What I’m Watching - June 26

What I’m Watching - June 26

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Jun 20, 2023 8:33 AM
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Hello comrades - it’s an exciting week! Today we’re announcing the official launch of our second Marxist Book Club section hosted on Saturdays at 6 pm New York City time. We’re calling this our “Long-Form” book club night as this group will read larger books that require additional meetings.

Don’t worry, Thursday night book clubs aren’t going anywhere! In fact, we encourage you to join both. If you have the mental bandwidth and the time, you’ll learn at double the speed. Each book club (short and long form) are tackling crucial Marxist texts.

As many of my recurring readers know, I’ve been toying around with different formats for the newsletter. With all blogging tools, each have pros and each have cons. In this issue, I’ve tried to truncate the topics into groups. I had noticed the newsletters were getting extremely long in the table of contents. Let me know your thoughts on this format as we move forward!

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🗞️ News and Books

📰 News

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Antijob.net on Instagram: "Профсоюзного активиста избивают и преследуют силовики за комментарии в соцсетях Бывший шахтёр, кузбасский активист шахтёрских профсоюзов и представитель профсоюза «Действие» Олег Тырышкин давно преследуется властью. Активист помогает людям защищать свои трудовые права – к примеру, в 2019 году он оказал помощь санитаркам и младшим медсестрам, которых заставляли перевестись в уборщицы. Женщины вступили в профсоюз и выиграли дело – их восстановили в должностях и выплатили компенсацию. Как всякий активист, Олег попал под пристальное внимание спецслужб. Все его посты и комментарии в соцсетях проверяли на экстремизм, в надежде зацепиться хоть за что-нибудь. Недавно на Олега завели дело из-за комментариев за 2021 год. Силовики похищали пожилого мужчину из квартиры, из больницы, где он лечился. За комментарии его штрафовали и запугивали. Нынче его снова оштрафовали – на этот раз за комментарии в адрес ФСБ, но прежде сильно избили. «Они меня нашли [полицейские], мол, что ты от нас скрываешься. Обматерили, как могли, унизили. Всякого мне наговорили, такими словами выражались страшными. Сбили с ног, начали бить по голове, затащили в машину, бросили» – рассказывает Олег. После избиения Олегу пригрозили оружием и отвезли в Анжеро-Судженский суд Кемеровской области, где и оштрафовали на 10 тыс. рублей за комментарии в соцсетях. В отношении ФСБ Олег писал следующее: «псы они на плешивой молнии», «дебилы», «крутые только горы бывают, а там шваль одна». #активист #профсоюз #штраф #шахтёр #россия #antijob"
Working Class History on Instagram: "On this day, 19 June 1937, the Women's Day massacre took place when police killed 16 people and injured nearly 300 when striking steelworkers' wives and children demonstrated in their support in Youngstown, Ohio. Workers at Republic Steel had gone on strike when 1,000 union supporters were sacked. Strikers' wives organised a Women's Day to support the men, but the presence of women angered the police captain, who ordered the women to leave. When they refused, instead spitting and cursing at the officers, police fired tear gas at the women, children and even babies. This outraged the workers who rushed to the scene to defend their families. Then police began shooting, killing and wounding scores. Many of those were shot in the back as they ran from the police. If you value our work researching history like this, please consider supporting us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/workingclasshistory To access this link, click our link in bio then click this photo"

📝 Articles & Books

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Unpacking the US Aristocracy: Inside America’s Wealthiest 50 Families - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

🎙️ Podcast

Introducing Kyle’s Communist Podcast! Join me each Wednesday on Twitch as we talk about the headline’s in the today’s newsletter.

Listen: Spotify — Apple — Amazon — Google Podcasts — YouTube ⚠️ Comrades, the podcast feed needed to be recreated. This is a reminder to resubscribe. And leave a 5-star review if you have time! 😉

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🎭 Arts, Music, and Videos

🖼️ Art

📺 Videos

🎧 Music

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🗺️ Marxist History & Global Comrades

📜 Last Week in Marxist History

Bülow☭ on Instagram: "Interesting how when talking about the collapse of the USSR, anticommunists never take the positions of these people into account. Only the views of the state bureaucracy and liberal bourgeois. God forbid the common worker ever get any attention."

Bülow☭ on Instagram: RENNES, FRANCE 📍

💬 Global Comrades

📚 Book Clubs

📕 Monday & Saturday

Book:

Date:

Monday 9 PM EST

Saturday 2 PM EST

📘 Thursday

Book:

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Thursday at 9 PM EST

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Short vs Long Form Book Club - which is for you? Thanks to popular request, we now host two sections of our Marist Book Club each week! Short-Form Book Club Hosted on Monday nights and Saturday afternoons, this section covers short, yet crucial texts. These are usually 30-60 minute reads that are encapsulated in one evening. Average club meeting time 1.5-2 hours. Long-Form Book Club Hosted on Monday evenings, this section covers longer books. These are usually 2-4 hour reads that are broken into multiple meetings. Average club meeting time 1.5-2 hours. So, which should you attend? We recommend both if your schedule allows - requiring 3 hour each week. Even if you cannot attend, we encourage you to listen/read the books on your own time.

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Working Class History on Instagram: "On this day, 19 June 1937, the Women's Day massacre took place when police killed 16 people and injured nearly 300 when striking steelworkers' wives and children demonstrated in their support in Youngstown, Ohio. Workers at Republic Steel had gone on strike when 1,000 union supporters were sacked. Strikers' wives organised a Women's Day to support the men, but the presence of women angered the police captain, who ordered the women to leave. When they refused, instead spitting and cursing at the officers, police fired tear gas at the women, children and even babies. This outraged the workers who rushed to the scene to defend their families. Then police began shooting, killing and wounding scores. Many of those were shot in the back as they ran from the police. If you value our work researching history like this, please consider supporting us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/workingclasshistory To access this link, click our link in bio then click this photo"
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