Boy revolutions can be a nasty business, eh? Especially that French one. It was kind of a pain in the neck, but once it was over it was a weight off of a lot of people's shoulders, am I right?

This week rotund podcast hosts Dan and Jack take a look at Marx's writings on the French Revolution in an effort to understand what political revolutions can and cannot accomplish. Is there ever a right time for revolution? Or will they always end in bloody tragedy?

Reading: "The French Revolution and the terror: the achievements and limits of political revolution" from The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx by Shlomo Avineri (1968)

47. Terror: Marx on the Limits of Political Revolution | Shlomo Avineri

We discuss the ongoing fight over the drug pricing component of the reconciliation bill and critique a report from the Congressional Budget Office that makes some incredible claims about the bill's impact on the pharmaceutical industries.

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Our guest today is Geoffrey Botkin. Geoffrey, along with his sons, owns TRex-arms, and are very serious about training and arming the modern day minute-man. He hosts the podcast “Stand Up And Lead”.
Geoffrey understand the need for us to articulate misplaced truths and lessons about family dynamics, and the strength of the family institution. His works in progress include a documentary on the role families can play in the development of civil society. 
He also publishes materials through the Western Conservatory of the Arts and Sciences, primarily for leaders in the United States, Europe and Africa.
1) On your podcast you recently had an episode titled, “When Cops Run Out of Ammo” focused on the cautionary tale that South Africa has become. Talk to us about that.
2) We have borrowed our theme today from the name of your organization. Tell us about the purpose and mission of “Stand Up And Lead”.
3) Your TRex-arms website’s stated focus is on “training and arming the modern day minute-man”. What do you mean when you say “minute-man”?
4) Last week we learned that David Chipman’s nomination to the head of NRA has finally been withdrawn. The NRA is a regulatory body that is run by unelected officials and they have incredible power over our individual lives. What have you learned about the ATF and what is your opinion of what should be done about their powers?
5) We began this interview talking about unrest in South Africa. Most people are unaware of what is happening there, but we are watching in embarrassment and horror at what is going on in Afghanistan. From your experience, what do you think will happen in Afghanistan next?

GunFreedomRadio EP343 Stand Up And Lead with Geoffrey Botkin

How the U.S. destroyed Afghanistan

Past and present U.S. officials are blaming each other for their defeat in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the corporate media are portraying the brutal 20-year occupation as a humanitarian mission, an attempt to modernize the country. Learn why the Taliban are themselves the direct result of U.S. intervention in Afghanistan and why this is a failed imperialist project.

Why we need a revolutionary party

In the U.S., we live in a system based on oppression and exploitation. Through struggle, we can make some improvements. But only a revolution can end this oppression. Hear why a revolution is only possible when led by a militant, class-conscious revolutionary party.

Virtual Forum: How the U.S. Destroyed Afghanistan & Why We Need a Revolutionary Party

All revolutionary processes are educational. From organizing meetings and study groups to writing protest speeches and propaganda before the revolutionary moment to creating new revolutionary educational and cultural institutions and training teachers and specialists after the seizure of power, revolution is educational through and through. Yet exactly what kind of educational operations does revolution entail, and how can we understand and practice them?

It is precisely these questions that Paulo Freire addressed in his classic work, Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

One hundred years after his birth in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, Freire’s name is widely recognized and, relatively speaking, so too is his canonical text. Yet the book is referenced or discussed more than it is deeply engaged. This is particularly evident when Freire’s work is severed from its revolutionary Marxist orientation [1].

While it’s often taken as an abstract guide-book for how to teach, Pedagogy of the Oppressed is really a theoretical reflection on his own experiences teaching peasants how to read and write, a theory he extends to revolutionary movements, leadership, and organization. After spending 70 days in prison for “treachery” [teaching poor peasants to read and write], he was exiled from Brazil following the military junta in 1964. He eventually settled in Chile, which is where he wrote Pedagogy of the Oppressed. The book has been targeted by the right wing in the U.S. (it is currently banned from public schools in Arizona). It addresses the educational components of revolutionary movements and, as such, it is littered with references to Marx, Lenin, Fanon, and others. Specifically, the book is concerned with how the revolutionary leadership pushes the struggle forward, or how it teaches and learns from the masses in struggle.

Read the full article:
https://liberationschool.org/paulo-freire-and-revolutionary-leadership/

Paulo Freire’s centennial: Political pedagogy for revolutionary organizations

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-teslas are piece of shit cars that kill people
-crush car culture
-marcus does not want to travel into the past
-could you be god with a machine gun in medievel times
-china continues to fight the scourge of videogames
-american civil war over coca-cola
-china attempts to fight idol culture, western media reports on it in the wrong way
-fighter pilots do not matter
-joe rogan gets covid and credits ivermectin and not monoclonal antibody therapy
-the biggest podcasts
-serial is still happening?
-going on twitter to get your opinion on things
-marcus discovers the herman cain awards
-idris elba was born to play knuckles
-apple and epic both lose
-have we hit peak battle royale games?
-battle royales are just roguelikes
-video game chat
-jake from state farm
-dune nfts
-half of americans cannot afford a one-bedroom apartment
-ebooks are editing what we read
-stephen king should just steal his next book from a manga
-marcus is playing fights in tight spaces
-smith recommends malignant
-seth is reading oathbringer

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AOC's dress, Norm Macdonald, Tulsi's trip to Africa, US drone strike kills an aid worker. Finally, we break our brains a bit with a Thomas Friedman opinion article     



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