History isn't made by kings and politicians, it's made by all of us. This podcast is about how we, together, have fought for a better world. Become a paid subscriber, support our work and listen ad-free with early access and exclusive bonus episodes at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.
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Part nostalgia trip, part confessional, part masterclass in unconventional success—this is no ordinary interview podcast. In Class Clown, Seann Walsh chats to the boldest rule-breakers in entertainment, uncovering the wild tales of childhood chaos, brushes with disaster, and the personal battles that shaped them. But beneath the mischief lies a powerful thread—how the very traits that caused trouble early on became the unexpected fuel for their biggest achievements. Expect laugh-out-loud mem ...
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Discussing political philosophy, current events, activism, and the inevitable historical downfall of capitalism from a revolutionary leftist perspective.
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Daily briefings of On This Day people's history anniversaries every day of the year. From the Working Class History team. Help support our work by joining us on patreon and accessing exclusive content and benefits: patreon.com/workingclasshistory
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Who Makes Cents?: A History of Capitalism Podcast is a monthly program devoted to bringing you quality, engaging stories that explain how capitalism has changed over time. We interview historians and social and cultural critics about capitalism's past, highlighting the political and economic changes that have created the present. Each episode gives voice to the people who have shaped capitalism – by making the rules or by breaking them, by creating economic structures or by resisting them.
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You might think you know what it takes to lead a happier life… more money, a better job, or Instagram-worthy vacations. You’re dead wrong. Yale professor Dr. Laurie Santos has studied the science of happiness and found that many of us do the exact opposite of what will truly make our lives better. Based on the psychology course she teaches at Yale -- the most popular class in the university’s 300-year history -- Laurie will take you through the latest scientific research and share some surpr ...
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A podcast that critically examines the working-class struggle through the lens of MMT or Modern Monetary Theory. Host Steve Grumbine, founder of Real Progressives, provides incisive political commentary and showcases grassroots activism. Join us for a robust, unfiltered exploration of economic issues that impact the working class, as we challenge the status quo and prioritize collective well-being over profit. This is comfort food for the mind, fueling our fight for justice and equity!
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Deep into History is a podcast that explores some of History's greatest moments. I'm Arjun, I'm a tale spinner, and I spin our lore into epic stories just for you. You can support my work at: www.patreon.com/deepintohistory Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Tim Ferriss is a self-experimenter and bestselling author, best known for The 4-Hour Workweek, which has been translated into 40+ languages. Newsweek calls him "the world's best human guinea pig," and The New York Times calls him "a cross between Jack Welch and a Buddhist monk." In this show, he deconstructs world-class performers from eclectic areas (investing, chess, pro sports, etc.), digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and tricks that listeners can use.
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Retired Navy SEAL, Jocko Willink and Director, Echo Charles discuss discipline and leadership in business, war, relationships and everyday life.
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(Formerly dotprole) Southern working-class podcast from a leftist perspective. We talk about current issues affecting Southerners, Southern history, and we make fun of Yankees! Find us at https://linktr.ee/wlotspod
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Welcome to the podcast of the German Historical Institute London, a research centre for German and British academics and students in the heart of Bloomsbury. The GHIL is a research base for historians of all eras working on colonial history and global relations or the history of Great Britain and Ireland, and also provides a meeting point for UK historians whose research concerns the history of the German-speaking lands. In each podcast episode, ranging from interviews to lecture recordings, ...
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Bringing you the history of leftists of color one swipe at a time. This podcast is hosted by Left POCket Project creator Wendi Muse & her co-host Richard. Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/13trBKujjjBnmWHeDZcC5Z or search "LeftPOC" iTunes: ...
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Join host Jared Michael as he attempts to understand Canada’s contrarians. Working Class Roots. Free Speech Lens. Canadian Contrarians.
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Workers’ Liberty fights for socialist revolution, for the labour movement to militantly assert working class interests. Follow us! Find out more, and get involved at https://workersliberty.org • fb.me/workersliberty • twitter.com/workersliberty
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Working People: A podcast by, for, and about the working class today (now in partnership with In These Times magazine and The Real News Network). Working People is a podcast about working-class lives in 21st-century America. In every episode, you'll hear interviews with workers from around the country, from all walks of life. We'll talk about their life stories, their jobs, politics, and families, their joys and hopes and frustrations. Overall, Working People aims to share and celebrate the ...
