Hello everyone and welcome back to Revolutionary Left Radio.

I'm your host Ann Comrade Bredo-She.

So here it finally is.

The big announcement we've all been alluding to for a few weeks now.

Instead of trying to freestyle all this information off the top of my head, I've written out

the announcements so I don't miss any important details.

First, I want to give you some background on what's been going on in my life, which

will add some context regarding our ability to launch the significant expansion of our

platform.

For the past several years, I've worked an office job to pay the bills.

Although the pay was relatively good and there was always options for advancement, I felt

as most of you can relate to, robbed of eight hours of my life on a daily basis.

There was nothing about that job or any job I've ever had that I found meaningful or

fulfilling, and this fact would often lead to mental and emotional breakdowns as every

ounce of my being writhed under the constraints that these jobs placed on my life.

Since launching Revolutionary Left Radio and then the guillotine, as well as partaking

in the organizing which gave rise to both, I found a huge source of meaning in my life,

as well as a community of some of the most intelligent, loving and engaged human beings

I've ever had the pleasure of knowing, namely all of you.

But trying to organize and create both podcasts while raising kids and working a full-time

job really putting me up against the wall with regards to my time and my energy.

After dealing with it for over a year and a half, I realized I had two choices.

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