This week, Madeline and David talk about the history of American intervention in Ukraine!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/azov-ban-lifted/

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/6652

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/putin-willing-negotiate/

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/380483-congress-bans-arms-to-controversial-ukrainian-militia-linked-to-neo-nazis/

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/ukraine-has-nazi-problem-vladimir-putin-s-denazification-claim-war-ncna1290946

https://esc.nccu.edu.tw/PageDoc/Detail?fid=7801&id=6963

https://www.britannica.com/event/2022-Russian-invasion-of-Ukraine

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-nuclear-plant-shelling-fire-invasion-putin-rcna18685

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/19/new-language-requirement-raises-concerns-ukraine#

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cohen-ukraine-commentary-idUSKBN1GV2TY/

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2024-001576_EN.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/29/europe/ukraine-azov-movement-far-right-intl-cmd

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/u-s-lifts-ban-on-providing-weapons-and-training-for-ukraines-controversial-azov-brigade

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27173857

https://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456617

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxcB0PI4ZLg

https://www.salon.com/2014/02/25/is_the_us_backing_neo_nazis_in_ukraine_partner/

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/24/1094567906/the-war-has-many-ukrainians-who-speak-russian-abandoning-the-language

https://www.mintpressnews.com/us-votes-against-un-resolution-condemning-nazis-labels-it-russian-disinformation/273728/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/daily-videos/2014/03/crimeans-vote-to-join-russia

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/cia-ukraine-russia/

https://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/20/a_new_cold_war_ukraine_violence

https://truthout.org/articles/the-ukraine-mess-that-nuland-made/

https://eng.ipn.gov.pl/en/digital-resources/articles/8044,Stepan-Bandera-leader-of-the-Organisation-of-Ukrainian-Nationalists.html

https://www.gis.huri.harvard.edu/king-dead

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/bandera-mythologies-and-their-traps-for-ukraine/

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/03/08/wdtz-m08.html

https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2009/11/02/end-of-communism-cheered-but-now-with-more-reservations/

https://liberationnews.org/nazis-in-ukraine-seeing-through-the-fog-of-the-information-war/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cia-trained-ukrainian-paramilitaries-may-take-central-role-if-russia-invades-185258008.html

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/maidan-ukraine/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ930lCvSK8&list=PLDl9_LuL-uw7Ot9l6V6DTbZg1Zhv98gUv&index=9

https://manchesterhistorian.com/2024/us-intervention-in-the-orange-revolution-in-ukraine-and-how-technology-influences-democracy-by-leah-morris/

https://fpif.org/seven-decades-nazi-collaboration-americas-dirty-little-ukraine-secret/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4

https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm

https://www.cato.org/commentary/americas-ukraine-hypocrisy

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93eyhO8VTdg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjcMoDFU1xg

https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/nato-chief-admits-expansion-behind-russian-invasion

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/28/nato-expansion-war-russia-ukraine

https://theintercept.com/2024/06/22/ukraine-azov-battalion-us-training-ban/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/27336025?seq=12

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/ukrainian-intel--abetted--funded--trained--equipped-by-the-c

https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/what-do-the-world-bank-and-imf-have-to-do-with-the-ukraine-conflict

https://en.al-akhbar.com/news/inside-ned-s-ukraine-operation--how--revolutions--are-engine

This week, Madeline & David finish up our two-parter on Venezuela, including conversations about Maduro, the Peace & Freedom website, and why it doesn't matter who is wearing a captain's hat and selling fentanyl to your kids!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

