Red Start Podcast

Jul 25 2024 19 ep. 48 mins 72
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A discussion series from Red Star, a Marxist caucus within DSA.

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"Ideas for the Struggle" by Marta Harnecker

Jul 25 2024 73 mins  
This is a reading of Marta Harnecker's "Ideas for the Struggle", read by Red Star member Megan Romer.

Zenith Interview: NPC Election

Aug 02 2023 54 mins  
Red Star member Zoe interviews outgoing NPC members Jenbo and Jen M along with Red Star NPC candidates Megan R and John L about the past two NPC terms, what they've learned and what they've accomplished, and what our hopes are for the upcoming DSA convention and NPC term.

Zenith Interview: EWOC and Local EWOC

Jul 31 2023 46 mins  
Red Star member Matt interviews EWOC volunteer and Communist Caucus member Matthew about EWOC, local EWOC, and different approaches to labor organizing in DSA.

Red Start (July 2023): Protagonism, Socialist Leadership & Socialist Organization

Jul 17 2023 65 mins  
00:00 - LeftRoots, "Protagonism, Socialist Leadership, and Socialist Organizing" 49:12 - Harnecker, "Ideas for the Struggle: Convince, Not Impose" 53:50 - Michael Lebowitz, "Protagonism and Productivity"

Four Readings on Dialectics

Jun 15 2023 56 mins  
An audio recording for the 6/21 RED START reading hosted by @hanginoutonline Sam Heft-Luthy. Timestamps: 0:28 - "Dialectical Materialism" from Constructive Criticism 12:30 - Afterword to the Second German Edition of Capital — by Karl Marx 20:15 - Fragments on Dialectics - from "Dialectics of Nature" by Frederick Engels 41:43 - The Principal Contradiction and

Rebuilding the Left - Red Start Selections (Audiobook)

May 22 2023 107 mins  
This is a book reading of excerpts from Marta Harnecker's "Rebuilding the Left."

Imperialism pt 2 (Venture Capital and Lenin's Imperialism text) - Red Start Political Education Session

May 02 2023 16 mins  
An edited live recording of comrade Michael's Red Start session on the second half of Lenin's "Imperialism: Highest Stage of Capitalism" (recorded September 7, 2022). In this session, comrade Michael explains Venture Capitalism from a socialist perspective and extends Lenin's theory to more modern economic developments.

Imperialism pt 1 - Red Start Political Education Education Session

May 02 2023 25 mins  
An edited live recording of comrade Joseph's Red Start session on the first half of Lenin's "Imperialism: Highest Stage of Capitalism" (recorded August 31, 2022).

Blood In My Eye - Red Start Political Education Session

Jan 10 2023 44 mins  
An edited live recording of comrade Greg's Red Start session on George Jackson's "Blood In My Eye" (recorded August, 2022).

Red Start Political Education Session: Organizing Methods in the Steel Industry

Dec 06 2022 31 mins  
An edited live recording of our 7/2022 Red Start session on "Organizing Methods in the Steel Industry" by William Z. Foster.