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Despite the GOP not having power in the White House or Congress, the American Right still have tremendous power and appear to be ascendent once again. The ELC crew is joined by Sam Adler-Bell and Matthew Sitman from the Know Your Enemy podcast to talk about the current state of the Right in America. Sam is a writer and co-host of the Know Your Enemy Podcast. Matthew Sitman is also a writer, co-host of the Know Your Enemy Podcast, and is on the editorial board of Dissent Magazine. Tune in to find out about the current landscape of the Right in America. Check out the Know Your Enemy podcast: https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemy Learn More About Know Your Enemy: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/arts/know-your-enemy-podcast.html Follow Sam Adler-Bell on Twitter: @SamAdlerBell Follow Matthew Sitman on Twitter: @MatthewSitman Follow Know Your Enemy on Twitter: @KnowYrEnemyPod Subscribe to Dissent Magazine, the sponsor of Know Your Enemy: https://www.dissentmagazine.org Follow us on Twitter: @ELCpod Sign up as a supporter at fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism or Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism to unlock bonus content! Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts!

In this first episode of interviewing socialist politicians, Jorge interviews Stephanie Gallardo, a Democratic Socialist running for U.S. Congress in Washington's 9th Congressional District. Stephanie is a Seattle native who is a teacher, union leader, and a DSA endorsed candidate for office. Stephanie's campaign is distinct from many running for office because she is running on an explicitly anti-imperialist platform. For her, being an anti-imperialist is personal for the U.S. intervention in Chile led to her family needing to escape the Pinochet regime. Furthermore, she is pro-Palestinian sovereignty and is as an abolitionist. Be sure to listen to this interview with Stephanie Gallardo. Check out Stephanie's campaign: https://www.electgallardo.com Donate to her campaign: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/stephanie-gallardo-for-congress-1 Follow Stephanie Gallardo on Twitter at: @ElectGallardo Follow us on Twitter: @ELCpod Sign up as a supporter at fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism or Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism to unlock bonus content! Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts!

In light of the current impasse and recent events in America, the ELC crew is joined by Marvin Gonzalez to talk about his new essay about how to think about our current "conjuncture". Marvin is the newest member of the National Political Committee of DSA, which is the highest national body of the organization. He is also the President of the Campaign Workers Guild, a labor union representing campaign workers. Furthermore, he has served on the Secretariat for DSA's International Committee and he was a member of the monumental DSA delegation to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Find out how you too can make sense of this trash-fire of a society we currently live in. Check out Marvin's essay: https://medium.com/@Sulliedsubjects/prolegomenon-to-any-current-conjectural-analysis-92deaa86a8b4 Learn More About DSA's International Committee: https://international.dsausa.org Join DSA's International Committee: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/dsa-international-committee-application Follow us on Twitter: @ELCpod Sign up as a supporter at fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism or Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism to unlock bonus content! Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts!

In this exciting conclusion to our series on State and Revolution, the ELC crew engages with Chapter 6, which is Lenin's summary of different arguments had by his contemporaries. Lenin dissects arguments made by reformist Marxists like Georgi Plekhanov and Karl Kautsky, contemporary anarchist thought, and "left Radicals" like Antonie Pannekoek. He simultaneously attacks those he calls opportunists like Kautsky, while distinguishing his position from those of Anarchists. What is the difference between Marxism and Anarchism? Why did Lenin leave State and Revolution unfinished? Jamie, Jorge, and Aaron discuss. Chapter 6: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch06.htm Epilogue: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/postscpt.htm Sign up as a "fan" on here or a patron at patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism to unlock bonus content and our Discord community, and to support the show!

The ELC crew finishes out Chapter 5 of State and Rev. In this EXCITING and HOTLY DEBATED passage, Lenin lays out his plan for transitioning from capitalism to communism via a transitional phase of "lower stage communism." In this phase, you still have to go to work and earn money but now your boss is the state, albeit a state whose foundational goal is its own death-by-withering. Only once the economic basis for that withering is achieved can we ascend to "higher-stage communism" a.k.a. FULL COMMUNISM, a stateless, classless society that runs "from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." Is this a good plan? What are the pros and cons? Jamie, Jorge, and Aaron discuss. Chapter 5: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch05.htm Sign up as a "fan" on here or a patron at patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism to unlock bonus content and our Discord community, and to support the show!

In their first ever CURRENT EVENTS episode, the ELC crew of Jamie, Aaron and Jorge take on various topics of the day, including Peter Thiel's Bitcoin meltdown and NYC mayor Eric Adams' love of crypto. Okay, so it's mostly about Bitcoin. What does it mean that various capitalists are having it out over this dumb new commodity? Follow us on Twitter: @ELCpod Sign up as a supporter at fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism or Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism to unlock bonus content and our Discord community! Jamie is throwing the after party for Eve 6's NYC tour date 5/4. Yes, really. DM for deets!

Here is a preview of Jorge, Aaron and Cheryl Rivera discussing the movie "The Batman". To listen to the full episode, be sure to subscribe on our fans.fm (https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism) or our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism). Check out Cheryl's publication Lux Magazine: https://lux-magazine.com

Jamie and Jorge are joined by guest Edward Ongweso Jr (@bigblackjacobin) and RETURNING HOST Aaron Thorpe (@paradoomer) to discuss the science fiction epic and pop culture phenomenon Dune. Tune in to hear the diametrically opposed opinions of Edward, who loved this movie, and Aaron, who hated this movie! Is Edward right and is this movie is a masterpiece? Or is Aaron correct that this movie should be fought in a fight? DISCLAIMER: There are massive spoilers for this movie and the Dune franchise in this episode. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!! Check out Edward's podcast and writings: https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills https://www.vice.com/en/contributor/edward-ongweso-jr Check out Aaron's other podcasts and writings: https://www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty http://patreon.com/strugglesession https://spacelight.substack.com

Jamie and Jorge discuss the first half of State & Revolution Chapter 5, "The Economic Basis of the Withering Away of the State." In this chapter, Lenin does the Full Monty and tells us how he believes the transition from capitalism to communism is likely to go, drawing from his interpretation of Marx and Engels. He insists throughout that, unlike the utopian socialists, he's presenting a theory that is grounded in "science." Do we buy it? Chapter 5: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch05.htm Sign up as a "fan" on here or a patron at patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism to unlock bonus content and our Discord community, and to support the show!

Here is a preview of Jamie, Jorge, and Leslie Lee discussing the movie "Being the Ricardos". To listen to the full episode, be sure to subscribe on our fans.fm (https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism) or our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism). Check out Leslie's podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/strugglesession