From Alpha To Omega

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/

We talk with Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh, author of a number of books, including the first biography of Marx in the Irish language. In translating Engels writings about the state, Aindrias has identified some interesting developments of Engels ideas on the role of the state in a post-revolutionary socialist society. We also discuss the current state of the Irish language, and the role it has played in I...

We continue Chapter 3 - ‘Metatheoretical Foundations of Charles Tilly’s Durable Inequality’. The book project: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/ The Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RVTrPWEPEJlItgHSjf9dVQoKxRXx3rCGgPx13rZCugY/edit?usp=sharing Panellists: Derick - Mortal Science, Varn Vlog Ezri - Swampside Chats, Mortal Science, Jumpsuit Utopia Kyle - General Intellect Unit Ti...

Part 2 of our chat with Brendan about the dump of an Irish Catholic boarding school we went to. The Book Project Website: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

This week my friend Brendan and I recount some tales from our days in an Irish Catholic boarding school. Recorded over a few beers on St Patrick’s day in Brendan's house, beside a nice turf fire, with the sound of the crows in the background. 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/

Donal and myself make a major announcement. Check out the website: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

We start Chapter 3 - ‘Metatheoretical Foundations of Charles Tilly’s Durable Inequality’. The Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RVTrPWEPEJlItgHSjf9dVQoKxRXx3rCGgPx13rZCugY/edit?usp=sharing Panellists: Derick - Mortal Science, Varn Vlog Ezri - Swampside Chats, Mortal Science, Jumpsuit Utopia Kyle - General Intellect Unit Tiberius - Jumpsuit Utopia

We continue our discussion with Prof. Robin Hahnel on the ins and outs of the planning procedures of Participatory Economy.

We welcome Prof. Robin Hahnel to the show. Prof. Hahnel and previous guest Michael Albert are the people who came up with Participatory Economy, or Parecon, a vision of a de-centrally planned socialist economy. We discuss Parecon Planning and Allocation in great detail!

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

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

We pick back up where we left off in our discussion with Xur about what can be salvaged from the wreck of the blockchain and crypto scene for our future communist society.

We welcome Xur to the show, to talk about all things blockchain and cryptography. In this first part 1 we dig deep into the technical problems associated with the current crypto scene. In part 2 we pick the corpse of the blockchain to salvage what we can for our future communist society.

We continue with our reading of Chapter 2 - ‘Shadow of Exploitation in Weber’s Class Analysis’. This episode was editing by the Jordan. Thanks so much, Jordan! The Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RfG5oI3vCX6Z7pB3GfCH68CmYRBwrBecNIkwOgQKo4g/edit?usp=sharing Panelists: Derick - Mortal Science, Varn Vlog Ezri - Swampside Chats, Mortal Science, Jumpsuit Utopia Kyle - General Intellect...

After a post covid lull, we welcome to the show Prof Helen Scott, editor of the Haymarket books version of the Rosa Luxemburg classics ‘Reform or Revolution’ and ‘The Mass Strike’. In this episode we discuss ‘Reform of Revolution’, Rosa’s text which critiqued ‘Evolutionary Socialism’, the seminal revisionist work of the dark lord of reform within the SPD, Eduard Bernstein. Helen is currently worki...

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

We welcome back Andrew Kliman to the show, to talk about a paper he recently published about the Breakdown Model of Henryk Grossman. The paper, which contains the link to the Spanish translation: https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/economics/henryk-grossmanns-breakdown-model-on-the-real-cause-of-the-fictitious-breakdown-tendency.html

We return to where we left off last time, in Chapter 2 - ‘Shadow of Exploitation in Weber’s Class Analysis’. Many thanks to Jordan for editing this and the next episode in the series. The Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RfG5oI3vCX6Z7pB3GfCH68CmYRBwrBecNIkwOgQKo4g/edit?usp=sharing Panelists: Derick - Mortal Science, Theorizing with a Hammer Ezri - Swampside Chats, Mortal Science, Ju...

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'. The critique is over..... for now.

This week we continue on our journey through Chapter 2 : ‘The Shadow of Exploitation in Weber’s Class Analysis’. The Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RfG5oI3vCX6Z7pB3GfCH68CmYRBwrBecNIkwOgQKo4g/edit?usp=sharing Panelists: Derick - Mortal Science, Theorizing with a Hammer Ezri - Swampside Chats, Mortal Science, Jumpsuit Utopia Kyle - General Intellect Unit Tiberius - Jumpsuit Utopia...

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 talk with the Swedish Procurement Guru Emanuel all about capitalist procurement theory, the flaws of standard economic demand and supply theory, and what allocation, or the lack of, in capitalism can teach us about planning a communist society. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraljic_matrix

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