How the Red was Won

I talk with writer and native Austinite, David Griscom, about his new book, The Myth of Red Texas: Cowboys, Populism, and Class War in the Radical South order the book here: https://orbooks.com/catalog/the-myth-of-red-texas/ Left Reckoning Podcast: https://www.leftreckoning.com/ Jacobin: https://jacobin.com/ Support this project on Patreon for early release episodes and bonus content! patreon.com/...

Originally recorded for Patreon in November of 2025, here is my re-edited reading and explanation of chapter 7: How Fascism Came in Austria. read along here: https://www.marxists.org/archive//dutt/1935/fascism-social-revolution-3.pdf tired of waiting for these readings to slowly come out? Subscribe to the Patreon and get caught up! patreon.com/HowtheRedwasWon

Originally recorded as a Patreon only episode in November 2025, here is a re-edited reading of R Palme Dutt's Fascism and Social Revolution chapter 6. Follow along here: https://www.marxists.org/archive//dutt/1935/fascism-social-revolution-3.pdf wanna check out my reading of the entire book? bonus episodes and early release for all tiers. subscribe on Patreon: patreon.com/HowtheRedwasWon

In this episode, I talk with two Cancel Capital Factory activists, Lenna and Saf. They are Austinites, tech workers, and founders of this campaign, as well as members of the local chapters of the Palestinian Youth Movement and PSL, respectively. Capital Factory is an Austin-based "startup accelerator," that brings together venture capital defense contractors, and Israeli surveillance tech in unhol...

Jacob is one of my co-hosts on Workers' Lit, an activist in the Atlanta area, and an author. His new book, They Called Her Rebel is a fantasy novel about fighting against an oppressive system and organizing for revolution, along with magic and elves and orcs. It's such a fun story, and in this episode, we talk about it. WARNING: MINOR SPOILERS - noting too big, but we do talk about the plo...

One of my favorite digital educators, loved by marxists, hated by blue maga, Madeline Pendleton joins me to talk about their trip to Cuba a few weeks ago. This flotilla (Madeline flew) was to bring aid, learn about Cuban socialism, and come home to educate americans. We also talked about some common CIA lies regarding the DPRK, and the actual truth about that nation. If you can donate or want to l...

Originally recorded in October of 2025. Trying to get these all out asap for y'all. I still believe this to be the best book on the rise of fascism in Europe, and we can learn a lot from that (and how to defeat it) read along here: https://www.marxists.org/archive//dutt/1935/fascism-social-revolution-3.pdf if you'd like to support this project, I have Patreon tiers beginning at just $2.50/...

Originally released in October 2025, this is my reading and explanation of R Palme Dutt's 1935 book, Fascism and Social Revolution chapter 4 .Read along here: https://www.marxists.org/archive//dutt/1935/fascism-social-revolution-3.pdf If you enjoy this project, and want to support me on Patreon (and receive early release and bonus episodes) subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/HowtheRedwasW...

This is now the third semester that I've been invited to lecture at a Sociology class at the local community college. I updated my lecture for 2026, and I'm quite pleased with the way it came out. The students were very engaged, asked questions, and many stayed after class to talk and ask for book recommendations. I spoke at 3 different classes. The lecture presented here is the second one...

Lenore is a working class woman, an activist, my friend and comrade, and one of my co-hosts on the Workers' Lit podcast. find her on BlueSky @rareandradiant.bsky.social follow Workers' Lit on Spotify (or any podcast app): https://open.spotify.com/show/4KincvQBKgIbwmhE7gwh6b?si=0406a58a3bcc478c Works cited for this episode: https://jacobin.com/2017/03/international-womens-day-clara-zetkin-w...

In this episode I chat with Leroy F Moore Jr, a writer, poet, and activist with cerebral palsy. He is the founder of Krip-Hop Nation, the co-founder of Sins Invalid, and a writer for POOR Magazine. He is a radical Black disability activist, and we discussed everything from Blues music to the entertainment industry to academia, to Black disability justice, to Jim Crow, Frida Kahlo, and the BAFTA aw...

