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Building on the discussions of the State in Chapter Two and Three, Lenin further interrogates the relationship of the State with socialist revolution. Unlike previous chapters, Lenin decides to draw from Engels rather than Marx for a variety of topics regarding the State, such as the "planlessness" of capitalism, how socialists should view the liberal democratic republic, how Engels argued for Democratic Centralism, and how to "overcome" democracy. We have decided to split this chapter into two halves given this is the longest chapter in State and Revolution. This is the second half of our discussion on this chapter! Chapter 4: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch04.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!

Building on the discussions of the State in Chapter Two and Three, Lenin further interrogates the relationship of the State with socialist revolution. Unlike previous chapters, Lenin decides to draw from Engels rather than Marx for a variety of topics regarding the State, such as how to house workers under a dictatorship of the proletariat and how Anarchism differs from Marxism. We have decided to split this chapter into two halves given this is the longest chapter in State and Revolution. Stay tuned for part 2! Chapter 4: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch04.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 Jake Flores discussing the movie "Don't Look Up". 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).

After some necessary detours to learn about the Paris Commune and, um, the Gucci family, Jamie and Jorge return to State and Rev for a deep dive on Chapter 3. Drawing from the experience of the Paris Commune, Lenin explains the necessity of smashing the bourgeois state machinery and replacing it with a "dictatorship of the proletariat," a.k.a. the proletariat organized as the ruling class. What does this mean? What does it look like? Can the state really just wither away? J+J discuss. Chapter 3: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch03.htm#s3 Viewpoint Mag article referenced by Jamie: https://viewpointmag.com/2014/10/12/the-ends-of-the-state/ 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!

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Jamie and Jorge conclude their mini-series on the Paris Commune, explaining why the Paris Commune mattered, how women were an integral part of it, and how the Commune got crushed by the French government. Tune in to our next episode for the reason we are making you learn this history: Chapter 3 of Lenin's "The State and Revolution." Stay tuned for our bonus episode on “House of Gucci”, which will be out for patrons later this week! The content of the episode draws from Massacre: The Life and Death of the Paris Commune by John Merriman and Socialist Women during the 1871 Paris Commune by Eugene Schulkind New Yorker review of the book (warning: cope and seethe): https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/22/fires-paris Produced and Edited by Paul (@aufhebenkultur) Intro: Everybody Hates Chris theme song. Image: Young Communards in Prison by Gustave Courbet Sign up as a Comrade to support the show at https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism or https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism

In the inaugural episode of their pop culture series, Jamie and Jorge take a break from the history books to discuss the hit HBO show "Succession." Why do communists love a show about the haute bourgeoisie? The crew breaks down how this dark family drama reflects our late capitalist reality. (Contains spoilers up through season 3, episode 3.) Note: This series is going to be bonus content for patrons, so enjoy the free sample and sign up as a patron if you want the rest!

Jamie and Jorge continue their mini-series on the Paris Commune, recounting events up until the communards expelled the national government's army from the city. Tune in next week for the thrilling conclusion, and the week after next for the reason we are making you learn this history: Chapter 3 of Lenin's "The State and Revolution." For something completely different, stay tuned for our bonus episode on HBO's "Succession"! The content of the episode draws from Massacre: The Life and Death of the Paris Commune by John Merriman. New Yorker review of the book (warning: cope and seethe): https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/22/fires-paris Produced and Edited by Paul (@aufhebenkultur) Intro: Everybody Hates Chris theme song. Image: Late 19th century illustration of women defending barricades in North Paris Sign up as a Comrade to support the show!

Jamie and Jorge begin their mini-series on the Paris Commune. They start by recapping the events leading up to the Franco-Prussian War and explain what life was like during the Second French Empire. Tune in to to this mini-series to understand this history and why Lenin thought it was so important to address in Chapter Three of The State and Revolution. The content of the episode draws from Massacre: The Life and Death of the Paris Commune by John Merriman. New Yorker Review of the book: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/22/fires-paris Produced and Edited by Paul (@aufhebenkultur) Intro: Everybody Hates Chris theme song. Image: The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning by Camille Pissarro Sign up as a Comrade to support the show!

Jamie and Jorge discuss the second chapter of Lenin's The State and Revolution titled "The Experience of 1848-51." How did Marx and Engels conceive of the State before the February Revolution of 1848? How does the bourgeois State operate? How did their conception of the State change over time? What is the Dictatorship of the Proletariat? Why must it both "wither away" and be used to defend socialist construction? Why is the mere acceptance of class struggle in society not enough, according to Lenin? The crew examines all of these questions and applies them to our contemporary situation. The State and Revolution, Chapter Two: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch02.htm Produced and Edited by Paul (@aufhebenkultur) Intro: Everybody Hates Chris theme song. Sign up as a Comrade to support the show! NOTE: There is a bit of repetition near the beginning. This is due to the episode being recorded over separate sessions. The listener may notice an improvement in audio quality when Jorge speaks. We hope you appreciate this change.