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This is a weird one, but hear me out. All of the videos on this channel are about real-life occurrences, mostly man-made disasters including the structural collapse of buildings, ships, trains, and the devastating effects of industry. Most pertinently, every video focuses heavily on the victims, who are usually workers. Most videos end with a detailed account of policy changes that happened (or didn't happen) in order to prevent future disasters from occurring. He also makes it damn clear that it's usually the capitalists' fault, who shunt their responsibilities to keep their workers safe. It's less horror and more discussion of anti-worker policies, where legal protections for workers' safety come from, architectural science, and preserving the memory of historical accidents and catastrophes. Well worth a sub imo.
([Mirror.](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Hcl3R-yARX8))
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>Documentary film in three parts: The *Insurrection of the Bourgeoisie* (1975), *The Coup d'état* (1976), *Popular Power* (1979). It is a chronicle of the political tension in Chile in 1973 and of the violent counter revolution against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende. It won the Grand Prix in 1975 and 1976 at the Grenoble International Film Festival. In 1996, Chile, *Obstinate Memory* was released and followed Guzmán back to Chile as he screened the 3-part documentary to Chileans who had never seen it before. ([Mirror of part one.](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=_69sNztBFSM) [Additional mirror.](https://archive.org/details/TheBattleOfChileTheInsurrectionOfTheBourgeoisie) [Mirror of part two.](https://archive.org/details/TheBattleOfChileTheCoupDEtat) [Mirror of part three.](https://archive.org/details/TheBattleOfChilePopularPower))
The following dispatch is an email that I received from Prof. Furr: >Dear friends: > >This interview of me by Ramiro Sebastián Fúnez took place a few months ago. But I did not get the link to it until two weeks ago. > >The introduction is pretty long -- about 6 minutes of A/V, and has a kind of "cult of Stalin" feel to it -- something I criticized in the talk (and Stalin also criticized). > >So, if you prefer, start about 5:59 or so, to get just the interview itself. > >https://youtu.be/vTfEq6qIleY > >(long link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTfEq6qIleY ) > >Do not hesitate to send me comments and criticisms. They help my work to improve. > >Feel free to forward it to any and all you know who might be interested. > >I hope you find it useful. > >Warm regards and solidarity, > >Grover Furr > >P.S. You can download a complete list of my published books at the following link: > >http://tinyurl.com/fourteenbks
([Mirror.](https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=coOtyPBgxqs))
([Mirror.](https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=nGm0u3UHDZM))
I am sharing this here for anybody who may be curious. The following message is from an e‐mail that Prof. Furr recently sent to me: >Dear friends: > >Mr. Tristan Pennell interviewed me on Tuesday, April 26 (2022) concerning my research on Joseph Stalin and the falsehoods and lies of Stalin-era scholarship. […] > >He posed five questions about Stalin and Stalin-era research. The interview is 2 hours in length. > >In case you'd prefer to listen to it in sections, I have marked the times where a new question and answer begins.. > >* * * * * * > >Here are the questions Mr. Pennell chose to ask me. > >Start (my answer begins at 1:35) - Stalin’s coming to power & the subsequent conspiracies/attempts to remove him with forgeries of Lenin’s writings > >10:58 - The reality of collectivization - how it was actually a real reform that led to a dramatic bettering of living conditions for the peasantry, food security for the country, and also allowed for rapid industrialization. > >22:29 - Trotsky being exiled, Yezhovshchina (mainly how it wasn’t Stalin’s “terror” but a plot to stir up discontent between the people & the party) and how the Stalin leadership eventually caught and crushed this plot. > >32:41 - The truth about the Purges and how it wasn’t Stalin removing his political opponents as the anti-communists say, but actual threats to the country. > >1:09:47 - The next topic is one I think is important, & that is the democratic legacy of Stalin. His anti-bureaucracy/pro-democracy movement, his work on the 1936 constitution & how even without having everything Stalin wanted, it still nonetheless was the most democratic constitution in the world. > >* * * * * * > >I would appreciate any criticisms or other comments you might care to make. Good, intelligent criticism can only help me improve my research.
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video debunking class collaborative "representation" as a path towards real change
Video is about an hour long (around 58 minutes).
I looked at his activity on the same day as the tweet and I reckon he is talking about [tendencies like this in the subreddit](https://old.reddit.com/r/BreadTube/comments/ph6whm/how_finland_ended_homelessness/hbmhemd/). Just wanted to say that that sub is pretty garbage. And I tend to avoid it like the black plague. But it's nice to see that a non-ML YouTuber doesn't hesitate in praising existing socialist countries. The usual behaviour is to shy away from this to cater to the anarchildren audience.
Video is: 29:35
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Listening to Comrade Elishuva right now.
I'm thinking of rebooting my YouTube channel. However, I don't know if I should have a Patreon or IndieGoGo or what. I'm pretty strapped for cash and I'm only now getting a job after some time (a pretty good one, it seems, too). But all the same: I'm pretty much poor. Should I leave a place where people can make donations to me? I'm trying to be financially secure. Not that I wouldn't do the video channel for other reasons, but I feel that I don't have much of a choice. Is it okay?
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It's on right now.