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September 8, 2025
Title: CELEBRATE WORKERS – NOT COMMUNIST INFLUENCE
Topic: Communism, Socialism, and Millennials Today
Discussed by Austin Prochko
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Americans just celebrated Labor Day. But does it mean the same thing now as it once did? Is Communist influence taking over the young minds in our nation?
Today, Austin Prochko discusses the influence that Communism holds over union workers and how the influence is creeping into other aspects of our daily lives. Austin is the Project Manager and Deputy Campaign Director for
Next Generation Texas at the
Texas Public Policy Foundation.
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here to read Austin’s op-ed on this topic.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Have Labor Unions served a purpose?
For over 100 years, have Communists latched onto organized labor, turning unions into Communist mouthpieces?
What are the Communist and Socialist origins of Labor Day? Austin Prochko discusses which countries celebrate Labor Day and the difference between Labor Day and May Day.
Why was Austin’s grandmother chosen to read a poem during a May Day Parate in Czechoslovakia? Was she able to complete her task? When and why did her father move the family to America?
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August 12, 2025
Title: FOOD OR NO FOOD: THAT IS THE SOCIALISM QUESTION
Topic: Communism, Socialism, and Millennials Today
Discussed by Austin Prochko
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Have the Democrats still not learned after all these many, MANY decades and many, MANY attempts around the globe that Socialism will NEVER end well?
Today, Austin Prochko explains – once again – how and why every “version” of Socialism will fail. Austin is the Project Manager and Deputy Campaign Director for
Next Generation Texas at the
Texas Public Policy Foundation.
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here to read Austin Prochko’s op-ed on this issue.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Which should our government emulate: the Soviet system or the Roman Empire system of food distribution?
Austin says: “Neither!”
Many once-great nations have attempted Socialism/Communism “for the good of the people”. Are they now considered third-world countries with people starving in the streets?
Why does Austin Prochko care so much about this issue? Austin shares a little of his grandmother’s life in Czechoslovakia…
Candidate for New York City Mayor and self-proclaimed “Democratic Socialist”, Zohran Mamdani, has promised to implement “government-run” grocery stores in the city. What does his plan entail?
Why are groceries so much more expensive in New York City compared to other cities?
Austin discusses his own research comparing grocery prices in Austin to New York City and reveals several reasons for the massive difference in prices.
How can Texans ensure that we do not implement government-run grocery stores in the state?
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January 22, 2019
Title: Communism, Socialism, and Millennials Today
Topic: Communism, Socialism, and Millennials Today
Discussed by Dr. Tom Oliverson
with Dr. Tom Oliverson (www.TomOliverson.com)
Communism, a political theory derived from the philosophies of Karl
Marx, has proven inconsistent with the ideals of liberty, prosperity, and
dignity of human life. Communist regimes have committed gross
atrocities under the leaderships of infamous totalitarian dictators such as
Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, Pol Pot, Nicolae Ceau?escu, the Castro
brothers, and the Kim Dynasty.
So why do many millennials believe that communism or socialism is the way to go
in America? Dr. Tom Oliverson, Texas Representative to District 130, discusses a
resolution (HR24) he has filed to honor the victims…
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Why does Representative Tom Oliverson believe it is important to honor and
recognize he victims of communism?
Did President Trump declare November 7 of each year “National Victims of
Communism Memorial Day”?
Has Communism suppressed, oppressed, and even killed millions upon millions of
people?
Do millennials favor Socialism over our Capitalism?
What is the purpose of “National Victims of Communism Memorial Day”?
Why don’t millennials know the truth about the history of Communism?
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