Auxiliary Statements
Post-peasant commies Dan and Jack read over bits of theory each week in an effort to understand the worldwide state of socialism. They discuss socialist theory and current events. The podcast aims to make complex ideas accessible. Email: auxiliarystatements@gmail.com.
Episodes
160. The Republic | An Clogán
But having said that...
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159. The Theory of Decline or the Decline of Theory | Aufheben
The line does appear to be going down.
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158. Hellworlds & Hinterlands w/ Phil Neel
In which we welcome Phil Neel on the show to talk about the current great state of the world.
Phil's substack: https://philneel.substack.com/
Get Hellworld (soon): https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2813-hellworld-the-human-species-and-the-planetary-factory
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157. Britain is Dead | Samuel McIlhagga
Is Britain's decline a result of long, historical trends affecting every country in capitalism? Or is it due to centuries of elite inbreeding?
Reading: 'Britain is Dead' (2023) by Samuel McIlhagga
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156. Theory of the Party | Phil Neel
Historical party, formal party, communist party....it's all a party to me, brother.
Reading: 'Theory of the Party' (2025) by Phil Neel
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155. Eugene & Howard Odum and the Limits of American Agroecology | Mark Glen Madison
Turns out socialism, cybernetics and agroecology might actually just be the same thing
Reading: 'Potatoes Made of Oil': Eugene and Howard Odum and the Origins and Limits of American Agroecology (1997) by Mark Glen Madison
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154. The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky | Vladimir Lenin
Kautsky? More like crapsky.
Reading: The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky (1918) by Vladimir Lenin
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153. Workers' Councils | Anton Pannekoek
We've finally done it. We finally read one half of worker's councils.
Reading: Workers' Councils (1942) by Anton Pannekoek
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152. The Continuing Appeal of Nationalism | Fredy Perlman
You know what, this one wasn't that good.
Reading: The Continuing Appeal of Nationalism (1984) by Fredy Perlman
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151. Tariff Dossier | Heatwave
Kyle Tucker is a Los Angeles Dodger.
Reading: Tariff Dossier (2025) edited by Heatwave Magazine, with contributions from Chuang, Jamie Merchant, Clearinghouse, Réalité, Raffaele Sciortino, Conatus Editorial and more. Just go read it all here: https://www.heatwavemag.info/dossiers/tariffs/
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150. The Long, Slow Death of Global Development | David Oks & Henry Williams
Turns out that large scale collapse we've all been worried about might have already happened.
Reading: The Long, Slow Death of Global Development (2022) by David Oks & Henry Williams
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149. The Contradictions of Global Migration | Adam Hanieh
Why does it seem as though every political issue is being filtered through the issue of immigration? What does this say about the historical mission of socialism? Let us know when you figure it out.
Reading: The Contradictions of Global Migration (2019) by Adam Hanieh
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148. Historical Capitalism | Immanuel Wallerstein
With winter on its way we figured what better way to warm our hearts than getting back into the debates around the origin of capitalism?
Reading: Historical Capitalism (1983) by Immanuel Wallerstein
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147. Thoughts on the Fundamental Principles & the GIC | Angry Workers, Hermann Lueer & Ian Wright
In which we return to the plan for communism put together by the Group of International Communists and discuss several critiques made against its proposals.
Reading: Thoughts on the ‘Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution’ (2025) by Angry Workers, Response to Angry Workers (2025) by Hermann Lueer, and On ‘The Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution
146. Labour, Nationality & Religion | James Connolly
What flag is the right flag for communists to fly? What attitude should we have towards nationalism and religion? Do we all just need to relax a bit?
Reading: Labour, Nationality & Religion (1910) by James Connolly, Pro-Palestine symbolism (2025) by Anne McShane and Trying to capture the flag (2025) by Harley Filben
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145. Historical Landmarks in the War on Palestine | Rashid Khalidi & Shir Hever
In which we discuss the nature of the colonization of Palestine by the West and the fraught state the settler colony of Israel has found itself in after years of violence and economic crisis.
