We're excited to have Amin Hosuri join us for a multi-episode series examining anti-imperialism and internationalism in the imperial core. We use the response to the Iran's Zhina uprisings to analyze Western anti-imperialism and how we can support workers throughout the world without falling into the imperialist agenda.  For security reasons, Amin provided us with answers to read in the episode rather than speak live.   English: 1. Where do the world powers stand regarding the Iranian uprising? English: Slingers Collective, Feb. 26, 2023 http://slingerscollective.net/where-do-the ..read more

Prez went on Kingless Generation to talk about international fascism, its ideological origins, and it's links with settler colonialism ..read more

Prez and Talia sit down with Norah, an associate editor of the Electronic Intifada, host of the EI Podcast, and co-host of The Brief podcast; and Dan, a former assistant director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies in Britain, and who recently wrapped up a political science postdoc at UQAM, a left hub in Montreal; to discuss Biden's recent trip to Occupied Palestine, Origins of Fascism, and Teeth? Our minds were blown, and we hope you enjoy this highly informative episode ..read more

Zev and Talia are joined by Irish language activist, Domhnall, and they discuss the revolutionary potential of Irish, Yiddish, and Indigenous languages. *Talia apologies for an horrific mispronunciations  Works Cited: Jailtacht: The Irish Language, Symbolic Power and Political Violence in Northern Ireland, 1972-2008 https://www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-classes/oxford-school-of-rare-jewish-languages/ https://jewishcurrents.org/september-27-anti-yiddish-riots/ https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israel-s-latest-fearsome-national-security-threat-yiddish-1.7947906 Bearing the Unbearable ..read more

This time the Spiel is real. In a bit of a change-up, this month's bonus episode is a Purim Spiel, a reading of the Book of Esther by Talia & Yaakov, with the theme of the retelling being 90s/00s hip hop censoring in all its glass shattering, dog barking, and all around goofy glory. We hope you enjoy, and if you want to hear more readings as bonus content, please let us know either here or in the Lenin's Ghost discord. Intro Music: Nitsokhn Lid by Yiddish Glory, Screwed by Mr. Crane Outro Music: Satan Is Real by Kreator / A Congealed CLot of Blood by Carcass / Walls by Siege ..read more

In this month's Davening After Dark episode, Pres goes off on the subject of critical support in a new segment called The Spiel, Talia leads a round of the Hitler or Herzl Expanded Universe, Yaakov & Pres share some Evil Eye articles, Talia seeks to wrench back Gritty from the anarchists, and everyone gets in an argument about Star Wars. Somehow, despite the best effort of a twitter nudnik, we all manage to exist ..read more

On this first patrons-only DAD, the Minyan answers listener questions on mysticism, education, the role of goyish comrades in combating zionism, and more. We share some anecdotes from Jewish history, get in a good Evil Eye over fundamentalist Christians LARPing as Jews at a gun rally, and then a few rounds of Hitler or Herzl. Oh and we introduce a new member of the Minyan and talk trash on France. Intro Music: "Mayn Pulemyot (My Machine Gun)" by Yiddish Glory from their self-titled album. Outro Music: "Mir Veln Zey Iberlebn," by Tsibele, recorded live at the Jalopy Theater in Brooklyn on Nov ..read more

A quick update on what's happening at the Minyan, and hopes for the new year.  ..read more

In this episode Prez and Talia discuss some of Gramsci's main theories, the material conditions of their development and their relevance to today. We cover his theoretical analyses of fascism, bourgeois politics, and the state, and how he was the first Joker. We are using The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings 1916-1935, NYU Press Edition. Reach out to us on Twitter @the_minyan or email us minyanpod@gmail.com ..read more

In this episode Prez spends way too long talking about history and theory while we deconstruct what it means for land to be used "productively." Zev discusses the relationship between eco-fascism in Israel and America. Our guest Lydia, from the Center of Communist Studies, joins us to talk about the importance of Olive Trees and other claims of "environmental stewardship" in Israel's attempts to exterminate Palestinians. Talia expands on how Israel's eco-fascism is destroying Palestinian land. Reach out to us on Twitter @the_minyan or email us minyanpod@gmail.com for our sources ..read more