How Boots Riley Became a Communist

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I'm just this side of broke but this episode made a Patreon supporter of me. I'm encouraged by some of the left media emerging these days, and I think this whole project is one of the best. Fantastic interview. Boots is underappreciated as a thinker and even as an artist.

I am not a communist, but I have nothing but respect for Boots Riley. He's a powerful voice for the left.

Exactly! Once you understand the system and that there are things you can do to change it, it makes all the difference in the world. We have power! From a 2nd generation Marxist. It's the 60's again! Hallelujah!

The Funk keeps growing like a fungus.....

Wonderful to hear Boots origin story. I wish a van full of girls showed up at my house. I'd have become a Marxist years earlier than I did.

Boots Riley rules, glad he came on the show even if I'm not a fan of BJG

boots' music made me feel confident in being an open communist and wearing it on my sleeve and thats why he'll always be the goat to me

Love this!

Matewan is the best movie I've ever seen depicting union organizing in the raw. Great watch.

Every working person should be a Communist.
Ever wonder why Communists are so attacked and smeared by the bourgeois press, the US Government, international business and finance, and all wealthy people in general??
Because Communists understand how the whole system works, why certain actors do the things they do, and how wealth is extracted from the workers of the world.

This is like a parody. So he became a leftist basically to get laid? And then was propogandized by a youth organizer?

we;re gonnna go to the beach but first we're gonna support the watsonville cannery strike XD

I'm going to write this on a T shirt

"you've got to write a play by noon"

??? what kind of quality are you expecting with that timeline? XD

Can people name some successful examples of communist nations that are still in existence today, with better, or comparable human rights, freedoms, living standards etc - than other nations of today?

Because, "theory" is one thing, but reality is another.

Seems to me, that those that champion any extreme ideology, especially ones that we can historically examine, with accurate data - see that they were flawed, produced horrific death counts etc - and yet, still think the ideology is worthy of their time etc, may need to re-think their approach.

communism never wors, check with Cuba, we need a labor movement, NOT communism

Love Boots' description of how agency bubbles up when someone is ready. It's that sense of "I can actually do something about this, if I can find the other people who care about it."

Finally saw his movie, genius.

Humbled his intro has to do with fighting for my people.

What I took away from this: If bus loads of girls showed up at boy’s houses asking them to join their beach party activism protest parties, there would be more socialist teenagers changing the world.

I red salute Riley and hope for a communist utopia once again.

The Coop-meister

Hopefully he doesn't get Blacklisted like the Hollywood 10.

I love the brutalist images in the background.

Communism is for the losing class. Coming from a middle class man.

Wait, how did I miss this?

I think Briahna is cute and charming, but her big value, her giant talent, is her Socratic dialogue, her dialectic. But when she's responding to someone like this she really becomes a great beauty.

Communism is made by rich dirtbags who emotionally appeal to and then control poor dirtbags. It has never worked and never will.

Is lured into a van by adults. Sounds like he was being groomed sexually and idealistically. Honestly sounds like something a Jewish pedophile would do.

These bougie Blacks are just smart enough to be vaguely dangerous. They’re both well into middle age and with all of the propaganda they’ve absorbed, still have not correctly concluded that a disproportionate amount of Communist organizers are Jews and historically always have been. Once they figure that out (they probably never will), they have to question why that is. Malcolm X warned against Jews to Blacks and asked them to question why they were always spearheading their movements and involving themselves in the affairs of Blacks. Communism is just a way to control poor, dumb people with promises of wealth distribution and other pie-in-the-sky pipe dreams and use them as cannon fodder in their revolt against the establishment. Once the Globalists succeed in breaking Capitalism, most of the ground level organizers will see that it sucks and once they are seen as disenchanted, they will be “disappeared” and killedz

Another communist, turned drugged up capitalist. Also real people, living real lives, dont have origin stories.

Whether you agree with his political views or not no one can deny how good The Coup actually sounded and were seriously underrated

Whoever that guy is that introduced boots to communism is a hero

So if i pay you money, you will give me the tickles of a better edit, that includes his reply? Communism can be a very useful tool, but also, a terrible master, "Tankie"🥰

Such a loser

Communism is slavery!

Problem with communism is their power come from the State and the State will always be usurped by the oligarchs, the bankers

Go to Cuba or Venezuela if you love communism so much, crazy to see people supporting a system that has failed in EVERY country adopting it and taking its people to poverty and misery.

PS I have lived under communism and it ain’t sweet.

I’ve recommended Sorry To Bother You to so many people and they just come back mad at me about the horse cocks…

We have nothing to lose but our chains, comrades

boots n katt are modern day oracles (but they use books n stuff not opium) 🤞🏿

I miss The Coup. I wish we could get one more album with E-Roc and Boots (Rest In Peace Pam the Funk-stress). To this day I have purchased every album The Coup dropped. Excellent material! -Atlanta, Georgia USA

I’m not a communist and I have so much respect for this man.

Boots is definitely in my top 10 GOAT emcees. I say that so you don't think I'm "hating" by expressing my thoughts after watching this video. Plenty was said, but outside of his interesting life story, this whole "communist" philosophy is SORELY LACKING IN LOGIC AND PRACTICALITY in regards to tangible improvements in quality of life for Black people, or blue collar working class people. I noticed this delusional lying to one's self in the attitudes of Boots as well as yourself, which i.m.h.o. leaves you in a state of mind that really lacks direction, again, regarding a path to material improvement of the quality of life (I'm talking food/clothing/shelter/education, not luxury goods). The path you guys are describing is - striking, whining to company execs about improving conditions on the f'ing "plantation" (the factory/ company), instead of BUILDING OUR OWN FACTORIES - ORGANIZING OUR CAPITAL TO PRODUCE WHAT WE CONSUME, WHICH IS WHAT WILL ACTUALLY IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR BLACK PEOPLE. it's called building an economy. (One) Problem is, you want to play this color blind game and make this an "every race" movement, when we've seen every other ethnic group in America succeed by creating their own micro-economy within the U.S. There's a thriving China town in every major city. Mexicans, East Indians, Polish, Jews, etc have their own neighborhoods where THEY OWN AND CONTROL ALL OF THE BUSINESSES, and they've been largely successful. ..but you guys are fooled by this communist bs that has NO SUCCESSFUL MODEL THAT EXISTS in any country around the world. Blacks are the ONLY ethnic group always tryin to unite with everyone while we remain at the bottom of the socio-economic totem pole, on every corner of the earth! I'd love to build with you more about this if interested. If not, have a wonderful day and a great 2025. Peace!