Auxiliary Statements
Post-peasant commies Dan and Jack read over bits of theory each week in an effort to understand the worldwide state of socialism.
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Latest episodes
Jul 11, 2025 • 1h 8min
139. Epitaph for the USSR: A clock without a spring | Christopher Arthur
In which we suss out this whole USSR thing.
Reading: Epitaph for the USSR: A clock without a spring (1998) by Christopher J Arthur
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Jun 27, 2025 • 1h 23min
138. The Future of Revolution | Jasper Bernes
We're back on our bs.
Reading: The Future of Revolution (2025) by Jasper Bernes
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Jun 13, 2025 • 1h 3min
137. An Inconvenient Truth | Al Gore
In which we remember the good and sane bush years.
Watching: An Inconvenient Truth (2006), Davis Guggenheim & Al Gore
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May 30, 2025 • 1h 10min
136. Toward a Marxist-Anarchist Solidarity | Michael Löwy, Olivier Besancenot & David Campbell
Turns out you need to do more than just read Murray Bookchin if you want to be friends with anarchists.
Reading: Towards a Marxist-Anarchist Solidarity (2023) by Michael Löwy, Olivier Besancenot & David Campbell
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May 16, 2025 • 1h 21min
135. Bourgeois Revolution | Henry Heller
In which brave Henry Heller saves the immortal science of Marxism from the unwarranted revisionism of W O K E political marxism.
Reading: "Bourgeois Revolution" from The Birth of Capitalism (2011) by Henry Heller
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May 2, 2025 • 1h 9min
134. Pedagogy of the Oppressed | Paulo Freire
You ever noticed that the 8 hour working day is like...................the same as school, man?
Reading: Pedagogy of the Oppressed (1968) by Paulo Freire
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Apr 18, 2025 • 1h 37min
133. Red Dust: The Transition to Capitalism in China | Chuang
Sure China has billionaires, a strictly enforced class system, State Owned Enterprises that are evaluated on stock market performance, private property, wage labor and commodity production but is it REALLY capitalism guys
Reading: Red Dust (2019) by Chuang.
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Apr 4, 2025 • 1h 9min
132. Peace for our Time | Critisticuffs
In which we regain our lost optimism.
Reading: Peace for our Time (2025) by Critisticuffs, The American Sulla (2025) by Edith Fischer and Notes on the War (2025) by Jack Conrad
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Mar 21, 2025 • 1h 3min
131. Neither Vertical Nor Horizontal | Rodrigo Nunes
In which we inaugurate the Chantal Mouffe era of the show.
Reading: Neither Vertical Nor Horizontal (2021) by Rodrigo Nunes
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Mar 6, 2025 • 59min
130. Dialectical Thinking and Science | Pierfrancesco Biasetti
Alright, this time we're really gonna figure out what dialectics is.
Reading: Dialectical Thinking and Science: The Case of Richard Lewontin, Dialectical Biologist (2020) by Pierfrancesco Biasetti
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