Reading: Historical Landmarks in the Hundred Years' War on Palestine (2017) by Rashid Khalidi and Shutdown Nation (2025) by Shir Hever
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144. Communism and Strategy | Isabelle Garo
In which we answer the age-old question, just what does it mean for a text to be extremely French?
Watching: Communism & Strategy (2023) by Isabelle Garo
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143. The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind | Mark Noll
In which we attempt to lay a materialist history over the long, strange history of American Protestantism.
Watching: The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (1994) by Mark A. Noll
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142. Hypernormalisation | Adam Curtis
Say what you will about this podcast, we keep up with the culture, which is why we're watching a nearly 10 year old documentary on Trump, AI and collective politics.
Watching: Hypernormalisation (2016) by Adam Curtis
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141. Why the American Working Class is Different | Mike Davis
In which we try to get away from the ultra-left stuff but find it vindicated by history once again :c
Reading: Why the American Working Class is Different (1986) (from Prisoners of the American Dream) by Mike Davis
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140. An Agroecological Europe in 2050 | Xavier Poux & Pierre-Marie Aubert
In which we make an effort to read something other than dense Marxology.
Reading: An Agroecological Europe in 2050 (2018) by Xavier Poux & Pierre-Marie Aubert
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139. Epitaph for the USSR: A clock without a spring | Christopher Arthur
In which we suss out this whole USSR thing.
Reading: Epitaph for the USSR: A clock without a spring (1998) by Christopher J Arthur
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138. The Future of Revolution | Jasper Bernes
We're back on our bs.
Reading: The Future of Revolution (2025) by Jasper Bernes
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137. An Inconvenient Truth | Al Gore
In which we remember the good and sane bush years.
Watching: An Inconvenient Truth (2006), Davis Guggenheim & Al Gore
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136. Toward a Marxist-Anarchist Solidarity | Michael Löwy, Olivier Besancenot & David Campbell
Turns out you need to do more than just read Murray Bookchin if you want to be friends with anarchists.
Reading: Towards a Marxist-Anarchist Solidarity (2023) by Michael Löwy, Olivier Besancenot & David Campbell
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135. Bourgeois Revolution | Henry Heller
In which brave Henry Heller saves the immortal science of Marxism from the unwarranted revisionism of W O K E political marxism.
Reading: "Bourgeois Revolution" from The Birth of Capitalism (2011) by Henry Heller
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134. Pedagogy of the Oppressed | Paulo Freire
You ever noticed that the 8 hour working day is like...................the same as school, man?
Reading: Pedagogy of the Oppressed (1968) by Paulo Freire
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133. Red Dust: The Transition to Capitalism in China | Chuang
Sure China has billionaires, a strictly enforced class system, State Owned Enterprises that are evaluated on stock market performance, private property, wage labor and commodity production but is it REALLY capitalism guys
Reading: Red Dust (2019) by Chuang.
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132. Peace for our Time | Critisticuffs
In which we regain our lost optimism.
Reading: Peace for our Time (2025) by Critisticuffs, The American Sulla (2025) by Edith Fischer and Notes on the War (2025) by Jack Conrad
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131. Neither Vertical Nor Horizontal | Rodrigo Nunes
In which we inaugurate the Chantal Mouffe era of the show.
Reading: Neither Vertical Nor Horizontal (2021) by Rodrigo Nunes
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130. Dialectical Thinking and Science | Pierfrancesco Biasetti
Alright, this time we're really gonna figure out what dialectics is.
Reading: Dialectical Thinking and Science: The Case of Richard Lewontin, Dialectical Biologist (2020) by Pierfrancesco Biasetti
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129. Antiindividualistic Individuality: Anarchism's Legacy | Gabriel Kuhn
How do you do communal politics in an individualized, atomized world? How do you do individualism in a communal world?
Reading: Antiindividualistic Individuality: Anarchism's Legacy (the early 1990s) by Gabriel Kuhn
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128. Antifascism, Sports, Sobriety | Julius Deutsch & Gabriel Kuhn
In which the Austrians do antifascism by definitely not recreating any fascist aesthetics.
