Revolution and Ideology

It's not just the end of summer and BBQs, we discuss the real history of Labor Day.

We discuss the latest NBA strikes, why the media insists on calling them "boycotts," and more.

We discuss the Lowell Mill Girls, factory workers who fought for fair wages and safe conditions, and laid the groundwork for labor and feminist struggles to come.

We breakdown the new trailer from the Fred Hampton biopic "Judas and the Black Messiah" directed by Shaka King. Who was Fred Hampton? Who were the Black Panthers? Who was Hampton's "Judas?" All these answers and more!

We try to provide a "Socialism 101" in under 1 hour.

We discuss the significance of William Grimes and his work "Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave."

We discuss abolitionist writer and activist David Walker.

We discuss Nat Turner's 1831 slave revolt.

We discuss Jeffersonian Agrarianism, the Monroe Doctrine, and other foundations of the myth of "rugged individualism" and the seeds of United States international colonialism.

We discuss the warrior hero Tecumseh.