In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse begins to read Michael Parenti's 1997 text, Blackshirts & Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism.
The reading covers the Preface and the first half of Chapter 1: Rational Fascism.
Source material -- Reading begins on page xiii (PDF page 12):
https://studycommune.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/michael-parenti-blackshirts-and-reds-rational-fascism-and-the-overthrow-of-communism-1.pdf
Background music:
"Theoclymenus" prod NK Music - https://youtu.be/LbbsaMRkFgI
Theme music:
Written and performed by Contingence - https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston
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