Jorge and Aaron are joined by guests Liv ( @Liv_Agar ) and Juniper ( @JUNlPER ) to discuss the cinematic masterpiece and cultural phenomenon "Morbius." Check out Liv's podcast QAnon Anonymous : https://twitter.com/qanonanonymous https://patreon.com/qanonanonymous Sign Juniper's Petition to Re-Release Morbius in Black and White: https://www.change.org/p/re-release-morbius-in-black-and-white Follow us on Twitter: @ELCpod Follow us on IG: everybodylovescommunism Sign up as a supporter at fans.fm/ev...
Oct 19, 2022•1 hr 32 min
***Sign up as a supporter at fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism or Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism to unlock the full version of this episode, tons of other bonus content and our Discord community!*** Jamie and Aaron read an article about the most cursed tendency yet, "MAGA Communism." What is it? What does it want? Is it in the room with us right now? Includes a primer on Prussian military theorist Carl Von Clausewitz and his influence on Lenin, because the guy who wrote the article decided to...
Oct 18, 2022•5 min
Jamie and Aaron talk about the news of the past week, mainly Biden's announcement on weed reform (and how it falls short), Ye's conspiracy-filled interview with Tucker Carlson and social media meltdown, Black conservatives, and appropriate vibes for the end of the world. Stay tuned for the upcoming Patreon-only bonus where we read a dumb article about MAGAcommunism (so you don't have to). Follow us on Twitter: @ELCpod Follow us on IG: everybodylovescommunism Sign up as a supporter at fans.fm/eve...
Oct 13, 2022•1 hr 20 min
***Sign up as a supporter at fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism or Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism to unlock the rest of this interview, tons of other bonus content and our Discord community!*** Jamie and Jorge continue their interview with author, educator, and activist Jarrod Shanahan about his book, " Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage ," out now on Verso. After wrapping up their discussion of the history of Rikers, they move into modern day territory: what came out of th...
Oct 10, 2022•7 min
Jamie and Jorge speak with author, educator, and activist Jarrod Shanahan about his book, " Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage ," out now on Verso. In part 1 of this interview, Jarrod explains how the now-infamous prison at Rikers Island began as a reform, and why he chose to focus on the tenure of the progressive Anna M. Kross, who served as New York City's Commissioner of Correction from 1953-1966. Part 2 is out for patrons on Friday! Buy the book: https://www.versobooks.co...
Oct 05, 2022•47 min
Jamie, Aaron and Tarence discuss the family-friendly trend of taking MDMA wrapped in Brie cheese at dinner parties. Don't try this at home! Follow us on Twitter: @ELCpod Follow us on IG: everybodylovescommunism Sign up as a supporter at fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism or Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism to unlock the rest of this episode as well as tons of other bonus content and our Discord community! Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts :)...
Oct 03, 2022•5 min
From July 26-29, Eastern Kentucky was hit with a one-in-a-thousand-year flood, wreaking carnage on a region already devastated from decades of intense extractive capitalism and poverty. Jamie and Aaron are joined by Tarence Ray ( @tarenceray ) from the Trillbilly Worker's Party to talk about the causes of the historic flooding, the state's abysmal response, and working class solidarity amid climate disaster. Tarence's article: Flooding in the Sacrifice Zone Link to disaster relief mutual aid htt...
Sep 29, 2022•1 hr 20 min
M.E. O'Brien ( @genderhorizon ) sticks around to chat some more with the ELC crew about her speculative fiction novel, " Everything For Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072 " (co-authored by Eman Abdelhadi ( @emanabdelhadi ) and out now on Common Notions). Part 2 touches on many topics from the book, including national liberation, eco-socialism, gender, and space travel! Buy the book: https://www.commonnotions.org/everything-for-everyone Follow us on Twitter: @ELCpod Foll...
Sep 26, 2022•3 min
M.E. O'Brien ( @genderhorizon ) and Eman Abdelhadi ( @emanabdelhadi ) join the ELC crew to talk about their speculative fiction novel, " Everything For Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072 " (out now on Common Notions). In this visionary work, they tell the story of the global proletarian revolution through the memories of its participants, a group that includes sex workers, scientists, Palestinian freedom fighters, and more. If you've ever spent time dreaming about what ...