• https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79-00927A004600120002-9.pdf
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/45329740.pdf
• https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/F419409CE36569D0BBC81389843FBDCB/S0023879100024845a.pdf/cattle-corruption-and-venezuelan-state-formation-during-the-regime-of-juan-vicente-gomez-1908-35.pdf
• https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-to-provide-venezuelas-guaido-with-52-million-in-funding-idUSKBN1W934P/
• https://www.sociostudies.org/almanac/articles/the_us_methods_and_goals_to_destabilize_venezuela/
• https://www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2008/11/chavez-venezuela-opposition
• https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/17/world/abrams-denies-wrongdoing-in-shipping-arms-to-contras.html
• https://www.reuters.com/article/world/how-venezuela-got-here-a-timeline-of-the-political-crisis-idUSKCN1PJ03O/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22314562799&gbraid=0AAAAA-mwunF8-09P-Awp_HNmn1VHy7Dft&gclid=Cj0KCQjwo63HBhCKARIsAHOHV_Ugl_qLm4x2Feoh9JAYu3pdpveYzKTTgRnXkyvnLky86HmpDFgT5UsaAl3tEALw_wcB
• https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1162&context=classracecorporatepower
• https://www.blackagendareport.com/venezuela-imperialism-and-global-struggle-sovereignty
• https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14263/
• https://dc.ewu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=srcw_2019
• https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1921v02/d897
• https://www.nytimes.com/1952/09/21/archives/opposition-party-in-venezuela-test-copei-one-of-2-groups-against.html
• https://peoplesworld.org/article/venezuela-2002-the-coup-heard-around-the-world/
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuela
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuela
• https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/21/archives/venezuelans-are-denying-perez-was-paid-by-cia.html
• https://time.com/archive/6703965/interview-on-drugs-debt-and-poverty-venezuelas-carlos-andres-perez/
• https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80R01731R002400050019-5.pdf
• https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/22/archives/caracas-assails-us-for-payoffs-report-president-perez-calls.html
• https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-to-provide-venezuelas-guaido-with-52-million-in-funding-idUSKBN1W934P/
• https://liberationnews.org/oppose-us-threats-against-venezuela/
• https://misionverdad.com/memoria/aquel-narcoestado-llamado-puntofijismo-0
• https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/12/business/world-class-fraud-bcci-pulled-it-off-special-report-end-twisted-trail-piggy-bank.html?pagewanted=all
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF-IYdsFGrw
• https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/07CARACAS1637_a.html
• https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/04CARACAS2224_a.html
• https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/6750/
• https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/01/archives/cia-money-flowed-but-us-aides-insist-it-was-for-intelligence.html
• https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3974230?ln=en&v=pdf#files
• https://www.sumate.org/documentos/Varios/NED_Grant_Agreement_25septiembre2003.pdf
• https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/hrbodies/hrcouncil/ffmv/a-hrc-60-crp-4-annex-eng.pdf
• https://www.counterpunch.org/2014/04/25/the-dirty-hand-of-the-national-endowment-for-democracy-in-venezuela/

This week, Madeline and David talk about Venezuela, Chavez, and mustaches!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/

SOURCES:

• ttps://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79-00927A004600120002-9.pdf
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/45329740.pdf
• https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/F419409CE36569D0BBC81389843FBDCB/S0023879100024845a.pdf/cattle-corruption-and-venezuelan-state-formation-during-the-regime-of-juan-vicente-gomez-1908-35.pdf
• https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-to-provide-venezuelas-guaido-with-52-million-in-funding-idUSKBN1W934P/
• https://www.sociostudies.org/almanac/articles/the_us_methods_and_goals_to_destabilize_venezuela/
• https://www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2008/11/chavez-venezuela-opposition
• https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/17/world/abrams-denies-wrongdoing-in-shipping-arms-to-contras.html
• https://www.reuters.com/article/world/how-venezuela-got-here-a-timeline-of-the-political-crisis-idUSKCN1PJ03O/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22314562799&gbraid=0AAAAA-mwunF8-09P-Awp_HNmn1VHy7Dft&gclid=Cj0KCQjwo63HBhCKARIsAHOHV_Ugl_qLm4x2Feoh9JAYu3pdpveYzKTTgRnXkyvnLky86HmpDFgT5UsaAl3tEALw_wcB
• https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1162&context=classracecorporatepower
• https://www.blackagendareport.com/venezuela-imperialism-and-global-struggle-sovereignty
• https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14263/
• https://dc.ewu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=srcw_2019
• https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1921v02/d897
• https://www.nytimes.com/1952/09/21/archives/opposition-party-in-venezuela-test-copei-one-of-2-groups-against.html
• https://peoplesworld.org/article/venezuela-2002-the-coup-heard-around-the-world/
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuela
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuela
• https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/21/archives/venezuelans-are-denying-perez-was-paid-by-cia.html
• https://time.com/archive/6703965/interview-on-drugs-debt-and-poverty-venezuelas-carlos-andres-perez/
• https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80R01731R002400050019-5.pdf
• https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/22/archives/caracas-assails-us-for-payoffs-report-president-perez-calls.html
• https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-to-provide-venezuelas-guaido-with-52-million-in-funding-idUSKBN1W934P/
• https://liberationnews.org/oppose-us-threats-against-venezuela/
• https://misionverdad.com/memoria/aquel-narcoestado-llamado-puntofijismo-0
• https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/12/business/world-class-fraud-bcci-pulled-it-off-special-report-end-twisted-trail-piggy-bank.html?pagewanted=all
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF-IYdsFGrw
• https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/07CARACAS1637_a.html
• https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/04CARACAS2224_a.html
• https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/6750/
• https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/01/archives/cia-money-flowed-but-us-aides-insist-it-was-for-intelligence.html

