Auxiliary Statements

That's right dear listener, we've somehow actually made it to 100 episodes. From those articles in Tribune & Jacobin in episode two, to reading the man himself, it's safe to say we've come a long way. For this special episode, we returned to Marx's Critique of the Gotha Program with fresh perspectives. Strap in, because this is one of our longest episodes yet. Here's to 100 more. Reading: Critique of the Gotha Program (1875) by Karl Marx Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com DISCORD: https://discord.gg/Z9s3vBAq

Emancipatory religion rooted in proto-communism? Heh. Sorry bub. Don't you know I'm an......atheist??? Reading: "Religion and Politics Today From a Marxian Perspective" (2008) by Gilbert Achcar Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com DISCORD: https://discord.gg/MWPap7xJ

Well it's probably about time we approached the question of what role the exploitation and appropriation of African labor both before and during colonization played in the development of capitalism. Turns out, it was quite a large one. Reading: Chapters 3-5 from How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972) by Walter Rodney Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com DISCORD: https://discord.gg/FAgdS9UD

Unfortunately, we are back to discussing Althusser. Critisticuffs piece (specifically That Economy section): https://critisticuffs.org/texts/fantastic-thoughts-and-where-to-find-them Gegenstandpunkt piece: https://en.gegenstandpunkt.com/books/work-and-wealth-2nd-revised-edition Reading: The Problem of the Capitalist State by Nicos Poulantzas (1969) and Poulantzas and the Capitalist State by Ralph Miliband (1973) Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com DISCORD: https://discord.gg/YbYWuadV

In which two non-scientists discuss agricultural research and the philosophy of science. Reading: Chapters 8-11 of The Dialectical Biologist (1985) by Richard Lewontin and Richard Levins Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com DISCORD: https://discord.gg/KQGJNY3G

Wait wait wait - you're telling me some proles are getting bourgeois-ified?!?? And some bourgeois are getting aristocratizied?!!??? Reading: "The Bourgeois(ie) as Concept and Reality" (1988) by Immanuel Wallerstein Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com DISCORD: https://discord.gg/XaTRvyGZ

SURELY no self-proclaimed socialist would be out here defending reactionary despots and the regimes they uphold right?? SURELY THERE HAVE NEVER been communists that would have supported the commie killing, anti socialist Turkish developmental regime right?! Not any of our favorite historical figures right? Right?!? Reading: "'Socialism in One Country' Before Stalin and the Origins of Reactionary 'Anti-Imperialism': The Case of Turkey" from Revolution, defeat and theoretical underdevelopment (2016) by Loren Goldner Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com DISCORD: https://discord.gg/FSjt5xd6

This week we tackle the for some reason controversial topic of economic degrowth. Should we be shrinking our economies to match utility based production? Or should we just end the world? A very tricky question to ponder indeed. Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com Reading: "Planned Degrowth" by John Bellamy Foster "Planning Degrowth" by Kent Klitgaard "Planning and the Ecosocialist Mode of Cooperation" by Nicolas Graham "Degrowth and Socialism" by Guney Isikara and Ozgur Narin "On Technology and Degrowth" by Jason Hickel All from Monthly Review vol 75 no 3 July/August DISCORD: discord.gg/QaTEMTk9

Somehow, we're back to the communizers. What makes the common prole decide revolution is the best course of action? And what can mae the long awaited (and first ever) communist revolution actually stick? I don't know. Something about the prisoner's dilemma I guess. Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com Reading: Revolutionary Motives (2019) by Jasper Bernes https://endnotes.org.uk/issues/5m DISCORD: https://discord.gg/HGk5wbn3 LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast

This week, Dan and Jack discuss indigenous philosophy in an attempt to answer the question of what we can learn from pre-capitalist societies. Say goodbye to your teleological Marxism, friends. Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com Reading: Karl Marx and Radical Indigenous Critiques of Capitalism (2022) by Nodrada https://nodrivers.medium.com/karl-marx-and-radical-indigenous-critiques-of-capitalism-fd27169c357 DISCORD: https://discord.gg/qFVuhVs2K LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast