Auxiliary Statements

DISCORD: discord.gg/bJtAEbFS LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast VSM Explainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPnWVg7CSIg We are back in business with an ep re-discussing Stafford Beer's Viable System Model. We even spitball about how it could be applied to some kindaaaaaaa left wing political project. And I know what you're thinking...socialists being organized?! Stranger things have happened!! Reading: Diagnosing the System for Organizations (1985) by Stafford Beer

DISCORD: discord.gg/bJtAEbFS LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast This week we learned all about the global, existential, horrifying threat of avian flus and their relationship to the capitalist mode of production. Then we learned all about the Chinese state. Then we had a breakdown. This is also now a xXstraightXedgeXx vegan podcast now. Reading: Social Contagion (2021) by Chuang https://chuangcn.org/2020/02/social-contagion/ Bonus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI-bXCJOTBs

DISCORD: discord.gg/bJtAEbFS LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast Well folks, the lads finally did it. They finished End Notes #1. And all it took was their sanity. Reading, Endnotes 1 (2008) endnotes.org.uk/issues/1

DISCORD: discord.gg/bJtAEbFS LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast Reading, Endnotes 1 (2008) - Intro and Chapter 1 https://endnotes.org.uk/issues/1

DISCORD: https://discord.gg/JGGu5MGN LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast Well well well, look who it is, back again. You! The dear listener. God bless you. This week the lads attempt to untangle the mess of ideas that always seem to assert themselves under the banner of being 'anti work.' What does that mean? Is it viable as a movement? Whether it's Tang ping or r/antiwork, we're here to figure it alllllll out. Reading: The Tangpingist Manifesto - https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-tangpingist-manifesto

This week Dan & Jack return from their COVID hiatus to finish up Perry Anderson's C L A S S I C text and talk feudalism. Specifically, what was it, where did it come from, how did it differ from place to place and what caused its seemingly inevitable crisis and collapse. Reading - Part 2 - ''Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism'' (1974) by Perry Anderson

The hosts dive into Stafford Beer's critique of social institutions, emphasizing the need for systems that prioritize freedom. They explore concepts like autopoiesis, where systems sustain themselves, and discuss the challenge of transitioning from outdated structures to adaptive social frameworks. The conversation touches on the tension between revolutionary and reformist approaches, alongside the role of technology in amplifying information—or chaos. They also address how Beer’s ideas can inform the organization of socialist movements in a modern context.

This week's art is by Tom: https://www.instagram.com/thomasagreenwood/ Very special episode this week as we sat down with June Reith of General Intellect Unit to discuss systems theory, burning our Kautsky and left organization tactics! Reading: 'The Tree of Knowledge' by Maturana and Varela DISCORD: discord.gg/Ym8Bwmaz LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast

DISCORD: https://discord.gg/Ym8Bwmaz LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast This week Jack and Dan cover the first half of Anderson’s classic book on the transition to feudalism. They cover the rise of the slave mode of production in Antiquity from its initial emergence as a solution to class struggle in Greece to its peak during thee Roman Empire. Whilst this mode of production allowed the ancient states to reach stunning cultural heights it was also wracked with internal contradictions that would be its undoing. The eventual crisis was one of an under supply of slaves and whilst the eventual demise of Western Roman Empire was a protracted affair, when the invaders came, their fate was sealed by weaknesses stemming from the mode of production. According to Anderson a new synthesis developed over the next several centuries, a synthesis of two political economies in crisis and decay. It was the melding of Roman and Germanic ways of life that gave rise to the feudal mode of production. Reading - Part 1 - ''Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism'' (1974) by Perry Anderson

Alright, we're finally drawing some conclusions about the whole 'MILITANCY' thing. Universal conscription sounds scary...but what if it wasn't? Reading: Repression Breeds Resistance: The Black Liberation Army and the Radical Legacy of the Black Panther Party by Akinyele Umoja from "Setting Sights" (Scott Crow) Rittenhouse and white backlash by Daniel Lazare https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1373/rittenhouse-and-white-backlash/ Our gun rights too by Paul Demarty https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1374/our-gun-rights-too/