This week, Madeline and David talk about Xinjiang, the Uyghurs, Donald Trump, and BDSM clubs in Taiwan!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BmgLBs4h20BYpty5svAQZ3nI4GxM7vhDM2gWPA6f9QY/edit?tab=t.0

This week, Madeline and David talk about campaign financing and dark money!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/using-personal-funds-candidate/

https://www.usa.gov/campaign-finance-laws

https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/contribution-limits/

https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/who-can-and-cant-contribute/#who-cant-contribute

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/dark-money-hit-record-high-19-billion-2024-federal-races

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/15/republican-ads-false-flag/

https://www.britannica.com/event/Citizens-United-v-Federal-Election-Commission

https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/winning-vs-spending

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/secret-spending-states

https://issueone.org/donors-key-findings-and-profiles-of-the-top-15-dark-money-groups/

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/president-and-treasurer-super-pac-sentenced-dark-money-scheme

https://campaignlegal.org/update/how-does-citizens-united-decision-still-affect-us-2025

https://nypost.com/2025/08/28/business/dark-money-group-paying-pro-democrat-influencers-up-to-8k-a-month-report/

This week, Madeline and David talk about Hulk Hogan's role in union-busting at the WWE!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/

SOURCES:

https://www.thesportster.com/wwe-hulk-hogan-killed-jesse-ventura-plan-pro-wrestling-union-vince-mcmahon/

https://www.thesportster.com/tag/hulk-hogan/

https://www.thesportster.com/hulk-hogan-jokes-body-slamming-kamala-harris-questions-indian-heritage/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hJHrgREqNA

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jesse-ventura-hulk-hogan-ratted-202354667.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABUNtevCdZbng14s_7x3Yf946qPjevulgu3SXbGdDVr9ioMn0p35G-xKxQsErbnqqA8tV1LLbMhcL0ErfwUNgDOaRdv-hfnClboaf8MewIVtX3CZwYiD8DEhYkMzlqbHiEk-VwCuG2qSQCk3bXhsfrLZ7D0_nXey7K3C_6G7H_Ct

https://411mania.com/wrestling/hulk-hogan-admits-revealed-jesse-ventur-union-plans-vince-mcmahon/

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-8th-circuit/1387808.html

https://www.wrestlezone.com/news/1525370-jesse-ventura-hulk-hogan-had-a-lame-excuse-for-being-anti-union-he-lied-to-avoid-office-stooge-label

https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1739395/wwe-hall-famer-jesse-ventura-explains-hulk-hogan-denied-stopping-union-efforts/

https://web.archive.org/web/20140227105532/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1119010/1/index.htm

https://jacobin.com/2022/10/wwe-vince-mcmahon-wrestling-unions-health

https://qz.com/work/1584785/john-oliver-explains-the-wwes-glaring-workers-rights-problem

https://pagesix.com/2025/07/31/celebrity-news/hulk-hogans-cause-of-death-revealed/

https://www.newsweek.com/hulk-hogan-donald-trump-quotes-2103891

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/24/hulk-hogan-death-trump-maga-wrestlemania/

https://jacobin.com/2014/08/money-in-the-bank/?ref=sullyville.io

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jesse-Ventura

https://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/07/09/ventura/index.html

