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References: Joshua Bloom - Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party
Harry Haywood - Black Bolshevik: Autobiography of an Afro-American Communist
Mark Solomon - The Cry Was Unity: Communists and African Americans
Ryan Miniot - The Black Left's War On Marcus Garvey and Garveyism
Louis J. Parascandola - Cyril Briggs and the African Blood Brotherhood
Cyril Briggs - The Negro Convention

For part one of this episode, I interview Esperanza on the topic of the sex industry and prostitution/sex work as it functions under capitalist-imperialism. The second part of this episode will follow in a week or two!

Esperanza is a Maoist, writer, and organizer who works with the anti-imperialist and transnational organization AF3IRM.

To follow Esperanza, go to @endclasssociety on Twitter.

In this episode of On Mass, comrade Peter Clark and I discuss social democracy (or democratic "socialism") as a political tendency in relation to the reality of capitalist-imperialist exploitation. 

We also discuss the ideas of Professor Richard D. Wolff who is the host of the leftist show Economic Update and how his ideas factor into the general topics of social democracy, opportunism and reformism.

In this episode of On Mass, I briefly explain why I haven't released any episodes in the past little bit, as well as provide my take on Venezuela and America's recent attempt to oust the Maduro government in the classic capitalist-imperialist way. I also explain why I think the Leftist government of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) has been struggling with its internal class contradictions since they assumed power in 1999. The first half of the episode gives a brief overview of some of the internal class contradictions at play, and the latter looks at the false and hypocritical imperialist rhetoric that is being spouted in order to overthrow the Leftist government of Venezuela. This episode is a brief explanation of some of the dynamics at play in the conflict and is by no means a completely comprehensive analysis of the situation.

Some Sources:
The bourgeois critique of the Venezuelan government mentioned in the second half of the episode:
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/post-chavez-venezuela-enters-downward-spiral/


Norway Reinvesting in BAE Systems:
https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/upload/fin/etikk/2013/bae_finmec_eng.pdf

BAE Systems Products/Services: https://www.baesystems.com/en/what-we-do/products-and-services

In this Episode of On Mass we interview Tyler A. Shipley who is a Professor of Society, Culture and Commerce in the Department of Liberal Studies at Humber College to discuss his newest book, "Canada in the World: Settler Capitalism and Colonial Imagination".

Book description by Fernwood Publishing:

"Canada in the World begins by arguing that the colonial relations with Indigenous peoples represent the first example of foreign policy, and demonstrates how these relations became a foundational and existential element of the new state. Colonialism—the project to establish settler capitalism in North America and the ideological assumption that Europeans were more advanced and thus deserved to conquer the Indigenous people—says Shipley, lives at the very heart of Canada."

To purchase his book from Fernwood Publishing click here.