This Proletarian Life

Apr 26 2020 11 ep. 34 mins 253

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This Proletarian Life is an audio project exploring the lives and topics from leftist and Marxist spaces.

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Revolutionary Poetry #2

Apr 26 2020 59 mins

Hi. Welcome back to This Proletarian Life, our second Revolutionary Poetry episode! Let me know if you have any questions, and I hope you enjoy all of these poems as much as I do! Thank you a ton to all of our comrades who performed these excellent pieces to share. Also thank you everyone for your patience as I edited this. Works Performed: Self written piece by Banks A quote about

Leftist Origins Story 7: Talia (is da best)

Mar 25 2020 43 mins

HI! Welcome back to This Proletarian Life! I hope you all are staying safe and healthy -- maybe this will be something to help with the boredom that some of y'all are facing due to self-isolating and quarantine. This episode is a conversation with our great friend and comrade, Talia (twitter: @Leela1337; instagram: TaliaLux1917) from Minyan and Tolerant Left! Please enjoy the origi

Leftist Origins Story 6: J & Jose

Feb 28 2020 40 mins

Hi friends and comrade! Thanks for tuning back into This Proletarian Life. Hey, we made it on the other end of this wacky month. Today we have two stores, from J and Jose -- both comrades who I met on discord through podcast projects! I hope y'all enjoy this episode and are off to a healthy start to 2020. Music: "Internationale" (https://www.marxists.org/subject/art/music/i

Revolutionary Poetry

Jan 20 2020 37 mins

Greetings friends and comrades! Happy New Year! On this episode, we listen to some revolutionary poetry to inspire us at the beginning of 2020. Big thanks to each of my comrades for contributing to this episode -- it wouldn't have been possible without them. I hope you all enjoy this one and thank you for listening! <p> Hasta Siempre, Comandante - Carlos Puebla [https://en.wi

Leftist Origins Story 5: Grant

Dec 28 2019 37 mins

Howdy friends! It's been another minute since I've uploaded an episode. Whew, I was able to get through the school semester and holiday season! Hope you all enjoy this episode with our friend and comrade Grant -- revolutionary parent, organizer for the Korean Friendship Association Scotland (https://korea-dpr.com/kfa.html), and musician! You can find Grant on twitter with the

Leftist Origins Story 4: Andria

Nov 22 2019 16 mins

Hi friends! Here is a shorter episode starring our comrade Andria! I hope you enjoy her story as much as I have. It was great to meet my internet twin and have her share her story! You can find her online here: https://twitter.com/CatBabushka Thank you for listening. :) Songs: XXYXX -- "About You" Aphex Twin -- "Avril 14th" El Buho -- "Picaflor" Onra -- "Mai's Theme" Harald

Leftist Origins Stories 3: Johnny

Oct 22 2019 44 mins

HI FRIENDS! It's been a minute. This episode is a little longer. Because of time constraints with school and work, I left it mostly unedited and it has remained in a more classic interview style podcast form. However, luckily, Johnny is a great storyteller and person to converse with so it's fun listening to him! Find him on twitter at @MLNJGANGGANG and on the podcast Comradical (@

Leftist Origins Stories 2: Ben & Micah

Aug 28 2019 31 mins

Hi, hi, hi, hi! We have another two set of leftist origins stories on This Proletarian Life. Today we have Ben and Micah on to share their stories about how they both escaped reactionary and fascist thinking, then became Marxists. On this episode, I played around a bit with the format and mixed both stories together throughout. ALSO I tried to mute a bunch of my laughing in the bac

Leftist Origins Stories 1: Jules & Justin

Aug 18 2019 34 mins

Hello, and welcome to the first episode of the leftist origins stories series for This Proletarian Life! This time around we have Jules Taylor and Justin here to share their stories of how they became Marxists. Jules Taylor is a music artist living in NY. You can find his music on Spotify / Apple Music, and his website is JulesTaylorMusic.com. Follow his music h

Preview of Leftist Origins Stories

Aug 16 2019 4 mins

Here's a preview and introduction to the Leftist Origins series I'm working on for This Proletarian Life! I'm excited to share all of these stories with everyone. I've been working hard on these in my spare time, along with everything else on my plate. Comrade sneak peaks included in this preview -- Johnny, Andria, Jose, Micah, and Ben. Music is "Cumbia de Tototl" by El