This week, David and Madeline wrap up part 3 of our series on the Mexican revolutionaries The Magonistas!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

Hernandez, Kelly Lytle. Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.

This week, David and Madeline do part 2 of our three part series about border control and the Mexican revolutionaries the Magonistas!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

Hernandez, Kelly Lytle. Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.

This week, David and Madeline talk about the Magonistas!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

Hernandez, Kelly Lytle. Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.

This week, Madeline and David talk about the ICE protests in Los Angeles and finish up our three part episode on Lyndon LaRouche!

PATREON:

http://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared

SOURCES:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/10/26/larouches-call-to-quarantine-aids-victims-trails-in-california/f79e0d33-02be-4fad-a643-08bf0d462f95/

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00806R000100640021-7.pdf

https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2022/10/14/conference-build-the-new-paradigm-defeat-green-fascism/

https://archive.org/details/larouchenewamericanfascism

https://larouchepub.com/pr/2022/20221102_hinkle.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20110713184401/http://larouchewatch.com/ugliest-larouche-rant.pdf

https://www.cosmonautmag.com/2025/04/praxis-of-alienation-and-enmity-on-the-american-communist-party/

This week, we talk more about Lyndon LaRouche and the Marxists that never were, and David tries to cajole Madeline into saying a slur (Madeline does NOT).

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/10/26/larouches-call-to-quarantine-aids-victims-trails-in-california/f79e0d33-02be-4fad-a643-08bf0d462f95/

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00806R000100640021-7.pdf

https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2022/10/14/conference-build-the-new-paradigm-defeat-green-fascism/

https://archive.org/details/larouchenewamericanfascism

https://larouchepub.com/pr/2022/20221102_hinkle.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20110713184401/http://larouchewatch.com/ugliest-larouche-rant.pdf

https://www.cosmonautmag.com/2025/04/praxis-of-alienation-and-enmity-on-the-american-communist-party/

This week, Madeline and David talk about Lyndon LaRouche!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/10/26/larouches-call-to-quarantine-aids-victims-trails-in-california/f79e0d33-02be-4fad-a643-08bf0d462f95/

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00806R000100640021-7.pdf

https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2022/10/14/conference-build-the-new-paradigm-defeat-green-fascism/

https://archive.org/details/larouchenewamericanfascism

https://larouchepub.com/pr/2022/20221102_hinkle.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20110713184401/http://larouchewatch.com/ugliest-larouche-rant.pdf

https://www.cosmonautmag.com/2025/04/praxis-of-alienation-and-enmity-on-the-american-communist-party/

This week, Madeline and David wrap up our two-part episode about AFRICOM, Burkina Faso, and Traore!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

https://www.defense.gov/About/combatant-commands/

https://hoodcommunist.org/2022/09/29/a-guide-to-shutdownafricom/amp/

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/16/afri-m16.html

https://www.communistpartyofkenya.org/87-recent-news/246-oint-statement-of-the-communist-party-of-kenya-and-the-zimbabwe-communist-party-on-the-expansion-of-africom

https://mronline.org/2021/10/05/building-a-movement-to-shutdown-africom/

https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/africom

https://hoodcommunist.org/2020/10/01/africom-and-nato-are-terrorist/amp/

https://monthlyreview.org/2024/06/01/the-actuality-of-red-africa/

https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/socialist-viewpoint-us/julaug_12/julaug_12_27.html

https://www.workers.org/2018/10/39384/

https://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/news/2023/2023-07-20-al-bulushi-teen-vogue.php

