Turning Tides

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FDR: a socialist? NO!! (AUDIO ONLY) Sep 22, 2026

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There's been an uptick of social democrats who are espousing the belief that FDR was a socialist and that his policies were leftist in nature. This video pushes against this notion using specific examples from history. This video represents only my informed opinion, thank you.

The Communist Who Fought For Lincoln. Aug 08, 2026

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The special episode of the Turning Tides podcast is the audio only version of a video posted on our YouTube channel located here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuoOYVtdq-w

This episode covers the role of socialists and communists in preserving the union and ending enslavement across the c0untry. Specifically, I use the example of August Willich, a Union Civil War general who was also a communist who believed Marx was too conservative.

Turning Tides: Italian Footsteps: After the Fall, 1848 - 1852: Episode 3 Dec 13, 2022

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Turning Tides: Italian Footsteps will detail the hundred years of political manipulation and war from 1796 to 1896 which led to the formation of Italy. The third episode, After the Fall, will cover the disastrous First War of Italian Independence and its traumatic effect on the collective Italian psyche.

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Produced by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone in affiliation with AntiKs Entertainment.

Researched and written by Joseph Pascone

Edited and revised by Melissa Marie Brown

Intro and Outro created by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone using Motion Array

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Episode 3 Sources:

1. The Force of Destiny: A History of Italy since 1796, by Christopher Duggan

2. Modern Italy: A Political History, by Denis Mack Smith

3. The Risorgimento and the Unification of Italy: Second Edition, by Derek Beales and Eugenio F. Biagini

4. From Peoples into Nations: A History of Eastern Europe, by John Connelly

5. The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 B.C. to the Present: Fourth Edition, by R. Ernest Dupuy and Trevor N. Dupuy

6. A Concise History of Italy: Second Edition, by Christopher Duggan

7. Radetzky's Marches: The Campaigns of 1848 and 1849 in Upper Italy, by Michael Embree

8. Armies of the Italian Wars of Unification 1848-70 (1): Piedmont and the Two Sicilies, by Gabriele Esposito

9. Garibaldi: An autobiography, by Giuseppe Garibaldi and Alexandre Dumas

10. Garibaldi's Defence of the Roman Republic: 1848-49, by G. M. Trevelyan

11. Andrea Aguyar (A.K.A. Andrea Aquyar and Andrea Il Moro), 1810?-1849, by Robert Fikes for Blackpast.org (http://Blackpast.org) on July 30, 2018

12. Wikipedia

Turning Tides: Italian Footsteps: The Lessons They Never Learned, 1815 - 1848: Episode 2 Nov 29, 2022

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Turning Tides: Italian Footsteps will detail the hundred years of political manipulation and war from 1796 to 1896 which led to the formation of Italy. The second episode, The Lessons They Never Learned, will cover the White Terror of 1815, the growing movement toward Italian nationhood, and the decisive revolt in Milan in 1848.

Produced by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone in affiliation with AntiKs Entertainment.

Researched and written by Joseph Pascone

Edited and revised by Melissa Marie Brown

Intro and Outro created by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone using Motion Array

Website: https://theturningtidespodcast.weebly.com/

IG/Threads/YouTube/Facebook: @theturningtidespodcast

Bluesky/Mastodon: @turningtidespod

Email: theturningtidespodcast@gmail.com

Bluesky/Mastodon/IG/YouTube/Facebook/Threads/TikTok: @antiksent

Email: antiksent@gmail.com

Episode 2 Sources:

1. The Risorgimento and the Unification of Italy: Second Edition, by Derek Beales and Eugenio F. Biagini

2. The Force of Destiny: A History of Italy since 1796, by Christopher Duggan

3. The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History: Fourth Edition, by R. Ernest Dupuy and Trevor N. Dupuy

4. A Concise History of Italy: Second Edition, by Christopher Duggan

5. From Peoples into Nations: A History of Eastern Europe, by John Connelly

6. Modern Italy: A Political History, by Dennis Mack Smith

7. Radetzky's Marches: The Campaigns of 1848 and 1849 in Upper Italy, by Michael Embree

8. Armies of the Italian Wars of Unification 1848-70 (1): Piedmont and the Two Sicilies, by Gabriele Esposito

9. Garibaldi: An autobiography, by Alexandre Dumas and Giuseppe Garibaldi

10. Garibaldi's Defence of the Roman Republic: 1848-49, by G. M. Trevelyan

11. Wikipedia

Turning Tides: Italian Footsteps: Revolutionary Change in the Peninsula of Constancy, 1796 - 1815: Episode 1 Nov 14, 2022

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Turning Tides: Italian Footsteps will detail the hundred years of political manipulation and war from 1796 to 1896 which led to the formation of Italy. The first episode, Revolutionary Change in the Peninsula of Constancy, will cover the Napoleonic Wars and their effect on Italians.

Produced by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone in affiliation with AntiKs Entertainment.

Researched and written by Joseph Pascone

Edited and revised by Melissa Marie Brown

Intro and Outro created by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone using Motion Array

Website: https://theturningtidespodcast.weebly.com/

IG/Threads/YouTube/Facebook: @theturningtidespodcast

Bluesky/Mastodon: @turningtidespod

Email: theturningtidespodcast@gmail.com

Bluesky/Mastodon/IG/YouTube/Facebook/Threads/TikTok: @antiksent

Email: antiksent@gmail.com

Episode 1 Sources:

1. The Risorgimento and the Unification of Italy: Second Edition, by Derek Beales and Eugenio F. Biagini