Red State Radio

By Hex

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Red State Radio episodes:

12.12.2020
Red State Read-Along: Settlers by J. Sakai, Chapters 9 & 10
Hex continues reading J. Sakai's "Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat". In this episode, we cover chapters 9 and 10, respectively 'Neocolonial Pacification in the United States', and '1950's Repression and the Decline of the Communist Party USA', which...
11.18.2020
Red State Read-Along: Settlers by J. Sakai, Chapters 5 & 6
Hex continues reading Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat by J. Sakai, with chapters 5 and 6. These chapters continue explaining the role European immigrant labor and large unions played in the imperial core around the time of World...
09.27.2020
Red State Read-Along: Settlers by J. Sakai, Chapters 1-3
Hex begins reading "Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat from Mayflower to Modern" by J. Sakai. Support protesters arrested recently in Louisville: https://bailproject.org/louisville/?form=donate Support protesters arrested recently in Austin: https://gogetfunding.com/help-austin-georgefloyd-protesters-facing-state-repression/?fbclid=IwAR2CqI
09.02.2020
Indigineity And The Jumma: The Chittagong Hill Tracts
Indigineity And The Jumma: The Chittagong Hill Tracts by Hex
07.10.2020
Red States: The DPRK Revisited
In this episode, Hex talks with a comrade about the politics of Korea, north and south. The article mentioned in the episode: https://tjen-folket.no/index.php/en/2020/05/14/the-august-incident-the-fight-against-the-right-opportunist-line-in-the-workers-party-of-korea/ Big thanks to all the supporters of the show on Patreon. If you would like to support the show,...
06.07.2020
Emergency Episode: Unrest in the United States
Hex talks about what's been going on in the last two weeks since the unrest sparked by George Floyd's death began. End song is "For Free?" by Hex Sources:https://www.nytimes.com/article/george-floyd-protests-timeline.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tim-walz-minnesota-governor-fully-mobilizes-national-guard-first-time-in-history-george-floyd-death-protests/ https://www.wftv.com/news/local/orange-county/protesters-gather-outside-orange-county-home-minneapolis-police-officer-involved-george-floyd-case-deputies-say/UY2HKGAMHFEYBJPTWBCIK5RUS4/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/protests-looting-erupt-again-minneapolis-area-following-death-george-floyd-n1216881 https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/reports-of-shots-fired-at-nypd-88th-precinct-as-riots-erupt/ https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/mother-seeks-answers-from-austin-police-chief-following-death-of-her-son/ https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/politics/troops-deploying-washington-dc/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/politics/insurrection-act-trump-protesters/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/world/george-floyd-global-protests-intl/index.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOAp_LtzbPk https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/02/us/omaha-bar-owner-black-protester-trnd/index.html Bail/General Financial Support: Mike Ramos Brigade Venmo: @MSMRB Cashapp: $MikeRamosBrigade 400 and 1 https://reparation.atlas.thrinacia.com/campaign/24/400-1-bail-fund
05.10.2020
Communism in the Age of Coronavirus
Hex talks about the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as how revolutionaries have handled pandemics in the past.
03.24.2020
Red State Read-along: "What is to Be Done?" by V. Lenin, Part 3
Hex continues reading from Lenin's classic, "What is to Be Done?"
03.24.2020
Red State Read-along: "What is to Be Done?" by V. Lenin, Part 4 and Conclusion
Hex concludes this reading of "What is to Be Done?" by Lenin.
03.24.2020
Red State Read-along: "What is to Be Done?" by V. Lenin, Part 2
Hex continues reading from Lenin's classic, "What is to Be Done?"
03.24.2020
Red State Read-along: "What is to Be Done?" by V. Lenin, Part 1
Hex begins Lenin's famous work: "What is to Be Done?"
02.01.2020
Iran: Revolution and Reform
In this episode, Hex discusses the history of Iran from its foundations way back in the BCE to its modern tensions with the west and especially the US. Honestly way more interesting than Game of Thrones.
11.17.2019
Red State Radio: Anniversary Episode
Hex celebrates the anniversary of Red State Radio by recounting the events of the year (without a script :0)
11.04.2019
Red State Read-Along: Maoism in the US from Struggle Sessions
Hex reads Struggle Session's Maoism in the US, on Maoist praxis moving forward in the United States. Read it here: https://struggle-sessions.com/2019/10/11/maoism-in-the-us/
11.04.2019
Red State Read-Along: China: Socialist Development and Capitalist Restoration by Pao Yu-ching
Hex reads from Pao Yu-ching's work describing the building up of the productive forces, as well as working class power under Mao's socialism, and the subsequent fall of that power and production capacity after the coup by Deng Xiapoing. Read...
10.14.2019
Art, Propaganda, and the Working Class Art Movement (Feat. Sparkposter)
Hex talks art/class history. Then they interview a spokesperson from Sparkposter about the role of proletarian art. Big thanks to Sparkposter for the interview, long live revolutionary art! Outro Music - "Art Star" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs Now you can subscribe...
08.23.2019
Kashmir, the RSS and the BJP
Hex gives you a quick overview of the history and situation in Indian Kashmir.
06.21.2019
Red State Read-along: The Communist Party of Peru, Part 2
Hex finishes the book, covering the sections on the Military Line, Line of Construction of the Three Instruments, and the Mass Line. Theory made fun again!
06.13.2019
Red State Read-along: The General Political Line of the Communist Party of Peru, Part 1
Hex reads from the classic Maoist text, the General Political Line of the PCP. They laugh, they cry (not really), and they hope you have a good time listening.
04.08.2019
User's Guide to Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
Hex talks Maoism. What is it, where did it come from, why does the acronym make it look like a pyramid scheme?
02.10.2019
Radical Education: The Replication of Capitalism
Hex, Hazel, and Karma talk about education: Where it came from in the US, why it sucks, and where it could be! Did you really learn? Or did you learn to serve?
02.03.2019
Red States: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Hex talks about Venezuela, where it is today and how it got there. Hex gets pretty bummed. Further Reading: https://venezuelanalysis.com/tag/communes https://www.telesurenglish.net/opinion/Venezuelan-Food-Company-Caught-Burying-Alive-Millions-of-Chicks-20171113-0013.html https://www.telesurenglish.net/analysis/Shortages-Smuggling-and-Paramilitaries-in-Venezuela-20150821-0034.html https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Opposition-Violence-Responsible-for-23-Venezuelans-Burned-Alive-20170723-0010.html https://popularresistance.org/world-ignores-opposition-violence-at-venezuela-protests/
01.15.2019
Total and Complete Anarchy: An Interview
Hex interviews their anarchist comrades, Hazel and Dax, in order to get a better understanding of anarchism and the thought process behind it. Hex has to hold their tongue a little bit in order to stop this from being a...
12.26.2018
Red States: The DPRK
Hex talks about the DPRK. Is it an authoritarian wasteland or, more realistically, a normal place where normal people do normal stuff? Songs used in episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycdDHP7QfWo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDJwlUNiJBQ Constitution of the DPRK: https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Peoples_Republic_of_Korea_1998.pdf?lang=en The Taean Work System: http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-9558.html Documentaries to Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSd48emp0lI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8o2wG3KUGk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qS8w9PIR7I "The Propaganda Game" on Netflix
11.23.2018
All the Cool Kids are doing Socialism
Hex talks socialism. How do we bring it here? That's like asking how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop: sometimes you just gotta bite it.
11.18.2018
Post-Capitalist Possibilities, or: The Apocalypse Isn't So Bad (feat. Dax)
Hex is joined by Dax to talk about what could happen if we don't build socialism. The future has never looked so. . .bleak.
11.17.2018
Neoliberalism, Imperialism, and other Headaches
Hex talks about what it means to live in Neoliberalism. It sucks, go figure.
11.17.2018
The (Abridged) History of Capitalism
Hex talks history. There are winners and losers. All of *us* are losers, but you already knew that.

