Defending Socialism: Debunking Anti-Communist Myths (w/ Radical Reflections)

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Breht O'Shea

Communism, Politics, Liberalism, Society & Culture, Philosophy, News, History, Leftwing, Socialism, Marxism

4.8 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2019

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

David Swanson of Radical Reflections invites Breht on his show to tackle myths, lies, slanders, and popular criticisms wielded against communism by its (often times lazy and unimpressive) opponents.

Check out Radical Reflections here: http://www.radicalreflections.co.uk/

Follow them on Twitter @RadReflections

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome back to Revolutionary Left Radio.
0:09.9	I'm your host Dan Comrade, Bredo Shea and today we have a collaborative episode to
0:14.3	toss your way.
0:15.7	I went on the podcast Radical Reflections, hosted by David Swanson.
0:19.6	This comrades from Ireland he asked me to come on his podcast and do an episode about debunking
0:24.7	mints and then it was so fun and hopefully we think good that we decided to double release
0:29.1	it to both of our audiences.
0:30.6	If you enjoy this episode check out Radical Reflections.
0:33.8	I hope this can be used when it comes to convincing a liberal friend or convincing a family member
0:39.2	or some resource that you can give somebody.
0:41.8	This is like a nice little debunking the basic myths that people are taught and if you're
0:46.4	trying to get somebody to move left word politically this could be a really hopefully good
0:51.4	place to start, a good resource to give them to start.
0:54.2	I hope this works for that and even if you're a veteran in the game the left this should
0:58.8	still be incredibly interesting.
1:00.2	It was very fun.
1:01.4	We tackled a bunch of lies and slanders and criticisms of communism broadly and I hope
1:07.3	you did a sufficient job.
1:09.0	So yeah this is me going on Radical Reflections.
1:12.4	Definitely check that out and enjoy the episode.
1:17.0	Okay, Brad thanks for coming on the show.
1:24.8	It's a pleasure to have you here as our first international episode.
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