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From Alpha To Omega
What is happening to our economy and our politics? Are we stuck forever in this corporate dystopia? What can we learn from the failures of radical politics over the last 100 years? Commandante Alpha talks in depth to experts from the fields of Political Economy, Politics, Science, Philosophy, Comple...
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Episode 335: #221 Unifying Marxism & Cybernetics
This is a re-recording of a talk I gave recently at the 'Complex Anarchism Symposium' in Brussels Belgium this May. I present some research from the b...
Episode 334: #220 Is Capitalism Giving Birth To Socialism? w/ Paul S. Adler
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We continue our discussion with Paul S. Adler, this time about his 2019 book “The 99% Economy: Ho...
Episode 333: #219 Does Capitalism Deskill Workers? w/ Paul S. Adler
We interview Prof. Adler about his 1990 paper 'Marx, Machines, and Skill'.
This is part one. In part two we discuss his 2019 book "The 99...
Episode 332: #218 Going Into Labour w/ Anna Fielder - Part 2
This week we continue our conversation with Anna Fielder about her recent book ‘Going Into Labour: Childbirth in Capitalism’. Anna is a sociologist i...
Episode 331: #217 Going Into Labour w/ Anna Fielder - Part 1
This episode I’m delighted to welcome Anna Fielder to the podcast to talk about her recent book ‘Going Into Labour: Childbirth in Capitalism’. Anna F...
Episode 330: #216 The Vanguard Method w/ Roger Arevalo Part 2
This we continue with our discussion with Roger Arevalo to the podcast to talk about the Vanguard method, the brainchild of the British management con...
Episode 329: #215 The Vanguard Method w/ Roger Arevalo Part 1
This episode we welcome Roger Arevalo to the podcast to talk about the Vanguard method, the brainchild of the British management consultant John Seddo...
Episode 328: #214 Marx Meets Lean w/ Matt Vidal - Part 2
This we continue with our discussion with Matt Vidal about his recent book Management Divided: Contradictions of Labor Management, a marxist analysis...
Episode 327: #213 Marx Meets Lean w/ Matt Vidal - Part 1
This episode we welcome Matt Vidal to the podcast to talk about his recent book Management Divided: Contradictions of Labor Management, a marxist anal...
Episode 326: #212 Cybernetic Socialism For The 21st Century: Q&A
This episode is a recording of a talk I recently gave to the Dutch marxist group ‘De Socialisten’ (https://socialisten.org/). The talk was titled ‘Cyb...
Episode 325: #211 Cybernetic Socialism For The 21st Century
This episode is a recording of a talk I recently gave to the Dutch marxist group ‘De Socialisten’ (https://socialisten.org/). The talk was titled ‘Cyb...
Episode 324: #210 Book Update Livestream w/ Donal
We give a detailed update on our book progress, replete with Q&A from the chat.
https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/
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Episode 323: Book Update Today!
Join us today @17:00 London Time, 1pm EST for a book update!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E63zMEeh6Tw
Episode 322: #209 The Toyota Production System - Part 2 w/ Donal
This week we have part-two of our discussion with my co-author Donal O’Coisdealbha on the Toyota Production System, and its implications for socialism...
Episode 321: #208 The Toyota Production System w/ Donal
This week we have the first of a two-parter with my co-author Donal O’Coisdealbha on the Toyota Production System, and its implications for socialism....
Episode 320: #207 Solving Socialist Planning w/ Tomas Härdin
This week we welcome Tomas Hardin to the show to talk about his thoughts on socialist planning. You can check out his blog “Tomas’ place in cyberspace...
Episode 319: #206 Reflections on Socialism w/ Nick Rogers
This week I am delighted to welcome Nick Rogers to the podcast to talk about his recent paper “Reflections on the Economics of Socialism” that he wrot...
Episode 318: #032 Understanding Class Series
We finish our discussion of Chapter 9 - “Is the Precariat a Class''.
Da Slides:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oNY1SPxFk0X...
Episode 317: #205 Book Update Livestream
Donal and I host a livestream where we talk all about the progress of our socialist planning book.
https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.co...
