We battle through the Trot-smorgasbord that is the end of Chapter 8: ’Political Consciousness’. Sophie puts Lexi on the leash.... Panelists: Kyle - General Intellect Unit Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats Pouya - Machine nose expert Sophie - Trans Trans Revolution
We continue our march through Chapter 8: ’Political Consciousness’ and discuss why we shouldn’t just do what the Russians did. Word. Panelists: C Derick Varn - Symptomatic Redness Kyle Thompson - General Intellect Unit Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats Pouya - Philosopher of Science Sophie - Trans Trans Revolution
This week we continue our mega-intense reading of Chapter 8: ’Political Consciousness’ and riff poetical on historical materialism and markov chains. The panelists are: C Derick Varn - Symptomatic Redness Kyle - General Intellect Unit Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats Pouya - Lord of the Serfs Sophia - Trans Trans Revolution
On the latest patreon only episode we discuss the political economy of the Soviet Union and what we can learn from the failures of the Russian revolution with Jack Conrad of the Weekly Worker.
This week we read more of Chapter 8: 'Political Consciousness' talk about the importance of a functioning international and go in hard on Lenin’s strategic errors. The panelists are: Kyle - General Intellect Unit Lexi - Swampside Chats Pouya - Lord of the Serfs
This week we continue with Chapter 8: ’Political Consciousness’ and get into the weeds on the role of the international and critique Lenin’s revolutionary strategy. The panelists are: Kyle - General Intellect Unit Lexi - Swampside Chats Pouya - Lord of the Serfs
This week we continue with Chapter 8: ’Political Consciousness’ and riff some more on the elusive party form. The panelists are: C Derick Varn - Symptomatic Redness Kyple - General Intellect Unit Lexi - Swampside Chats Puoya - Machine Noise Expert Sophie - Swampside Chats
This week we welcome James to the show, a long time listener and patron who I met recently at the CPGB Communist University this summer. We give a thorough analysis of the event, our thoughts on the talks, the people we met there, and our overall general impression. For those unaware, Mike MacNair, whose book ‘Revolutionary Strategy’ we are currently studying on the podcast, is a member of the CPGB. He gave a number of talks related to the book, and was where I got to sit down with him to talk a...
We continue our conversation with Mike MacNair on Brexit, the history of the UK’s role in the EU, and what he expects to happen in the coming weeks and months. Apologies for the fridge sounds in the background
This week we welcome back Mike MacNair to the show. We caught up at the recent CPGB Communist university and sat down to talk about the history of the UK’s role in the EU, Brexit, and why he considers himself an ex-Trot.
This week we start the penultimate chapter, Chapter 8: ’Political Conciousness’ and are greeted by the four horsemen of the apocalypse. The panelists are: Sophie - Trans Trans Revolution Pouya - Machine Noise Expert Kyle - General Intellect Unit Lexi - Swampside Chats Derick Varn - Symptomatic Redness
This week we finish the long march through Chapter 7: ‘The Workers Government Slogan’. Only two chapters to go! Panelists: C. Derick Varn - Symptomatic Redness Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats Pouya - Machine Noise Expert Sophie - Trans Trans Revolution
We continue our trawl through Chapter 7: ‘The Workers Government Slogan’ and deal with the concepts of the United Front and the Workers Goverment. We also discuss Pouya's ability to turn tricks in Detroit, or the lack thereof.
This week we continue continue with Chapter 7: ‘The Workers Government Slogan’ and talk inevitably leads to the philosophical and sociological world of toilets. Zizek, bedamned! The panelists are: C Derick Varn - Symptomatic Redness Kyle Thomspon - General Intellect Unit Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats Pouya - Machine noise expert
This week start afresh with Chapter 7: ‘The Workers Government Slogan’ and discuss the revolutionary potential of toilets. Great hilarity ensues. The panelists are: C. Derick Varn - Symptomatic Redness Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats Pouya - Machine noise expert
We continue our discussion with Prof. Andrew Kliman, dig deep into some econophysics critiques of the TSSI, Marx’s 3 system equalities, and Raya Dunayevskaya and the political history of the Marxist Humanism.
