In this episode our erstwhile hosts tackle the question of "What the hell do you do with liberals?" Through many tangents, they try their best to address this age-old conundrum, even going so far as to analyze what exactly liberalism is.

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We continue our reading of the State and Revolution with Chapter Three, read by Paymyrant.

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Our reading of the State and Revolution continues with Catdad/the Angry Commie Lawyer's reading of Chapter Two.

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Reading the State and Revolution while we plan for our next episode, this is the first of the six-chapter work by Lenin written in 1917 and revised slightly in 1918 but never appended with the planned addition.

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In which we discuss the common pitfalls and dangers faced by revolutionary worker's states after a successful revolution.

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This week, Paymyrant interviews leftist game developer Colestia! We talk about leftist principles in gaming, inspirational theory, and much more.

Support Colestia's amazing work here:
colestia.itch.io
patreon.com/colestia

Works mentioned in episode:
Caliban and the Witch by Sylvia Federici
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jan-d-matthews-an-introduction-to-the-situationists

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This week we have a bonus episode, brought to you by Doc Plague. It is a reading of Mao's "Oppose Book Worship". Let us know what you think!

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In this episode, we discuss the post-revolutionary USSR and the destruction of agricultural forces that led to the market-reform adoption of the NEP in the wake of the civil war.

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In this episode the hosts and a guest share their stories of moving leftward over their lives in honor of May Day.

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The Plough and Stars hosts discuss the pre-revolutionary conditions of Tsarist Russia and the conditions that led up to the revolution, from the unique position of the Russian Empire in terms of ethnicity, to the freeing of the serfs.

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