Joined by Mike Arnott from the International Brigade Memorial Trust (IBMT). We examine the cause of the Spanish Civil War, The efforts of the International Brigades, the IBMT, and the fight against Fascism in the modern eraIBMT - https://international-brigades.org.uk/IBMT Twitter - https://twitter.com/IBMT_SCW/Music Credit :Woody Guthrie - Jarama ValleyChristy Moore - Viva la Quinta Brigada. Live at Barrowland GlasgowContact us : spectre.podcast.scotland@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrePodcast_
Joined by Keith Stoddart of The Communist Party of Britain, we discuss and explore the history of the Communist Party as well as it's influence here in Scotland. We look into the damaging effects Eurocommunism has had throughout Europe and how we rebuild from this, and we also look into the countless industrial disputes that the Party has been involved in throughout the ages.Communist Party of Britain - https://www.communistparty.org.uk/Young Communist League of Britain - https://ycl.org.uk/Morning Star - https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/Music Credit: (I Cant Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones Express Yourself - NWATwitter - https://twitter.com/SpectrePodcast_Contact us - spectre.podcast.scotland@gmail.com
Joined by Nick Troy - a former Chef at the 13th Note - we explore the case of the 13th Note and the conditions impacting the hospitality sector in Scotland and throughout Britain.13th Note Workers Twitter : https://twitter.com/13thNoteWorkersNick's Twitter : https://twitter.com/ngdt7713th Note Fundraiser : https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-the-13th-note-workersMusic Credit : MF DOOM - Beef RapKanye West - POWERContact us : spectre.podcast.scotland@gmail.comTwitter : https://twitter.com/SpectrePodcast_
A solo episode where we look into some of the most famous anti-communist myths, lies, and propaganda. We examine how and why these lies are spread and how they have been allowed to take a frim position of validity in mainstream media.Sources:Poppers' The Open Society and it's Enemies (1945) and The Poverty of Historicism (1957)Berlin and Kayek's The Road to Serfdom (1944)Wheatcroft and Davis' Agriculture in The Economic Transformation of the Soviet Union 1913-1945 (1944)Michael Parenti's Blackshirts and Reds, Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism (1997)Nick Lowles' Searchlight (February 2000) and The Morning Star (May 19th 2000)Douglas Tottle Fraud, Famine and Fascism : The Ukrainian Genocide Myth from Hitler to Harvard (1987)Conquest's The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivisation and the Terror-famine (1986)Winnington's Breakfast with Mao (Lawrence and Wishart, 1986)Rowan Valvona Challenge Article - https://challenge-magazine.org/2022/02/03/is-north-korea-a-monarchy/Ole L Smith's Self-Defence and Communist Policy 1945-1947 in Studies in the History of the Greek Civil War 1945-1949 (1987)Music Credit: The Streets - has it come to thisFleetwood Mac - Little LiesContact us: spectre.podcast.scotland@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrePodcast_
Joined by Rob Miller, director of The Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC), we discuss: the blockade that's been implemented on Cuba, the work of CSC, Cuba's international work, and how we can aid Cuba and it's people.The Cuba Solidarity Campaign : https://cuba-solidarity.org.uk/Cuba Solidarity Campaign Twitter : https://twitter.com/cubasolidarity?lang=enMusic Credit : Los Barbudos - The Bearded MenYankee Go HomeContact us- spectre.podcast.scotland@gmail.comTwitter - https://twitter.com/SpectrePodcast_