138. Riding the Crimson Wave: Biennio Rosso and the Failed Revolution -- Pt. 2

This week David and Madeline finish our two part episode about the Italian syndicalists!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/SOURCES:⁠Anderson, Considerations on Western Marxism⁠ ⁠Clark, Antonio Gramsci and the Revolution That Failed⁠⁠Gramsci, The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings 1916-1935⁠⁠Emmerson, “Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Fiume Escapade.”⁠⁠Bertrand, “The Biennio Rosso: Anarchists and Revolutionary Syndicalists in Italy, 1919-1920.”⁠⁠Lenin, “Terms of Admission into Communist International.”⁠⁠Trudell, “Gramsci: The Turin Years.”⁠ ⁠Trotsky, “Speech in Discussion of the Italian Question.”⁠

This week, David and Madeline talk about Italy, Biennio Rossa, and what age is too young to not know how to put your phone on silent!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/SOURCES:Anderson, Considerations on Western Marxism Clark, Antonio Gramsci and the Revolution That FailedGramsci, The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings 1916-1935Emmerson, “Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Fiume Escapade.”Bertrand, “The Biennio Rosso: Anarchists and Revolutionary Syndicalists in Italy, 1919-1920.”Lenin, “Terms of Admission into Communist International.”Trudell, “Gramsci: The Turin Years.” Trotsky, “Speech in Discussion of the Italian Question.”

This week, Madeline and David wrap up our second part of our discussion about USAID!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES:https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/02/14/usaid-controversy-live-updates-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-temporarily-restore-foreign-aid-funding/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-canceling-foreign-aid-awards-in-place-before-his-inauguration/https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP74B00415R000300070019-8.pdfhttps://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79T00975A027700010040-0.pdfhttps://digitalcommons.csp.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1038&context=hmong-studies_hohphttps://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001000080025-2.pdfhttps://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001000080025-2.pdfhttps://www.newsweek.com/lefts-goal-usaid-reform-finally-accomplished-trump-opinion-2029951https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/08/04/report-u-s-aid-used-hiv-program-in-cuba-to-foment-rebellion/https://apnews.com/music-general-news-548798feb950406d8e23186e77359f8fhttps://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/u-s-secretly-built-cuban-twitter-stir-unrest-ap-reports-n70531https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-usaid-c0c7799be0b2fa7cad4c806565985fe2https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitter-zunzuneo-stir-unresthttps://apnews.com/general-news-5de7cd8b5aab4294aaef93aa06fd6fdahttps://www.thenation.com/article/archive/how-hillary-clinton-militarized-us-policy-in-honduras/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/04/usaid-latin-americans-cuba-rebellion-hiv-workshopshttps://apnews.com/music-general-news-7c275c134f1b4a0ca3428929fcece82dhttps://web.archive.org/web/20240622164647/https:/www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/Disinformation-Primer.pdfhttps://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-reorganization-of-usaid-will-not-change-its-promotion-of-exploitation/https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20250212/117881/HHRG-119-JU00-20250212-SD003-U3.pdfhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/06/musk-doge-usaid/https://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/9-121-14-002-p.pdfhttps://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-struggle-for-middle-east-democracy/https://jacobin.com/2022/02/maidan-protests-neo-nazis-russia-nato-crimeahttps://2017-2020.usaid.gov/georgiahttps://adst.org/2016/02/winning-the-peace-usaid-and-the-demobilization-of-the-nicaraguan-contras/https://web.archive.org/web/20170815101734/https://legcounsel.house.gov/Comps/Foreign%20Assistance%20Act%20Of%201961.pdfhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/159742?read-now=1&seq=16#page_scan_tab_contentshttps://web.archive.org/web/20180527183738/https://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/stabilization/https://web.archive.org/web/20031119001121/http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/400/fsa.pdfhttps://afsa.org/usaid-60-enduring-purpose-complex-legacyhttps://www.counterpunch.org/2020/08/13/teaching-torture-the-death-and-legacy-of-dan-mitrione/https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-01601R000800260001-8.pdfhttps://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/AUPress/Books/B_0156_CELESKI_SPECIAL_AIR_WARFARE_AND_THE_SECRET_WAR_IN_LAOS_AIR_COMMANDOS_1964_1975.pdfhttps://afsa.org/sites/default/files/vietnamArchivedContentFromFSJ008.pdfhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/11/haiti-and-the-failed-promise-of-us-aidhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56201575

