Class Analysis

Essential reading for every socialist. In Blackshirts and Reds, Parenti draws attention to how mainstream and left intellectuals have superimposed their liberal ideology in a way that equates fascism with communism. This book attempts to show the enormous differences between fascism and communism both past and present, both in theory and practice, especially in regard to questions of social equality, private capital accumulation, and class interest. 0:00 Intro 1:52 Chapter 1 - Rational Fascism 16:09 Chapter 2 - Let Us Now Praise Revolution 28:58 Chapter 3 - Left Anticommunism 42:21 Chapter 4 - Communism In Wonderland 51:32 Chapter 5 - Stalin's Fingers 56:16 Chapter 6 - The Free-Market Paradise Goes East (I) 1:03:17 Chapter 7 - The Free-Market Paradise Goes East (II) 1:11:28 Chapter 8 - The End Of Marxism? 1:29:42 Chapter 9 - Anything But Class: Avoiding the C-Word

History of US Empire spanning the globe from Asia to Africa Book Review/Summary/Synthesis from 3 books: ① Michael Parenti - Against Empire, 1995 ② John Perkins - Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, 2004 ③ Stephen Kinzer - Overthrown, 2006 0:00 - Intro, Lenin, Parenti, Perkins, Kinzer 1:17 - Mexico, 1846-1948, Texas, California, Spanish-American War 1:52 - Hawaii, 1893, Liliʻuokalani, Pearl Harbor, Neocolonialism 2:51 - Guatemala, 1954, Árbenz, United Fruit Company, Armas, 36y Civil War 12:15 - Cuba, 1898-1922, 1953-Present, Batista, Castro, 638 Assassination Attempts Asia: 21:30 21:32 - Vietnam, 1945-1991, 1963, Hồ Chí Minh, Ngô Đình Diệm, Gulf Tonkin 30:20 - Cambodia, 1965-1991, Third Indochina War, Pol Pot, Khmer Rouge 31:13 - Laos, 1960-1975, Secret War, Pathet Lao 33:00 - Philippines, 1898-1946, 1953, Magsaysay, Marcos 34:40 - Indonesia, Sukarno, Suharto, 1965 Mass Killings 38:00 - East Timor, 1975 Mass Genocide Africa: 42:10 43:12 - Congo, 1960, Leopold, Lumumba, Congo Crisis, Mobuto, Zaire 45:10 - Mozambique, 1975, Machel, FRELIMO, REMAMO 45:20 - Angola, 1975, MPLA, Savimbi, UNITA, Clark Amendment 46:37 - Chad, 1982, Oueddei, Habré 47:08 - Burkina Faso, 1987, Thomas Sankara 48:30 - Uganda, 1971, Amin 48:36 - Ethiopia, 1974, Selassie, Mariam 48:53 - Morocco, 1961, Hassan 49:00 - Rwanda, 1997, FPR, Mobuto 49:13 - Sudan, 1997, US Bombing of Al-Shifa Pharmaceutical Company 50:00 - Somalia, 1961-Present, 1992, 1993, Black Hawk Down, Mogadishu Latin America: 52:03 52:03 - Dominican Republic, 1961, Trujillo, Juan Bosche 54:00 - Operation Condor, 1968-1989 - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay 54:32 - Brazil, 1964 56:26 - Bolivia, 1964, Banzer Suarez 57:00 - Chile, 1973, Allende, Pinochet, Neoliberalism, Milton Friedman 1:02:03 - Jamaica, 1976, Manley, Bauxite 1:04:58 - Nicaragua, 1903-1914, 1937, 1979-1990, Zelaya, Somoza, FSLN, Iran-Contra 1:08:06 - Honduras, 1903-1925, 1980s, Banana Republic, Battalion 3-16 1:09:40 - Grenada, 1983, New Jewel Movement (NJM), Maurice Bishop, US Invasion 1:13:29 - El Salvador, 1979-1992, FMLN, St. Romero, El Mozote 1:16:46 - Peru, 1990, Fujimori, Montesinos 1:16:58 - Haiti, 1915-1934, 1991, 1994, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Liberation Theology 1:20:13 - Ecuador, 1981, Roldós, Hydrocarbons Policy, SIL 1:27:53 - Panama, 1941, 1981, 1989, Torrijos, Noriega, US Invasion, Bush Middle East: 1:40:00 1:40:00 - Egypt, 1952, Nasser 1:40:50 - Lebanon, 1958, Invasion and Occupation 1:41:17 - Iran, 1953, 1979-Present, Shah, Mossadegh, Ayatollah Revolution 1:49:33 - Israel, 1947-Present, 1973 1:49:50 - Saudi Arabia, 1974-Present, OPEC Embargo, Bretton Woods, JECOR, Petrodollar 1:55:20 - Afghanistan, 1979, 2001-Present, Mujahideen, Opium, Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaeda 2:00:00 - Iraq, 2001-Present, Qasim, Hussein, Gulf War, Iraq War, US Invasion 2:12:18 - Libya, 2011-Present, Gaddafi, US Invasion 2:14:03 - Syria, 2011-Present, Al-Assad, Arab Spring, ISIS, Wahhabism, Salafism 2:14:43 - Yemen, 2015-Present Recent Coups: 2:14:52 - Pink Tide, 1999-2009, Blue Wave 2009-Present 2:15:28 - Honduras, 2009, Manuel Zelaya 2:15:52 - Venezuela, 2002, 2019, IMF, Bolivarian Revolution, Hugo Chávez, Maduro 2:21:30 - Bolivia, 2019, Lithium, Evo Morales, MAS Conclusion: 2:22:41 *China/Korea excluded - will be covered in depth in future videos *WW1/WW2 excluded - will be covered in depth in future videos *Slavery/Indigenous Nations excluded - covered in depth in future videos *Specifically focus on US Imperialism (British etc... excluded) *More focus on military intervention as the final outcome of imperialism - but it should be recognized that imperialism is much more than just military interventions and coups, it is an economic system that functions to keep the world poor so a few elites can stay rich. But it is in these egregious examples we can reflect on the extent to which the capitalist class will go to prolong their decay in a ruthless international class war. 2021 Update - Revolutionary victory in Peru! Link to timeline from video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NZbnyOpOebm2E3LL1vYE4vaEboNCwJvh/view?usp=sharing References and Recommended Texts: ○ V.I. Lenin - Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, 1917 ○ Frantz Fanon - The Wretched of the Earth, 1961 ○ Michael Parenti - The Face of Imperialism, 2011 ○ Naomi Klein - The Shock Doctrine, 2007 ○ William Blum - Killing Hope ○ Greg Grandin - Empire's Workshop ○ Sirvent/Haiphong - American Exceptionalism and American Innocence, 2019

