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HEADS UP: One of the voices on mic here, Hayder, has been accused of sexual harassment in a university position in Lahore. We’re discussing what to do with this episode, but for right now, please be aware of this and choose to listen accordingly.
Way back in November of 2018, before we got mics that sounded good, we did an installment of our Patreon-exclusive Dialectics After Dark episodes and we had a lengthy segment talking about the biography of John Brown and the raid on Harper's Ferry.
John Brown is back in the news, so we wanted to release that segment for popular consumption!
(Also, when Ethan starts talking about wool-buyers vs. wool-growers/sellers, he meant the opposite; as in, John Brown unionized people who owned sheep and sold wool. F**k the wool-buyers)
Outro: "John Brown's Body" by Pete Seeger
Comrades!
We are hard at work on the Stalin Eras, as you all know. Part 3 in particular, given the Moscow Trials, The Military Trial, Ezhovchina, and other major topics, this episode in particular has taken a LOT of work. We have also uncovered a bunch of archival material that we hope will...
Published 11/11/24
In the discussion for Part Two of “The Stalin Eras”, the gang responds to questions from Jen (aka Big Nasty), host of How the Red Was Won and overall badass comrade. The years in focus are, again, 1930-1934, and based upon the previous episode (which you should listen to if you haven't already).
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Published 11/04/24