56 - Max Elbaum and Lessons Learned from the New Communist Movement and the SDS

Giving the Mic to the Wrong Person

Max Elbaum from Verso Books, author of _Revolution in the Air: Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin, Mao and Che_, was in Portland last month and sat for an interview with myself and Kevin from Regrettable Century. Stay tuned for his story about the Weather Underground and Bob Avakian! Here’s the website for Max’s book: https://revolutionintheair.org Max's interview in Jacobin: "Learning from the New Communist Movement" https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/09/max-elbaum-new-communist-movement-socialism-organizing Kevin's podcast: http://regrettablecentury.buzzsprout.com/ Max Elbaum's panel talk with members of Portland DSA's Red Caucus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_01IQn0MU8 Opening sound clip: "Communists on Campus: The Weather Underground" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tChf9wJKARA ------ Recs: -Panopticon -David Blight's _Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom_ ---- Help us make the show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic - @givingthemic - Questions/comments/suggestions for great local Korean food: [e-mail] - http://facebook.com/givingthemic/ - - Main theme by The Mysterious Breakfast'r Cereal on SoundCloud @chiptheme - - All items trademarked and copyright their respective owners. Please don't sue. Please don't sue. Please don't sue.