Theotre of the Mind

Youssef & Emmet share their communist red flags. Who did hammer & sickle graffiti in their rebellious youth? Whose grandfather lost his academic job in the Red Scare? Who's quietly cringing when you call your buddies "comrades"? We talk Karl Marx, the impact of trauma on praxis, HUAC, & reading between the lines to find our own leftist dreamboats in Fiddler on the Roof.Community Corkboard:Beetlejuice Jr.: https://sjchs.ticketsplease.ca/events/beetlejuice-jr/The Music Man: oops, it’s over :(The Maltese Falcon: https://studio-theatre-perth.ticketsplease.ca/events/the-maltese-falcon/Annie auditions: https://volunteersignup.org/LCAXM?fbclid=IwY2xjawRpw6pleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFDZk52U1I0dzhqZ0NyenV6c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmaoqZPw2dlsw8FfMe7tyG4CnDR3cTgh0InElFRuDsjtfRQIBWpzrf5inZIQ_aem_rDDI_vSFpQSW1TW7JmuqVAThe Play That Goes Wrong (Carleton Place): https://mudds.ticketsplease.ca/events/the-play-that-goes-wrong/Fun Home: https://thegladstone.ca/shows/fun-home/BBC 4 on Marx's theory of alienation: https://youtu.be/PZ4VzhIuKCQ?si=z_TsmTqJEkl3v08KWhat’s Love got to do with Communism? | Richard Gilman-Opalsky: https://youtu.be/Y58h90Tycj4?si=lNOwfz1iUDFmBQU_David Graeber on the value of work (RSA Shorts): https://youtu.be/tpoJIkqEXYo?si=sq_XQj6Rmtssm9g4David Graeber - We are already communists: https://youtu.be/87tC_jQ9gHk?si=IvSuN2jbjKE-2O8OFiddler on the Roof:Watch the movie: https://tubitv.com/movies/100002779/fiddler-on-the-roofJerome Robbins & HUAC: https://todayinclh.com/?event=dancer-jerome-robbins-names-names-before-huacJoseph Stein’s politics considered in retrospect by his conservative son: https://www.city-journal.org/article/my-father-fiddler-and-the-leftThe World of Sholem Aleichem & Blacklist Era Oppression: https://www.fascinatingworld.org/post/the-world-of-sholom-aleichem-and-blacklist-era-oppressionThe War on Memory: Learning From the Jewish Labour Bund: https://thefunambulist.net/magazine/the-night/the-war-on-memory-learning-from-the-jewish-labor-bund