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Further suggestions on insurance, July 18, 1877

Grand lodge address to the fourth convention of the brotherhood of locomotive firemen, Indianapolis, Indiana, September 11, 1877.

Today's headlines: 1.China, Germany highlight cooperation https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-11-04/Xi-meets-German-Chancellor-Olaf-Scholz-1eGlonnwv1S/index.html 2.Raisi: We will never be Americas milk cows https://sputniknews.com/20221104/we-will-never-be-americas-milk-cows-raisi-warns-as-biden-vows-to-free-iran-in-stump-speech-1103788312.html 3.Colombian chamber approves total peace law https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Colombian-Chambers-Approve-Total-Peace-Law-20221104-0004.html 4.Israeli warplanes attack Gaza strip https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/11/04/692119/Israeli-warplanes-strike-Hamas-position-in-central-Gaza-Strip-in-fresh-act-of-aggression 5.Africa does not want to be a battlefield for monopolizing its resources-Mali FM https://rossaprimavera.ru/news/0d8b154b

To the friend of my bosom, April 23, 1877

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Our Brotherhood, March 12, 1877

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Letter to the editor of Locomotive Firemen's Monthly Magazine, January 1877

This is a Workers Reading Room World News Update Article links: 1.https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Ecuador-in-Chaos-Car-Bombs-Dead-Policemen-Hanging-Corpses-20221101-0007.html 2.https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/1/arab-leaders-head-to-algeria-for-regional-summit 3.https://sputniknews.com/20221101/russia-iran-agree-to-sign-free-trade-agreement-with-eurasian-economic-union-1102915212.html 4.https://tass.com/politics/1530901 5.https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/11/01/691948/Armenian-PM-Iran-hold-key-talks-ties-sign-cooperation-documents 6.https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Thousands-Flee-Fighting-Between-DRC-Troops-and-Militia-20221101-0003.html

This is a Workers Reading Room World News Update Article links: 1.https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Is-Back-Says-Lula-After-Election-Victory-20221030-0017.html 2.https://www.africanews.com/2022/10/31/somalias-president-appeals-for-international-help-for-wounded-victims/ 3.https://sputniknews.com/20221031/moscow-to-help-african-countries-amid-grain-deal-suspension-1102864598.html 4.https://www.rt.com/business/565646-wheat-price-russia-ukraine-deal/ 5.https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-10-31/Xi-holds-talks-with-Vietnam-s-communist-party-chief-in-Beijing-1eAbvfKZw0E/index.html 6.https://tass.com/world/1530251

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Welcome to The Workers Reading Room, this reading is Michael Parentis Against Empire, Chapter 6: Drugs, Lies, and Video Wars. All art in the slideshow comes from a Soviet art group on Vkontakte with admin permission. The paintings are in the following order, with the kids smoking in the dining room as number 1: 1.Gugel Adolf Samoylovich (1915-1999) Kudrevich Raisa Vladimirovna (1919-2000) Big surprise 1950s 2.Kustodiev Boris Mikhailovich (1878-1927) Snow-covered Russian city 1919 3.Mikhailov Alexey Sergeevich (1926-1993) White Nights 1966-1967 4.Neyasov Vasily Andreevich (1926-1984) Shcherbak N.F. Coal for the Motherland! The miners of the city of Kopeysk send overplanned coal to new buildings 1952 5.Petrov Petr Varfolomeevich (1950-2012) Recollection 1975 6.Plastov Arkady Alexandrovich (1893-1972) Day of pay 1951 7.Puteiko Vladimir Grigorievich (1925) At the party organizer 1954 8.Sporykhin Boris Tikhonovich (1928-2020) The Village of Razdorskaya. Cossack kuren 1956 9.Vorobieva Irina Nikolaevna (1932-1993) illustration for the book by P. Babansky Who lives in our house 1961 10.Zhankov Georgy Dmitrievich (1921-1991) Mentor 1975 Outro music is Phil Ochs “Ringing of Revolution.”