Reading: Antifascism, Sports, Sobriety: Forging a Militant Working-Class Culture (2016) by Gabriel Kuhn & Julius Deutsch
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127. Reform or Revolution? | Rosa Luxemburg
Well after a month of being locked out of our Soundcloud account we're finally back in our social democracy era.
Reading: Reform or Revolution? (1908) by Rosa Luxemburg
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126. What is the Party? | Prometheus
In which we try to get past our kneejerk sect bashing.
Reading: "There are Parties and Then There are Parties" by Archie Woodrow, "Why a Party and What Sort?" by Mike Macnair and "The Communist Party, Yesterday and Tomorrow" by Lawrence Parker (all 2024) from Prometheus, available here: https://prometheusjournal.org/
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125. The Logic of Gender | Maya Gonzalez and Jeanne Neton
In which we encounter the unknowable concept of the S P H E R E.
Reading: The Logic of Gender (2013) from Endnotes 3 by Maya Gonzalez and Jeanne Neton.
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124. Seven Theses on American Politics | Robert Brenner & Dylan Riley
*banging head against the wall* POLITICALCAPITALISMTECHNONEOFEUDALISMNEOLIBERALISM
Reading: Seven Theses on American Politics (2022) by Robert Brenner & Dylan Riley
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123. Socialist Planning Panels at the 2024 Historical Materialism Conference
SKIP THE ELECTION BANTER: 27:47
In which we sneak into an academic conference and stick out like two sore thumbs.
Reading: Nothin'
INDEP network: https://www.indep.network/
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122. Riot. Strike. Riot. | Joshua Clover
Lousy workers! Why won't you do industrial unionism?!
Reading: Riot. Strike. Riot by Joshua Clover
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121. Demographic Decline in the Twenty-First Century | Jason E. Smith
Just how bad is the looming global population decline going to be for capitalism? Will it be able to AI its way out of the productivity losses? More importantly, what does this mean for my own political project?
Reading: After the Wave, Winter: Demographic Decline and the "Production of Men" in the Twenty-First Century by Jason E. Smith
https://brooklynrail.org/2024/07/field-notes/After-the-Wave
III. Jerusalem - Book Three: Vernall's Inquest & Afterlude | Alan Moore
Six months later, we come to the end.
Chapter discussion timestamps:
CLOUDS UNFOLD 8:26
A COLD AND FROSTY MORNING 16:57
ROUND THE BEND 33:53
BURNING GOLD 1:01:18
THE RAFTERS AND THE BEAMS 1:16:41
THE STEPS OF ALL SAINTS 1:38:01
EATING FLOWERS 1:54:30
CORNERED 2:14:35
THE ROOD IN THE WALL 2:27:01
THE JOLLY SMOKERS 2:39:04
GO SEE NOW THIS CURSED WOMAN 2:50:29
CHAIN OF OFFICE 3:06:19
Resources:
Jer
120. The Capitalist Nature of the "Socialist" Countries | L.L. Men
Back on our value theory bs - this week we discuss just what it is that makes a society socialist and what makes it capitalist. Is it all just vibes??
Reading: The Capitalist Nature of the "Socialist" Countries (1986) by L.L Men
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119. Anton Pannekoek and the Theory of the Transition | Bob Shepard
We're back and talking pancakes bay-bee.
Reading: Anton Pannekoek and the Theory of the Transition (1990) by Bob Shepard
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118. Marxism and Psychology | Anton Pannekoek
In which we record live from an orgone accumulator.
Reading: Society and Mind in Marxian Philosophy (1937) and Marxism and Psychology (1938) by Anton Pannekoek
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117. Essays on Marx's Theory of Value, Pt. 4 (FINALE) | Isaak Illich Rubin
In which we finally finish this book and talk productive labor, production price and yeah I don't know a lot more I'm too tired to write this caption.
Reading: Essays on Marx's Theory of Value, Chapters 17-19 (1923) by I. I. Rubin
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116. The State and Revolution | Vladimir Lenin
In which we finally stop joking about reading Lenin and actually do it.
