From Alpha To Omega

This week Donal and myself discuss a really excellent book we recently read on the socialist calculation debate. The book is called Rivalry and Central Planning, and is written by the Austrian economist Don Lavoie. The Book Project: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/ Patreon: https://www.patre

We welcome Peter Åström to the podcast, to discuss an article he recently wrote for the Riff-Raff journal. Riff-raff describes itself as a ‘journal for a theoretical discussion of communism as a real movement’. The article: http://www.riff-raff.se/texts/en/the-commodity-and-communism The book projec

We continue our discussion of LL Mens "The Capitalist Nature of the 'Socialist' Countries: A Politico-Economic Analysis".

Today Donal and myself discuss an amazing text by the little known Hong Kong based Left Communist L.L. Men. You can download the text from libcom.org here: https://libcom.org/article/ll-men-two-texts-defining-communist-programme The self-publishing friendly version of the pdf: https://drive.google.c

We are delighted welcome back Prof. Peter Hudis to the show to talk about the introduction he wrote for the new edition of the Critique of the Gotha Program by PM Press. Critique of the Gotha Program (PM Press): https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1241 Book Project: https://theclassless

Part two of our conversation with Pat Devine on his thoughts about socialist planning.

This week I’m delighted to welcome Pat Devine to the show. Pat is an honorary research fellow at Manchester University and the author of ‘Democracy and Economic Planning: The Political Economy of a Self-Governing Society’.

On this episode we give an analysis of the excellent recent paper by Andrew Kliman on the Critique of the Gotha Program. Paper: https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/economics/marxs-critique-of-the-gotha-program-on-capitalism-vs-communism.html

The second part of our discussion with Sorrel on his time living in egalitarian communes.

This is part three of our detailed discussion with Michael Alberts about Parecon and its planning system.

This week, we continue our discussion with Michael Albert, where we take a deep dive in the Parecon planning model.

This week, we talk with Michael Albert about Parecon and his new book No Bosses. This is the first of three episodes with Michael, where we ease into the topic and then we jump off and have great fun as we get into an extremely detailed debate on the planning aspects of Parecon.

This is part two of our discussion with Prof Andrew Kliman, where we debate my current love affair with ‘The Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution’ by Jan Appel and the Group of International Communists. Enjoy!

Part 2 of our interview with Daniel Bitton on the research into immediate return hunter and gatherer communities and what we can learn from them to inform our liberatory politics. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcYvqQ-UuvvFsHNNfwjYEBw https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/

This week I’m delighted to welcome Daniel Bitton to the show. Daniel is the man behind the ‘What is Politics’ podcast, where he recently did a deep dive into the anthropological research about immediate return hunter and gatherer communities. We discuss the importance of this research for a liberato

This week I’m delighted to welcome Herman Lueer to the show to discuss his recent translation into English of the 2nd edition of the ‘Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution” by the Group of International Communists.

Chris Knight joins us to perform a friendly critique of the anthropological work of David Graeber, who recently passed away suddenly. Chris is a senior research fellow in the Department of Anthropology in University College London, and the author of several books.

Part 2 of our discussion with Jan from the Future Histories podcast, where we debate the possibility of a future capitalist synthetic catallaxy, MMT, and the importance of use values to socialist plannning. You can check out his excellent podcast here: https://www.futurehistories.today/

We speak with Jan from the Future Histories podcast to talk about cybernetics, socialist planning and the realm of synthetic catalaxies. You can check out his excellent podcast here: https://www.futurehistories.today/

This is part 3 of our interview with Mike MacNair, where we continue our discussion on communist political strategy, and the importance of the curtain wall.

Today we have part 2 of our interview with Mike MacNair, where we continue our debate about the merits of entryism as a communist tactic.

We begin this new year with the first of a three-part interview with Mike MacNair, where we get deep into the weeds, reeds, and rushes on his Revolutionary Strategy.

We read a secret dialogue we had with Jos Alembic. Jos is the nom de guerre of an underground communist comrade, in deep cover in the Dutch Socialist Party. He is currently part of an effort to reform the Socialist Party along the lines outlined by Mike MacNair in his ‘Revolutionary Strategy’ book,

The third and final part of our Marx and Nature discussion with Kyle and Shane from General Intellect Unit. It's been a long, hard, lonely road...