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Becca has read all of Jane Austen's work. Molly literally does not know who Mrs. Bennet is. Together, they venture into Austen's world of romance, biting satire, and class struggles. Like Austen? Interested in a modern take? This is the podcast for you! Produced by Molly Burdick Audio production by Graham Cook Show art by Torrence Browne Transcriptions provided by SpeechDocs www.podandprejudice.com contact: [email protected]
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Welcome to Soothing History for Sleep — where calm voices meet wild stories from the past. Each episode blends gentle narration with cinematic storytelling to explore the most fascinating, strange, and forgotten moments in history. From lost civilizations and ancient myths to mysterious explorers and unbelievable true events, these are the tales that shaped our world — told to help you relax, unwind, and drift into deep, peaceful sleep. Lay back, close your eyes, and let history carry you aw ...
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A documentary series about class struggle and movement history. Each season covers one story told from the viewpoint of working-class people.
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Corporate capes? Working class heroes? It's a podcast about radical politics...told through some not so radical comic books.
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On Mondays, Jon Stewart hosts The Daily Show, but on Thursdays, he's back in your ears with The Weekly Show -- a podcast featuring in-depth conversations with a range of special guests. From experts and advocates, to stakeholders and thought leaders, we discuss the challenges, changes, and ideas that are shaping our world.
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The hosts of NPR's All Things Considered help you make sense of a major news story and what it means for you, in 15 minutes. New episodes six days a week, Sunday through Friday. Support NPR and get your news sponsor-free with Consider This+. Learn more at plus.npr.org/considerthis
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Citations Needed is a podcast about the intersection of media, PR, and power, hosted by Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson.
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Podcast taking a look at working class and radical literature, fiction and culture. Sister pod to Working Class History. Become a Paid Subscriber here to access exclusive bonus episodes: https://anchor.fm/workingclassliterature/subscribe
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The Socialism Conference is a four-day conference bringing together thousands of socialists and radical activists from around the country to take part in discussions about social movements, Marxism, abolition, working-class history, and the debates and strategies for organizing today. Every year, the Socialism conference aims to be a place where activists can share lessons from their struggles—from the BDS campaign for Palestine to the fight for gender liberation, from strike organizing and ...
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Unapologetic Liberal Talk on the right side of history, decency, dignity and democracy. Comedian, activist, Democratic Socialist, AKA: Real Democrat, Real Patriot looks at current events through an unapologetically liberal lens. Hear her "Tarabuster" at http://ProgressiveVoices.com Become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/taradevlin or click the support link above. Let’s vent, strategize and commiserate about those usurpers of the dreams of a functioning democracy, that greed-centered deat ...
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Organizing a collective platform for working class people to record, access and share the history of our ongoing struggles and wins in the international labor movement.
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The discrimination of women in working class America Cover art photo provided by rawpixel on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@rawpixel
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Rebel Matters is an international podcast from Belfast featuring wide-ranging conversations on the topics of anti-imperialism, culture, and resistance. The show first went out in 2017 and we have since covered a lot of ground from chats with artists and musicians, community activist, authors and people breaking new ground in their respective fields. Previous guests include Bernadette McAliskey, Radie Peat, Father Des Wilson, KNEECAP and President of Ireland Catherine Connolly. Rebel Matters ...
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A narrative non-fiction podcast about labor history, working class history, and the history of leftist social movements
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Serve The People & Save Our Ecosystem Through Working Class Solidarity!
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A deep dive into the strange obscure and relentlessly entertaining portions of human history. Married couple and armchair historians, Stephanie & Andrew, discuss the often overlooked parts of humanity. Whether the subject is an obscure event that has confused historians for centuries or a historical figure that doesn't get enough credit, we have you covered. New episodes available every other Monday!
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Educational podcast discussing global politics and resistance lessons to support people around the world creating or running a resistance movement with focus on nonviolence. Nonviolent resistance has been the most successful form or resistance throughout history and this podcast uses discussion to explain in a fun way how to create a resistance movement no matter where you are in the world.