Reading: The State and Revolution (1917) by Vladimir Lenin
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115. Marxism and Revolutionary Strategy as Science | w/ Viv Soni
Is Marxism science? Is science Marxism? Is the strategy of patience all it's cracked up to be? What about all this riot business? All these questions and more answered by the podcast's second ever repeat guest, Viv Soni as we discuss his recent essay in the journal The Black Lamp.
Reading: High priests of telescopes and cyclotrons: Marxism and revolutionary strategy as science (2024) by Vivak Son
114. Essays on Marx's Theory of Value, Pt. 3 | Isaak Illich Rubin
Abstract labor eh? Seems like a simple enough concept.
Reading: Essays on Marx's Theory of Value, Chapters 12-16 (1923) by I. I. Rubin
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113. Reflections on the Economics of Socialism | Nick Rogers
In which we have a look back at what hasn't worked, and why it will continue to not work.
Reading: Reflections on the Economics of Socialism (2022) by Nick Rogers
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DISCORD: https://discord.gg/daKyRFAW
II. Jerusalem - Book Two: Mansoul | Alan Moore
Well this just keeps getting better. In this episode, Jack pretends he knows anything about occultism.
Reading: Book Two: Mansoul from Jerusalem (2016) by Alan Moore
Chapter discussion timestamps:
UPSTAIRS 9:07
AN ASMODEUS FLIGHT 19:12
RABBITS 39:00
THE SCARLET WELL 48:23
FLATLAND 59:55
MENTAL FIGHTS 1:14:38
SLEEPLESS SWORDS 1:25:50
MALIGNANT, REFRACTORY SPIRITS 1:41:31
THE TREES DON’T NEED TO K
112. Philosophy of the Urban Guerrilla | Abraham Guillén
In which we theorize the potential for a protracted people's war in the outer suburbs of Miami.
Reading: Philosophy of the Urban Guerrilla, Section III - What Can Be Done? (1973) by Abraham Guillén
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111. Essays on Marx's Theory of Value, Pt. 2 | Isaak Illich Rubin
Back on the value theory grind...
Reading: Essays on Marx's Theory of Value, Section Two - Marx's Labor Theory of Value, Chapters 8-11 (1923) by I. I. Rubin
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110. The Spanish Revolution: The Grandeur & Poverty of Anarchism | Loren Goldner
In which recently departed podcast favorite Loren Goldner discusses the immense promises and successes of the anarchists in Spain, as well as their eventual (and perhaps inevitable) defeat.
Reading: "The Spanish revolution, past and future: grandeur and poverty of anarchism; how the working class takes over (or doesn't), then and now" from Revolution, Defeat & Theoretical Underdevelopment (2016)
I. Jerusalem - Prelude & Book One: The Boroughs | Alan Moore
Well here it is, the episode no one asked for. A three hour plunge into the first section of Alan Moore's masterpiece Jerusalem.
Reading: Prelude "A Work in Progress" & Book One: The Boroughs from Jerusalem (2016) by Alan Moore
Chapter discussion timestamps:
Prelude - 12:03
A Host of Angles - 36:00
ASBOs of Desire - 50:48
Rough Sleepers - 1:14:10
X Marks the Spot - 1:32:56
Modern Times - 1:49:34
109. Essays on Marx's Theory of Value, Pt. 1 | Isaak Illich Rubin
Value theory?? On auxiliary statements???
Reading: Essays on Marx's Theory of Value, Section One - Marx's Theory of Commodity Fetishism (1923) by I. I. Rubin
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DISCORD: discord.gg/YkEg2Xad
108. Hinterland | Phil Neel
Back on our ultra-left bs. If we don't read some Lenin soon, people will begin to talk...
Reading: Hinterland (2018) by Phil A. Neel
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107. Towards a Liberatory Technology | Murray Bookchin
In an effort to understand the philosophy of technology and our relationship to it as humans, we turn to a 60 year old essay by Murray Bookchin.
Reading: Towards a Liberatory Technology (1965) by Murray Bookchin
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106. The Crisis In Physics w/ Viv | Christopher Caudwell
We finally decided it would be best if we solved quantum mechanics.
