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Alexander Ionov, president of the Anti-Globalization Movement of Russia, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Tampa for conspiring to use U.S. citizens as illegal agents of Russia. The FBI alleges Ionov worked from 2014 to 2022 to spread Russian propaganda regarding the invasion of Ukraine and to interfere with U.S. elections. The case highlights how foreign actors use funding and digital platforms to amplify divisive domestic narratives.
In 1928, the Communist International in Moscow issued a position that African Americans in the South had the right to self-determination and their own nation. Organizers James Julio and Tom Johnson were sent to Birmingham to recruit workers. The hosts draw parallels between this historical Soviet influence and modern accusations of Russian collusion in American politics.
Leonard Patterson, a former high-ranking member of the Communist Party who trained at Lenin University in Moscow, explains why he eventually defected. He describes his rise through the National Executive Committee and his realization that the party was using black Americans as "cannon fodder" for a bloody revolution. Patterson warns that the goal of the movement was the establishment of a Soviet-style dictatorship in America.
Adam Curry recalls his 1988 trip to the Soviet Union for the Moscow Music Peace Festival, where he met Russian youths who learned Western songs phonetically from smuggled cassette tapes. He argues that true culture originates in the streets and cannot be fully suppressed by government bans. The hosts conclude that mainstream media is largely manufactured and disingenuous compared to authentic street-level expression.