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The Avery Messenger is a continuation of the work of former executive director Karen Chandler who created the Avery Messenger in 2003. The newsletter coincided with the 50th Anniversary planning of the last class of the Avery High School. Prior to the Avery Messenger the Avery Institute of Afro American History and Culture published the Avery Bulletin as its outreach arm to inform on the progress securing 125 Bull St and reaching former Averyites. As we embark on the next chapter of the Aver ...
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Welcome to the Inside Circle podcast with your host Eldra Jackson III. Eldra spent over a decade unlearning dangerous lessons about masculinity and finding freedom while serving 24 years in prison. In conversation with leaders from all walks of life who have overcome some of lifes' greatest challenges, The Inside Circle podcast aims to broaden our concept of personal transformation, 'men's work', and what it means to 'lead change from within'. Beyond the manufactured constructs of race, clas ...
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Interviews with Scholars of Italy about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/italian-studies
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What’s My Thesis? is a podcast that examines art, philosophy, and culture through longform, unfiltered conversations. Hosted by artist Javier Proenza, each episode challenges assumptions and invites listeners to engage deeply with creative and intellectual ideas beyond surface-level discourse.
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Bold Unedited Discussions on Psychology, Philosophy, Therapy, and Change. Entertaining and informative talks explore psychology and philosophy with a variety of guests including authors, doctors, healers, professors, therapists, scientists and more. We delve into everything from modern therapeutic techniques to ancient wisdom practices, offering practical and unique approaches to living a vibrant life. Host Paul Krauss, MA LPC, draws on his unique background – from a rural motel childhood to ...
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Join John McDonnell, expert historians and activists to analyse and debate the key working class struggles of the last thousand years of UK history. A Claim the Future project, supported by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation.
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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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Mini podcast about the arrest of three Schlurfs by the Gestapo in Austria – anti-Nazi youth who listened to jazz and swing. Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory. See all of our anniversa…
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Rudi Batzell on Racialized Working-Class Politics in the U.S. and British Empires
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This month's episode offers a fresh perspective on an old debate. Jettisoning outdated modes of analysis that emphasize race vs. class, guest Rudi Batzell illuminates the materialist underpinnings of racialized working-class politics in the U.S. and British empires. Employing a transnational approach, Batzell shows, for example, how land reform in …
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An update for you on the Working Class History podcast and its future. In short, we began releasing much more frequent podcast episodes 18 months ago, in an effort to get more supporters on Patreon. While we were able to grow our support, it has not been sufficient to cover our increased costs, and we have now run out of episodes. So we will be tak…
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5 Minute Listen: 🌍 GLOBAL DEMOCRACY DAILY — NOVEMBER 25, 2025: Trump’s Justice Weaponization Stumbles as U.S. Alliances Shift
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People-powered, AI-Generated Season 10, Episode 225 In this Global Democracy Daily for November 25, 2025, we discuss Trump weaponization of DOJ stalling, weaponization of DOD against Retired military officer and Congressman Mark Kelly, and how U.S. alliances are shifting in the absence of U.S. power on the world stage. 🌍 GLOBAL DEMOCRACY DAILY — N…
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🌍 GLOBAL DEMOCRACY DAILY — NOVEMBER 25, 2025: Trump’s Justice Weaponization Stumbles as U.S. Alliances Shift: Global Repercussions
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People-powered, AI-Generated Season 10, Episode 226 In this Global Democracy Daily for November 25, 2025, we discuss Trump weaponization of DOJ stalling, weaponization of DOD against Retired military officer and Congressman Mark Kelly, and how U.S. alliances are shifting in the absence of U.S. power on the world stage. 🌍 GLOBAL DEMOCRACY DAILY — NO…
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Are The Bennet Girls Okay? with Emily and Masha Breeze
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In this special bonus episode, we're talking with Emily and Masha Breeze about Are The Bennet Girls Okay? by Emily Breeze, an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice that centers on the experience of the Bennet sisters. Are The Bennet Girls Okay? is playing at Bedlam Theatre Company in New York through December 21st. Topics discussed include: was Jane Au…