Part 2 of our discussion of Paul Burketts ‘Marx and Nature - a Red and Green Perspective’ with our Emancipation Network comrades Kyle and Shane from General Intellect Unit.

We are joined by our Emancipation Network comrades Kyle and Shane from General Intellect Unit, to discuss Paul Burketts ‘Marx and Nature - a Red and Green Perspective’. This is the first of a three parter. You can find the book here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/595-marx-and-nature

Today, we speak with Ben Lain, who recently returned home from a 2 day trip to the CHAZ/CHOP in Seattle.

This week I’m delighted to welcome back Mike MacNair to the show. Mike is an Associate Professor of Law at St Hugh’s College Oxford, and the man responsible for the behemoth that was the ‘Revolutionary Strategy Series’. This is the first of a two parter where we I get to ask Mike some questions rais

This week we have part two of our Socialist Labour Time Planning crossover special with our comrades Shane and Kyle from the General Intellect Unit podcast. This discussion is based around a reading of a recent paper by Seongjin Jeong, Professor of Economics at Gyeongsang National University, called

This week we have a crossover episode with our Emancipation Network friends and comrades Shane and Kyle from General Intellect unit. This is part one of a two parter where we delve deep in the history, the theory, and future possibilities for Marx’s Labour Time Calculation. We use a recent paper by

We finish our reading of Paul Cockshotts critique of the book and gather out thoughts. Don't join a cult

We continue our reading of Paul Cockshotts critique of the book, and give sortition an airing. Panelists: C Derick Varn - Symptomatic Redness Kyle - General Intellect Unit Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats Pouya - Machine Noise Expert

This week we continue our reading of boss level Chapter 9: ’Republican Democracy’ and I lose the plot when it comes to Proportional Representation. This was, of course, recorded before the UK election, where Corbynism got hung drawn and quartered. Panelists: Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats Sophie -

This week we continue our reading of boss level Chapter 9: ’Republican Democracy’ and talk all about the need to ditch bureaucratic centralism. Panelists: C Derick Varn - Pop The Left / Symptomatic Redness Kyle - General Intellect Unit Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats Pouya - Machine Noise Expert So

This week we return to our reading of boss level Chapter 9: ’Republican Democracy’ and talk all about the importance of the international and the hurdles we face in building one. And umbilical cords.

This week we have the third and final part of our discussion with fellow Emancipation Network comrade Grant from swampside, and his friend David Rylance on Gary Teeples excellent book: “Marx’s Critique of Politics’.

This week we have part two of the discussion with fellow Emancipation Network comrade Grant from Swampside Chats, and his friend David Rylance on Gary Teeples excellent book: “Marx’s Critique of Politics’. We leave the grey, post-industrial wasteland of Brexit behind, and dive deep into Marx's criti

This week we continue our reading of boss level Chapter 9: ’Republican Democracy’ and get into the party form and how it applies to the Labour Party and first past the post electoral systems. Panelists: C Derick Varn - Pop The Left / Symptomatic Redness Kyle - General Intellect Unit Lexi Dog Robot -

This week more of boss level Chapter 9: ’Republican Democracy’. We argue about the concept of communist universal military training, self government of the localities, and the world of cybernetics. Panelists: C Derick Varn - Pop The Left / Symptomatic Redness Kyle - General Intellect Unit Lexi Dog R

Today we continue with Chapter 9: ’Republican Democracy’, and talk about the ills of bureaucratic centralism. Panelists: Kyle - General Intellect Unit Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats Pouya - Machine Noise Expert Sophie - Trans Trans Revolution

Today we finally start the boss level final chapter that is Chapter 9: ’Republican Democracy’, and descend into a long discussion on the merits of bourgeois liberties. Panelists: Kyle - General Intellect Unit Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats Pouya - Lord of the Serfs Sophie - Trans Trans Revolution

We have some more terrible abuse of the Trot-sect mania today as we eventually finish Chapter 8: ’Political Consciousness’. Hail to the death of the chapter which never ends. Panelists: Kyle - General Intellect Unit Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats Pouya - Lord of the Serfs Sophie - Section 31 Comma

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 Tr

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

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 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 Redne

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