The Movements: A Podcast History of the Masses

By The Movements History Podcast

What's The Movements: A Podcast History of the Masses about?

The Movements is a podcast history of the working class, anti-fascists, revolutionaries, women, people of color, and liberation movements. My history shows are narrative driven and audiobook style, with a focus on historical analysis from a Marxist perspective. History Eps = Scripted Drama, Scholarly AnalysisStallin' For Time Shows = Opinion, Cuss WordsSupport the show by donating at https://www.patreon.com/movementspod

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The Movements: A Podcast History of the Masses episodes:

11.24.2022
Guatemala and Cuba #3 - ¡Patria o Muerte!
Fulgencio Batista has fled Cuba and the Cuban Revolutionaries are victorious. As Fidel Castro implements a revolution from above, the Latin American bourgeoisie and Central Intelligence Agency plot a destabilization campaign (modeled after the 1954 coup against Jacobo Arbenz). Guatemalan...
09.15.2022
TEASER: Guatemala and Cuba #3 - ¡Patria o Muerte!
Full Episode available in October 2022! Support The Movements on Patreon Subscribe to the PodcastApple PodcastsGoogleSpotifyStitcherSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/movementspod) royalty free music by Giorgio Di Campo freesoundmusic.eu youtube.com/freesoundmusicSupport the showSupport The Movements on Patreon Subscribe to the Podcast Apple Podcasts Google Spotify...
05.09.2022
Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Historical background with Adam Patterson
Adam returns to the show to discuss the historical context for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. We discuss Ukraine and Russia's relationship within the Soviet Union, the shock privatization of the post-Soviet Russian economy, Yeltsin's 1993 attack on the Russian parliament,...
08.13.2021
The Spanish Civil War - Special Edition
Comrade KG shows off months of training in long-form narration by re-recording the show's first episode from 2016. Plus an update on the future of the show. Skip to 7:59 to get straight to the content. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/movementspod)
01.01.2021
Guatemala and Cuba #2 - Iron Discipline
Che Guevara links up with Cuban revolutionaries in Guatemala, but is forced to leave the country after the US sponsored coup against moderate President Jacobo Arbenz. Communists and the left are being persecuted throughout Latin America, sending them into exile...
10.16.2020
The Weapon of Theory by Amilcar Cabral (Audiobook with Intro)
An experimental episode! An audiobook adaptation of "The Weapon of Theory", by Amilcar Cabral. Brief intro and foreword by Comrade KG, host of The Movements. *** The Weapon of Theory by Amilcar Cabral Published on the Marxists Internet Archive (www.marxists.org) https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/cabral/1966/weapon-theory.htm Foreword, The War...
07.05.2020
Guatemala and Cuba's Revolutions #1 - The Latinx Spring
In 1944, a wave of Democratization hits Latin America. After generations of semi-feudal labor conditions under successive liberal dictatorships, Guatemalan school teachers rise up and overthrow the regime. Inspired by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, these New Deal reformers join with indigenous...
06.07.2020
Stallin' For Time: Democratic Socialism From Harrington to Sanders with Historian Doug Enaa Greene
Marxist historian, researcher and biographer of Auguste Blanqui and Michael Harrington joins the show to discuss the life and career of Democratic Socialists of America's founder, the Sanders campaign and what lies ahead in this new period of American politics. Read...
05.30.2020
Stallin' For Time: The Twin Cities Uprising and Beyond
Adam returns to the show to discuss the unprecedented, still-growing uprising sparked by the murder of George Floyd. Simultaneously terrified and excited, we discuss the possibilities, good and bad, and the remarkable tactics that demonstrators have used to consistently defeat...
01.10.2020
The Russian Revolution #8 - In One Country
Peasant uprisings break out throughout revolutionary Russia, forcing the Communist Party to acknowledge their excesses during civil war. The Kronstadt revolt forces communists to weigh the legitimate grievances of the sailors against the real threat of SR-White Russian resurgence. Emergency...
08.28.2019
The Russian Revolution #7 - To End All Wars
The Great War is winding down, but new wars break out throughout Europe and beyond. A year of siege from the right-wing, foriegn armies and leftist rivals fails to dislodge the Bolsheviks from power, but famine and civil war have...
08.14.2019
Stallin' For Time: American Genocidaires with Adam Patterson
It's going to be a heavy one. Adam returns to discuss his latest piece on the mounting warning signs that the far-right is preparing for a wider atrocity, citing pre-genocide historical conditions in Rwanda, Nazi Germany, British South Africa, and...
07.27.2019
Stallin' For Time: Puerto Rican Protests
Manuel returns to the show to provide context and explain the protests that toppled Ricardo Rossello in Puerto Rico.Support the showSupport The Movements on Patreon Subscribe to the Podcast Apple Podcasts Google Spotify Stitcher Twitter @movementspod Support the...
06.11.2019
Stallin' For Time: War with Venezuela and Iran with Adam Patterson
Adam returns to discuss what a war with Iran would look like, with a focus on the resourcefulness and strength of the revolutionary guards. Followed by a discussion on Venezuela and the possibility of civil war with US backing. Support the...
05.01.2019
Stallin' For Time: Labor and Law with Judy Cotter
Stallin' For Time is back! Judy Cotter (Twitter @UnionSaltBae) joins the show to discuss labor struggle and how to improve the US Constitution. I'd rather replace it entirely, but this is a big tent podcast. Also, and update on the...
02.02.2019
The Russian Revolution #6 - Year One
The Russian Revolution enters a new phase as the Bolsheviks successfully take power and form a coalition with the Left SRs. A new Constituent Assembly is elected, but out of date candidate lists leave the results in question. The Reds...
10.29.2018
The Russian Revolution #5 - Red October
Dual power is falling apart. After the uprising of the July Days and the disastrous Kerensky offensive, the Provisional Government looks to the military for help against the Soviet. The new Prime Minister Kerensky appoints a right-wing general as Commander-in-Chief...
07.15.2018
The Russian Revolution #4 - Peace, Bread, Land
The Tsar has fallen, but The Provisional Government and Petrograd Soviet struggle over the future of the revolution. Crisis after crisis reveal the instability of Dual Power, as the masses grow increasingly distrustful of of both. The masses refuse to...
