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My name is Daniel. I am the host of the podcast “The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union.”

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23 - Prologue to Brest-Litovsk | Podcast Episode on RSS.com It’s that episode on the international aspects of the Russian Revolution you’ve been waiting for!Please consider supporting me on Patreon! patreon.com/sovietpodSource:Rabinowitch, Alexander. The Bolsh...

Latest episode of “The Sickle and the Hammer” is out now FOR FREE on the rss feed. Check it out here, or wherever you get your podcasts!

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05.03.2026 12:25 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

IF this turns out to be the start of WWIII (hopefully not), it is curious that all 3 world wars will be started by capitalist nations bumping up against the limits and contradictions of capitalist production and imperialism, desperate to overcome them but to also avoid socialism… hmm… 🤔

04.03.2026 14:42 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The US and Israel have quickly realized they bit off more than they can chew with Iran.

This is the crisis moment that presents the opening. Nothing is promised but the opportunity!

We must do the work ourselves. The time to get involved is not tomorrow, not after the war, not later, NOW!

04.03.2026 01:06 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Please resist the urge to celebrate the killing of the Ayatollah as a great moment for Iran and Iranian democracy. Foreign intervention does not create freedom; only the organized masses can do that.

Chinese proverb: ”An egg broken from the outside is food. Broken from the inside, it is new life.”

01.03.2026 19:59 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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US, Israel launch attack on Iran, explosions in Israel, Gulf Arab states A US official tells Al Jazeera that attacks were carried out as a joint military operation between Israel and the US.

We are a RABID DOG. It’s been 2 months, and we have already illegally kidnapped a sovereign head of state (Venezuela), put another sovereign state in a chokehold (Cuba), and now we’ve launched a war against a THIRD sovereign state (Iran).

Find a local protest and help end this.

aje.news/zgvnc7

28.02.2026 12:41 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Kansas informs trans residents their driver’s licenses become invalid on Thursday Some transgender Kansans said they had received the letters from the Department of Revenue. Others hadn’t by Wednesday evening.

www.kansascity.com/news/politic...

If the headline were about the Nazis invalidating land deeds held by Jews, or Israel requiring Palestinians show a pass to be out past curfew, certain people would get it right away.

But if you don’t, I’ll make it simple… it’s fascism.

26.02.2026 23:48 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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23 - Prologue to Brest-Litovsk | Daniel Get more from Daniel on Patreon

New episode out on Patreon! If you ever wanted to know about the international dimension of the Russian Revolution, you don’t want to miss this! Early access starts at $5!

www.patreon.com/posts/23-pro...

26.02.2026 23:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

SCOTUS is breaking with Trump. The ruling class coalition is cracking because of its internal contradictions and the external pressure from the working class. This is the time to TURN UP the pressure. If you aren’t already, get into an organization, and read your Marx and Lenin while you’re at it!

22.02.2026 13:17 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Mandani is keeping the NYPD budget at $6.4B while cutting the library budget and resuming sweeps of homeless encampments. I think that’s 3 campaign promises he’s violating in one fell swoop.

I guess New Yorkers just have to vote EVEN HARDER next time. I’m sure that will work!

21.02.2026 23:41 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Everything you’ve been told about Cuba is a lie
Everything you’ve been told about Cuba is a lie YouTube video by revolutionaryth0t

youtu.be/INRMdheUerA?

Sharing a banger video from a fellow ML comrade. All their stuff is 🔥, this is just the latest

21.02.2026 16:33 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

WaPo and other outlets reporting on the preparations of the Trump administration to enter a joint military campaign with Israel against Iran.

Iraq was about 25m ppl and 168k sq m in 2003.

Iran is currently 93m ppl and 629k sq m.

You thought Iraq was a disaster?

20.02.2026 13:20 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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22 - The Life and Death of the Constituent Assembly | Podcast Episode on RSS.com This one is in the title, folks.Please consider supporting me on Patreon! patreon.com/sovietpodSources:Rabinowitch, Alexander. The Bolsheviks In Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd. Indi...

New episode on the Constituent Assembly is now available for FREE on the RSS feed, or wherever you get your podcasts!

rss.com/podcasts/sov...

16.02.2026 13:04 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
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US federal immigration officer charged with harboring undocumented person Officer alleged to have had ‘romantic relationship’ with ‘daughter’ of man ‘listed as his brother’ in investigation

These headlines could not be more on point. Just in case you had any doubts at all about the fascist nature of the current US regime, there’s this

“SS uber officer charged with harboring Jew”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

14.02.2026 13:34 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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22 - The Life and Death of the Constituent Assembly | Daniel Get more from Daniel on Patreon

New episode of The Sickle and the Hammer up now for early access ($5) on Patreon! Pretty pleased with how this one turned out, ngl

www.patreon.com/posts/22-lif...

09.02.2026 13:10 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

✊ Rest in power, Michael Parenti, who passed away today at age 92. A life spent educating and agitating among the proletarian masses is a life well spent. ✊

24.01.2026 20:38 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Another citizen murdered by the ICE-stapo today in Minneapolis. Fascism will not be voted out; it will not go away when its term limit expires. As class struggle has shown us throughout history, it MUST be fought in the streets!

24.01.2026 20:35 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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21 - The Origins of the Cheka | Podcast Episode on RSS.com The Cheka: vehicle of Communist oppression, or shield and sword of the revolution?Consider supporting me on Patreon: Patreon.com/sovietpodSources:Rabinowitch, Alexander. The Bolsheviks In Power: The ...

Latest episode now available for free on RSS feed, or wherever you get your podcasts:

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24.01.2026 20:32 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hey Bill! Long time no see. Glad you like the show!

24.01.2026 20:31 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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21 - The Origins of the Cheka | Daniel Get more from Daniel on Patreon

New episode up now on Patreon!

Early access starts at $5/month, or it will be out on the RSS feed in a week.

Episode 21 - The Origins of the Cheka

www.patreon.com/posts/21-ori...

17.01.2026 20:08 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0