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Conversations and audio documentaries exploring a wide variety of themes pertaining to economics and politics, hosted by Della Z Duncan and Robert R. Raymond
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April 29, 2025
Tings Chak from Tricontinental discusses China's ecological restoration project at Erhai Lake and its broader goal of achieving a harmonious balance between ecological and human development in this interview with Robert.
April 22, 2025
<p>“What is the price of an assassin’s bullet? Some dollars here and there. The cost of the bullet. The cost of a taxi ride, a hotel, an airplane, the money paid to hire the assassin, his silence purchased through a payment into a Swiss bank, the cost to him psychologically for having taken the life of one, two, three, or four. But the biggest price is not paid by the intelligence services. The biggest price is paid by the people. For in these assassinations, these murders, this violence of intimidation, it is the people who lose their leaders in their localities. Each bullet fired struck down a Revolution and gave birth to our present barbarity. This is a book about bullets.”</p> <p>These are the words of <a href= "https://x.com/VijayPrashad">Vijay Prashad</a> in the opening paragraphs of his book, Washington Bullets: The History of the CIA, Coups, and Assassinations—a fascinating and meticulously researched and gut-wrenchingly evocative book which takes readers on a tour of the US empire’s wide-ranging project of global dominance. </p> <p>Vijay Prashad is a journalist, political commentator, and Executive Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. He’s the author of many books including Red Star Over the Third World, The Darker Nations, and the book that we’ll be discussing today, Washington Bullets.</p> <p>This conversation explores many of the concepts outlined in the Washington Bullets, from the CIA’s manual for regime change to how economic shock and military coups were utilized to achieve said regime changes in countries like Chile. But more than just a chapter by chapter overview, today’s conversation with Vijay takes many side-alleys and side-paths that range from the importance of art and emotion in politics, why we need to rethink the idea of conspiracy theories, why cancel culture is a dead end, and why the left needs to reexamine its use of language and propaganda in the face of a US cultural apparatus that won the PR campaign against socialism decades ago. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Further Resources</strong></p> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://thetricontinental.org/">Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research</a></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://1804books.com/products/washington-bullets?srsltid=AfmBOorXmgNAdqPQteDZi5QMXJgzdViZbrWxgWQnv-HpRnznAKVlgcnx"> Washington Bullets, by Vijay Prashad</a></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Related Episodes:</strong></p> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.patreon.com/posts/china-pt-3-vs-w-123859701">China Pt. 3: Bourgeois Democracy vs Socialist Democracy w/ Vijay Prashad</a></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/the-fight-for-the-congo-w-vijay-prashad"> The Fight for The Congo w/ Vijay Prashad</a></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Intermission music:</strong> <a href= "https://andrewglencross.bandcamp.com/track/stolen-empires">"Stolen Empires" by Andrew Glencross</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Artwork:</strong> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/tingschak/?hl=en">Tings Chak</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Upstream is a labor of love—we couldn't keep this project going without the generosity of our listeners and fans. Subscribe to our Patreon at <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast">patreon.com/upstreampodcast</a> or please consider chipping in a one-time or recurring donation at <a href= "https://www.upstreampodcast.org/support">www.upstreampodcast.org/support</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">If your organization wants to sponsor one of our upcoming documentaries, we have a number of sponsorship packages available. Find out more at <a href= "https://gate.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Fupstreampodcast.org%2Fsponsorship&token=fb395-1-1663029755269"> upstreampodcast.org/sponsorship</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">For more from Upstream, visit <a href= "https://gate.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.upstreampodcast.org&token=efc9f5-1-1663029755269"> www.upstreampodcast.org</a> and follow us on <a href= "https://twitter.com/upstreamPodcast">Twitter</a>, <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/upstreampodcast/">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UpstreamPodcast">Facebook</a>, and <a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/upstreampodcast.bsky.social">Bluesky</a>. You can also subscribe to us on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/upstream/id1082594532">Apple Podcasts,</a> <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/4KwWOMp24P9cVVR6d0i7Zq?si=ec90ca944bcb43cf&nd=1"> Spotify</a>, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.</p>
April 15, 2025
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>This is a free preview of the episode "How Fascism Works." You can listen to the full episode by subscribing to our Patreon here: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast">https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast</a></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>As a Patreon subscriber you'll get access to at least one bonus episode a month (usually two or three), our entire back catalog of Patreon episodes, early access to certain episodes, and other benefits like stickers and bumper stickers—depending on which tier you subscribe to. access to bi-weekly bonus episodes ranging from conversations to readings and more. Signing up for Patreon is a great way to make Upstream a weekly show, and it will also give you access to our entire back catalog of Patreon episodes along with stickers and bumper stickers at certain subscription tiers.</strong> <strong>You’ll also be helping to keep Upstream sustainable and allowing us to keep this project going.</strong></p> <p>In this episode of our reading series, Robbie reads and provides real-time analysis of the opening chapter of the classic book Blackshirts & Reds: Rational Fascism & the Overthrow of Communism by Michael Parenti. The text covers the topics of plutocracy and autocracy, whom the fascists last century supported, a bit of history on Hitler and Mussolini, the rational and irrational aspects of fascism, patriarchy and pseudo-revolution, collaboration, and much more. </p> <p>The analysis provided in the reading brings this text into our current conditions and looks at where Parenti's analysis holds up and where it might need to be stretched and adapted to help us understand the rise of neofascism in the United States under Trump and his modern day fascist footsoldiers. We explain why it's more important than ever to resist collaboration and to stand in full solidarity with all of the racialized and criminalized "others" in order to combat the fearmongering and scapegoating that fascism relies on in order to grow in strength. </p> <p><strong>Further resources:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://citylights.com/city-lights-published/blackshirts-reds-rational-fascism/"> Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism</a>, by Michael Parenti</li> </ul> <p><strong>Related episodes:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/from-the-frontlines-state-repression-and-anti-imperialist-organizing-w-calla-walsh"> From the Frontlines: State Repression and Anti-Imperialist Organizing w/ Calla Walsh</a></li> <li><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/capitalism-the-state-and-how-we-got-here-with-christian-parenti-in-conversation"> Capitalism, The State, and How We Got Here with Christian Parenti</a></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal">Upstream is a labor of love — we couldn't keep this project going without the generosity of our listeners and fans. Subscribe to our Patreon at <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast">patreon.com/upstreampodcast</a> or please consider chipping in a one-time or recurring donation at <a href= "https://www.upstreampodcast.org/support">www.upstreampodcast.org/support</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">If your organization wants to sponsor one of our upcoming documentaries, we have a number of sponsorship packages available. Find out more at <a href= "https://gate.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Fupstreampodcast.org%2Fsponsorship&token=fb395-1-1663029755269"> upstreampodcast.org/sponsorship</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">For more from Upstream, visit <a href= "https://gate.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.upstreampodcast.org&token=efc9f5-1-1663029755269"> www.upstreampodcast.org</a> and follow us on <a href= "https://twitter.com/upstreamPodcast">Twitter</a>, <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/upstreampodcast/">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UpstreamPodcast">Facebook</a>, and <a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/upstreampodcast.bsky.social">Bluesky</a>.<br /> <br /> You can also subscribe to us on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/upstream/id1082594532">Apple Podcasts,</a> <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/4KwWOMp24P9cVVR6d0i7Zq?si=ec90ca944bcb43cf&nd=1"> Spotify</a>, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.</p>
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