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unlearn everything you thought you knew about the world around you. weekly episodes anywhere you get your podcasts 🎧 join us on Patreon patreon.com/upstreampodcast
"thanksgiving" is a dark holiday in a country with a sad and sordid foundation of genocide, but gratitude (despite being co-opted by the Great Satan) is something else entirely. we're beyond grateful to our beautiful upstream community and how we've grown together—here's to you 🍻
November 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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a world out of balance: introducing doughnut 3.0 w/ @andrewlfanning.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
new miniseries underway
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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NEW PATREON EP the terrific cecilia guerrero joins us for a fascinating journey through Mexican history through a materialist lens before giving us a sense of the forces behind the most recent aggression towards the country by the US
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mexico pt. 1: a socialist introduction w/ cecilia guerrero
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
NEW PATREON EP the terrific cecilia guerrero joins us for a fascinating journey through Mexican history through a materialist lens before giving us a sense of the forces behind the most recent aggression towards the country by the US
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mexico pt. 1: a socialist introduction w/ cecilia guerrero
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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mexico pt. 1: a socialist introduction w/ cecilia guerrero
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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mexico pt. 1: a socialist introduction w/ cecilia guerrero
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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NEW EP josh poe and tara raghuveer join us to discuss why the rent is so damn high and why organizing tenants is a necessary piece of the solution
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from the frontlines: tenant organizing w/ josh poe and tara raghuveer
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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In the world of smart, effective and just downright decent human being organizers, these are two of my very favorite. Can't wait to listen!
NEW EP josh poe and tara raghuveer join us to discuss why the rent is so damn high and why organizing tenants is a necessary piece of the solution
NEXT WEEK:
from the frontlines: tenant organizing w/ josh poe and tara raghuveer
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
NEW EP josh poe and tara raghuveer join us to discuss why the rent is so damn high and why organizing tenants is a necessary piece of the solution
NEXT WEEK:
from the frontlines: tenant organizing w/ josh poe and tara raghuveer
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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from the frontlines: tenant organizing w/ josh poe and tara raghuveer
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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from the frontlines: tenant organizing w/ josh poe and tara raghuveer
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Listen to the full episode: 🎙️ Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century w/ John Smith by subscribing to our @upstreampodcast.bsky.social Patreon at patreon.com/upstreampodcast 🎧 🙌✨
November 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
NEW PATREON EP we are joined by the one and only john smith to discuss his groundbreaking book and a lifetime of anti-imperialist struggle through thought and action
NEXT WEEK'S PATREON: imperialism in the twenty-first century w/ john smith
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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NEXT WEEK'S PATREON: imperialism in the twenty-first century w/ john smith
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
the US blockaded Cuba.
the US sanctioned Venezuela. the US devoted its entire existence to destabilizing the Soviet Union.
November 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
NEXT WEEK'S PATREON: imperialism in the twenty-first century w/ john smith
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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NEW EP yueren zhang joins us to take a deep dive into mao and the political philosophy of maoism, exploring key events in chinese history along the way and presenting a critique of china from a maoist perspective
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china pt. 8: mao zedong and maoism w/ yueren zhang
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Why all the red-baiting against Mamdani? 👇🏾
✨NEW CONVO✨

We spoke with Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly (@drcbs.bsky.social) about the Black Scare, the Red Scare, and the ongoing campaign against the revolutionary left in the United States.

Available anywhere you get your podcasts✨
November 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
NEW EP yueren zhang joins us to take a deep dive into mao and the political philosophy of maoism, exploring key events in chinese history along the way and presenting a critique of china from a maoist perspective
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china pt. 8: mao zedong and maoism w/ yueren zhang
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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china pt. 8: mao zedong and maoism w/ yueren zhang
November 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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NEW EP jesus rodriguez-espinoza and saheli chowdhury of @orinocotribune.bsky.social join us to discuss how we got here, why the US has its sights trained on venezuela, the latin american far right, the "war on drugs," and much more
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venezuela pt. 4: the empire vs. venezuela w/ jesus rodriguez-espinoza and saheli chowdhury
October 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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And then someone would be like, and for me, I've got 12% more money on my bank account than last year. And you're like, who invited this guy? This is such a weird way of looking at success.

- Slow Down or Die w/ Timothée Parrique @upstreampodcast

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Slow Down or Die w/ Timothée Parrique
Podcast Episode · Upstream · 10/21/2025 · 1h 28m
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October 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Then you have wealthy people, and then you have a very large majority of the population making a very small percentage of the wages and having no wealth whatsoever. - Migration as Economic Imperialism w/ Immanuel Ness @UpstreamPodcast

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Migration as Economic Imperialism w/ Immanuel Ness
Podcast Episode · Upstream · 10/07/2025 · 1h 33m
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October 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Just finishing this episode.

I don’t think there’s much doubt that the US empire is trying really hard to manufacture consent in order to silence anti-capitalist voices, as well as do some good ol’ fashioned resource extraction while at it.

#capitalismisdying
NEW EP jesus rodriguez-espinoza and saheli chowdhury of @orinocotribune.bsky.social join us to discuss how we got here, why the US has its sights trained on venezuela, the latin american far right, the "war on drugs," and much more
NEXT WEEK'S PATREON
venezuela pt. 4: the empire vs. venezuela w/ jesus rodriguez-espinoza and saheli chowdhury
October 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM