Hey folks it's Aaron, Ben and Joe coming at you with a great episode about Elon Musk, Trump, and Fascism. Is America a fascist country? We dive into Marxist theory and a few articles from Left Voice and Firebrand to help us out because it determines our revolutionary strategy.

Articles cited:

https://firebrand.red/2024/10/everything-you-hate-isnt-fascism/

https://www.leftvoice.org/what-is-fascism/

https://www.leftvoice.org/thats-not-how-fascism-works/

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2025 opens in true capitalist fashion with horrific mass fires in Los Angeles in the Palisades, a liberal Prime Minister resigns, and the Tik Tok ban forcing millions of Americans to flee to Red Book where they interact with actual Chinese citizens dispelling many misconceptions the working class of both countries had about each other.

Closing song: "If They Come in the Morning (No Time for Love) by The Men of No Property. 2004 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 1977 Paredon Records

The Canadian postal worker strike was busted, the NALC fights on for a VOTE NO campaign, the Amazon workers strike, and 500 Starbucks Stores walk off the job. What a week its been for class struggle and what a way to end 2024! We end off with a discussion on the class nature of Starbucks baristas. Are they proletarian heroes or petty bourgeois parasites? (Spoiler alert they are workers who deserve a union). The ACP once again launched the barista discourse because they hate starbucks workers for some reason and distort Marx to fit their narrow and bigoted worldview.

Audio from Status Coup News https://youtu.be/8103Zq_kBaM?t=1047 Episode cover art (David Ryder / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

https://www.marxistworker.ca/articles/interview-with-steve-wexler

https://www.marxist.ca/article/postal-workers-strike-union-leadership-smothers-defiance

https://labornotes.org/2024/12/amazon-workers-launch-largest-strike-yet-it-doesnt-feel-job-should-be-legal