Hey everyone, now before we start the show I just wanted to make a quick announcement.

We are going to be changing our Patreon starting on May 1st.

So up until now we have had the per creation format on Patreon based mostly on our ignorance

of how Patreon worked initially.

And that meant that if you donated say $1, that it would be $1 per creation as opposed

to $1 per month.

So I just wanted to make this announcement that starting May 1st we are going to join

the rest of the podcast world and go to a per month format.

So if you have a dollar that you want to spend per month supporting the show or $5 to

support the show we greatly appreciate it.

Now having said that, let's get to the show.

Hello everyone.

Welcome to Revolutionary Left Radio.

I'm your host Ann Comrade, Bredo Shea.

And today we have on Derek Ford to talk about anti-imperialism, his work on communist study

and other aspects of organizing and leftist influences in his work and in his praxis.

So Derek, would you like to introduce yourself and say a little bit about your background

for people who don't know who you are?

Sure, yeah.

Thanks so much for having me on the show.

I'm a listener so it's nice to be on.

I am currently a assistant professor of education studies at a small liberal arts college right

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