Proles of the Round Table Proles of the Round Table

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. 
 
Please subscribe on your favorite podcast catcher and rate or review to help extend our reach. Like and rate us on Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok, and Twitter @prolespod.
If you have any questions or comments, email us at prolespod@outlook.com  May the spectre haunt your streets, and solidarity forever.
Intro and Outro Music: 
"Proles Pod Theme" by Ransom Notes

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.
Thank you for listening!
 
Please rate and review to help us extend our reach. You can follow us on the socials. If you'd like, you can sign up for free at our patreon. We have some cool stuff on the way, as well as some posts we make only there. You can email us at prolespod@outlook.com. 
 
 

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!
Please subscribe on your favorite podcast catcher and rate or review to help extend our reach. For early and exclusive content, sign up for free at www.patreon.com/prolespod. Like and rate us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @prolespod.
If you have any questions or comments, DM us on those platforms or email us at prolespod@outlook.com All episodes prior to episode 4 can be found on YouTube, so go check that out as well! May the spectre haunt your streets, and solidarity forever.
Intro and Outro Music: 
"Proles Pod Theme" by Ransom Notes
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.
Please subscribe on your favorite podcast catcher and rate or review to help extend our reach. Like and rate us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @prolespod.
If you have any questions or comments, DM us on those platforms or email us at prolespod@outlook.com All episodes prior to episode 4 can be found on YouTube, so go check that out as well! May the spectre haunt your streets, and solidarity forever.
 
Intro and Outro Music: 
"Proles Pod Theme" by Ransom Notes

...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 aterribleinfluence@gmail.com. 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