Big thanks to Viv for coming on and helping us out. Find his work at The Black Lamp: www.black-lamp.com
Reading: The Crisis in Physics (1937) by Christopher Caudwell
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105. Structural Antisemitism & Commodity Fetishism | Moishe Postone
This episode we a classic Moishe Postone essay in an attempt to further our understanding of the abstract domination of capital, and how misunderstandings of it tend to very often manifest themselves in violent and unspeakable ways.
Reading: "Anti-semitism and National Socialism" (1980) by Moishe Postone
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104. Capital, Section 8: The So-Called Primitive Accumulation | Karl Marx
Auxiliary Statements is back to reading Capital?!? Well, just the last section. We had to go back to our origin of capitalism bugbear sometime, after all. And maybe we should have just read this first.
Reading: Capital, Section 8: The So-Called Primitive Accumulation (1867) by Karl Marx
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103. A Companion to David Harvey's Companion to Marx's Capital w/ Mark | Critisticuffs
Well folks, here it is. Our big value theory episode. In this ep we discuss what it is that most people get wrong about value theory, and why using the David Harvey companion may not be the best idea for first time readers of Capital.
Huge thanks to Mark again for coming on and setting us straight.
Reading: A Companion to David Harvey's Companion to Marx's Capital (2014) by Critisticuffs
The Har
102. To Abolish the Family | M.E. O'Brien
If you aren't sure what family abolition means...you are not alone. In fact, its meaning has changed drastically over the course of capitalism's development. So what could it mean today?
Reading: "To Abolish the Family" (2018) by M.E. O'Brien from endnotes 5
https://endnotes.org.uk/articles/to-abolish-the-family.pdf
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101. Japanese Feudalism & the Transition to Capitalism | Perry Anderson
Well we held off as long as we could, but we're back to discussing transition debate stuff. This time we attempt to take on Japan's unique path to capitalism and its equally unique brand of "feudalism."
Reading: "Japanese Feudalism" from Lineages of the Absolutist State (1974) by Perry Anderson and "The Prussia of the East?"(1991) by Perry Anderson
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100. Critique of the Gotha Program | Karl Marx
That's right dear listener, we've somehow actually made it to 100 episodes. From those articles in Tribune & Jacobin in episode two, to reading the man himself, it's safe to say we've come a long way. For this special episode, we returned to Marx's Critique of the Gotha Program with fresh perspectives. Strap in, because this is one of our longest episodes yet.
Here's to 100 more.
Reading: Critiq
99. Religion and Politics Today From a Marxian Perspective | Gilbert Achcar
Emancipatory religion rooted in proto-communism? Heh. Sorry bub. Don't you know I'm an......atheist???
Reading: "Religion and Politics Today From a Marxian Perspective" (2008) by Gilbert Achcar
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98. How Europe Underdeveloped Africa | Walter Rodney
Well it's probably about time we approached the question of what role the exploitation and appropriation of African labor both before and during colonization played in the development of capitalism. Turns out, it was quite a large one.
Reading: Chapters 3-5 from How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972) by Walter Rodney
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97. The Problem of the Capitalist State | Ralph Miliband & Nicos Poulantzas
Unfortunately, we are back to discussing Althusser.
Critisticuffs piece (specifically That Economy section): https://critisticuffs.org/texts/fantastic-thoughts-and-where-to-find-them
Gegenstandpunkt piece: https://en.gegenstandpunkt.com/books/work-and-wealth-2nd-revised-edition
Reading: The Problem of the Capitalist State by Nicos Poulantzas (1969) and Poulantzas and the Capitalist State by Ralp
96. The Political Economy of Agricultural Research | Lewontin & Levins
In which two non-scientists discuss agricultural research and the philosophy of science.
Reading: Chapters 8-11 of The Dialectical Biologist (1985) by Richard Lewontin and Richard Levins
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95. The Bourgeois(ie) as Concept and Reality | Immanuel Wallerstein
Wait wait wait - you're telling me some proles are getting bourgeois-ified?!?? And some bourgeois are getting aristocratizied?!!???