That's right! It's episode #100! It’s been over seven years since the first episode in April 2012. I’d like to thank all the listeners for listening to and supporting the show over the years - I couldn’t have kept it going without you all. This week we are excited to welcome back Prof. Andrew Kliman to the show, as Lexi and myself spill our thoughts on the TSSI series that concluded a few months past and we pick the good professors brain on a number of issues
This week finish Chapter 6: ‘Unity in Diversity’, and continue our brutal attack on the sect form. The panelists are: C. Derick Varn - Symptomatic Redness Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats Pouya - self-help enthusiast Sophie - Trans Trans Revolution
This week we try our best to conclude Chapter 6: ‘Unity in Diversity’, but get stuck neck deep in Sect depravity. Pounding the boards with me this week are: C Derick Varn - Symptomatic Redness Lexi - Swampside Chats Pouya - show stalwart Sophie - Trans Trans Revolution
This week continue our leisurely amble through Chapter 6: ‘Unity in Diversity’. The panel consists of the usual stalwarts: C Derick Varn - Symptomatic Redness Sophie - Trans Trans Revolution Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats
This week we begin the long and enjoyable task of deciphering Chapter 6: ‘Unity in Diversity’. We start off we a nice insult of the returning C Derick Varn…. The panelists this week are: C Derick Varn - Symptomatic Redness Lexi - Swampside Chats Sophie - Trans Trans Revolution
This week we continue our examination of Chapter Five: ‘Communist Strategy and the Party Form’ with Lexi of Swampside Chats, and Sophie of Trans Trans Revolution. We are all gonna get sent to the Glue-lag....
This week we continue our examination of Chapter Five: ‘Communist Strategy and the Party Form’. We are joined again this week by Sophie of Trans Trans Revolution, Lexi of Swampside Chats, C Derick Varn of Symptomatic Redness, and Dan, friend of the show.
This week we have part 2 of our discussion with the ‘Regrettable Century’ crew about the Marxist sect. We also talk about the current state and likely trajectory of the DSA, and what exactly it is that revolutionary communists of today should be doing with their time. You can find their excellent podcast here: http://regrettablecentury.buzzsprout.com/
This week we talk to Kevin, Chris, and Jason of the ‘Regrettable Century’ podcast about their experience of spending 10 years in the ISO before leaving a few years ago. This follows on from an episode of their podcast where they talk about the recent demise of the ISO. This is part 1 of a 2 part interview. You can find their excellent podcast here: http://regrettablecentury.buzzsprout.com/
This week we begin our examination of Chapter Five: ‘Communist Strategy and the Party Form’. We are joined again this week by and Sophie of Trans Trans Revolution, Lexi of Swampside Chats, and Dan, friend of the show. Beware. The Feds are Everywhere, I tell ya. EVERYWHERE
This week we complete our perusal of Chapter Four: ‘War and Revolutionary Strategy’ of Mike MacNair's 'Revolutionar Strategy' book. We are joined again this week by Lexi of Swampside Chats and Sophie of Trans Trans Revolution. War, huh! What is it good for? Deciphering communist strategy, huh!
This week we continue our trawl through Chapter Four: ‘War and Revolutionary Strategy’. We are joined again this week by Lexi of Swampside Chats and Sophie of Trans Trans Revolution. This week the discussion turns to war, blood, guts, death, betrayal. It's essentially Game of Thrones.
This week we commence Chapter Four: ‘War and Revolutionary Strategy’. We are joined by Lexi of Swampside Chats and Sophie of Trans Trans Revolution. This podcast is a member of the Emancipation Network, a marxist podcast network and research collective Find out about our sister podcasts and research here: http://emancipation.network/
This week we talk to John Patrick Leary about his new book ‘Keyword - The New Language of Capitalism’. John is an associate Professor of English at Wayne State University in Detroit. He is also the author of ‘A Cultural History of Underdevelopment: Latin America in the U.S. Imagination’. You can buy his book here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1243-keywords https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/4938
