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We're also joined by special guest Peyton Hoey, a local activist and substitute teacher in the Hillsborough County School District.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought the world to the brink of all out war, with devastating consequences if NATO were to intervene. How did we get here? Why did Russia invade Ukraine? What was the role of the American empire in the 2014 coup in Ukraine and the ensuing 8 year civil war? How could this war have been avoided? What should anti-imperialists be demanding from our government? We answer all this and more as we lay out the context for this world historic event underway now.

Chris Tonsel, a 17 year old Chris Tonsel was shot in the stomach by SPPD officer Leighton Williams unjustly, is stuck in jail unable to pay bail while fighting off bogus charges! To support him as well as celebrate Black History month, we'll be giving away 10 black Liberation books to the first 10 listeners who donate to Chris's Bail Fund! For more info, visit our Facebook at https://facebook.com/TheRuthlessTruthRadio/ !

The Omicron variant is spreading like wildfire across the world, with over a million new cases per day in the US, despite testing being hard to come by. Workers are being forced to go in sick as hospitals are overrun, all while Biden declares that there is "no federal solution" as profits are put over people once again.

How did we get here? Why has the U.S. abandoned controlling the spread of the virus while China has eradicated the virus domestically?

What could have been done, and what would a socialist plan to deal with the pandemic look like? We discuss all this and more in this crucial episode.

During our last episode, we started to talk about the ways that we can transform our society out of capitalism and into socialism, and we talked specifically about reformism and why reform alone cannot save us. During today's episode we will define and discuss revolution, we will explore what revolutionaries mean when they say reform or revolution, exactly what is revolution.During our last episode, we started to talk about the ways that we can transform our society out of capitalism and into socialism, and we talked specifically about reformism and why reform alone cannot save us. During today's episode we will define and discuss revolution, we will explore what revolutionaries mean when they say reform or revolution, exactly what is revolution.

To help us with the discussion, today we have with us community organizers Ali Abdel-Qader, Andrew Yeack, and Jack Wallace.

Througout our Socialism 101 series, we've talked about what capitalism is and why it must go, how capitalism needs imperialism, the role of the state in maintaining the rule of capitalists, and what socialism is. If you're still with us at this point, I imagine you also agree that we need a new system, and I hope you agree that that system is socialism, a truly democratic government and economic system.

Now how do we get to socialism? This is a question that has been debated on in theory and in practice for centuries, and we offer our critiques of the reformist path in this episode today.

As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgivings, we should keep in mind that our Indigenous brothers and sisters will be mourning the death and exploitation of their ancestors. We will discuss what is known to Indigenous people as the National Day of mourning and Indigenous resistance.

We're happy to return to our Socialism 101 series with a topic we've been building up to throughout the series, what is socialism? In the context of the century long red scare that demonized and obfuscated it, and now it's rising popularity of socialism in the US, especially among people of color and younger people, it is especially important to clearly define socialism.

Join us as we define socialism as an economic system and a political project, and clear the misinformation and lies.