This was originally recorded sept 24, 2025, for Patreon. I re-edited a bit, because i had the sniffles at the time. follow along here: https://www.marxists.org/archive//dutt/1935/fascism-social-revolution-3.pdf join the Patreon to get early release and bonus episodes here: https://www.patreon.com/HowtheRedwasWon?utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan

Happy New Year, comrades! Chuc Mung Nam Moi, dong chi! For Tet 2026, I am reading you "The Imperialist Aggressors Can Never Enslave the Heroic Vietnamese People" by Ho Chi Minh on New Year 1952

This was originally recorded in September 2025, as i was recovering from Covid, so be kind! read along here: https://www.marxists.org/archive//dutt/1935/fascism-social-revolution-3.pdf support this project on Patreon! Early release episodes and exclusive episodes for all tiers. https://www.patreon.com/HowtheRedwasWon?utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan

For this Black History Month and Valentine Day episode, I talk with Austin activism power couple Susanna Ledesma Woody and Roy Woody Jr. They both do so much good work around town, please check out their links below: Susanna's campaign page: https://www.votesusanna.net/ Del Valle Community Coalition: https://www.atxdvcc.org/ Watermelon Run Club ATX https://www.instagram.com/watermelonrunclubatx?ut...

i will slowly be releasing these as i am able to recover and download them. this was originally recorded in august 2025, and that was before i upgraded equipment and learned how to edit, so be kind! read along here: https://www.marxists.org/archive//dutt/1935/fascism-social-revolution-3.pdf join the Patreon to support this project, and get early release and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/...

You may know him as a veteran with anti-imperial politics, or as an activist on the Freedom Flotilla, or from his podcast, Colonial Outcasts, and now he's running for office in Texas District 31 - it's Greg Stoker. He sat down in the Little Red Studio with me to discuss USA foreign policy, the imperial boomerang, and his newest venture, running for Congress. campaign page: https://stokerfo...

Chapter one is titled "Technique and Revolution." This was originally released as a Patreon episode on August 12, 2025, and I will be dropping all of them into the free feed over the next few weeks. Read along here:https://www.marxists.org/archive//dutt/1935/fascism-social-revolution-3.pdf If ya like what ya hear, please support this project ! Early release episodes and exclusive episode...

Here is part 2 of this special two-part Christmas episode, where I sit down with Austin local legend, Sam Greyhorse. We talk about his life journey from growing up in Austin's heyday, life as a Mexilero Apache horse whisperer, his music, his activism, and what it's like being the city's favorite Santa Claus. Find his music on spotify here: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/artist/7Fhz7qRlG9UxI...

In this special two-part Christmas episode, I sit down with Austin local legend, Sam Greyhorse. We talk about his life journey from growing up in Austin's heyday, life as a Mexilero Apache horse whisperer, his music, his activism, and what it's like being the city's favorite Santa Claus. Find his music on spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7Fhz7qRlG9UxIE0YJonw5F Wanna book a...

This was originally recorded and released to Patreon in July 2024. I’ve finally caught up enough to drop it to the main feed. It’s a fairly dense book, and will be coming out in bite sized pieces. *note* this was recorded on my old set up, and I wasn’t able to re-edit it Read along here: https://www.marxists.org/archive//dutt/1935/fascism-social-revolution-3.pdf Did you know I have a Patreon? If y...

Communist, content creator, and member of the Dutch Socialist Party, Leanne, joins me to talk about Dutch colonial history, and how it still affects the present world. find her on twitter and TikTok @Leannenist Further research: Antom de Kom - We Slaves of Suriname Gloria Wekker - White Innocence: Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race Vincent Bevins - The Jakarta Method Cynthia McLeod - The Cost of Su...

Clip from my continued reading of R Palme Dutt's Fascism and Social Revolution, ch 7: How Fascism Came in Austria Subscribe on Patreon for full episode Did you know I have a Patreon? If ya like what ya hear, support this project so I can upgrade my equipment! Early release episodes and exclusive episodes for all tiers. https://www.patreon.com/HowtheRedwasWon?utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan

What a treat! its my birthday AND anti communism week! This episode is a brief history of American Anti-Communism from 1917 to 2025 Rate and review this podcast as a birthday gift to me, plzzzzzz link to comrade Pete's Article: https://news.redhelpatx.org/p/why-cant-communists-openly-run-for?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Did you know I have a Patreon? If ya like what ya hear, support th...

Special Announcement! I am joining Lenore and Jacob of Socialist Shelf for their new project, Worker' Lit, specifically the current events podcast, Unfit to Print. Aysha U. Farah and Jen Big Nasty join the shelfers to... no wait, I'm seeing they're just joining the pod. Straight up. They're members of the show now. Let's goooo! We're excited to announce that this feed will...