This week, Madeline and David discuss USAID!PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES:https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/02/14/usaid-controversy-live-updates-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-temporarily-restore-foreign-aid-funding/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-canceling-foreign-aid-awards-in-place-before-his-inauguration/https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP74B00415R000300070019-8.pdfhttps://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79T00975A027700010040-0.pdfhttps://digitalcommons.csp.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1038&context=hmong-studies_hohphttps://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001000080025-2.pdfhttps://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001000080025-2.pdfhttps://www.newsweek.com/lefts-goal-usaid-reform-finally-accomplished-trump-opinion-2029951https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/08/04/report-u-s-aid-used-hiv-program-in-cuba-to-foment-rebellion/https://apnews.com/music-general-news-548798feb950406d8e23186e77359f8fhttps://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/u-s-secretly-built-cuban-twitter-stir-unrest-ap-reports-n70531https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-usaid-c0c7799be0b2fa7cad4c806565985fe2https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitter-zunzuneo-stir-unresthttps://apnews.com/general-news-5de7cd8b5aab4294aaef93aa06fd6fdahttps://www.thenation.com/article/archive/how-hillary-clinton-militarized-us-policy-in-honduras/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/04/usaid-latin-americans-cuba-rebellion-hiv-workshopshttps://apnews.com/music-general-news-7c275c134f1b4a0ca3428929fcece82dhttps://web.archive.org/web/20240622164647/https:/www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/Disinformation-Primer.pdfhttps://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-reorganization-of-usaid-will-not-change-its-promotion-of-exploitation/https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20250212/117881/HHRG-119-JU00-20250212-SD003-U3.pdfhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/06/musk-doge-usaid/https://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/9-121-14-002-p.pdfhttps://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-struggle-for-middle-east-democracy/https://jacobin.com/2022/02/maidan-protests-neo-nazis-russia-nato-crimeahttps://2017-2020.usaid.gov/georgiahttps://adst.org/2016/02/winning-the-peace-usaid-and-the-demobilization-of-the-nicaraguan-contras/https://web.archive.org/web/20170815101734/https://legcounsel.house.gov/Comps/Foreign%20Assistance%20Act%20Of%201961.pdfhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/159742?read-now=1&seq=16#page_scan_tab_contentshttps://web.archive.org/web/20180527183738/https://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/stabilization/https://web.archive.org/web/20031119001121/http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/400/fsa.pdfhttps://afsa.org/usaid-60-enduring-purpose-complex-legacyhttps://www.counterpunch.org/2020/08/13/teaching-torture-the-death-and-legacy-of-dan-mitrione/https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-01601R000800260001-8.pdfhttps://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/AUPress/Books/B_0156_CELESKI_SPECIAL_AIR_WARFARE_AND_THE_SECRET_WAR_IN_LAOS_AIR_COMMANDOS_1964_1975.pdfhttps://afsa.org/sites/default/files/vietnamArchivedContentFromFSJ008.pdfhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/11/haiti-and-the-failed-promise-of-us-aidhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56201575

This week, David and Madeline wrap up our three-part series on the Haitian Revolution!This episode is a little louder than usual so start it quieter to be kind to your ears because Madeline's voice is SHRILL.PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/postsSOURCES:http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Henochsberg2016.pdfhttps://jacobin.com/2017/01/haiti-reparations-france-slavery-colonialism-debt/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/americas/haiti-history-colonized-france.htmlhttps://nyujilp.org/frances-overdue-debt-to-haiti/#_ftn3https://www.jstor.org/stable/44148455https://www.jstor.org/stable/42843715https://www.cadtm.org/The-evolution-of-wealth-inequalities-over-the-last-two-centurieshttps://www.projectmanifest.eu/the-french-society-of-friends-of-black-people-1788-1799-en-fr/https://revolution.chnm.org/d/290https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/haiti-wall-street-us-banks.htmlJames,The Black Jacobins: Toussaint Louverture and the San Domingo Revolution Douglas,Making The Black Jacobins:C.L.R. James and the Drama of History Cesaire,Return to my Native Land https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/171.html Williams,Capitalism and Slavery Peabody:“There Are No Slaves in France”Geggus, David, ed.The Haitian Revolution: A Documentary HistoryM. de C.Makandal, Histoire VeritablePopkin,A Concise History of the Haitian Revolution

This week, David and Madeline talk about the Haitian Revolution! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/ SOURCES: ⁠http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Henochsberg2016.pdf⁠ ⁠https://jacobin.com/2017/01/haiti-reparations-france-slavery-colonialism-debt/⁠ ⁠https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/americas/haiti-history-colonized-france.html⁠ ⁠https://nyujilp.org/frances-overdue-debt-to-haiti/#_ftn3⁠ ⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/44148455⁠ ⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/42843715⁠ ⁠https://www.cadtm.org/The-evolution-of-wealth-inequalities-over-the-last-two-centuries⁠ ⁠https://www.projectmanifest.eu/the-french-society-of-friends-of-black-people-1788-1799-en-fr/⁠ ⁠https://revolution.chnm.org/d/290⁠ ⁠https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/haiti-wall-street-us-banks.html⁠ James, The Black Jacobins: Toussaint Louverture and the San Domingo Revolution  Douglas, Making The Black Jacobins: C.L.R. James and the Drama of History  Cesaire, Return to my Native Land  ⁠https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/171.html⁠  Williams, Capitalism and Slavery  Peabody: “There Are No Slaves in France” Geggus, David, ed. The Haitian Revolution: A Documentary History M. de C. Makandal, Histoire Veritable ⁠Popkin, A Concise History of the Haitian Revolution

