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Abandon all hope ye who subscribe here. Varn Vlog is the pod of C. Derick Varn. We combine the conversation on philosophy, political economy, art, history, culture, anthropology, and geopolitics from a left-wing and culturally informed perspective. We approach the world from a historical lens with an eye for hard truths and structural analysis.
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Shalon Van Tine on Woman Directors
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Nicholas C Scott on the legacy of Cordones Industriales
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(100th Episode) Kane Reid of Socialist Legacy on Marx and Contradictions.
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Andrew McWhinney on the Legacy of Baudrillard and New Ways to Think on The Left
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Ben Burgis on the Complicated Legacy of Christopher Hitchens
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Nicolas D Villarreal on Financialization and Productivity
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Dr. Victor Devinatz on Communism and American Labor Unions from 1920s to 1940s
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Ben Lewis from Marxism Translated on Second International Marxist Texts
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John and Shannon on the Dual Power Gathering and Mutual Aid
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Jeff from Morning Comrade on Education Crisis and Unions, Part 1
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Sudip Bhattacharya on Solidarity, Intellectuals, and Activism
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Jules Taylor of No Easy Answers on the Left after Biden
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Patrick Toole From the Lefty Book Club On Political Education
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Steve Mann and John Michael Colon on FOREX and the Legal History of Money
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Dr. Clyde Barrow on the Dangerous Classes
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Dr. Rebecca Karl on China's Revolutions
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Ikoi Hireo on the Fracturing of the Care Labor Force
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Steve Mann of Strange Matters on Understanding Inflation
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Matt Christman on labor struggle and the current malaise
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Dongping Han on the Unknown Cultural Revolution and It's Implications
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Cyber Dandy on Anticommunism in North America, Part 1
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Kim Panagos and Graete on Lessons from the Fog of War
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Sam Kangarloo on MMT, Inflation, and coming Precarious Politics
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Mir Bal on the Sweden and the limits of Swedish Social Democracy
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Parker McQueeny on Left Unity in the DSA now
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Dwayne Monroe on Materialist Technological Criticism
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Alex Gendler on the Ukraine Crisis and the Complications of Internationalism
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Roxy Hall on The Complications of Gender
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Kuba Wrzesneiwski on the Ukraine crisis and pressures on the global order
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