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144. Communism and Strategy | Isabelle Garo

Auxiliary Statements @auxstatements.bsky.social · 5d

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Two years on from October 7th, we dive into the history of Palestine as experienced by its people, as well as the political economy of Israel and its occupation.

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In which we answer the age-old question, just what does it mean for a text to be extremely French? Watching: Communism & Strategy (2023) by Isabelle Garo Send us a question, comment or valid concern

Auxiliary Statements @auxstatements.bsky.social · 19d

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Where we read Communism & Strategy by Isabelle Garo and consider her reinterpretation of Marx, specifically the Critique of the Gotha Program, and hassle the post-Marxists.

143. The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind | Mark Noll

Auxiliary Statements @auxstatements.bsky.social · Sep 12

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In which we attempt to lay a materialist history over the long, strange history of American Protestantism. Watching: The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (1994) by Mark A. Noll Send us a question, co

142. Hypernormalisation | Adam Curtis

Auxiliary Statements @auxstatements.bsky.social · Sep 12

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In which we read a history of American Evangelicalism and its tenuous relationship with intellectualism. Why did American Protestantism evolve into such a bizarre collection of denominations? What role did they play in America's bourgeois revolution? What's next?

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Auxiliary Statements @auxstatements.bsky.social · Aug 26

As per our usual late summer tradition, this is our last ep before a brief hiatus. See yas in three weeks instead of the usual two

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Auxiliary Statements @auxstatements.bsky.social · Aug 26

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Say what you will about this podcast, we keep up with the culture, which is why we're watching a nearly 10 year old documentary on Trump, AI and collective politics. Watching: Hypernormalisation (201

Auxiliary Statements @auxstatements.bsky.social · Aug 26

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Where we take a bit of a break, watch Hypernormalisation and mull over what it has to say about culture and collective politics in an age where everyone is clearly lying about everything.

141. Why the American Working Class is Different | Mike Davis

Auxiliary Statements @auxstatements.bsky.social · Aug 8

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In which we try to get away from the ultra-left stuff but find it vindicated by history once again :c Reading: Why the American Working Class is Different (1986) (from Prisoners of the American Dream

140. An Agroecological Europe in 2050 | Xavier Poux & Pierre-Marie Aubert

Auxiliary Statements @auxstatements.bsky.social · Aug 8

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Where we attempt to answer the age-old question "why is the American working class different?"

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Auxiliary Statements @auxstatements.bsky.social · Jul 25

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In which we make an effort to read something other than dense Marxology. Reading: An Agroecological Europe in 2050 (2018) by Xavier Poux & Pierre-Marie Aubert Send us a question, comment or valid co

139. Epitaph for the USSR: A clock without a spring | Christopher Arthur

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Auxiliary Statements @auxstatements.bsky.social · Jul 25

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In which we return to Agroecology; why it's one of the better models for sustainable agriculture, why it meshes so well with systems theory and socialism, and how our diets and ways of laboring would need to change if we're serious about saving our ecology.

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Auxiliary Statements @auxstatements.bsky.social · Jul 11

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In which we suss out this whole USSR thing. Reading: Epitaph for the USSR: A clock without a spring (1998) by Christopher J Arthur Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(a

Auxiliary Statements @auxstatements.bsky.social · Jul 11

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In which we talk about the USSR and are introduced to the idea of a "non-mode" of production. Does a mode have to be stable and capable of reproducing itself on its own? What does that mean for the transition to communism?

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138. The Future of Revolution | Jasper Bernes

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · Jun 28

The death toll of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza is now estimated at 100,000

The list is 1,227 pages long.

The first 11 pages are names of babies dead before the age of 6 months.

The first 381 pages are all children.

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On Monday of this week, Hamas' Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip published an updated list of those killed in the war, a 1,227-page chart, arranged from youngest to oldest. The Arabic-language document includes the deceased person's full name, the names of the father and grandfather, date of birth and ID number.
Unlike previous lists, this compilation notes the precise age of children who were under the age of one year when they were killed. Mahmoud al-Maranakh and seven more children died on the same day they were born. Four more children were killed on the day after they entered the world, five others lived to the age of two days. Not until page 11, following 486 names, does the name appear of the first child who was more than six months old when he was killed.

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Auxiliary Statements @auxstatements.bsky.social · Jun 27

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In which we read Jasper Bernes' The Future of Revolution and talked about communization, critiques of the GIK, and the difference between the "Test of value" and a fully functioning communist society.

137. An Inconvenient Truth | Al Gore

Auxiliary Statements @auxstatements.bsky.social · Jun 13

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In which we remember the good and sane bush years. Watching: An Inconvenient Truth (2006), Davis Guggenheim & Al Gore Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com

Auxiliary Statements @auxstatements.bsky.social · Jun 13

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Where we rewatch Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth as a jumping off point to discuss the now well and truly dead progressive bourgeois approach to climate activism, what a socialist climate pedagogy might look like, and the cultural zeitgeist of the Bush years.

136. Towards a Marxist-Anarchist Solidarity | Michael Löwy, Olivier Besancenot & David Campbell

Auxiliary Statements @auxstatements.bsky.social · May 30

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Turns out you need to do more than just read Murray Bookchin if you want to be friends with anarchists. Reading: Towards a Marxist-Anarchist Solidarity (2023) by Michael Löwy, Olivier Besancenot & Da

Auxiliary Statements @auxstatements.bsky.social · May 30

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In which is suss out the possible points of agreement & disagreement for a Marxist/Anarchist solidarity, banter about how anarchism has changed over history, and question both sides' theories of the state.

135. Bourgeois Revolution | Henry Heller

Auxiliary Statements @auxstatements.bsky.social · May 16

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In which brave Henry Heller saves the immortal science of Marxism from the unwarranted revisionism of W O K E political marxism. Reading:

Auxiliary Statements @auxstatements.bsky.social · May 16

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In which we read Henry Heller as he makes the case for the transition to capitalism as a process and not event, and as such defends the idea that the English, Dutch and French revolutions were not only all bourgeois but capitalist too.

Take that political marxists!

Auxiliary Statements @auxstatements.bsky.social · May 3

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