From Alpha To Omega

This week we continue our close reading of Andrew Klimans ‘Reclaiming Marx’s Capital’ and go for broke on Chapter 7. Interview Date: 13th Oct 2018 The panel this week consists of: Lexi - https://soundcloud.com/swampsidechats Derick - https://www.mixcloud.com/symptomatic-redness

This week we continue our close reading of Andrew Klimans ‘Reclaiming Marx’s Capital’ and parse as best as we can Chapter 6. Interview Date: 6th Oct 2018 The panel this week consists of: Lexi - https://soundcloud.com/swampsidechats Derick - https://www.mixcloud.com/symptomatic-... Emanuel - from Emmanuel from https://soundcloud.com/enforloradsak Pouya - the mashed-up Marx Patreon: https://www.patr...

We continue our close reading of Andrew Klimans 'Reclaiming Marx's Capital' and stumble through chapter 5. Interview Date: 22nd Sep 2018 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Omega To Donate Click Here: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... The panel this week consists of: Lexi - https://soundcloud.com/swampsidechats Amogh - https://www.mixcloud.com/symptomatic-... Emanual - from Emmanuel...

This week we welcome a new guest Jamie Merchant to the show, to talk about his recent essays critiquing Market Socialism in one country recently published in the Brooklyn Rail journal. You can find his articles here: https://brooklynrail.org/2018/07/field-notes/Dreams-of-National-Capital-Market-Socialism-Past-and-Present https://brooklynrail.org/2018/02/field-notes/Fantasies-of-Secession-A-Critiqu...

We continue our close reading of Andrew Klimans 'Reclaiming Marx's Capital' and eat chapter 4 alive Interview Date: 15th Sep 2018 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Omega To Donate Click Here: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... The panel this week consists of: Lexi & Rosa from https://soundcloud.com/swampsidechats C Derick Varn from https://www.mixcloud.com/symptomatic-redness/

We continue our close reading of Andrew Klimans 'Reclaiming Marx's Capital' and stick our snouts deep into chapter 3 Interview Date: 8st Sep 2018 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Omega To Donate Click Here: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... You can find the podcast website here: http://fromalpha2omega.podomatic.com/ The panel this week consists of: Lexi from https://soundcloud.com...

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Omega To Donate Click Here: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=CM23PFP9E5YYA You can find the podcast website here: http://fromalpha2omega.podomatic.com/ Interview Date: 1st Sep 2018 The panel this week consists of: Lexi & Rosa from https://soundcloud.com/swampsidechats Emanuel from https://soundcloud.com/enforlor...

Part 2 of the Refuting Marx's Inconsitency & The TSSI Reading Group Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=NnqeJJnYcZ4t9Wu76a3eRxmEhh7r0fC4mm9TBUxBMu0H44F5YjlZ-HJTyMXzk5DWtjmxA0&country.x=GB&locale.x=GB Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Omega Interview Date: 18 August 2018 The panel this week consists of: Lexi & Rosa from https://soundcloud.com/swampsidechats Emanuel...

Part 1 of the Refuting Marx's Inconsitency & The TSSI Reading Group To Donate Click Here: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Omega Interview Date: 11 August 2018 The panel this week consists of: Lexi from https://soundcloud.com/swampsidechats Emanuel & Aiden from https://soundcloud.com/enforloradsak Amogh from https://www.mixcloud.com/sympto...

This week we welcome back Prof. Andrew Kliman to the show, to talk all about the idea that the election of Donald Trump was a reaction to neo-liberal economic policies. We delve into what the evidence from the political research shows. We also get into the nitty gritty of US inequality statistics and discuss what effect Trumps politics and ‘The Resistance’ will have on US society.

This week we welcome back Paul Cockshott to the show, where we discuss his 1993 book ‘Towards a New Socialism’. We discuss a possible vision of how a future socialist society would work. Lexi from the 'Swampside Chats' podcast and myself are planning to do a long series on Prof. Klimans ‘Reclaiming Marx’s Capital’ book as a series of live youtube hangouts. Let me know if you are interested or woul...

