Check out our sit-down interview with famed Chicano communist revolutionary Carlos Montes covering decades of radical history.

A deep dive into the revolutionary history and current resistance movements of Los Angeles. We go over the radical history of the black and Chicano revolutionary history through the Black Panther Party’s armed struggle in LA, and interview Brown Beret co-founder Carlos Montes on the Chicano movement. We analyze the diversity of tactics being used today to resist fascism and how it echoes past moments.

Dedicated to all people resisting oppression and exploitation around the world, to the Community Self-Defense Coalition, the Harbor Area Peace Patrols, the Long Beach Rapid Response Network, and all the organizations and revolutionaries on the ground resisting fascism today.

Special thanks to Carlos Montes and the LA Wellness Center for giving us time and space to interview.

Matthew J. Hunter—Writer & Director

Danny Estrada—Co-Editor

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Joining the show are Jordan Duran (@JJisAMarxist2) and Francesca M (@framari6) from DSA’s Springs of Revolution group. We discuss Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral primary win, AOC’s recent vote to support Israeli genocide, what DSA is, and experiences and lessons from community organizing. Springs of Revolution: https://sordsa.org/LINKS: https://linktr.ee/matthuntermcr

"The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days. But we must recognize that tactics must be adapted to conditions—sometimes negotiations, sometimes mass mobilization, and, when necessary, armed resistance."

— Nelson Mandela, Conversations with Myself (2010)

Full article on the Los Angeles uprising: https://redstartribune.substack.com/p/lessons-from-the-los-angeles-uprising

"Donald Trump and the US military bombing multiple sites in Iran is a massive escalation of imperialist war in West Asia and another sign of the US being overtly fascist. Fordow, Isfahan, and Natanz—three nuclear energy sites in western Iran—were illegally attacked by US B2 bombers on June 21.

The Trump regime and the Zionist entity have been claiming Iran is attempting to produce and develop nuclear weapons. However, Iran has been part of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 1958. The three sites that were bombed are regularly inspected by that agency to ensure Iran is developing nuclear energy for purely peaceful use. Iran is also part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty—Israel isn’t." Full article on Iran-US-Israel war https://redstartribune.substack.com/p/us-war-on-iran-is-a-fascist-threat

Our guest, Sungmanitu, is an Indigenous organizer and expert on the history of the American Indian Movement (AIM). We will discuss the history and impact of AIM as well as fundraise for Sungmanitu's research trip to interview surviving AIM members. Consider donating to Cashapp $ZitkatosTinCan to help support their trip. All clips/audio used for fair use commentary, criticism, and educational purposes. See Hosseinzadeh v. Klein, 276 F.Supp.3d 34 (S.D.N.Y. 2017); Equals Three, LLC v. Jukin Media, Inc., 139 F. Supp. 3d 1094 (C.D. Cal. 2015). Anyone with Depression, Addiction, or Contemplating Suicide. Help Is Available 24/7. Listed below in the description box are the Numbers to call if you need them. 1-800-273-8255 National Hotline English and Spanish are available https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. All Countries Suicide Prevention and Suicide Hotline https://www.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5662891810226176

Discussing the recent Israeli Embassy staffers who were k*** and putting it in a material context with the ongoing genocide against Palestinians.

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All clips/audio used for fair use commentary, criticism, and educational purposes. See Hosseinzadeh v. Klein, 276 F.Supp.3d 34 (S.D.N.Y. 2017); Equals Three, LLC v. Jukin Media, Inc., 139 F. Supp. 3d 1094 (C.D. Cal. 2015). Anyone with Depression, Addiction, or Contemplating Suicide. Help Is Available 24/7. Listed below in the description box are the Numbers to call if you need them. 1-800-273-8255 National Hotline English and Spanish are available https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. All Countries Suicide Prevention and Suicide Hotline https://www.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines

“[Settler Colonialism is not] a discrete, self-contained structure of domination, but one that interacts with—and is co-constituent of—key processes of domination that continue to define the present moment, both in and beyond settler colonial regimes. Capitalism, racism, dispossession…and gender oppression, emerged within, through and/or in relation to settler colonial expansion and domination.” Sai Englert, Settler Colonialism: An Introduction
Sources and Further Reading:

The Dawning of the Apocalypse by Gerald Horne

The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism by Gerald Horne

Settler Colonialism: An Introduction by Sai Englert

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney

The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

An American Genocide by Benjamin Madley

Selected Writings: National Liberation, Socialism, and Imperialism by Vladimir Lenin

Decolonial Marxism by Walter Rodney

Kayanerenkó:wa The Great Law of Peace by Kayanesenh Paul Williams

Unity and Struggle: Speeches and Writings of Amilcar Cabral

Neo-colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism by Kwame Nkrumah

Strategy for the Liberation of Palestine by the PFLP

Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism by Vladimir Lenin

Peace, Power, Righteousness: An Indigenous Manifesto by Taiaiake Alfred

Custer Died for Your Sins by Vine Deloria Jr

White Supremacy Confronted by Gerald Horne

Women, Race, and Class by Angela Davis

Marx at the Margins by Kevin B. Anderson

Orientalism by Edward Said

World Systems Analysis by Immanuel Wallterstein

Accumulation on a World Scale by Samir Amin

Eurocentrism by Samir Amin

Eurocentrism in the Communist Movement by Robert Biel

Western Marxism by Domenico Losurdo

Unequal Exchange by Arghiri Emmanuel

The Counter-Revolution of 1776 by Gerald Horne

Selected Works of Harry Haywood

Palestine: A Four-Thousand-Year History by Nur Masalha

Original Sins by Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi

Black Hills/White Justice by Edward Lazarus

Savages and Citizens: How Indigeneity Shapes the State by Andrew Canessa and Manuela Lavinas Picq

The Palestine Communist Party by Musa Budeiri

Southern Africa The New Politics of Revolution by Davidson, Slovo, Wilkinson

Red Road to Freedom by Tom Lodge

The Great Father by Francis Prucha

Black Reconstruction in America by W.E.B. Du Bois

Marxist-Leninist Perspectives on Black Liberation and Socialism by Frank Chapman

Armed Struggle? by Gerald Horne

Capital by Karl Marx

Russian Revolution A View from the Third World by Walter Rodney

An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

What’s Left? by Malcolm Harris

Unequal Exchange and the Prospects for Socialism by the Communist Working Group/Torkil Lauesen

The Long Transition from Capitalism to Socialism by Torkil Lauesen

Legacy of Violence by Caroline Elkins

White Malice by Susan Williams

Red Nation Rising by the Bordertown Violence Working Group

Decolonization is Not a Metaphor by Tuck and Yang

Blood in My Eye by George Jackson

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Dr. Gerald Horne joins the podcast to talk about his recent book Armed Struggle, settler colonialism, and weigh in on debates such as the role of settler working class in a revolution, Black Belt Thesis, and Chicano self-determination in Aztlan.

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https://www.intpubnyc.com/browse/armed-struggle/

https://www.peacelandbread.org/post/what-american-fascism-has-already-looked-like

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