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-africom-us-military-africa

https://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/rethinking-africa-command/

https://countrystudies.us/libya/30.htm

https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199846733/obo-9780199846733-0193.xml

https://www.accord.org.za/analysis/african-military-marxism-is-its-past-its-future/

https://hoodcommunist.org/2021/09/30/building-a-movement-to-shutdown-africom/

https://blackallianceforpeace.com/events/2024actionsagainstafricom

https://www.communistpartyofkenya.org/87-recent-news/246-oint-statement-of-the-communist-party-of-kenya-and-the-zimbabwe-communist-party-on-the-expansion-of-africom

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/16/afri-m16.html

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-africom-us-military-africa

https://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/rethinking-africa-command/

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/world/africa/07congo.html?_r=2

https://www.theafricareport.com/380259/us91africa-africom-makes-its-case-tariffs-for-south-africa-women-under-fire/

https://www.blackagendareport.com/africom-congo

https://blackallianceforpeace.com/africomwatchbulletin//edition47

https://sfbayview.com/2013/12/declaration-would-contract-drc-to-concede-to-m23/

https://www.blackagendareport.com/african-unity-and-new-cold-war

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/05/26/unity-is-an-imperative-reclaiming-african-liberation-day-60-years-on/

https://www.blackagendareport.com/liberia-and-challenges-us-imperialism

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/11/30/africom-corporations-dr-congo-climate-china/

https://defensescoop.com/2025/01/29/us-algeria-defense-cooperation-mou-agreement-to-expand-military-cooperation/

https://www.blackagendareport.com/africom-watch-bulletin-50

https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/counterterrorism/africom-led-operation-extracts-u-s-government-personnel-from-sudan/

https://realistreview.org/2021/11/02/america-played-a-big-role-in-sudans-coup/

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/01/27/us-africa-command-official-hails-new-beginning-in-sudan/

https://www.blackagendareport.com/useunatos-regime-change-playbook-burkina-faso-and-captain-ibrahim-traore

https://www.military.africa/2024/09/us-forces-returning-to-chad-but-with-a-different-objective/

https://apnews.com/article/niger-chad-us-troops-withdrawal-russia-aa852a79bac39aaa679af3663b56deaa

https://peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-africom-africa-and-the-world-in-the-crosshairs/

https://legalafrica.org/from-gaddafi-to-traore-africa-must-unite-against-neo-imperialism/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jun/14/africom-imperial-agenda-marches-on

https://foreignpolicy.com/2010/07/21/the-truth-about-africom/

https://blackagendareport.com/africom-crying-russia-libya-pot-and-kettle-syndrome

https://www.mintpressnews.com/ibrahim-traore-burkina-faso-west/289538/

This week, Madeline & David talk about AFRICOM, Kony 2012, and whether or not X is a rockabilly band!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

https://www.defense.gov/About/combatant-commands/

https://hoodcommunist.org/2022/09/29/a-guide-to-shutdownafricom/amp/

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/16/afri-m16.html

https://www.communistpartyofkenya.org/87-recent-news/246-oint-statement-of-the-communist-party-of-kenya-and-the-zimbabwe-communist-party-on-the-expansion-of-africom

https://mronline.org/2021/10/05/building-a-movement-to-shutdown-africom/

https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/africom

https://hoodcommunist.org/2020/10/01/africom-and-nato-are-terrorist/amp/

https://monthlyreview.org/2024/06/01/the-actuality-of-red-africa/

https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/socialist-viewpoint-us/julaug_12/julaug_12_27.html

https://www.workers.org/2018/10/39384/

https://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/news/2023/2023-07-20-al-bulushi-teen-vogue.php

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-africom-us-military-africa

https://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/rethinking-africa-command/

https://countrystudies.us/libya/30.htm

https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199846733/obo-9780199846733-0193.xml

https://www.accord.org.za/analysis/african-military-marxism-is-its-past-its-future/

https://hoodcommunist.org/2021/09/30/building-a-movement-to-shutdown-africom/

https://blackallianceforpeace.com/events/2024actionsagainstafricom

https://www.communistpartyofkenya.org/87-recent-news/246-oint-statement-of-the-communist-party-of-kenya-and-the-zimbabwe-communist-party-on-the-expansion-of-africom

