In this episode, we're joined by our two newest co-hosts, Rae and Martín, to take the Proles' first trip to Mexico. In this wide-ranging episode, we cover a (brief) workers' history of Mexico, the rise of the current president AMLO, what his presidency has meant for Mexican people, and some insight on the upcoming presidential election.

There were a shocking number of resources consulted for this episode, but those specifically referenced (in English) are here:

• https://jacobin.com/2023/08/amlo-presidency-mexico-morena-pri-neoliberalism
• https://ausm.community/the-4t/
• https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-contradictions-of-amlo/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C4O2WlWPHw

A note that several of our sources are in Spanish, but if you're a Spanish speaker interested in the resource list, don't hesitate to reach out.

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Intro Music: 

"Proles Pod Theme" by Ransom Notes

Outro Music:

"Eastern Bloc Beats" by Justin

In this episode, the Scottish comrades return to discuss the revolutionary life of John Maclean. No, not that one... or that one. The Scottish revolutionary that spent his entire life fighting for the proletariat and who was in jail when British fascist Winston Churchill rolled tanks on Glasgow during the Battle of George Square to destroy the voice of the oppressed. 

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In this episode, El discusses the birth and development of the proletariat within Scottland, as well as the ways in which the nobility and the British empire sabotaged them time and again.

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In this long awaited return of the show the gang revisits East Germany, with new Proles co-host and host of Actually Existing Socialism - Tony -  giving us a guide through attempts by Western capitalist nations to subvert the East German state from the post-war period to the installation of the Berlin Wall. Spoiler alert: It all goes back to the 5 Ds!

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Episode Sources:

"Exploiting and Securing the Open Border in Berlin: the Western Secret Services, the Stasi, and the Second Berlin Crisis, 1958–1961"

"Drawing the Line: The American Decision to Divide Germany, 1944–1949"

The Prelude to Nationwide Surveillance in East Germany"

“Spying On Science: Western Intelligence in Divided Germany 1945-1961”

"Address given by Nikita Khrushchev on the GDR and Berlin (Moscow, 10 November 1958)" "GDR: An Historical Outline" "Britain and the Occupation of Germany, 1945-49" "Killing Hope"

In this episode, the new gang (so far) introduces themselves, and Jeremy briefly recounts the history of Proles as well as what we're doing differently this time, based on lessons we learned.

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...wait for it.

In this episode, the gang collaborates with Breht O'Shea of RevLeft Radio on an analysis of the Marxist understanding of history, how we as human beings relate to history, and how we can see through the veil of bourgeois historiography. It is my personal favorite episode we ever recorded, and it is the one people have most requested that we re-upload. It was taken down with good reason, but there are good reasons for it to come back. It is certainly one of the most positive and affirming episodes we ever made, and I feel like people need that right now.

If you have any questions or comments, DM Jeremy at facebook.com/mambono17 or Instagram @mambono17 or email [email protected]. All episodes prior to episode 4 can be found on YouTube, so go check that out as well!

Suggested Reading and Resources: 

I don't have a way to reach out to Hayder to ask him about his sources, and unfortunately, I have forgotten a lot of the works I was referencing, but I will do my best to reconstruct what I can recall.

Silencing the Past - Michel-Rolphe Trouillot

Caliban and the Witch - Silvia Federici

Chulmun Neolithic Inensification, Asian Perspectives, Spring 2012 - Sook-Chung Shin, Song-Nai Rhee, and C. Melbin Aikens

The Lifeways of Hunter-Gatherers: The Foraging Spectrum - Robert L. Kelly

In this episode, the gang revisits Argentina with the help of Joel and Homer, learning how it escaped Spanish colonialism only to become prey to British and US imperialism. And coups. So many coups.

If you have any questions or comments, DM Jeremy at facebook.com/mambono17 or Instagram @mambono17 or email [email protected]. All episodes prior to episode 4 can be found on YouTube, so go check that out as well!

Suggested Reading and Resources: 

Documentaries:

Ver la Historia by Felipe Pigna

Seré Millones by Fernando Krichmar, Omar Neri, Mónica Simoncini

Book:

Todo o Nada by Maria Seoane

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The next-to-the-last PRT episode, recorded before the collapse. Justin and Ethan discuss the history of Romania as Alekx hosts.

At several listeners' requests, we're uploading the January patreon-exclusive episode, which is Ethan's performance of Wallace Shawn's 1990 play The Fever.

The Fever is about capital and class struggle and commodity fetishism and liberalism and guilt, and about someone coming to terms with the injustice in the world and his own role within that injustice. 

"I feel like this play covers most if not all the important points of capital, state/rev, and a lot of wretched of the earth somehow in 1hr." -dblizz66

Music: Phill Niblock -Works for Hurdy Gurdy and VoiceSarah Davachi - For Voice

In this episode, the gang has an info-packed discussion with Phil Miller, the author of Keenie Meenie: The British Mercenaries Who Got Away with War Crimes. Phil is an investigative journalist who put an unbelievable amount of work into sifting through many a redacted document to piece together the clandestine history of the notorious private military outfit, Keenie Meenie. 

You can find Phil via his publisher, Pluto Press, or his own page.

If you haven't already, go to www.prolespod.com or you can help the show improve over at www.patreon.com/prolespod and in return can get access to our spicy discord, exclusive episodes, guest appearances, etc.! All kinds of great stuff.

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Suggested Reading and Resources: 

Keenie Meenie: The British Mercenaries Who Got Away with Murder

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Outro music:

"The Marching Song of the Covert Battalions" by Billy Bragg