Faith and Capital

Jacob Alan Cook, author of Worldview Theory, Whiteness and the Future of Evangelical Faith, joins me for the final Faith and Capital interview! We discuss worldviewing, ideology, the limits of our knowledge and freedom.Are you an organizer, activist or student of Marxism? Tune into the Mass Struggle podcast.Amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Follow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Support: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalEmail: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

1/11/23 • 75:20

Today we learn about the campaign to Defend Ka Louie!We speak with Ka Luis Jalandoni, Chief International Representative of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and Senior Advisor to the NDFP Negotiating Panel; Coni Ledesma, member of the NDFP Negotiating Panel and MAKIBAKA International Representative; Eevee, member of the Global Secretariat of the Friends of the Filipino People in Struggle (FFPS); and Dana, founder of Portland, Oregon's, FFPS chapter, People Organizing for Philippine Solidarity (POPS). We also discuss the Christians for National Liberation (CNL) and the New People's Army of the Philippines (NPA).LinksAn interview about the peace talks and root causes!FFFS Website: ffps.infoFFFS Email: secretariat_ffps@protonmail.comFFFS SocMed: @friends_ffpsSign the Petition to Defend Ka Louie!12-Point Program of the NDFPPOPS: linktr.ee/popspdxAre you an organizer, activist or student of Marxism? Tune into the Mass Struggle podcast.Amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Follow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Support: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalEmail: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

11/27/22 • 72:19

A little reflection on Mussolini, Pope Pius XI, fascism, imperialism and revolutionary faith!We discuss this interview a bit: https://www.npr.org/2015/04/24/401967360/pope-and-mussolini-tells-the-secret-history-of-fascism-and-the-churchAre you an organizer, activist or student of Marxism? Tune into the Mass Struggle podcast.Amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Follow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Support: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalEmail: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

11/21/22 • 35:22

Ever think to yourself, "Dang, Mormonism is suuuper settler colonial"? Well you've thought right! Nic, founder of the @Unsettling_Mormonism project, joins us to discuss how Mormonism views the land now called the "United States," the Indigenous peoples of past and present who have resisted US settler colonialism, and themselves, who they deem the "faithful." We look at the links between Mormonism and US imperialism, and of course we wrap it up linking socialism and decolonization!Are you an organizer, activist or student of Marxism? Tune into the Mass Struggle podcast.Amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Follow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Support: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalEmail: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

11/7/22 • 70:22

Brandon Bayne, author of Missions Begin with Blood: Suffering and Salvation in the Borderlands of New Spain, joins me to discuss the ways in which early Jesuit martyrdom was used to rally support for Spanish colonialism all the way to the present day and the American Martyr Complex.Are you an organizer, activist or student of Marxism? Tune into the Mass Struggle podcast.Amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Follow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Support: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalEmail: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

10/31/22 • 71:40

Brooke Matejka joins us to discuss the work and thought of theologian Marcella Althaus-Reid. We talk about how all theology is sexual theology, Althaus-Reid's critiques of Liberation Theology and liberal feminist theology, her call for a materialist theology, and what it might mean for Christians to have an indecent theology.Brooke Matejka's article "An Indecent Advent"Brooke mentioned Thia Cooper's primer on Althaus-Reid Queer and Indecent: an Introduction to the Theology of Marcella Althaus-ReidSee also, Queer Theology: Beyond Apologetics, Linn Marie TonstadAre you an organizer, activist or student of Marxism? Tune into the Mass Struggle podcast.Amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Follow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Support the show: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalEmail: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

10/5/22 • 74:10

We do a little US history today with Too Black, writer, organizer and co-host of the Black Myths Pod. We discuss the history of the Deacons for Defense and Justice, then Too Black tells us about the current organizing effort concerning the Pendleton 2 who participated in the Indiana Prisoner Rebellion of 1985.SEND 2 LETTERS TO FREE THE PENDLETON 2!Here's the book we discussed on the Deacons for Defense and Justice.Check out Too Black's other articles From Black Wall Street to Black Capitalism and Laundering Black Rage.Are you an organizer, activist or student of Marxism? Tune into the Mass Struggle podcast.Amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Follow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Support the show: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalEmail: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

