I'm always happy to support the guy but I never got my copy 😭 I don't want to be rude but how do I get this rectified?

Just was wondering what other podcasts besides our large son's everyone is into? My job has become a lot of data entry and need some other socialist or anarchist pods to make the shifts on my work from home days better.

I listen to a lot of Talkingsimpsons and stuff like Well There's Your Problem. My coworkers have suggested The Rest Is History or Stuff You Missed In History Class but...I already am a professional historian...so I'm kind like I don't really want straight narrative... that's the thing I do. lol I need like Chapo style comedy and like learn things along the way.

Any thoughts?

meaningless meandering thoughts below read at your own peril

I had been saving reading No Pasaran until my vacation this week with my family. I knew very little about the Spanish Civil War before this so it was been a great and eye opening read.

The thing that I keep coming back to however is the forward by Chris about moments of contingency. It's hard not to, everytime I turn on my phone I get a message or a push notification re: tariffs and annexation. The level to which it's serious is irrelevant, the impact on the Canadian psyche has been severe. The truth of the matter is, every Canadian has at some point contemplated our relationship with America in an era of climate change and deteriorating western hegemony and come to stark conclusions. (Even if they don't think of these things on those terms).

Now, I want to make it clear that I am not a Canadian Nationalist. I have myself made the case in the past that Canada is not a 'real' country. That 'Canada' is a vast expanse shaped by capital which creates institutions that facilitate the exploitation of the land. But obviously the workers of these lands have created an identity for themselves, it is in our nature.

Right now the Liberal party is experiencing a rally around the flag effect that will probably let them keep power. But they have used the opportunity to elect a finance banker who in classic Canadian fashion is a 'kind' neoliberal. I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to know that this will not alleviate the problems facing us domestic or international. I think there is a real opportunity here, or at least there will be in the coming months and years. Conservatism has been marred by association with MAGA. Hell, people are seriously considering deepening ties with China here. When the liberals inevitably fail people here will need an alternative.

If anyone has resources for Canadian orgs, preferably in Ontario, let me know (dm if you prefer). When I'm back from this vacation I think it might be time to finally become a card carrying member of a leftist group.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/politics/opm-spokesperson-fashion-influencer-videos-invs/index.html

So i recently watched chaos an Errol Morris joint on Netflix. It encroached on interesting ideas but ultimately Morris seems satisfied with the narrative on Manson that he was a crazy guy who wanted to start a race war. Thusly treating many of these fascinating threads Tom O’Neill tugs on incomplete. O’Neill mentions MKultra which I think Manson was apart of indisputably so. But O’Neill also brings up the left wing anti-war/civil rights movements of the 60s that were crushed by COINTELPRO as well as a CIA program called CHAOS. This is where the doc does not connect the dots. But again I think this is because of Morris and not because the info isn’t there.

Now I plan on reading O’Neills book but I’ll admit ima slow reader currently working through other books so that’ll be awhile. I would like to know what y’all think the Manson Murder’s were tied to, if they were tied to anything at all. Cause it is incredibly suspicious that Manson was allowed to violate his probation at will, meanwhile I’ve known people sent back to prison for the slightest infractions. I personally have a hard time tying those LaBianca-Tate murders to the wider war against left wing movements in the 60s but would love to hear you alls thoughts on the manner. I figure this is the right sub for such a question

In addition to whatever Taiwan itself has planned, it goes without saying that America has trained/armed far-right elements within the country, while prearranging any number of schemes to make the conflict as bloody and horrific as possible. What type of contingency and insurgency operations do you think they've planned, in order to at least punish China and force them into expending maximal resources to secure and occupy the country?

Would Taiwan begin to sabotage their own microchip factories, in order to spur global action and make it less desirable for China to sustain an extended counterinsurgency (especially since counterinsurgency almost never achieves its objectives)?

Would China respond to resistance by allowing them to retain some enhanced degree of autonomy (similar to what Hong Kong was granted, at least in the past), or just double-down?

This is weird, but do any of you have young children, and if so do they watch the show Chico BonBon? During the show’s theme song, there’s this secondary vocalist that comes in that sounds exactly like Matt. It’s uncanny! https://youtu.be/cIugHztlqPI Am I crazy?

Hi all, loved Hell of Presidents. I know there's another Cushbomb book recs thread but anything for specifically American History?

Tornado warning in North Carolina so I’m off work. Finally cracking into this. Norgal is very happy about it. I’m a little annoyed that she must take up the entire ottoman but we all must make sacrifices

I’m trying to find it…

Lesotho in southern Africa as a country "which nobody has ever heard of," as he listed government programs that he said were wasteful and cut by billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency, APA reports.

https://en.apa.az/america/trump-dismisses-lesotho-as-a-country-462042

The final part of the Gnostic Pulp trilogy which also covered “Moby-Dick” and “Gravity’s Rainbow”.

Has Matt ever said anything about this historian?

I’ve only read Battle Cry of Freedom and that was ages ago. Given Matt’s interest in the Civil War, I feel like, at the very least, that’s one he’d be familiar with. Was curious if the other volumes are worth it. I like chronological nonfiction series, even if they’re not from any sort of leftist perspective, but, because each volume is from a different author, I’m concerned about the quality fluctuating drastically from book to book.

Hey all, I really want to listen to the whole of Felix’s new series, but am a little short on funds rn to listen to it via Patreon. Any listeners out there know good places to find it not on Patreon?

Took 2 hours out of my work day to finish it 😇 Love our large sons little red book 📕

I've listened to his appearance on the Losers Club podcast and was wondering if he's talked about King's books further on any vlogs/other eps

Just started reading it today. I'm a slow reader, dyslexic, but got 40 pages in on the first day.