Sep 21, 2022•48 min
The ELC crew discusses the Biden administration's student debt relief plan, contextualizing the current debate around who deserves to go to college with a memo from 1971 laying out the right's plan for a long march through the institutions. Re: Brandon's reiterated commitment to law and order, is there any overarching analysis that can account for increased government intervention in the economy + a beefed up security state, or is it just the various drugs talking? Jamie lays out a plan to commu...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr 55 min
Jamie, Aaron and Jorge give their takes on writer/director Jordan Peele's latest film, "Nope." What does it all mean?! Spoilers, obvi. To listen to the full episode, be sure to subscribe on our fans.fm ( https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism ) or our Patreon ( https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism ). Follow us on Twitter: @ELCpod Follow us on IG: everybodylovescommunism...
Aug 31, 2022•6 min
In this debut episode of our newest series on science fiction and futurism, the gang is joined by editor at Blood Knife Magazine and host of the Podside Picnic podcast, Kurt Schiller ( @mechanicalkurt ), for a discussion about Ursula K. Le Guin's rather short but famous 1973 story, The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas. Is it about exploitation under capitalism? Imperialism? That utopia is not possible or cannot exist without sacrifice and suffering, but only for a few? In the decades since its pub...
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 40 min
In the third and final edition of their Alexandra Kollontai mini-series, ELC presents her 1921 work, "The Labour of Women in the Evolution of the Economy." In addition to elaborating on the Soviet Republic's plans to support women in their dual roles as workers and mothers, she lays out her opinions on abortion, which the Soviet Republic became the first country to legalize in 1920. What can we learn from these essays, as well as from subsequent Soviet history? Is the language of individual righ...
Aug 10, 2022•1 hr 24 min
In this episode of our series on Socialist Feminism, the gang continues our Alexandra Kollontai mini-series and discuss her 1920 work Communism and the Family, where she argues the family has been eroded under capitalism and how socialism can solve the problems surrounding marriage, children, and the role of women in society. Tune in to know more! Communism and the Family: https://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/1920/communism-family.htm Follow us on Twitter: @ELCpod Follow us on IG: everybody...
Jul 27, 2022•2 hr
In this debut episode of our new theory and history series on Socialist Feminism, the gang begins with an introduction on Russian socialist revolutionary, politician, diplomat, Marxist theoretician, and overall badass Alexandra Kollontai. There is a brief discussion of her incredible life and we also discuss her 1909 work The Social Basis of the Woman Question, where she makes a break from the liberal feminism of her day to establish the foundation for a Marxist and socialist feminism. Tune in t...
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 28 min
Just a chill news ep where the gang talks about the SCOTUS decision overturning the rights of half the population and why it's time for a new constitution...and a social revolution, obvi. Join DSA: https://dsausa.org/join Follow us on Twitter: @ELCpod Follow us on IG: everybodylovescommunism Sign up as a supporter at fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism or Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism to unlock bonus content! Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts!...
Jul 07, 2022•1 hr 25 min
We have all heard much talk about cryptocurrencies and NFT's. We also heard how it totally collapsed and crypto bros are shaking in their boots. Aaron and Jorge are joined by Edward Ongweso Jr ( @bigblackjacobin ) from Vice Motherboard and the This Machine Kills podcast to talk about the big crypto crash and to find out what happened. Tune in to learn whether crypto is here to stay and what it means about the direction capitalism is going after neoliberalism. Edward's article quoted in the episo...
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 47 min
Despite the GOP not having power in the White House or Congress, the American Right still have tremendous power and appear to be ascendent once again. The ELC crew is joined by Sam Adler-Bell and Matthew Sitman from the Know Your Enemy podcast to talk about the current state of the Right in America. Sam is a writer and co-host of the Know Your Enemy Podcast. Matthew Sitman is also a writer, co-host of the Know Your Enemy Podcast, and is on the editorial board of Dissent Magazine. Tune in to find...
Jun 15, 2022•2 hr 3 min
In this first episode of interviewing socialist politicians, Jorge interviews Stephanie Gallardo, a Democratic Socialist running for U.S. Congress in Washington's 9th Congressional District. Stephanie is a Seattle native who is a teacher, union leader, and a DSA endorsed candidate for office. Stephanie's campaign is distinct from many running for office because she is running on an explicitly anti-imperialist platform. For her, being an anti-imperialist is personal for the U.S. intervention in C...
Jun 08, 2022•45 min
In light of the current impasse and recent events in America, the ELC crew is joined by Marvin Gonzalez to talk about his new essay about how to think about our current "conjuncture". Marvin is the newest member of the National Political Committee of DSA, which is the highest national body of the organization. He is also the President of the Campaign Workers Guild, a labor union representing campaign workers. Furthermore, he has served on the Secretariat for DSA's International Committee and he ...