This week, David and Madeline talk about the Haitian Revolution! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/ SOURCES: http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Henochsberg2016.pdf https://jacobin.com/2017/01/haiti-reparations-france-slavery-colonialism-debt/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/americas/haiti-history-colonized-france.html https://nyujilp.org/frances-overdue-debt-to-haiti/#_ftn3 https://www.jstor.org/stable/44148455 https://www.jstor.org/stable/42843715 https://www.cadtm.org/The-evolution-of-wealth-inequalities-over-the-last-two-centuries https://www.projectmanifest.eu/the-french-society-of-friends-of-black-people-1788-1799-en-fr/ https://revolution.chnm.org/d/290 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/haiti-wall-street-us-banks.html James, The Black Jacobins: Toussaint Louverture and the San Domingo Revolution  Douglas, Making The Black Jacobins: C.L.R. James and the Drama of History  Cesaire, Return to my Native Land  https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/171.html  Williams, Capitalism and Slavery  Peabody: “There Are No Slaves in France” Geggus, David, ed. The Haitian Revolution: A Documentary History M. de C. Makandal, Histoire Veritable Popkin, A Concise History of the Haitian Revolution

This week, Madeline & David talk about the Los Angeles fires, prison labor, and climate change! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts SOURCES: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14269289/arsonist-arrested-starting-la-kenneth-fire.html https://longreads.com/2018/12/04/the-case-for-letting-malibu-burn/ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1935/10/27/87883221.html?login=smartlock&auth=login-smartlock&pageNumber=13 https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-malibu-wildfire-history/ https://malibutimes.com/article_be86d151-e381-5db5-9a85-66cc05586070 https://retrospectjournal.com/2023/11/26/the-flammable-nature-of-malibu-beach-a-brief-history-of-californias-wildfires-in-the-early-20th-century/ https://www.firehouse.com/operations-training/article/10545036/californias-calabasas-malibu-fire https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/01/11/los-angeles-fires-california-updates-palisades-eaton-kenneth/ https://ktla.com/news/california/wildfires/eaton-fire-still-raging-in-southern-california-saturday-as-santa-ana-winds-pick-back-up/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ewe4p9128o https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/01/11/los-angeles-palisades-prisoners-firefighters https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/us/inmates-firefighters-wildfires-california.html https://www.npr.org/2025/01/10/nx-s1-5254122/inmate-firefighters-california-wildfires https://www.vera.org/news/from-fighting-wildfires-to-digging-graves-incarcerated-workers-face-danger-on-the-job https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-history-of-californias-inmate-firefighter-program-180980662/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/01/california-incarcerated-firefighters-prison

This week, Madeline & David wrap up part 2 of our series on the Potato famine! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts SOURCES: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1p6qp8j https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006815 https://www.jstor.org/stable/27724246 https://www.jstor.org/stable/175367 https://www.jstor.org/stable/43920279 https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/12/27/jane-ohlmeyer-ireland-served-as-a-laboratory-for-the-british-empire/ https://the-past.com/feature/the-tudor-conquest-of-ireland/ https://daily.jstor.org/britains-blueprint-for-colonialism-made-in-ireland/ https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/theses/bc386j919 https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch1169-1799.htm https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006740?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=srhonorsprog https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/27533643.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3Abb408c83fba772ab72430ebed8a32c86&ab_segments=&initiator=&acceptTC=1 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24399137 https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006772 https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006355 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24340829 https://marxist.com/irish-potato-famine10122007.htm https://www.researchgate.net/publication/247758541_A_Million_of_the_Irish_Toilers_A_Marxist_Approach_to_the_Great_Irish_Famine https://daily.jstor.org/when-language-started-a-political-revolution/ https://www.britannica.com/event/Easter-Rising https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/the-legacy-of-eoin-macneill-the-man-who-tried-to-call-off-the-rising-1.1579668 https://as.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu-as/irelandHouse/documents/0111-0126_PoliticsOfTheIrishLanguage.pdf https://www.jstor.org/stable/43670669

This week, Madeline and David talk about the history of the colonization of Ireland leading up to the potato famine! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1p6qp8j https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006815 https://www.jstor.org/stable/27724246 https://www.jstor.org/stable/175367 https://www.jstor.org/stable/43920279 https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/12/27/jane-ohlmeyer-ireland-served-as-a-laboratory-for-the-british-empire/ https://the-past.com/feature/the-tudor-conquest-of-ireland/ https://daily.jstor.org/britains-blueprint-for-colonialism-made-in-ireland/ https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/theses/bc386j919 https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch1169-1799.htm https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006740?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=srhonorsprog https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/27533643.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3Abb408c83fba772ab72430ebed8a32c86&ab_segments=&initiator=&acceptTC=1 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24399137 https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006772 https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006355 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24340829 https://marxist.com/irish-potato-famine10122007.htm https://www.researchgate.net/publication/247758541_A_Million_of_the_Irish_Toilers_A_Marxist_Approach_to_the_Great_Irish_Famine https://daily.jstor.org/when-language-started-a-political-revolution/ https://www.britannica.com/event/Easter-Rising https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/the-legacy-of-eoin-macneill-the-man-who-tried-to-call-off-the-rising-1.1579668 https://as.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu-as/irelandHouse/documents/0111-0126_PoliticsOfTheIrishLanguage.pdf https://www.jstor.org/stable/43670669