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2029 Vision: What Real Democracy Could Look Like If Lawmakers Follow the Rules They Make
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People-powered, AI-Generated Season 10, Episode 224 This is an analysis of a document with a 25-point plan being discussed on Bluesky right now. We thought we would do an analysis to see if they are workable solutions and try to educate others on those that are not and why. Hopefully, this adds to the conversation. 2029 Vision: What Real Democracy …
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Navigating vaccine misinformation with a pediatrician
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The CDC recently rewrote its vaccine guidance to suggest shots might cause autism, renewing false claims about vaccines and causing anxiety among parents. Physicians often deal with misinformation, but the difference is that it's now coming from the federal government. How do families know what guidance to trust? NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Dr. …
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🔥 The Power of One Buyer: How Monopsony Is Quietly Killing Rural & Tribal Economies — And the Bill That Can Finally Fix It
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People-powered, AI-Generated Season 10, Episode 223 What is a Monopsony? It is when you have one buyer or employer that people in rural and tribal areas depend on for work or to buy goods and services and that gives the company not the workers power over how much they make as workers or sellers of goods and services. This happens all across America…
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Why Being Grateful Makes Us Feel Great (A Thanksgiving Re-run)
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It's Thanksgiving - a good time to think about gratitude and being selfless. Concentrating on the things we have to be grateful for is a great way to boost your happiness. So thank the people who've done good things for you, and think of ways you can help others too. This circle of gratitude – the science suggests – will also make you a better frie…
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125: Amu Gib - Prisoner for Palestine on Hunger Strike in HMP Bronzefield
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This episode is a conversation with Palestine Action prisoner Amu Gib, and was recorded on the 18th day of their hunger strike in HMP Bronzefield. Demands of the strike are: an end to the censorship of letters and books, and freedom of expression; immediate bail; the right to a fair trial; the deproscription of Palestine Action; and the closure of …
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🌍 Global Democracy Daily — November 24, 2025: G20 Declaration Without the U.S., Escalating Domestic Threats, and Tehran’s Water Crisis Deepens
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People-powered, AI-Generated Season 10, Episode 222 In this Global Democracy Daily for November 24th, 2025, we talk about the G20 going it alone without the U.S., escalating domestic threats by the President against the opposition, and the capitol of Iran is still running out of water with no one coming to their rescue. 🌍 Global Democracy Daily — N…
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The Years of Lead in Italy: Strategy of Tension, Operation Gladio, & the Long 1970s
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Most people, even on the Left, only know fragments of Italy's "Years of Lead." This episode pulls the whole picture into focus: the mass worker upsurge after the boom years, the 1969 Piazza Fontana bombing and the death of Giuseppe Pinelli, the rise of the Red Brigades, the kidnapping and execution of Aldo Moro, and the 1980 Bologna massacre. Alyso…
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Jocko Underground: Staying on The Path On a Budget is Surprisingly Easy.
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>Join Jocko Underground< How to stay on The Path on a budget. Should you stay in a secure job that you are okay with? Or go for your dream job? How often should we be learning new things? How to overcome the psychological barriers keeping some of us from returning to training. This is why you never feel like you're doing enough. Support this podcas…
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Mini podcast about a successful general strike of workers in France against proposed pension cuts. Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory. See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside …
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JACK SKIPPER: "Everyone Remembers The Naughty Kid's Name!"
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Jack Skipper has been all over your TikTok and Instagram feeds for the last few years and this week he joins Seann Walsh to talk how he discovered the social currency of humor, what turned him from a good boy into a naughty kid, the role lockdown played in turning him into a social media superstar, the influence of Ricky Gervais and Steve Coogan, h…
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Can progressive mayors save the Democratic Party?