Episode 316: #204 The Twilight of Unionism w/ Geoffrey Bell - Part 2 TEASER
We continue our discussion with Geoffrey Bell about his book ‘The Twilight of Unionism: Ulster and Future of Northern Ireland’.
Episode 315: #203 The Twilight of Unionism w/ Geoffrey Bell - Part 1
This week I am delighted to welcome Geoffrey Bell to the show, to discuss his book ‘The Twilight of Unionism: Ulster and Future of Northern Ireland’.<...
Episode 314: #202 Rivalry & Central Planning w/ Donal
This week Donal and myself discuss a really excellent book we recently read on the socialist calculation debate. The book is called Rivalry and Centr...
Episode 313: #201 From the Commodity to Communism w/ Peter Åström
We welcome Peter Åström to the podcast, to discuss an article he recently wrote for the Riff-Raff journal. Riff-raff describes itself as a ‘journal fo...
Episode 312: #031 Understanding Class Series
We continue our discussion of Chapter 9 - “Is the Precariat a Class''.
Our socialist planning book project: theclasslesssocietyin...
Episode 311: #200 LL Men w/ Donal - Part 2 TEASER
We continue our discussion of LL Mens "The Capitalist Nature of the 'Socialist' Countries: A Politico-Economic Analysis"
Episode 310: #199 LL Men w/ Donal - Part 1
Today Donal and myself discuss an amazing text by the little known Hong Kong based Left Communist L.L. Men.
You can download the t...
Episode 309: #030 Understanding Class Series
We start our discussion of Chapter 9 - “Is the Precariat a Class''.
Book Project: theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com.
Episode 308: #029 Understanding Class Series
We continue our discussion of Chapter 8 - “The Death of Class Debate''.
Drunken Russian Miners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgnmWYy-...
Episode 307: #198 Critique of the Gotha Program w/ Prof. Peter Hudis
We are delighted welcome back Prof. Peter Hudis to the show to talk about the introduction he wrote for the new edition of the Critique of the Gotha P...
Episode 306: #197 Modelling Organisational Variety w/ Donal
We welcome back Donal to the show, to talk about a paper he wrote for the new radical journal - The Black Lamp. The paper is called:
‘Vi...
Episode 305: #028 Understanding Class Series
We continue our discussion of Chapter 8 - “The Death of Class Debate''.
The Slides:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/...
Episode 304: #196 The Mass Strike w/ Dr. Sara Swerdlyk
We talk with Dr. Sara Swerdlyk about Rosa Luxemburg’s Mass Strike. Sara has a PhD from the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the Cent...
Episode 303: #027 Understanding Class Series
We continue Chapter 8 - “The Death of Class Debate''.
The Planning Book Project:
http://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com
Episode 302: #026 Understanding Class Series
We begin Chapter 8 - “The Death of Class Debate''.
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Socialist Planning Book Project:<...
Episode 301: #195 Otto Neurath and Socialist Planning w/ Prof Thomas Uebel - Part 2
We continue our conversation with Professer Thomas Uebel to the show to talk all about Otto Neurath and his impact on economic theory, the socialist c...
Episode 300: #194 Otto Neurath and Socialist Planning w/ Prof Thomas Uebel - Part1
This week I’m really delighted to welcome Professer Thomas Uebel to the show to talk all about Otto Neurath and his impact on economic theory, the soc...
Episode 299: #193 Negotiated Coordination w/ Pat Devine Part 2 TEASER
Part two of our conversation with Pat Devine on his thoughts about socialist planning.
Episode 298: #192 Negotiated Coordination w/ Pat Devine Part 1
This week I’m delighted to welcome Pat Devine to the show. Pat is an honorary research fellow at Manchester University and the author of ‘Democracy an...
Episode 297: UNLOCKED! - The Venezuelan Communes w/ Cira Pascual Marquina - Pt 2
We continue our discussion with Cira Pascual Marquina about the Venezuelan commune movement. Cira is a Political Science professor at the Universidad...
Episode 296: #025 Understanding Class Series
We begin Chapter 7 - “The Ambiguities of Class in Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century''.
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