Designing the Revolution
Roger Hallam
It's official we are heading into the biggest shit-show in human history. The U.N says there is no ‘credible pathway’ to staying under 1.5C (October 2022). Revolution is now inevitable, a great danger and a great opportunity to create a new revitalised democracy, or allow fascism to drag us all into hell.
Far from it being the end it's just the beginning, there's everything to play for but only if we organise and resist as if our lives depend upon it, because they do.
Roger Hallam has studied and designed social change for 35 years, he has initiated and helped run the biggest climate campaigns of the last decade he knows his stuff. This series details the theory and practice of a completely new way of reimagining and renewing society.
At this moment in time this is the most important podcast series in the world, even if few people get it; that it's now or never for humanity. Roger walks his talk. The first 13 podcasts episodes are recorded from prison.
We're talking about real change here, no more blah blah blah.
For Roger's latest updates and to support his work, sign up to his email list at 👉rogerhallam.com/#/portal/signup
Far from it being the end it's just the beginning, there's everything to play for but only if we organise and resist as if our lives depend upon it, because they do.
Roger Hallam has studied and designed social change for 35 years, he has initiated and helped run the biggest climate campaigns of the last decade he knows his stuff. This series details the theory and practice of a completely new way of reimagining and renewing society.
At this moment in time this is the most important podcast series in the world, even if few people get it; that it's now or never for humanity. Roger walks his talk. The first 13 podcasts episodes are recorded from prison.
We're talking about real change here, no more blah blah blah.
For Roger's latest updates and to support his work, sign up to his email list at 👉rogerhallam.com/#/portal/signup
Episodes
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Aug 23, 2023 • 27min
Going into Battle: the Security Forces
This episode discusses the importance of subverting the police and army for a successful revolution, the inevitability of a revolution due to the climate crisis, and the significance of organizing and resisting. It also highlights the strategic implications of violence towards security forces, the consequences of over polarisation, and the strategy of creating a popular democracy while influencing the security forces.
Aug 20, 2023 • 32min
Going into Battle: the Liberal Class
The podcast discusses the urgency of revolution in the face of the climate crisis and the need to discredit the reformist liberal class. It emphasizes the importance of organized resistance and civil resistance in creating a new revitalized democracy. The chapter also explores the consequences of achieving net zero carbon emissions and the potential collapse of civilization. Overall, the podcast calls for immediate revolutionary action to address the current global emergency.
Aug 19, 2023 • 29min
Mobilising People of Colour and Rural People
This podcast explores the strategies to mobilize support for the emergence of the people, focusing on young people, people of color, and the regional low middle class. It discusses the importance of learning from past iterations and embracing failure. Additionally, the podcast emphasizes building solidarity, trust, and empowerment for these groups and reimagining society.
Aug 17, 2023 • 50min
Creating The Coalition
This podcast explores revolutionary strategies to address the urgent climate crisis and the emergence of 'the people' as a political force. It discusses the importance of actively designing coalitions, the power dynamics within different demographics, and strategies for addressing food scarcity. The podcast emphasizes the impact of direct action on mobilization and community building. It also delves into the role of paying activists, enabling diversity in political action, and the challenges of coalition building in today's society.
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Jul 31, 2023 • 37min
The Emergence of the People
'the people' don't just exist - in a political sense they emerge from an active strategy to bring them together through a combination of confrontation and dialogue. Once 'the people' are created we are ready to go into battle...
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Jul 26, 2023 • 57min
Core Themes of Revolution
So what does "the literature" tell us about revolutions. We review some of the core themes on how it all works.
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Jul 2, 2023 • 24min
The Sociology of the Revolution
So what does "the literature" tell us about revolutions. We review some of the core themes on how it all works.
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Jun 16, 2023 • 31min
The Conservative Dilemma
While we have been told revolutions are impossible, in fact they happen on a regular basis because conservatives who run established regimes find themselves damned if they do and damned if they don't. This episode is here to cheer you up before we embark on designing the revolution proper.
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Jun 13, 2023 • 28min
Neoliberals: Famine and Collapse
All the supposedly sacred policies of the neoliberal project: free trade, specialisation, just in time - may (or may not) lead to greater aggregate prosperity in reformist times. But in revolutionary times they make the extremity of the coming rupture all the deeper. In this third and final video talk for his "designing the revolution" series of podcasts, Roger again shows how the western liberal and administrative classes are stuck in a paradigm which is catastrophically disconnected from the realities of our present situation.
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Jun 8, 2023 • 48min
Reformers and the Most Important Graph in the World
Reformists, like Justin Rowlatt, trying harder, just makes the situation worse. In the second of three consecutive podcasts on the why gradualism and staying in the rules will destroy liberal civilisation, Roger turns his attention to the media. He provides overwhelming evidence, summarised in the most important graph in the world, that staying in the mindset of mainstream achieves nothing at best, and at worst creates an even greater rupture when it comes. Effectiveness in 2023 means confronting the system, risking losing one's 'career' and arrest/prison. Gary Lineker's refusal to submit to the BBC, is yet another classic case study on what needs to happen.
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