9/15/22 • 80:57

Charles Holm joins us to discuss the work, life and politics of George Woodbey! Our wide-ranging discussion includes Woodbey's journey from populist to socialist ideology, his organizing churches and workers, his understanding of the relation between black/Afrikan freedom and communist struggle for socialism, chattel and wage slavery, anti-blackness and anti-communism, internationalism and anti-imperialism, and much, much more!Find a collection of Woodbey’s writings here: Black Socialist PreacherTo catch up with Holm, find his work at https://charlesholm.academia.edu/, on twitter, or email him at crholm3@gmail.com. Interested in organizing, activism or learning more about revolutionary communism? Tune into the Mass Struggle podcast.Amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Follow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Support the show: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalEmail: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

8/29/22 • 67:11

Frank Lopez of the The Left Page podcast and I team up to discuss two short stories! The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursela Le Guin and The Ones Who Stay and Fight by N. K. Jemisin. We chat utopia, ideology, guilt, consciousness, political responsibility and more!Check out Frank's patreon here!Interested in organizing, activism or learning more about revolutionary communism? Tune into the Mass Struggle podcast.Amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Follow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Support the show: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalEmail: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

8/17/22 • 76:42

Jo Luehmann is a public theologian, writer and podcast host who speaks on the intersection of oppression and Christianity. Together we ask, "Deconstruction or decolonization?"Interested in organizing, activism or learning more about revolutionary communism? Tune into the Mass Struggle podcast.Amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Follow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Support the show: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalEmail: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

8/1/22 • 70:10

Alisa and Hye Sung are participants in an anti-imperialist study group for ex-Moonies (former members of Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church). We discuss the imperialist origins of the Unification Church and Tetsuya Yamagami's assassination of Japan's former Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe.Learn more about the Ex-Moonie Anti-Imperialist collective by messaging Alisa on twitter at @alisa_mahjoub!For updated info on Yamagami released after our conversation: howwelldoyouknowyourmoonMy 2021 episode with Hye Sung on Mao Zedong’s On ContradictionInterested in organizing and revolutionary communism? Tune into the new Mass Struggle podcast.Amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Follow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Support the show: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalEmail: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

7/14/22 • 63:22

Joerg Rieger is back! We discuss the necessity of marxist class analysis for theologians and Christians, the nature of Rieger's "deep solidarity," the question of rebellion vs. revolution, whether the United States can persist with socialism and decolonization, and what is needed in order for reparations to happen.Pre-order Rieger's upcoming book here--Theology in the Capitalocene: Ecology, Identity, Class, and Solidarity--and find all of his other work here--Joerg Rieger.Check out our first interview with Joerg, too! "Malignant Faith, Class Struggle and Social Justice with Joerg Rieger"Interested in organizing and revolutionary communism? Tune into the new Mass Struggle podcast.Amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Support the show: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalFollow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Email: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

7/3/22 • 82:42

Brandon Wrencher, Anthony Smith and Whitney Wilkinson Arreche are co-authors of Liberating Church: a 21st Century Hush Harbor Manifesto. Our conversation together looks at the role hush harbors played in enslaved Afrikan's resistance to plantation Christianity and the larger struggle against U.S. American colonialism.The book names eight characteristics of hush harbors and observes six religious communities/organizations today that embody one or more of the eight characteristics. Check it out here!Check out Chase's new Mass Struggle podcast.Amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Support the show and access revolutionary bonus content: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalFollow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Email: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

