.archive.org/web/20031119001121/http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/400/fsa.pdf

https://afsa.org/usaid-60-enduring-purpose-complex-legacy

https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/08/13/teaching-torture-the-death-and-legacy-of-dan-mitrione/

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-01601R000800260001-8.pdf

https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/AUPress/Books/B_0156_CELESKI_SPECIAL_AIR_WARFARE_AND_THE_SECRET_WAR_IN_LAOS_AIR_COMMANDOS_1964_1975.pdf

https://afsa.org/sites/default/files/vietnamArchivedContentFromFSJ008.pdf

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/11/haiti-and-the-failed-promise-of-us-aid

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56201575

This week, David and Madeline wrap up our three-part series on the Haitian Revolution!This episode is a little louder than usual so start it quieter to be kind to your ears because Madeline's voice is SHRILL.

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Henochsberg2016.pdf

https://jacobin.com/2017/01/haiti-reparations-france-slavery-colonialism-debt/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/americas/haiti-history-colonized-france.html

https://nyujilp.org/frances-overdue-debt-to-haiti/#_ftn3

https://www.jstor.org/stable/44148455

https://www.jstor.org/stable/42843715

https://www.cadtm.org/The-evolution-of-wealth-inequalities-over-the-last-two-centuries

https://www.projectmanifest.eu/the-french-society-of-friends-of-black-people-1788-1799-en-fr/

https://revolution.chnm.org/d/290

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/haiti-wall-street-us-banks.html

James,The Black Jacobins: Toussaint Louverture and the San Domingo Revolution

 Douglas,Making The Black Jacobins:C.L.R. James and the Drama of History

 Cesaire,Return to my Native Land

 https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/171.html

 Williams,Capitalism and Slavery

 Peabody:“There Are No Slaves in France”

Geggus, David, ed.The Haitian Revolution: A Documentary History

M. de C.Makandal, Histoire Veritable

Popkin,A Concise History of the Haitian Revolution

This week, David and Madeline talk about the Haitian Revolution!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/

SOURCES:

⁠http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Henochsberg2016.pdf⁠

⁠https://jacobin.com/2017/01/haiti-reparations-france-slavery-colonialism-debt/⁠

⁠https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/americas/haiti-history-colonized-france.html⁠

⁠https://nyujilp.org/frances-overdue-debt-to-haiti/#_ftn3⁠

⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/44148455⁠

⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/42843715⁠

⁠https://www.cadtm.org/The-evolution-of-wealth-inequalities-over-the-last-two-centuries⁠

⁠https://www.projectmanifest.eu/the-french-society-of-friends-of-black-people-1788-1799-en-fr/⁠

⁠https://revolution.chnm.org/d/290⁠

⁠https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/haiti-wall-street-us-banks.html⁠

James, The Black Jacobins: Toussaint Louverture and the San Domingo Revolution

 Douglas, Making The Black Jacobins: C.L.R. James and the Drama of History

 Cesaire, Return to my Native Land

 ⁠https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/171.html⁠

 Williams, Capitalism and Slavery

 Peabody: “There Are No Slaves in France”

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