Teach Me Communism

Fast cars, North Korea, famine/inflation, fake museums, the anti-rent war, checking in on various labor actions, libraries in Houston, and pollution in TX.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism   And like and...

What does this pretty smart guy have to say about socialism? Turns out he’s super into world socialism, radically different educational and economic goals, and developing a new society where we are responsible for one another.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmec...

Climate woes, the Hollywood strike, Barbie propaganda, TX corruption, privacy in France, marriage under capitalism, Spanish elections, and more. Christine partially read a lot of books this week.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreon: Pat...

It’s an old song, a sad song. All about climate change, a nasty capitalist god, worker uprisings, and oh, a love story too. We’re talking about the award-winning musical Hadestown.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreon: Patreon.com/teachm...

Lots of topics this week! France, Russia, the Supreme Court, why even vote, hotel worker strike, white collar woes, violence at the root, regulatory capture, and companies that can vote for some reason.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patre...

This week we’re learning about the rise of class conflict, facism, and violence in Italy from the 1960s-1980s. Christine guesses at Italian words. We look at lots of political groups and of course judge their logos.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gm...

This week's topics: consumerist blues, worker issues in the world of comics and game development, allergies, big feelings, Elizabeth Gilbert, fake priests, Oklahoma communists, and the worry over who gets control of the powerful tech.

Not another Orwell book! Ugh, time to talk about 1984 and its bad worldbuildling, hatred of women, and total lack of materialism. Clearly we’re big fans.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism   And like and s...

No new episode this week due to unforeseen circumstances. Sorry! We'll return next week to discuss 1984 by "friend of the show" George Orwell.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism   And like and subscribe to...

Today’s topics: class warfare from Minnesota to the Netherlands, to… ancient Egypt? Plus, the airline pilot strike, snobby restaurants, and probably more things I’m forgetting. Look, I’ve had a long week and I’m tired.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism...

What does communism have to do with apartheid? Join us this week as we learn about how the South African Communist Party worked with other groups to overturn a brutal regime with strikes, civil disobedience and a paramilitary group with a sick spear logo.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @t...

This week’s topics: the singularity, company towns redux, the Oakland teachers’ strike and the Writers’ Guild strike. Christine is philosophical in this one.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism   And like a...

This week, a tale of Republics, Rákosi, reforms, and Russians. That’s right, it’s the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, plus its backstory of course.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism   And like and subscribe...

Topics this week: commodification of images, tamale ladies, hermit crabs, yelling at your boss, railroad dreams, teacher strikes, anti-retirement weirdos, gender affirming healthcare in Cuba, and more.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreo...

Let’s watch Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall and see Arnold Schwarzenegger shoot up a bunch of guys. And also lift the veil on an imperialist capitalist plot. Or is it a dream? Should we just become hot communists luring folks to our revolutionary movement?   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @te...

We’re a little utopian today! Starting off our discussion with the need for unpleasant jobs, then moving on to a sci-fi book Christine is reading, guillotines (of course), school lunches, attention spans, and the elections in Cuba.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: tea...

What’s this guy’s deal? We talk global theories, a permanent and exported revolution, degenerate worker states, factionalism, and entryism. Also aliens, dolphins, and satanism.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecom...

Topics: a cool trans person from East Germany, badly comparing war crimes, a successful strike in LA education, a favorite comic strip of Christine’s, child labor laws, Steve Harvey and passive income, wage theft, and healthcare.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teach...

Mail call! Time to answer questions about dictatorships, the possibility of reformism, population size, and prisons.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism   And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism...

We shoot the shit! Topics include: the bank bailout, pickleball, the French sanitation strike, artificial flavors, public spaces, and a bit of utopianism, just for kicks.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism...

This week: a tale of corruption, oil, and secret plots! So like, your standard setup for a coup. We talk about indulgent shahs, what happens when your prime minister is just TOO popular, and how to instigate the U.S. into overthrowing a government (hint: it’s not that hard!)   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmec...

Diving right back into The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists with some thoughts on religion, charity, elections, and more! Dang, it’s like we lined up all of Christine’s favorite topics to yell about.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreon:...

We’re reading an English labor classic, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, by Robert Tressell. And hey, if you don’t want to read this long book, come listen to us talk about it! Part 1 will cover character intros, Owen’s lectures, and the first bits of the plot up to when little Frankie goes to Sunday School.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-comm...

This week is a story of the evils of capitalism, namely how the U.S. sold weapons, dealt drugs, and trained soldiers to torture people, all to stop a country from providing for its people. Because that description could apply to a lot of countries, I should specify that we’re talking about Nicaragua.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=...

A story of poets, priests, Christmas parties, and ROCKET LAUNCHERS?! Part 1 covers from the US Occupation of Nicaragua to the early days of Sandinista rule. Tune in next time for some war crimes.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreon: Pat...