In this episode, Oden speaks to Philippe Alcoy, an editor of Revolution Permanente's international section, about the War in Ukraine. Philippe describes how the war has developed into a stalemate, how pessimism is setting in among Ukraine's allies in the West, and how we need an independent, working-class solution out of the conflict — in this proxy war, in which NATO and the U.S. are fighting Russia on Ukrainian territory, there are no progressive sides. We also discuss the broader global context, including an increasingly dangerous world where imperialist powers are being drawn back into the Middle East.

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- Stalemate in Ukraine
- Five Theses on the War in Ukraine
- Understanding the Global Context of the Ukrainian Conflict
- The U.S. Working Class Must Organize against the Reactionary War in Ukraine

Check out our previous episode with Philippe on Spotify or Apple, as well as our episode with Juan Ferre on imperialism. 

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Will socialism create a society of freeloaders? Are socialists hypocritical for using iPhones? Does socialism mean we  have to give up all our possessions and live under totalitarianism? These are the kinds of questions leftists get asked all the time, and that Oden and Left Voice member Madeleine Freeman tackle in this episode.

Happy Holidays!

Learn More:
- 5 Questions About Socialism You'll Get at the Holiday Dinner Table (And How to Answer Them)
- Stalinism, Anti-Communism, and the Fate of the Soviet Union

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In this episode, Oden speaks to Left Voice member and Princeton Postdoctoral Fellow in Latin American Studies Juan Ferre about Javier Milei, the far-right libertarian economist who has just been inaugurated as president of Argentina. Juan describes how Argentina's economic and political crises set the stage for Milei's rise, the parallels that this moment has with the 1990s, and the failures of the establishment parties to pose an alternative to the status quo. We also discuss what lessons this situation has for leftists internationally and in the United States, and the importance of organizing an independent, working-class resistance to capitalism and imperialism.

Learn More:
- What Explains the Rise of the Far Right in Argentina?
- International Statement in Support of the Left and Workers Front - Unity (FIT-U) in the Argentinian Elections
- Building "A Real Alternative to the Bosses' Parties": Interview with Argentinian Socialist Congresswoman Myriam Bregman

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