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/16/afri-m16.html

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-africom-us-military-africa

https://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/rethinking-africa-command/

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/world/africa/07congo.html?_r=2

https://www.theafricareport.com/380259/us91africa-africom-makes-its-case-tariffs-for-south-africa-women-under-fire/

https://www.blackagendareport.com/africom-congo

https://blackallianceforpeace.com/africomwatchbulletin//edition47

https://sfbayview.com/2013/12/declaration-would-contract-drc-to-concede-to-m23/

https://www.blackagendareport.com/african-unity-and-new-cold-war

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/05/26/unity-is-an-imperative-reclaiming-african-liberation-day-60-years-on/

https://www.blackagendareport.com/liberia-and-challenges-us-imperialism

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/11/30/africom-corporations-dr-congo-climate-china/

https://defensescoop.com/2025/01/29/us-algeria-defense-cooperation-mou-agreement-to-expand-military-cooperation/

https://www.blackagendareport.com/africom-watch-bulletin-50

https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/counterterrorism/africom-led-operation-extracts-u-s-government-personnel-from-sudan/

https://realistreview.org/2021/11/02/america-played-a-big-role-in-sudans-coup/

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/01/27/us-africa-command-official-hails-new-beginning-in-sudan/

https://www.blackagendareport.com/useunatos-regime-change-playbook-burkina-faso-and-captain-ibrahim-traore

https://www.military.africa/2024/09/us-forces-returning-to-chad-but-with-a-different-objective/

https://apnews.com/article/niger-chad-us-troops-withdrawal-russia-aa852a79bac39aaa679af3663b56deaa

https://peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-africom-africa-and-the-world-in-the-crosshairs/

https://legalafrica.org/from-gaddafi-to-traore-africa-must-unite-against-neo-imperialism/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jun/14/africom-imperial-agenda-marches-on

https://foreignpolicy.com/2010/07/21/the-truth-about-africom/

https://blackagendareport.com/africom-crying-russia-libya-pot-and-kettle-syndrome

This week David and Madeline finish our two part episode about the Italian syndicalists!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/

SOURCES:

⁠Anderson, Considerations on Western Marxism⁠

 ⁠Clark, Antonio Gramsci and the Revolution That Failed⁠

⁠Gramsci, The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings 1916-1935⁠

⁠Emmerson, “Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Fiume Escapade.”⁠

⁠Bertrand, “The Biennio Rosso: Anarchists and Revolutionary Syndicalists in Italy, 1919-1920.”⁠

⁠Lenin, “Terms of Admission into Communist International.”⁠

⁠Trudell, “Gramsci: The Turin Years.”⁠

 ⁠Trotsky, “Speech in Discussion of the Italian Question.”⁠

This week, David and Madeline talk about Italy, Biennio Rossa, and what age is too young to not know how to put your phone on silent!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/

SOURCES:

Anderson, Considerations on Western Marxism

 Clark, Antonio Gramsci and the Revolution That Failed

Gramsci, The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings 1916-1935

Emmerson, “Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Fiume Escapade.”

Bertrand, “The Biennio Rosso: Anarchists and Revolutionary Syndicalists in Italy, 1919-1920.”

Lenin, “Terms of Admission into Communist International.”

Trudell, “Gramsci: The Turin Years.”

 Trotsky, “Speech in Discussion of the Italian Question.”