This week we have part 2 of our discussion with show stalwart Prof. Andrew Kliman about the Communist Manifesto. This is part one of a two part interview on the topic. I will be also appearing on a couple of upcoming episodes on the Swampside Chats podcast. Check it out - it’s the best commie podcast out there.

This week we welcome back show stalwart Prof. Andrew Kliman to talk about the Communist Manifesto. This is part one of a two part interview on the topic. We discuss in depth the the revolutionary nature of the proletariat

This week we are joined by David Zachariah,a Researcher in machine learning in Uppsala University and a political econo-physicist in his spare time. We discuss the seminal work of Machover and Farjoun, 'Laws of Chaos', which introduced the techniques of statistical mechanics to world of political economy. He tells us about the empirical evidence for the predictions made by Machover and Farjoun, an...

This week we talk again to Professor Helena Sheehan about her book ‘Marxism and the Philosophy of Science: A Critical History’. Verso books have just released a new edition, as part of their Radical Thinkers series. You can find the book here: https://www.versobooks.com/books/2565-marxism-and-the-philosophy-of-science You can also find my new patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Om...

This week we talk to show regular C. Derick Varn about the recently released 10 part documentary series of ‘The Vietnam War’, made by Ken Burns and Lynn Novak. It’s a pretty amazing documentary series, about as balanced and accurate a program about a US war you could expect to find on a mainstream US network. Even more so, considering it was made with money from the Koch Brothers. The idea for the...

The podcast is back on track after an extended break, with many new shows lined up and raring to go. This week I am delighted to welcome Professor Helena Sheehan to the show to discuss her most recent book ‘The Syriza Wave: Surging and Crashing with the Greek Left’. She is a professor emeritus at Dublin City University, and the author of many books included 'Marxism and the Philosophy of Science:...

This week I am delighted to welcome John Helmer, the man behind the excellent 'Dances With Bears' blog. John is a journalist working in Moscow since 1989, the author of several books on military and politics, and has previously worked as a an adviser to the US President Jimmy Carter and the Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou. We discuss the current state of the Russian economy, the economic w...

A UK Election Special with regulars C. Derick Varn and Doug Lain, where two yanks slate the election for not ushering in a communist revolution, and one exiled paddy gets all in a fluster for Jeremy, his meme army, and the possibilities for an alien invasion led communist revolution. Enjoy!

This week I am delighted to welcome back Alexander Douglas to show. Alex is a lecturer in philosophy at St. Andrews University, and is the author of ‘The Philosophy Of Debt’. This show digs deeper into the murky world of understanding the differences and possible syntheses between MTT and Marxist economics. We discuss the problems an inflationary crisis poses to MMT, the stability of MMT and a job...

This week I am delighted to welcome back C. Derick Varn to show. Derick, a regular guest, last appeared on the show on the Donald Trump Election special. I got quite a bit of feedback on that show, with a number of requests to get Derick back on the pod, to set him straight on MMT. What starts out as a feisty affair, eventually settles into a Marxist love-in, where we end up essentially agreeing a...

This week I am delighted to welcome Tony Norfield to the show to talk about his excellent new book: 'The City: London and the Global Power of Finance'. We discuss the role of Britain in the current geopolitical scene, and how and why finance plays such an important role in the UK economy. We also talk about why neoliberalism is such an overused and misused term, the recent Brexit fiasco, and the r...

This week we have part two of our discussion with Charles Farrell, where we delve into the murky world of high stakes sports-betting, his appearance in the new documentary film ‘Dirty Games’, and his life-changing meeting with a two headed calf. You can find out more about the film Dirty Games here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5068818/ And you can find out more about the book ‘The Bittersweet Scie...

This week we have a change of tack, a complete break from the Donald and that jazz. We delve into the shady of world of Professional Boxing, with the former Boxing Manager, Gambler, Gangster, Jazz Pianist, Writer, and Fight-Fixer, Charles Farrell. Boxing is a sport that has always fascinated me. It’s much more than a mere sport - it’s a metaphor for life itself, full of light and shadow, failure a...

In a first for the podcast, we do a live hangout with Doug Lain and C. Derick Varn to talk about todays Donald Trump election victory. We discuss race, gender, geo-politics, the falling rate of profit, economic stimulus, and manage to disagree and agree on absolutely everything. Enjoy!