Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-10-22
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Robert Evans recommended Negroes with Guns by Robert F. Williams and others, and discussed The Culture of Critique by Kevin MacDonald. Also mentioned: The Green Book by Muammar Gaddafi, Bible, The Book of Acts by Bob Emery, and The book of Exodus.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Green Book
The Green Book by Muammar Gaddafi is a short political manifesto outlining the Libyan leader's philosophy on direct democracy, rejecting both capitalism and communism while proposing governance through people's committees.
Discussed“In 1975, Gaddafi writes and publishes the Greek book, which was a short book setting out the political philosophy of, you guessed it, Libyan leader Muhammad Gaddafi. It is said to have been inspired in part by the Little Red Book”
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Negroes with Guns
Negroes with Guns by Robert F.
Recommended“Like the battle of Hayes Pond being a paramount example. Uh if we look at the like the standoff at Wounded Knee or the second battle of Wounded Knee or whatever you want to call it and uh like throughout the civil rights movement, right? Um, there's a book uh by Rob Williams about a contemporary book about the use”
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The Culture of Critique
Discussed“That is a much deeper Nazi reference than you might guess. There's a book called The Culture of Critique. There was a a deep understanding among the OG Nazis back in the 20s and 30s that literary criticism that like the idea of sort of cultural criticism that these were all Jewish plots”
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Bible
The Bible is the foundational religious and historical text of Judeo-Christian traditions, consisting of sacred scriptures that outline God's word, laws, and design for humanity.
Discussed“So, it's just this idea, and here's where here's where it gets tantalizing and complicated, and I'm saying this as a black man, you know, is you open your Bible and at the back of every Bible got a map and you looking at it and you going, "Well, this where the take place, right?"”
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The Book of Acts
Discussed“And then I'm I'm getting I'm getting deep cuts here. It's like you and then you get into the book of Acts where supposed to be the Bible like where the gospel spreads. And the first time it leave the first time they leave Israel is Stephen meeting an Ethiopian.”
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The book of Exodus
The Book of Exodus is a foundational biblical text detailing the Israelites' escape from slavery in Egypt, alongside core religious laws and historical narratives.
Discussed“And if you read again, if you you can't not possibly be black and read the book of Exodus and be like, "Well, that's us." You know what I'm saying? you can't p like how do you not see it, you know?”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“It is said to have been inspired in part by the Little Red Book, aka quotations from chairman Mount Maung. An English translation was issued by the Libyan People's Committee”
“It is said to have been inspired in part by the Little Red Book, aka quotations from chairman Mount Maung. An English translation was issued by the Libyan People's Committee”
“I thought it was maybe an interesting forum and and I was really interested to hear um from the other panelists in particular um because I had looked at what Mike German had written after his service in um the FBI and uh as well as the author of the anti-fascist handbook”