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New York City’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani built a coalition of voters who were engaged by his charisma and his campaign’s focus on key issues such as affordable transportation, housing and childcare. Mamdani has pointed to Boston mayor Michelle Wu, who was just re-elected in a landslide herself, as inspiration and for being “the most effective Dem…
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🌊 INVISIBLE BORDERS: How Water Rights, Privatized Groundwater, and Climate Migration Are Rewriting the Map — Without a Single Vote Cast
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People-powered, AI-Generated Season 10, Episode 221 There are three things human beings need to live: Water, Food, and Shelter, they call this the survival triad. In the U.S. and around the world when water is commoditized, mismanaged, or captured, people become dependent on those entities who own the water. This is why water should be treated as a…
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🔥 Signal or Smoke? Why the U.S. Is Dropping Leaflets Over Venezuela — and What We Can Still Do Right Now
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People-powered, AI-Generated Season 10, Episode 220 The U.S. is discussing dropping leaflets over Venezuela to get a financially motivated person in Venezuela to capture Nicolas Maduro. This is not the first time this happened and it is not the first time that a U.S. President has started war while military and intelligence professionals succumb to…
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🌍 GLOBAL DEMOCRACY DAILY — November 23, 2025: G20 Declaration Despite U.S. Boycott, Trump’s Threats, and Tehran’s Water Alarm
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People-powered, AI-Generated Season 10, Episode 219 In this Global Democracy Daily, we talk G20 where the U.S. is absent, Trump's Threats against Democratic lawmakers which he now takes back after realizing he got himself into trouble, and Tehran is in dire circumstances with water running out as they prepare for evacuation of the major city in Ira…
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Mini podcast of radical history on this date Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory. See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Sto…
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Tarabuster Fridays: The Trump Malignancy Continues - Have You No Decency, America - w/Ellie Leonard
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👉🏻 Another day in the resistance against Republican fascism. Trump is in the Epstein Files.Trump threatens the lives of Senators and Republicans lie, misdirect and have excuses. How much longer are we going to take it, people? What's wrong with US that we allow this Trump malignancy to continue. Ellie Leonard joins Tara to discuss the madness.Follo…
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Ep 355 - Dialectics of Dominance with Aaron Good
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“We’re at an inflection point – a civilizational crisis. Western imperial dominance is ending, and its dying spasms are only accelerating the collapse.” Aaron Good Aaron Good, author of American Exception: Empire and the Deep State, is back to talk with Steve about the crisis of the US-led imperial order and the manufactured “common sense” that kee…
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People-powered, AI-Generated Season 10, Episode 218 What happens when a country like America, a country who stood as the unipolar power in the world, kowtows to despots and dictators and authoritarianism? We are seeing it before our very eyes during this Trump administration. When a President prizes loyalty over expertise, incompetence over compete…
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Who Owns the Ground Beneath US? Who’s Buying America’s Farms? The Truth About JD Vance, Farmland Investment, and taking our land back from Big Ag!
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People-powered, AI-Generated Season 10, Episode 217 Every year we are losing our farms, small farms go bankrupt while Big Ag buys them up for pennies on the dollar. Meanwhile, JD Vance invests in an app that makes this much easier to increase the share of farms being consumed by Big Ag creating an oligopoly that will soon control our food sources, …
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Mini podcast about a massacre of anti-racist union loggers in Louisiana in 1919. Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory. See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps o…
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Trump moves closer to closing the Education Department
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When President Trump nominated Linda McMahon as education secretary, he told her to put herself out of a job. She moved one step closer to that this week when the Trump administration shifted the responsibility of several departments to other federal agencies. NPR's Juana Summers speaks with former Obama education secretary John King about what thi…
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“Don’t Give Up the Ship”: Lessons from 1812 for America, Ukraine, and the Global Fight for Democracy
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People-powered, AI-Generated Season 10, Episode 216 What did the Democratic Lawmakers really say when they mention the phrase, "Don't Give Up The Ship!" Was it only to military and intelligence professionals or was it for all Americans and actually people around the globe . In our analysis, we argue that they were saying don't concede to authoritar…
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🌍 GLOBAL DEMOCRACY DAILY — NOVEMBER 21, 2025: Epstein Files Signed, SNAP Work Rules Enacted, and Global Tensions Persist
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People-powered, AI-Generated Season 10, Episode 215 Today's Global Democracy Daily looks at SNAP work rules, Epstein File signed and released by Dec 19th and Global tensions around the world that we all need to be aware of. 🌍 GLOBAL DEMOCRACY DAILY — NOVEMBER 21, 2025: Epstein Files Signed, SNAP Work Rules Enacted, and Global Tensions Persist…