6/16/22 • 79:02

This is a reading of a section from the Christian for National Liberation's new book A Commentary on the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church in which the CNL discusses the need for Christians to differentiate just and unjust violence, revolutionary and reactionary war.Check out the previous episode which was a full discussion on the book with the Magnificast brothers!Purchase the book from Foreign Languages Press.Check out Chase's new Mass Struggle podcast.Amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Support the show and access revolutionary bonus content: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalFollow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Email: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

5/30/22 • 21:21

Matt and Dean from the Magnificast podcast and Chase team up to discuss a recently published book from Foreign Language Press called Commentary on the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church by the revolutionary, Filipino organization, Christians for National Liberation. We discuss three of the chapters on poverty, the capital-labor contradiction, and terrorism/US imperialism. Check out the work of the CNL here.Check out Chase's new Mass Struggle podcast.Amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Support the show and access revolutionary bonus content: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalFollow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Email: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

5/27/22 • 93:10

Chase is starting a new podcast for folks interested in organizing and wanting to study revolutionary communism! Mass Struggle is a podcast on revolutionary theory for revolutionary practice.Check out the Mass Struggle podcast wherever you listen to podcasts or here: https://linktr.ee/massstruggleInstagram: @MassStrugglePodTwitter: @MassStrugglePodSupport the Show.

5/16/22 • 03:14

Talked with Greg Jarrell about his forthcoming book that looks at a particular church in Charlotte, NC, who "stayed" instead of fled with the rest of white churches during a period in the 1960s mis/referred to as "Urban Renewal."We discuss Christianity, capitalism, colonialism, white supremacy and more!HUGE favor: amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Support the show and access revolutionary bonus content: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalFollow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Email: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

5/11/22 • 67:48

This is a reading and short reflection on Cesar Chavez's speech, "No More Cathedrals." Find a collection of Chavez's speeches in An Organizer's Tale.Check out our first Chavez episode on self-sacrifice.HUGE favor: amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Support the show and access revolutionary bonus content: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalFollow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Email: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

5/3/22 • 12:02

On the anniversary of Dorothee Soelle's passing, we continue: Possession and Possessionlessness. This episode is part two of a three-part series on sections from Dorothee Soelle's book The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance and is on the 18th century, Quaker, settler, and abolitionist, John Woolman. Be sure to stick around for Part Three which will be on Dorothy Day, and Part One was on Francis of Assisi!HUGE favor: amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Support the show and access revolutionary bonus content: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalFollow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Email: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

4/27/22 • 34:09

Chavez passed away April 23rd, 1993. In commemoration of his work and witness, we read and discuss the words of Chávez around the topic of self-sacrifice.Check out The Gospel of César Chávez: My Faith in ActionHUGE favor: amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Support the show and access revolutionary bonus content: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalFollow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Email: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

4/23/22 • 18:48

We're into the Bible again! Today we read some resurrection stories and discuss revolutionary optimism, nihilism, and idealist optimism. What must our hope and knowledge be grounded in? Practice, struggle, more practice, and more struggle.HUGE favor: amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Support the show and access revolutionary bonus content: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalFollow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Email: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

4/21/22 • 34:14

Proletarian feminist, Esperanza Fonseca, joins us today to discuss physical fitness, fitness culture, mental health, and becoming disciplined. Let's exercise (with politics in command).Check out Esperanza's work on the sex and porn industry and follow her on instagram: @proletarianfeminist!HUGE favor: amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Support the show and access revolutionary bonus content: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalFollow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Email us: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by d.c.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

4/15/22 • 56:15

As we continue our journey through Holy Week, sit with us in the night of defeat for a Good Friday reflection and meditation on becoming faithful.Amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Support the work and access Bonus Content: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalFollow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Email us: faithandcapital@gmail.comSupport the Show.

4/13/22 • 24:53

Amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Support the work and access Bonus Content: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalFollow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Email us: faithandcapital@gmail.comsSupport the Show.

