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Apr 2023
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On The Correct Handling of Contradiction...

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Matthew Furlong from our Dialectics Deep Dive series returns to the show to discuss Chairman Mao's text "On The Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People".

 
 
 

Further Resources: 


 
Mao Zedong - Five Essays on Philosophy (1957): https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/S15-Five-Essays-on-Philosophy-6th-Printing.pdf
 
 
Ai Siqi - "Antagonistic and Non-Antagonistic Contradictions" (1957): https://massline.org/Philosophy/Dialectics/Antagonism-AiSiqi-1957.pdf
 
 
Jones Manoel - "Western Marxism Loves Purity and Martyrdom, But Not Real Revolution" (2020): https://www.blackagendareport.com/western-marxism-loves-purity-and-martyrdom-not-real-revolution
 
 
Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson: Geopolitical Economy Hour (2023 -) - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP
 
 
World Association for Political Economy: https://wapeweb.org/
 
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Mi'kmaw learning resources for Atlantic Region dwellers
Atlantic First Nations Tech Services - Mi'kmaw Learning: https://www.afnts.ca/mikmaw/dashboard
Trudy Sable and Bernie Francis - The Language of this Land, Mi'kma'ki (2012): http://cbup.ca/books/sable-francis-language-mikmaki/
Pacifique Buisson - The Mi'kmaw Grammar of Father Pacifique, edited by Bernie Francis and John Hewson (1939/1990; 2016)
 
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Outro music: "Inner Conflict" by Pep Love
 

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