This week, Madeline and David wrap up our second part of our discussion about USAID!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/02/14/usaid-controversy-live-updates-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-temporarily-restore-foreign-aid-funding/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-canceling-foreign-aid-awards-in-place-before-his-inauguration/

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP74B00415R000300070019-8.pdf

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA

-RDP79T00975A027700010040-0.pdf

https://digitalcommons.csp.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1038&context=hmong-studies_hohp

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001000080025-2.pdf

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001000080025-2.pdf

https://www.newsweek.com/lefts-goal-usaid-reform-finally-accomplished-trump-opinion-2029951

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/08/04/report-u-s-aid-used-hiv-program-in-cuba-to-foment-rebellion/

https://apnews.com/music-general-news-548798feb950406d8e23186e77359f8f

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/u-s-secretly-built-cuban-twitter-stir-unrest-ap-reports-n70531

https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-usaid-c0c7799be0b2fa7cad4c806565985fe2

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitter-zunzuneo-stir-unrest

https://apnews.com/general-news-5de7cd8b5aab4294aaef93aa06fd6fda

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/how-hillary-clinton-militarized-us-policy-in-honduras/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/04/usaid-latin-americans-cuba-rebellion-hiv-workshops

https://apnews.com/music-general-news-7c275c134f1b4a0ca3428929fcece82d

https://web.archive.org/web/20240622164647/https:/www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/Disinformation-Primer.pdf

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-reorganization-of-usaid-will-not-change-its-promotion-of-exploitation/

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20250212/117881/HHRG-119-JU00-20250212-SD003-U3.pdf

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/06/musk-doge-usaid/

https://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/9-121-14-002-p.pdf

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-struggle-for-middle-east-democracy/

https://jacobin.com/2022/02/maidan-protests-neo-nazis-russia-nato-crimea

https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/georgia

https://adst.org/2016/02/winning-the-peace-usaid-and-the-demobilization-of-the-nicaraguan-contras/

https://web.archive.org/web/20170815101734/https://legcounsel.house.gov/Comps/Foreign%20Assistance%20Act%20Of%201961.pdf

https://www.jstor.org/stable/159742?read-now=1&seq=16#page_scan_tab_contents

https://web.archive.org/web/20180527183738/https://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/stabilization/

https://web.archive.org/web/20031119001121/http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/400/fsa.pdf

https://afsa.org/usaid-60-enduring-purpose-complex-legacy

https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/08/13/teaching-torture-the-death-and-legacy-of-dan-mitrione/

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-01601R000800260001-8.pdf

https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/AUPress/Books/B_0156_CELESKI_SPECIAL_AIR_WARFARE_AND_THE_SECRET_WAR_IN_LAOS_AIR_COMMANDOS_1964_1975.pdf

https://afsa.org/sites/default/files/vietnamArchivedContentFromFSJ008.pdf

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/11/haiti-and-the-failed-promise-of-us-aid

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56201575

This week, Madeline and David discuss USAID!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/02/14/usaid-controversy-live-updates-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-temporarily-restore-foreign-aid-funding/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-canceling-foreign-aid-awards-in-place-before-his-inauguration/

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP74B00415R000300070019-8.pdf

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA

-RDP79T00975A027700010040-0.pdf

https://digitalcommons.csp.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1038&context=hmong-studies_hohp

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001000080025-2.pdf

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001000080025-2.pdf

https://www.newsweek.com/lefts-goal-usaid-reform-finally-accomplished-trump-opinion-2029951

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/08/04/report-u-s-aid-used-hiv-program-in-cuba-to-foment-rebellion/

https://apnews.com/music-general-news-548798feb950406d8e23186e77359f8f

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/u-s-secretly-built-cuban-twitter-stir-unrest-ap-reports-n70531

https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-usaid-c0c7799be0b2fa7cad4c806565985fe2

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitter-zunzuneo-stir-unrest

https://apnews.com/general-news-5de7cd8b5aab4294aaef93aa06fd6fda

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/how-hillary-clinton-militarized-us-policy-in-honduras/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/04/usaid-latin-americans-cuba-rebellion-hiv-workshops

https://apnews.com/music-general-news-7c275c134f1b4a0ca3428929fcece82d

https://web.archive.org/web/20240622164647/https:/www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/Disinformation-Primer.pdf

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-reorganization-of-usaid-will-not-change-its-promotion-of-exploitation/

