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The Socialist Program with Brian Becker

Lenin and the Path to Revolution [Part 3]

The Socialist Program with Brian Becker

The Socialist Program

Politics, News

4.7587 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 3 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:

5:56 - Eyewitness to the Russian Revolution, from documentary ‘Images of a Revolution,’ 1987

7:35 - Eyewitness to the Russian Revolution, from documentary ‘Images of a Revolution,’ 1987

10:08 - Member of the public asks president Obama a question during a town hall meeting, 2009

12:02 - Then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi at a town hall responding to a question from a member of the public asking if the Democratic Party could move left on economics, 2017

54:39 - Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill speaking in 1954

58:49 - Andy Stapp of the American Servicemen's Union, speaking at the Black Panther Anti-Fascism Conference, 1969

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Transcript

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Lenin.

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Lenin.

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Lenin.

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I, Lenin.

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Vladimir.

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Lenin.

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Lenin.

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Do you have any books on Lenin?

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Lenin.

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It's like Lenin said.

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Lenin.

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Lenin.

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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.

0:23.1

This episode is the third and final episode of a three-part special podcast version of Brian Becker's

0:29.2

class series on Lenin, entitled Lennon and The Path to Revolution, and held at the People's Forum in November and December of

0:36.1

2003. We rely on the support of our listeners to keep this show going, so please consider because and held at the People's Forum in November and December of 2023.

0:40.5

We rely on the support of our listeners to keep this show going,

0:45.5

so please consider becoming a patron at patreon.com slash the socialist program.

0:50.5

Now let's begin part three, the conclusion of Lenin and the Path to Revolution.

0:59.0

A big reason for having a class like this is it's very difficult for people in the United States in particular 100 years after Lenin's death to actually be able to read and

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