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Feb 2019
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Socialism: Utopian and Scientific -- Fri...

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For the debut episode of Red Menace Alyson and Breht discuss Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels.

The video episode can be found on youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKdxX5eqQyk

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