Jun 03, 2022•1 hr 51 min
In this exciting conclusion to our series on State and Revolution, the ELC crew engages with Chapter 6, which is Lenin's summary of different arguments had by his contemporaries. Lenin dissects arguments made by reformist Marxists like Georgi Plekhanov and Karl Kautsky, contemporary anarchist thought, and "left Radicals" like Antonie Pannekoek. He simultaneously attacks those he calls opportunists like Kautsky, while distinguishing his position from those of Anarchists. What is the difference be...
May 13, 2022•1 hr 41 min
The ELC crew finishes out Chapter 5 of State and Rev. In this EXCITING and HOTLY DEBATED passage, Lenin lays out his plan for transitioning from capitalism to communism via a transitional phase of "lower stage communism." In this phase, you still have to go to work and earn money but now your boss is the state, albeit a state whose foundational goal is its own death-by-withering. Only once the economic basis for that withering is achieved can we ascend to "higher-stage communism" a.k.a. FULL COM...
May 04, 2022•2 hr 4 min
In their first ever CURRENT EVENTS episode, the ELC crew of Jamie, Aaron and Jorge take on various topics of the day, including Peter Thiel's Bitcoin meltdown and NYC mayor Eric Adams' love of crypto. Okay, so it's mostly about Bitcoin. What does it mean that various capitalists are having it out over this dumb new commodity? Follow us on Twitter: @ELCpod Sign up as a supporter at fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism or Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism to unlock bonus content and our Discord commu...
Apr 20, 2022•1 hr 29 min
Here is a preview of Jorge, Aaron and Cheryl Rivera discussing the movie "The Batman". To listen to the full episode, be sure to subscribe on our fans.fm ( https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism ) or our Patreon ( https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism ). Check out Cheryl's publication Lux Magazine : https://lux-magazine.com...
Mar 28, 2022•12 min
Jamie and Jorge are joined by guest Edward Ongweso Jr ( @bigblackjacobin ) and RETURNING HOST Aaron Thorpe ( @paradoomer ) to discuss the science fiction epic and pop culture phenomenon Dune. Tune in to hear the diametrically opposed opinions of Edward, who loved this movie, and Aaron, who hated this movie! Is Edward right and is this movie is a masterpiece? Or is Aaron correct that this movie should be fought in a fight? DISCLAIMER: There are massive spoilers for this movie and the Dune franchi...
Mar 02, 2022•1 hr 37 min
Jamie and Jorge discuss the first half of State & Revolution Chapter 5, "The Economic Basis of the Withering Away of the State." In this chapter, Lenin does the Full Monty and tells us how he believes the transition from capitalism to communism is likely to go, drawing from his interpretation of Marx and Engels. He insists throughout that, unlike the utopian socialists, he's presenting a theory that is grounded in "science." Do we buy it? Chapter 5: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/wor...
Feb 23, 2022•1 hr 15 min
Here is a preview of Jamie, Jorge, and Leslie Lee discussing the movie "Being the Ricardos". To listen to the full episode, be sure to subscribe on our fans.fm ( https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism ) or our Patreon ( https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism ). Check out Leslie's podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/strugglesession...
Feb 21, 2022•4 min
Building on the discussions of the State in Chapter Two and Three, Lenin further interrogates the relationship of the State with socialist revolution. Unlike previous chapters, Lenin decides to draw from Engels rather than Marx for a variety of topics regarding the State, such as the "planlessness" of capitalism, how socialists should view the liberal democratic republic, how Engels argued for Democratic Centralism, and how to "overcome" democracy. We have decided to split this chapter into two ...
Feb 08, 2022•1 hr 27 min
Building on the discussions of the State in Chapter Two and Three, Lenin further interrogates the relationship of the State with socialist revolution. Unlike previous chapters, Lenin decides to draw from Engels rather than Marx for a variety of topics regarding the State, such as how to house workers under a dictatorship of the proletariat and how Anarchism differs from Marxism. We have decided to split this chapter into two halves given this is the longest chapter in State and Revolution. Stay ...
Jan 25, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Here is a preview of Jamie, Jorge, and Jake Flores discussing the movie "Don't Look Up". To listen to the full episode, be sure to subscribe on our fans.fm ( https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism ) or our Patreon ( https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism ).
Jan 17, 2022•2 min