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Mini podcast about the mass strike of United Auto Workers union members for better pay in the wake of World War II. Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory. See all of our anniversaries eac…
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Expensive and exhausting: Why caregivers need to care for themselves, too
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Caregiving services for seniors can easily cost more each year than what the average American makes. And health insurers, both government and private, may not provide the coverage people need. That leads many people to step in and do the work for free. But caregivers need to take care of themselves, too. That's something Dawnita Brown knows all too…
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Genocide in Plain Sight — Part 10: Algorithms & Borderlines - How Immigration AI Is Quietly Defining Who Gets a Future
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People-powered, AI-Generated Season 10, Episode 214 Countries throughout the world including America have begun to depend on AI for immigration services but our analysis explains why this is not the right approach to immigration and people are fighting back! Genocide in Plain Sight — Part 10: Algorithms & Borderlines - How Immigration AI Is Quietly…
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Saving the Avery and the Formation of the Avery Institute of Afro American History and Culture
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Saving the Avery and the Formation of the Avery Institute of Afro American History and Culture Hosts: Georgette Mayo – Processing Archivist at the Avery Research Center D’Aujai Kelley – Education Coordinator, Avery Research Center Guest: Dr. Millicent E. Brown – Director of Education and Exhibits, Educator, Activist, and former Education & Public P…
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🥦 FOOD SECURITY IS NATIONAL SECURITY: Why Nutrition Deserts, Corporate Agriculture, and Food Price Manipulation Threaten Democracy — and What a Universal Food Stability Act Could Look Like
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People-powered, AI-Generated Season 10, Episode 213 With 1 out of 6 children going hungry in the richest country in the world, why is there never a solution to make sure that no child ever goes hungry while rich families with children never have to worry? It is by design and food security is national security! We have a way that we can take back ou…
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Migrant Sex Workers Against Fascism: Lessons from 150 Years of Resistance
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Chanelle Gallant, Elene Lam, Emi Koyama, and Yves Tong Nguyen speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2025. Travel bans, ICE abductions and deportations of green card holders are nothing new for migrants in the sex industry. But their lives and struggles also offer us a blueprint for resisting surveillance, criminalization and the “good immigra…
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Mini podcast about a nationwide strike of US miners in the wake of World War II. Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory. See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps o…
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What does it mean to be a union member in these dark times?
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Making ends meet in today's economy is difficult enough, but with so many societal crises affecting working people's lives on and off the shop floor—from mass layoffs to untenable costs of living, from an authoritarian federal government to AI and the climate crisis—it can feel all but impossible. What does it mean to have a union job, to be a unio…
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🌍 GLOBAL DEMOCRACY DAILY — November 20, 2025: Power, Hardship & Revelation - When Aid Tightens, Records Open, and a City Runs Dry
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People-powered, AI-Generated Season 10, Episode 212 In today's global democracy daily, we focus on how the tightening of food aid through the usual claims of fraud, waste, and abuse; the Epstein Files will soon be released or will they? and how cities across the planet, most prominently, Tehran, are running dry from mismanagement, drought, climate …
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They Called Her Rebel: Speculative Fiction, Revolutionary Art, and the Politics of Imagination
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In this episode, Breht speaks with Jacob Dallas-Main, co-host of Workers' Lit and author of They Called Her Rebel; a dazzling fusion of fantasy, class struggle, and storytelling set in a world of debtors' camps, collapsing empires, and revolutionary possibility. The two discuss how speculative fiction can illuminate political struggle, not merely a…
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Govs.-Elect Sherrill & Spanberger: From the Hill to the State House
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Fresh off their decisive election night wins, Jon is joined by Governors-Elect (and former congressional roommates) Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey and Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, to reflect on their journeys from Capitol Hill to state leadership. Together, they discuss their shared experience navigating Congressional gridlock, explore what drew t…
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Mini podcast about the PEMEX disaster in Mexico Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory. See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our …
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Activists in Chicago have been tracking federal immigration enforcement agents' movements, following their cars and alerting neighbors with whistles. This resistance sprang into action in response to Trump's Operation Midway Blitz, but it's nearly a decade in the making. NPR's Odette Yousef has the story of a strategy that activists hope can be a b…
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