Against Empire Chapter 1: Imperialism 101

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.

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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