06.28.2018
Stallin' For Time: Ethnic Cleansing & Genocide
A heavy episode on the common trends that lead to ethnic cleansing and genocide, as well as forms of denial during and after. Ask yourself if any of these sound familiar. Adam returns to the show where we examine the...
05.11.2018
The Russian Revolution #3 - The Reds Return
Reform has failed and the Social Democratic Parties of Europe have failed to stop the war. As the European war grinds the working class and peasantry like meat, a demonstration by proletarian women revives the Russian Revolution. The Tsar orders...
04.30.2018
Stallin' For Time: Sex Workers Against FOSTA SESTA with Janis Luna
Janis Luna stops joins the show to talk about sex worker resistance against the new laws, Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA) and Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA). We also discuss the history of...
04.08.2018
Stallin' For Time: Adam Patterson's Syria Update
Adam returns to provide an update on the Syrian Civil War, focusing on the Turkish occupation of Afrin, the future of salafist jihadism, and Assad's brutal progress taking rebel territory, with apologies to dentists. Plus, some raw thoughts on Israel's...
02.11.2018
The Russian Revolution #2 - Reform, Or...
The first Russian Revolution has failed. The Tsar dissolves the Duma at will and refuses to make concessions to the liberal parties of the Duma. The socialists are driven underground, imprisoned or exiled in large numbers. As the Social Democratic...
01.01.2018
The Russian Revolution #1 - The Spark
The Russian Empire is a century behind the rest of Europe. Serfdom is abolished, but the free peasantry is forced to pay exorbitant prices to their former lords for inferior land. New classes of the industrial working class and middle...
12.31.2017
Stallin' For Time: The Last Jedi
Special bonus NYE Stallin' For Time just for fun! Miranda joins the show to talk Star Wars and capitalism, plus silliness on New Year's Eve.Support the showSupport The Movements on Patreon Subscribe to the Podcast Apple Podcasts Google Spotify...
12.23.2017
Stallin' For Time: Harriet Tubman and Liberation Struggle with Jonelle
Jonelle tells us about her favorite liberators and resistance movements. We discuss the guerilla tactics used by Harriet Tubman. It gets real.The Movements is a leftist history and politics podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Google Play. Find us...
09.24.2017
The Colonization of Palestine Part 4: Catastrophe
The Palestine national movement is left reeling after the rebellion is crushed by the British and Yishuv. The Zionist movements strategy of simultaneously collaborating with and subverting the British is paying off, as the British provide training and combat experience...
08.31.2017
The Colonization of Palestine Part 3: The Arab Question
Palestine is erupting and the British struggle to maintain control. While the Jewish economy rapidly develops, the fellahin move to the cities as wage laborers in greater numbers. Working class Palestinians and Middle Eastern Jews co-habitate in mixed cities, but...
08.02.2017
Puerto Rican Debt Crisis with Manuel Venero
Army veteran and comrade Manuel Venero explains the Puerto Rican Debt crisis and the colonial relationship between the Island and the Empire. Also, Puppets.Support the showSupport The Movements on Patreon Subscribe to the Podcast Apple Podcasts Google Spotify Stitcher...
07.06.2017
Salafist Threats to Hamas in Gaza with Adam Patterson
Adam joins the show to discuss the emergence of small salafist militant groups in Gaza and their ongoing conflict with Hamas. Adam explains the difference between Sunni Islamist politics and salafist jihadism in the context of the Israeli government's policy...
06.25.2017
The Colonization of Palestine Part 2: A New Jew
The Ottoman Empire is no more. The British have won the Great War, becoming "the Iron Wall" sought by the Zionist movement to strengthen their political position in Palestine. The Zionist Commission negotiates with Arab nationalist leaders outside of Palestine,...
05.14.2017
The Colonization of Palestine Part 1: From the Pale to the Settlements
Zionism, the nationalist movement to establish a Jewish state, was born out of the broken promise of European Liberalism and enlightenment values. As pogroms and anti-semitic conspiracy theories spread throughout Europe, Jewish intellectuals inspired by Nationalism set out to create...
04.08.2017
Adam Patterson on Assad, Daesh and the YPG/YPJ
Adam returns to the show to discuss the upcoming offensive in Raqqa, Chemical Weapons in Syria and Bashar Al-Assad. Also, I chastise the left for developing a poor analysis of Syria based on our own projections, and proceed to do...
03.28.2017
The Spanish Civil War Part 4: Your Children Will Be Next
Franco smashes the already exhausted Republicans as the Nationalists drive towards the sea, splitting the Republic in half. Hitler continues to grab land and expand his borders while the Nazi holocaust begins to take shape. While Britain, France and the...
03.09.2017
The Spanish Civil War Part 3: Comrades
The war is going badly for the Republic. As Franco consolidates power in the Nationalist zone, the divisions between the revolutionaries and the communists and right-socialists continue to deepen. Franco and his fascist allies seize control of the north and...
02.20.2017
Mechi Anais Estevez Cruz on Dominican History and Resisting White Supremacy
Owner of Una Vaina Bien Spanish and anti-imperialist educator Mechi Anais Estevez Cruz joins the podcast to discuss the legacy of Rafael Trujillo and his cult of personality, as well as anti-fascist and liberation struggle, and Lil Wayne. Visit Mechi's...
01.03.2017
Adam Patterson on The Spanish Civil War and Anti-Fascism in the Age of Trump
Adam Patterson drops by the podcast to discuss terror bombings from the air, guerilla tactics, the history of fascism and the relevance of anti-fascist history in the age of Trump. Adam Patterson is an analyst of armed conflict who specializes...
12.12.2016
The Spanish Civil War Part 2: ¡No Pasarán!
Having defeated the coup, the militias of the Popular Front struggle to hold onto territory as the rebel generals control the bulk of the armed forces. The anarchists and the marxist POUM launch a social revolution, irking the anti-revolutionary socialists...
11.09.2016
The Spanish Civil War Part 1: If You Tolerate This
In 1936, the first international fight against fascism began in Spain. Working and middle class leftists from the United States to Germany to China traveled to Spain to defend the Spanish Republic against a right-wing coalition of Spanish nationalists, Italian...