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Welcome to The Workers Reading Room, this reading is Michael Parentis Against Empire, Chapter 5: A Dreadful Success. All art in the slideshow comes from a Soviet art group on Vkontakte with admin permission. The paintings are in the following order, with the girl in the field as number 1: 1.Dantzig May Volfovich (1930-2017) Land and people 1984 2.Gervits Leonid Vladimirovich (1946) Leningrad cafe 1981 3.Kaplan Samuil (Semyon) Solomonovich (1928) Morning. Chekhov lane 1958 4.Kichigin Georgy Petrovich (1951) Bus station in Tobolsk 1975 5.Korzhev-Chuvelev Geliy Mikhailovich (1925-2012) In the waiting room 1957 6.Kutilin Vladimir Alexandrovich (1931-2021) Urban Romance 7.Likhachev Mikhail Ivanovich (1919-1997) Students 1970 8.Lubennikov Ivan Leonidovich (1951-2021) Midnight. Coffee 1984 9.Lyubavin Yuri Mikhailovich (1923-2000) Morning of the city 1960 10.Odainik-Samoilenko Zoya Alexandrovna (1924-2002) Conversation in a train compartment 1950s Outro music is Pete Seegers “Which side are you on?”

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This is a Workers Reading Room World News Update Article links: 1.https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-10-27/Chinese-Russian-foreign-ministers-hold-phone-conversation-1etLqLfO5Xy/index.html 2.https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Palestinian-Movements-Call-for-General-Strike-in-the-West-Bank-20221026-0009.html 3.https://sputniknews.com/20221026/india-set-to-squeeze-us-dominated-financial-systems-including-swift-1102724962.html 4.https://www.africanews.com/2022/10/26/ethiopia-peace-talks-over-tigray-war-enter-day-two/ 5.https://www.rt.com/russia/565465-putin-valdai-west-culture/

This is a Workers Reading Room World News Update Article links: 1.https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-10-22/Eurasian-Economic-Union-members-gather-to-promote-economic-integration-1el1WN0YwmI/index.html 2.https://www.rt.com/business/565320-raytheon-profits-ukraine-weapons-demand/ 3.https://www.rt.com/news/565354-us-allies-warn-north-nuclear/ 4.https://tass.com/politics/1526725 5.https://multipolarista.com/2022/10/21/china-20th-cpc-national-congress/ 6.https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/10/26/691631/Over-dozen-killed,-wounded-after-terrorists-attack-Shia-shrine-in-southwest-Iran

Welcome to The Workers Reading Room, this reading is Michael Parentis Against Empire, Chapter 4: Strong Empire, Weak Republic read solo by me. All art in the slideshow comes from a Soviet art group on Vkontakte with admin permission. The paintings are in the following order, with the Depot Repairmen as number 1: 1.Bushuev Vladimir Yakovlevich (1934-2018) Depot repairmen. (Master Spolokhov's Brigade) 1974 2.Chernov Semyon Ipatievich (1924-1988) Dobrovolsky Vladimir Fedorovich (1929-2002) Obsky Dali 1961 3.Efimov Izmail Varsonofyevich (1946) A new house for a neighbor 1985 4.Franz Harry Rudolfovich (1926-1987) Northern Village 1973 5.Grigoriev Sergey Alekseevich (1910-1988) Enthusiasts of Kakhovka (Surveyors at the construction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station) 1951 6.Gritsai Alexei Mikhailovich (1914-1998) Summer Evening 1954 7.Khoroshi Eduard Ilyich (1931) Night Tram 1956 8.Neyasov Vasily Andreevich (1926-1984) Guy from the Urals 1959 9.Obaliaeva Lidia Alekseevna (1950) The Road Home 1983 10.Skubko-Karpas Lyudmila Lvovna (1923-2012) Interesting radio program 1953 Outro music is Phil Ochs “I’m gonna say it now.”