4/13/22 • 03:01

We start our Holy Week off with a reflection for Palm Sunday on power and conflicting "kings," "dictatorships," and worlds!Amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Support the work and access Bonus Content: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalFollow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Email us: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by d.c.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

4/7/22 • 09:51

Preachers, poets, graphic designers, dancers, singers, painters,  musicians, and others! There are lots of ways one might be an artist and creator, but to what ends are we making art? In whose interest does our art serve?d.c.R. Pollock (Dave) read Mao's speech "Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art" with us in preparation for our discussion on art and the work of the revolutionary artist. Also mentioned: Constructive Criticism by Gracie Lyons.Discussed:- the class and political character of art- the role of cultural revolution and the work of revolutionary artists- how revolutionary communism (maoism) can enable artists to effectively serve the people- the relation between the artist and the community they create forCheck out Dave's tunes! https://linktr.ee/DcrpollockDo us a HUGE favor: amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Support the work and access Bonus Content: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalFollow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Email us: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by d.c.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

4/1/22 • 48:27

This is the concluding episode of our four-part "Lessons from Lenin" series in which Chase reflects on three lessons generated from his reading of Lenin's What is to Be Done? For the final episode, we discuss the whats and whys of our "principal task," the need for a Maoist Party in the U.S. to be produced by real mass work, and what it will take for revolutionaries to win the trust of our neighbors, working class and internally colonized nations.  An essay including all four parts of this series will be released shortly on patreon.Do us a HUGE favor: amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Support the work and access Bonus Content: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalFollow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Email us: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

3/28/22 • 25:24

This episode is lesson #3 of a four-part series in which Chase reflects upon particular lessons generated from his study of Lenin's What is to Be Done?Lesson #3: The victory of the masses assumes the development of a party of revolutionaries, not amateurs, and of maoists, not other "marxists."The full essay "Lessons from Lenin: What is to Be Done?" will be released shortly on our patreon.Recommended ReadingThree short essays and three books:- "The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism," Lenin- "Long Live Marxism-Leninism-Maoism!" Revolutionary International Movement- "On Marxism-Lenininism-Maoism," Communist Party of Peru- M-L-M Basic Course, Communist Party of India (Maoist)- Continuity and Rupture, Joshua Moufawad-Paul- Critique of Maoist Reason, Joshua Moufawad-Paul  Do us a HUGE favor: amplify this content with an iTunes or Spotify rating or review and subscribe to our channel on Youtube!Support the work and access Bonus Content: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalFollow Faith and Capital on instagram, twitter,  facebook and subscribe to our channel on Youtube.Email us: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

3/20/22 • 24:44

This episode is lesson #2 of a four-part series in which Chase reflects upon particular lessons generated from his study of Lenin's What is to Be Done? Lesson #2: Mass work, including our exposures, needs to be comprehensive and political, as opposed to merely economistic.The full essay "Lessons from Lenin: What is to Be Done?" will be released shortly on our patreon.A short read on spontaneity.Support the work and access Bonus Content: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalLeave an iTunes rating and review.Subscribe to our YouTube!Faith and Capital is on instagram, twitter, and facebook.Email us: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

3/15/22 • 14:31

This is the first of a four-part series, "Lessons from Lenin: What is to be done?" in which Chase reflects upon three main lessons (and a conclusion) from his engagement with this foundational text. The lessons and conclusion will be will be made available in essay form on patreon shortly!Why is ideological struggle necessary? What do economism, legalism, and the worshipping of spontaneity look like?Lesson #1: Objective ideological struggle within and amongst revolutionary organizations is essential for developing a strong revolutionary movement.Support the work and access Bonus Content: patreon.com/faithandcapitalMake a one time contribution with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/faithandcapitalLeave an iTunes rating and review.Subscribe to our YouTube!Faith and Capital is on instagram, twitter, and facebook.Email us: faithandcapital@gmail.comMusic by D.C.R. Pollock and Ed RussekSupport the Show.

3/10/22 • 23:18