What's Red State Radio about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Red State Radio episodes:

Red State Read-Along: Settlers by J. Sakai, Chapters 9 & 10

Red State Read-Along: Settlers by J. Sakai, Chapters 5 & 6

Red State Read-Along: Settlers by J. Sakai, Chapters 1-3

Indigineity And The Jumma: The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Red States: The DPRK Revisited

Emergency Episode: Unrest in the United States

Communism in the Age of Coronavirus

Red State Read-along: "What is to Be Done?" by V. Lenin, Part 3

Red State Read-along: "What is to Be Done?" by V. Lenin, Part 4 and Conclusion

Red State Read-along: "What is to Be Done?" by V. Lenin, Part 2

Red State Read-along: "What is to Be Done?" by V. Lenin, Part 1

Iran: Revolution and Reform

Red State Radio: Anniversary Episode

Red State Read-Along: Maoism in the US from Struggle Sessions

Red State Read-Along: China: Socialist Development and Capitalist Restoration by Pao Yu-ching

Art, Propaganda, and the Working Class Art Movement (Feat. Sparkposter)

Kashmir, the RSS and the BJP

Red State Read-along: The Communist Party of Peru, Part 2

Red State Read-along: The General Political Line of the Communist Party of Peru, Part 1

User's Guide to Marxism-Leninism-Maoism

Radical Education: The Replication of Capitalism

Red States: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Total and Complete Anarchy: An Interview

Red States: The DPRK

All the Cool Kids are doing Socialism

Post-Capitalist Possibilities, or: The Apocalypse Isn't So Bad (feat. Dax)

Neoliberalism, Imperialism, and other Headaches

The (Abridged) History of Capitalism