Lenin and the Path to Revolution [Part 2]
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2024
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Summary
The Socialist Program presents a new special 3-part, more than 5-hour-long podcast series on the legacy of Russian Marxist V.I. Lenin, based on a class series by Brian Becker at The People’s Forum in November and December 2023, enhanced with historical audio recordings and more. This series provides a specific approach to studying Lenin's writings for a new generation of socialist organizers. It discusses the war in Gaza and the struggle of the Palestinian people for national liberation, and outlines Lenin's organizational and tactical outlook in the era of modern imperialism.
This is Part 2 of Lenin and the Path to Revolution
Below are details of historical audio clips included in this episode that may not be otherwise identified by listening:
12:28 - Eugene Puryear speaking at the National March On Washington for Palestine, November 4th 2023
30:04 - Brian Becker speaking at anti-war rally in Washington, D.C., January 18, 2003
56:37 - ‘John Brown’s Body’ - popular song in the U.S. Civil War
1:36:28 - Joe Biden (then a senator) speaking in Congress, 1986
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| 0:00.0 | Lenin. |
| 0:01.0 | Lenin. |
| 0:02.0 | Lenin. |
| 0:03.0 | I, Lenin. |
| 0:04.0 | Vladimir. |
| 0:05.0 | Lenin. |
| 0:06.0 | Lenin. |
| 0:07.0 | Do you have any books on Lenin? |
| 0:09.0 | Lenin. |
| 0:10.0 | It's like Lenin said. |
| 0:12.0 | Lenin. |
| 0:13.0 | Lenin. |
| 0:14.0 | Lenin. |
| 0:15.0 | Welcome to the Socialist program. |
| 0:17.0 | My name is Leanne Fullahan, and I'm the education director at the People's Forum in New York City. |
| 0:23.6 | This episode is the second of a three-part special podcast version of Brian Becker's class series on Lenin, |
| 0:29.7 | entitled Lennon and The Path to Revolution, and held at the People's Forum in November and December of |
| 0:35.1 | 2003. We rely on the support of our listeners to keep this show going, so please |
| 0:40.2 | consider becoming a patron at patreon.com slash the socialist program. |
| 0:45.3 | Now let's begin part two of Lenin and the Past to Revolution. |
| 0:51.0 | Great interest in the class last week, which I think is an indicator of two things. |
| 0:57.8 | One is that we are generally speaking in the recent period, in a period of more intense political struggle. |
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