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20250212/117881/HHRG-119-JU00-20250212-SD003-U3.pdf

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/06/musk-doge-usaid/

https://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/9-121-14-002-p.pdf

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-struggle-for-middle-east-democracy/

https://jacobin.com/2022/02/maidan-protests-neo-nazis-russia-nato-crimea

https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/georgia

https://adst.org/2016/02/winning-the-peace-usaid-and-the-demobilization-of-the-nicaraguan-contras/

https://web.archive.org/web/20170815101734/https://legcounsel.house.gov/Comps/Foreign%20Assistance%20Act%20Of%201961.pdf

https://www.jstor.org/stable/159742?read-now=1&seq=16#page_scan_tab_contents

https://web.archive.org/web/20180527183738/https://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/stabilization/

https://web.archive.org/web/20031119001121/http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/400/fsa.pdf

https://afsa.org/usaid-60-enduring-purpose-complex-legacy

https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/08/13/teaching-torture-the-death-and-legacy-of-dan-mitrione/

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-01601R000800260001-8.pdf

https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/AUPress/Books/B_0156_CELESKI_SPECIAL_AIR_WARFARE_AND_THE_SECRET_WAR_IN_LAOS_AIR_COMMANDOS_1964_1975.pdf

https://afsa.org/sites/default/files/vietnamArchivedContentFromFSJ008.pdf

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/11/haiti-and-the-failed-promise-of-us-aid

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56201575

This week, David and Madeline wrap up our three-part series on the Haitian Revolution!This episode is a little louder than usual so start it quieter to be kind to your ears because Madeline's voice is SHRILL.

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Henochsberg2016.pdf

https://jacobin.com/2017/01/haiti-reparations-france-slavery-colonialism-debt/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/americas/haiti-history-colonized-france.html

https://nyujilp.org/frances-overdue-debt-to-haiti/#_ftn3

https://www.jstor.org/stable/44148455

https://www.jstor.org/stable/42843715

https://www.cadtm.org/The-evolution-of-wealth-inequalities-over-the-last-two-centuries

https://www.projectmanifest.eu/the-french-society-of-friends-of-black-people-1788-1799-en-fr/

https://revolution.chnm.org/d/290

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/haiti-wall-street-us-banks.html

James,The Black Jacobins: Toussaint Louverture and the San Domingo Revolution

 Douglas,Making The Black Jacobins:C.L.R. James and the Drama of History

 Cesaire,Return to my Native Land

 https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/171.html

 Williams,Capitalism and Slavery

 Peabody:“There Are No Slaves in France”

Geggus, David, ed.The Haitian Revolution: A Documentary History

M. de C.Makandal, Histoire Veritable

Popkin,A Concise History of the Haitian Revolution

This week, David and Madeline talk about the Haitian Revolution!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/

SOURCES:

⁠http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Henochsberg2016.pdf⁠

⁠https://jacobin.com/2017/01/haiti-reparations-france-slavery-colonialism-debt/⁠

⁠https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/americas/haiti-history-colonized-france.html⁠

⁠https://nyujilp.org/frances-overdue-debt-to-haiti/#_ftn3⁠

⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/44148455⁠

⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/42843715⁠

⁠https://www.cadtm.org/The-evolution-of-wealth-inequalities-over-the-last-two-centuries⁠

⁠https://www.projectmanifest.eu/the-french-society-of-friends-of-black-people-1788-1799-en-fr/⁠

⁠https://revolution.chnm.org/d/290⁠

⁠https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/haiti-wall-street-us-banks.html⁠

James, The Black Jacobins: Toussaint Louverture and the San Domingo Revolution

 Douglas, Making The Black Jacobins: C.L.R. James and the Drama of History

 Cesaire, Return to my Native Land

 ⁠https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/171.html⁠

 Williams, Capitalism and Slavery

 Peabody: “There Are No Slaves in France”

Geggus, David, ed. The Haitian Revolution: A Documentary History

M. de C. Makandal, Histoire Veritable

⁠Popkin, A Concise History of the Haitian Revolution