Welcome to The Workers Reading Room, this reading is Michael Parentis Against Empire, Chapter 3: Intervention: Whose Gain? Whose Pain? Read solo by me. All art in the slideshow comes from a Soviet art group on Vkontakte with admin permission. The paintings are in the following order, with the Autumn Fields as number 1: 1.Brodskaya Lydia Isaakovna (1910-1991) Autumn fields 1985 2.Kiselev Viktor Vasilyevich (1907-1985) Radio on the collective farm 1951 3.Kopnina Tatyana Vladimirovna (1921-2009) Warm day 1967 4.Kotov Ivan Semyonovich (1923-1989) The last pasture 1956 5.Laktionov Alexander Ivanovich (1910-1972) February 1956 6.Lavrova Vera Mikhailovna (1924-1993) At the kiosk 1950s 7.Levitin Anatoly Pavlovich (1922-2018) Ivan Fedorovich Poterailo and his comrades from the series Builders of Siberia 1979 8.Makarov Dmitry Sergeevich (1930-2006) Autumn in the village 1985 9.Melnikov Dmitry Ivanovich (1923-1999) Pensioner 1980 10.Monoszon Monas Isaakovich (1907-1980) Urban landscape 1971 Outro music is Franz Liszts Liebestraum(Love Dream) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu3DVrZ-qp4

Welcome to The Workers Reading Room, this reading is Michael Parentis Against Empire, Chapter 2: Imperial Domination Updated. My guest reader today is Elizabeth, follow her on Twitter @CrazyCatComrade and be sure to check out www.americanstudentunion.org All art in the slideshow comes from a Soviet art group on Vkontakte with admin permission. The paintings are in the following order, with the powerful female chemists as number 1: 1.Novoselskaya Nina Nikolaevna (1926-1985) Chemists 1964 2.Odnoralov (Levidov) Mikhail Nikolaevich (1944-2016) Morning still life 1977 3.Portnyagina Gerta Alekseevna (1930) Ice Cream Maker 1960s 4.Samsonov Evgeny Ivanovich (1927-2018) In a village house 1970 5.Samsonov Evgeny Ivanovich (1927-2018) Search 1974 6.Savitsky Valentin Nikolaevich (1919-2006) External student 1958 7.Sidorov Valentin Mikhailovich (1928-2021) With mushrooms 1975 8.Sizikov Valentin Vasilyevich (1918-2005) Turner of the Kharkov Turbine Plant, Hero of Socialist Labor Kislyakov with students 1954 9.Torgashin Vladimir Mikhailovich (1933) First kilometers 1978 10.Viktor Nikolayevich Titov (1924) Pharmacy. Horokhovets 1962 Outro music is "Death to the Traitors" written by the Canadian Cultural Worker's Committee, a musical group belonging to the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist).

Welcome to The Workers Reading Room, this reading is Michael Parentis Against Empire, Chapter 1: Imperialism 101. Apologies for the technical issues, if you have ever watched a Parenti lecture I’m sure you will understand. Follow my guest Alex Suarez on Twitter @AlRSuarez2 All art in the slideshow comes from a Soviet art group on Vkontakte. The paintings are in the following order, with the people in the truck being painting number 1: 1.Alexander Tikhonovych Pushnin (1921-1991) In The Area of New Buildings 1960 2.Bakutsky Ivan Nikolaevich (1913-1978) Masters of high yields 1950s 3.Barancheev Mikhail Sergeevich (1920-1996) On the backwater 1959 4.Butorov Konstantin Leonidovich (1922-1997) Izbach 1958 5.Khlynov Vasily Pavlovich (1922-1994) Dugout 1956 6.Matrosov Alexey Alekseevich (1944) Evening 1970s 7.Rest by Lev Vasilievich Gudskov 8.Tumbasov Anatoly Nikolaevich (1925-2001) The day is long 1958 9.Vladimir Fedorovych Stozharov (1926-1973) At the Hangar 1961 10.Yakupov Haris Abdrakhmanovich (1919-2010) The leading livestock breeders-shepherds Ziganshin and Shakirovs from the series Advanced people of the collective farm 1963 Outro music is the conclusion of Jules Massenets Thais Meditation, https://youtu.be/eaLSQEQsoOY

Welcome to the workers reading room, a non-fiction book club aimed at working class people with a focus on history, geopolitics, and anti-imperialism. If you are interested in joining a future reading or have a book suggestion please comment on this video or message me on Twitter, Chris @WorkReadingRoom Thank you for your time and I hope to read with you soon! Note: Thumbnail is from a painting called Rest by Lev Vasilievich Gudskov, found in a Soviet art group on Vkontakte. It is a great representation of the atmosphere I am trying to create with this channel.