Auxiliary Statements

Jack & Dan
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Jun 23, 2023 • 1h 32min

90. Sorghum & Steel: The Socialist Developmental Regime & the Forging of China | Chuang

In which the fellas do their best to plod through the history of the transition from the Imperial Chinese tributary mode to the socialist developmental regime of the CCP. Send us an email: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com DISCORD: https://discord.gg/BXgVXqTp LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast
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Jun 9, 2023 • 1h 39min

89. Alternatives to the VSM and Work Linked Democracy w/ Donal & Roger Arevalo

We are back at this systems theory business attempting to answer the question of just how we can de-alienate our workplaces. Last week a listener named Roger reached out with some of the ideas he's come across in researching democratic workplace systems. He sent us some critiques of the VSM as well as the essays linked below and we figured how better to explain them to you than to have him on the show. Reading: The Socio-Technical Systems Perspective by Eric Trist and The Volvo Uddevalla Plant by Christian Berggren http://moderntimesworkplace.com/archives/ericsess/sessvol2/SESS_Volume_2_Contents_Intro/sess_volume_2_contents_intro.htm https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227615824_The_Volvo_Uddevalla_Plant If you play Half Earth Socialism, go check out the guide written by Roger: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/375003-half-earth-socialism/faqs/80384 DISCORD: https://discord.gg/qFVuhVs2K LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast
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May 26, 2023 • 1h 7min

88. Party Organization in Lenin’s Comintern | John Riddell

Well here we go reading entirely unnecessary accounts of century-old communist strategy again. What is democratic centralism? Whatever you want it to be, baby. Reading: Party Organization in Lenin’s Comintern (2020) by John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/2020/11/08/party-organization-in-lenins-comintern/ DISCORD: https://discord.gg/wMYg8TWhWu LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast
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May 17, 2023 • 1h 7min

III. Agroindustrial Society & its Future | Marx, Economic Planning, and Sustainable Industry

Link to full essay & much, much more: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CtzmDZk0j1jeoygovUndoI7sZJ7pZg3U?usp=sharing A few months ago a listener of ours named Will sent us this essay on how we can begin thinking about planned, sustainable food systems. It blew both of us away so, will his permission, we're going to be releasing a recording of it over the next few weeks. This is the second part and it covers Marx, Economic Planning, and Sustainable Industry.
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May 12, 2023 • 1h 22min

87. Karl Kautsky: From Marx to Hitler | Paul Mattick

DISCORD: https://discord.gg/wMYg8TWhWu LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast Well we held off as long as we could, but now we're back on our leftcom bs. What do socdems and fascists have in common? Well, yeah. A lot in fact. Reading: "Worker's Control" "Revolutionary Marxism" and "Karl Kautsky: From Marx to Hitler" by Paul Mattick Sr. (all from the Council Communist Reader)
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May 3, 2023 • 55min

II. Agroindustrial Society & its Future | System Scaling, Ley Systems, and the Ecological City

Link to full essay & much, much more: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CtzmDZk0j1jeoygovUndoI7sZJ7pZg3U?usp=sharing A few months ago a listener of ours named Will sent us this essay on how we can begin thinking about planned, sustainable food systems. It blew both of us away so, will his permission, we're going to be releasing a recording of it over the next few weeks. This is the second part and it covers System Scaling, Ley Systems, and the Ecological City.
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Apr 28, 2023 • 1h 9min

86. The Dialectical Biologist - On Evolution | Richard Lewontin & Richard Levins

DISCORD: https://discord.gg/wMYg8TWhWu LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast Alright this week we've finally done it. We hAVE COMPREHENDED THE DIALECTIC - maybe, who knows. But we do have a nice chat about evolution and dump all over Richard Dawkins. So it's a good time. Reading: "On Evolution" from The Dialectical Biologist (1985) by Richard Levins and Richard Lewontin
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Apr 19, 2023 • 43min

I. Agroindustrial Society & its Future | Soil Chemistry, Ecology & Agricultural Planning

Link to full essay & much, much more: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CtzmDZk0j1jeoygovUndoI7sZJ7pZg3U?usp=sharing A few months ago a listener of ours named Will sent us this essay on how we can begin thinking about planned, sustainable food systems. It blew both of us away so, will his permission, we're going to be releasing a recording of it over the next few weeks. This is the first part and it covers soil, ecology and just what it means to build food systems.
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Apr 14, 2023 • 1h 19min

85. The Web of Life & the Dialectic w/ Jason W. Moore

DISCORD: https://discord.gg/wMYg8TWhWu (if this link don't work message us on twitter) LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast Very special ep for you today as we sat down with podcast Mt. Rushmore head Jason W. Moore to talk ecology, strategy, and just what this whole dialectic thing actually is.
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Mar 31, 2023 • 1h 27min

84. A Short History of Reconstruction | Eric Foner

DISCORD: https://discord.gg/wMYg8TWhWu (if this link don't work message us on twitter) LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast Today we tackle the complicated era of the reconstruction of the American South after the Civil War. What role did the control of a subjugated labor labor force play in a supposedly post-slavery South? What was the burgeoning industrial proletariat doing during all this? How can we finish reconstruction? All questions we at the very least, ask. Reading: A Short History of Reconstruction (1990) by Eric Foner.

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