I’m sure many of you have been wondering why I’ve become so political over the past year, why I created this channel, and how I became a reader. This is my personal conversion story- my intellectual journey from Republican/Libertarian → Liberal → Independent/Progressive → Anarchist → Marxist. How I clawed my way out of the uncritical one-dimensional neoliberal bourgeois propaganda 0:00 - Intro 0:22 - South Dakota, Reactionary Republican, High School 1:54 - Minnesota, Liberal Democrat, College 3:11 - Pharmacy School, Insurance Industry, Managed Care Pharmacy 7:40 - Bernie Sanders, Universal Healthcare, Progressive, Independent 12:00 - Residency, San Francisco Health Plan, Real World 12:51 - Intellectual Dark Web, Jordan Peterson, US Wars, Chomsky 15:24 - RadLib, Libertarian Anarchist, Propaganda, Economics 17:40 - Left Economics, Marxism, Socialism, Radicalization 19:58 - Communist Manifest, Class Analysis 20:46 - Ideology, Superstructure, Neoliberalism, Ideological State Apparatus, Imperialism 23:03 - Being a Marxist Pharmacist, Alienation, My Project to Raise Class Consciousness

"Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business" by Neil Postman George Orwell's 1984 vs Aldous Huxley's Brave New World Book Review/Summary/Film Documentary about the decay of public discourse and debate in America. How TV and ideology have gradually eroded people's ability to think.