From Alpha To Omega

We finish our reading of the Paul Mattick 1970 Introduction to the ‘Fundamental Principles’. https://libcom.org/library/introducti... Book Project website: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

Today we read Paul Mattick's 1970 introduction to the Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution. The book project website: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/ The Paul Mattick Introduction: https://libcom.org/book/export/html/616

Today we read Chapter 17 ‘Final Considerations’, which finishes our reading of the book. The book project website: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

Today we finish Chapter 15 ‘The Introduction of Communism in Agriculture’ and begin Chapter 16 ‘The Economic Dictatorship of the Proletariat’. The book project website: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

Today we read the second part of Chapter 14: ‘The Control of Operational Life’ and Chapter 15 ‘The Introduction of Communism in Agriculture’. The book project website is: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

Today we read Chapter 14: ‘The Control of Operational Life’.

This week we read Chapter 13: ‘The Expansion of Production’.

Today we read Chapter 12: ‘The Abolition of the Market’.

We finish our reading of Chapter 10: ‘The General Social Work’, and plough through Chapter 11: ‘The Accounting as an Ideational Summary of the Production and Distribution Process’.

We read Chapter 10: ‘The General Social Work’, and get deep into the bowels of the GIC 'proposal'.

We read Chapter 9: ‘The Social Average: Working Hour as the’, and read Chapter 8: ‘ The Social Average Working Hour as the Basis of Consumption’

We finish Chapter 7: ‘The Communist Production’, and read Chapter 8: ‘ The Socially Average Working Hour as the Basis of Production’.

This week we tackle Chapter 6 - ‘ The Social Production Process in General’ and Chapter 7: ‘The Communist Production’.

It's the last session folks.... Here is da link: https://meet.jit.si/RenownedGrinsPraySomehow T

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!

Hey All - I'm still in Ireland on holidays and not in a place conducive to recording today, so lets put the final session of the principles back till next week. I'm editing a 2 piece with Andrew Kliman at the moment, where we discuss some value theory, and have a good natured debate on the fundament

This week the GIC take aim at the left communists and anarchists for their political economy errors

Hey Y'all, I'm off in Ireland on holidays nursing a hangover and visiting people, so no session today. Next weekend I'm off out west too, so we wont have our last session on the Mattick Introduction till Aug 29th. Our day will come, T

Our last session! :( Today we read the mattick introduction: https://libcom.org/library/introduction-paul-mattick Here is the link: https://meet.jit.si/BiologicalLayersExistSame

Here is the link to todays session. We are reading Chapter 17: ' Final Considerations' https://meet.jit.si/OnlineBarsSubmitToday Talk Soon

We read and discuss Chapter 4 - ‘Progress in the formulation of the problem”.

Here is the link to Paul Matticks review of the Fundamental Principles: https://libcom.org/library/introduction-paul-mattick We can discuss it hopefully next week, if we finish up chapter 17 on time :) Tom

Here is the link to todays session: https://meet.jit.si/PrestigiousRiflesAdvanceForward Talk soon, T

This week we read Chapter 3 - ‘The Unit of Account in Communism’

Here is the link to todays session: https://meet.jit.si/EditorialHospitalsRangeAlone Talk Soon, T

Here is the link to todays session: https://meet.jit.si/SpecialistAwardsClaimSouth Talk Soon, T

We tackle section (e) of Chapter 2 - ‘Wage Labour and State Communism’

Hey Y'all, I got my kids birthday party this Sunday no so principles this week. I'm a couple days late with this weeks episode as well - should be out tomorrow. Talk soon, T

Here is the link to todays session, https://meet.jit.si/FeministHospitalsFosterLongTerm Talk soon, T

HEre is the link to todays session. We are going to be starting at 12:15 / 5:15 as i'm running a smidge late. https://meet.jit.si/CompleteBowlsExceedNorth Talk soon, T

Here is the link to todays session: https://meet.jit.si/ColonialScreeningsMistakeSupposedly Talk soon, T

We are back on jitsi and it is working away fine, so everybody can hop on the call again! Here is the link: https://meet.jit.si/MobileSilencesEliminatePotentially Talk soon, T

This week we take on the first half of Chapter 2, this time without the recording gremlins that plagued the first episode

Unfortunately we are on streamyard again today, as jitsi recording is still not working. Here is the link to the streamyard: https://streamyard.com/dbf7jvfjhu Streamyard only allows a max of 10 people to join (6 of which are live, 4 in the green room) So if it is full, you can head over to the youtu

Here is todays link: https://meet.jit.si/StickyBonesSpendWearily Talk soon, T

Here is the link to todays session: https://meet.jit.si/SelectiveHandsWaterHopefully Talk soon, T

Welcome to the inaugural episode of our ‘Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution’ by the Group of International Communists reading group series! This is the first of probably a 20 part series. Get yourself a copy of the book!

Was up all night with a stomach bug and havent slept so i will have to cancel todays stream. Just re-read the chapters today too but feel to shit now unfortunately. Will see you all next week. Apologies T

Here is the link to todays session: https://meet.jit.si/DisappointingApplicationsReinforceEqually We are discussing Chapter 5: 'The Libertarian Communism'

Here is the link to todays session: https://meet.jit.si/VariousBattlefieldsWavePreviously We are discussing Chapter 4 - 'Progress in the Formulation of the Problem'

Here is the link to todays session: https://meet.jit.si/IntensiveEntrancesSayMoreover We are discussing Chapter 3 - 'The Unit of Account in Communism'

Here is the link to todays session: https://meet.jit.si/SymbolicMilesSufferBest We are discussing Chapter 2 - Section (e)

Here is the link to the audio for the reading group. I will upload the unedited streams and replace with them with edited version as i get them done. This first episode has some missing audio at the beginning, which will require some voice overs to make full sense.... https://drive.google.com/drive/

We are on again today for section (e) of chapter two. It should be a short one - only 10 pages. Talk soon, T

Here is the link to todays session: https://meet.jit.si/FailedElementsTossSecondly

Here is the link to todays first session: https://meet.jit.si/ReverseIndictmentsFinanceBackwards Talk soon, T

I thought it would be 4pm GMT but forgot about daylight savings pushing us back to a five hour difference between London and EST. I will post the link here close to going live. Talk soon, T

Hey Y'all, Hope you got your copies ready to hand - this Sunday we kick off @12 EST SHARP!!! And no, this one won't be starting an hour late, I run a tight ship over here! I'll post out a link here on patreon to the zoom call a while before kickoff, so just hit the link and join in. As there might b

Hey y'all, So hyped by this book (Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution 2nd Edition 2020 from Red and Black Books translated by Hermann Lueer) that I've decided I'd like to do a patrons reading group series of it. It would be in place in of the livestreams for a while, and