What's The Movements: A Podcast History of the Masses about?

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The Movements: A Podcast History of the Masses episodes:

Guatemala and Cuba #3 - ¡Patria o Muerte!

TEASER: Guatemala and Cuba #3 - ¡Patria o Muerte!

Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Historical background with Adam Patterson

The Spanish Civil War - Special Edition

Guatemala and Cuba #2 - Iron Discipline

The Weapon of Theory by Amilcar Cabral (Audiobook with Intro)

Guatemala and Cuba's Revolutions #1 - The Latinx Spring

Stallin' For Time: Democratic Socialism From Harrington to Sanders with Historian Doug Enaa Greene

Stallin' For Time: The Twin Cities Uprising and Beyond

The Russian Revolution #8 - In One Country

The Russian Revolution #7 - To End All Wars

Stallin' For Time: American Genocidaires with Adam Patterson

Stallin' For Time: Puerto Rican Protests

Stallin' For Time: War with Venezuela and Iran with Adam Patterson

Stallin' For Time: Labor and Law with Judy Cotter

The Russian Revolution #6 - Year One

The Russian Revolution #5 - Red October

The Russian Revolution #4 - Peace, Bread, Land

Stallin' For Time: Ethnic Cleansing & Genocide

The Russian Revolution #3 - The Reds Return

Stallin' For Time: Sex Workers Against FOSTA SESTA with Janis Luna

Stallin' For Time: Adam Patterson's Syria Update

The Russian Revolution #2 - Reform, Or...

The Russian Revolution #1 - The Spark

Stallin' For Time: The Last Jedi

Stallin' For Time: Harriet Tubman and Liberation Struggle with Jonelle

The Colonization of Palestine Part 4: Catastrophe

The Colonization of Palestine Part 3: The Arab Question

Puerto Rican Debt Crisis with Manuel Venero

Salafist Threats to Hamas in Gaza with Adam Patterson

The Colonization of Palestine Part 2: A New Jew

The Colonization of Palestine Part 1: From the Pale to the Settlements

Adam Patterson on Assad, Daesh and the YPG/YPJ

The Spanish Civil War Part 4: Your Children Will Be Next

The Spanish Civil War Part 3: Comrades

Mechi Anais Estevez Cruz on Dominican History and Resisting White Supremacy

Adam Patterson on The Spanish Civil War and Anti-Fascism in the Age of Trump

The Spanish Civil War Part 2: ¡No Pasarán!

The Spanish Civil War Part 1: If You Tolerate This