Reading: "The Bourgeois(ie) as Concept and Reality" (1988) by Immanuel Wallerstein
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94. The Origins of Reactionary Anti-Imperialism | Loren Goldner
SURELY no self-proclaimed socialist would be out here defending reactionary despots and the regimes they uphold right?? SURELY THERE HAVE NEVER been communists that would have supported the commie killing, anti socialist Turkish developmental regime right?! Not any of our favorite historical figures right? Right?!?
Reading: "'Socialism in One Country' Before Stalin and the Origins of Reactionary
93. Planned Degrowth | Monthly Review
This week we tackle the for some reason controversial topic of economic degrowth. Should we be shrinking our economies to match utility based production? Or should we just end the world? A very tricky question to ponder indeed.
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Reading: "Planned Degrowth" by John Bellamy Foster
"Planning Degrowth" by Kent Klitgaard
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92. Revolutionary Motives | Jasper Bernes
Somehow, we're back to the communizers. What makes the common prole decide revolution is the best course of action? And what can mae the long awaited (and first ever) communist revolution actually stick? I don't know. Something about the prisoner's dilemma I guess.
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Reading: Revolutionary Motives (2019) by Jasper Berne
91. Karl Marx and Radical Indigenous Critiques of Capitalism | Nodrada
This week, Dan and Jack discuss indigenous philosophy in an attempt to answer the question of what we can learn from pre-capitalist societies. Say goodbye to your teleological Marxism, friends.
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Reading: Karl Marx and Radical Indigenous Critiques of Capitalism (2022) by Nodrada
https://nodrivers.medium.com/karl-marx-a
90. Sorghum & Steel: The Socialist Developmental Regime & the Forging of China | Chuang
In which the fellas do their best to plod through the history of the transition from the Imperial Chinese tributary mode to the socialist developmental regime of the CCP.
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89. Alternatives to the VSM and Work Linked Democracy w/ Donal & Roger Arevalo
We are back at this systems theory business attempting to answer the question of just how we can de-alienate our workplaces. Last week a listener named Roger reached out with some of the ideas he's come across in researching democratic workplace systems. He sent us some critiques of the VSM as well as the essays linked below and we figured how better to explain them to you than to have him on the
88. Party Organization in Lenin’s Comintern | John Riddell
Well here we go reading entirely unnecessary accounts of century-old communist strategy again. What is democratic centralism? Whatever you want it to be, baby.
Reading: Party Organization in Lenin’s Comintern (2020) by John Riddell
https://johnriddell.com/2020/11/08/party-organization-in-lenins-comintern/
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III. Agroindustrial Society & its Future | Marx, Economic Planning, and Sustainable Industry
Link to full essay & much, much more: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CtzmDZk0j1jeoygovUndoI7sZJ7pZg3U?usp=sharing
A few months ago a listener of ours named Will sent us this essay on how we can begin thinking about planned, sustainable food systems. It blew both of us away so, will his permission, we're going to be releasing a recording of it over the next few weeks. This is the second p
87. Karl Kautsky: From Marx to Hitler | Paul Mattick
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Well we held off as long as we could, but now we're back on our leftcom bs. What do socdems and fascists have in common? Well, yeah. A lot in fact.
Reading: "Worker's Control" "Revolutionary Marxism" and "Karl Kautsky: From Marx to Hitler" by Paul Mattick Sr. (all from the Council Communist Reader)
II. Agroindustrial Society & its Future | System Scaling, Ley Systems, and the Ecological City
Link to full essay & much, much more: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CtzmDZk0j1jeoygovUndoI7sZJ7pZg3U?usp=sharing
A few months ago a listener of ours named Will sent us this essay on how we can begin thinking about planned, sustainable food systems. It blew both of us away so, will his permission, we're going to be releasing a recording of it over the next few weeks. This is the second p
86. The Dialectical Biologist - On Evolution | Richard Lewontin & Richard Levins
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Alright this week we've finally done it. We hAVE COMPREHENDED THE DIALECTIC - maybe, who knows. But we do have a nice chat about evolution and dump all over Richard Dawkins. So it's a good time.
Reading: "On Evolution" from The Dialectical Biologist (1985) by Richard Levins and Richard Lewontin
