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156. Theory of the Party | Phil Neel Historical party, formal party, communist party....it's all a party to me, brother. Reading: 'Theory of the Party' (2025) by Phil Neel Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatemen

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In which we talk about Phil Neel's Theory of the Party, and banter about the historical, formal and communist variants of the party

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155. Eugene & Howard Odum and the Limits of American Agroecology | Mark Glen Madison Turns out socialism, cybernetics and agroecology might actually just be the same thing Reading: 'Potatoes Made of Oil': Eugene and Howard Odum and the Origins and Limits of American Agroecology (1997

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Where we talk about the Odum brothers, ecologists who mapped ecosystems and farms as a series of energy circuits. Has more to do with socialism than you'd think, I promise

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154. The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky | Vladimir Lenin Kautsky? More like crapsky. Reading: The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky (1918) by Vladimir Lenin Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com DISC

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Where we talk about that guy from that revolution, and that other guy who disagreed with him.

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153. Workers' Councils | Anton Pannekoek We've finally done it. We finally read one half of worker's councils. Reading: Workers' Councils (1942) by Anton Pannekoek Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail

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Where we finally get around to reading (the first half of) Workers' Councils by Anton Pannekoek and you know what? Pretty good!

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152. The Continuing Appeal of Nationalism | Fredy Perlman You know what, this one wasn't that good. Reading: The Continuing Appeal of Nationalism (1984) by Fredy Perlman Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com DISCOR

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You know what, this essay was a bit of a miss but it was nice to talk about it anyway.

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151. Tariff Dossier | Heatwave Kyle Tucker is a Los Angeles Dodger. Reading: Tariff Dossier (2025) edited by Heatwave Magazine, with contributions from Chuang, Jamie Merchant, Clearinghouse, Réalité, Raffaele Sciortino, Conatus Ed

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Where we read through @htwvmag.bsky.social's Tariff Dossier and talk about the economic policy of the Trump admin and how the international order is changing in its wake.

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150. The Long, Slow Death of Global Development | David Oks & Henry Williams Turns out that large scale collapse we've all been worried about might have already happened. Reading: The Long, Slow Death of Global Development (2022) by David Oks & Henry Williams Send us a quest

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Where we have a discussion about why the dream of capitalist development has not just slowed but reversed for much of the global population, and why that large scale collapse we’re all worried about may have already happened.

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149. The Contradictions of Global Migration | Adam Hanieh Why does it seem as though every political issue is being filtered through the issue of immigration? What does this say about the historical mission of socialism? Let us know when you figure it out.

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Where we talk through a political economy of modern immigration politics: why every issue seems to be filtered through the issue of migrants and what that means for an international socialism.

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148. Historical Capitalism | Immanuel Wallerstein With winter on its way we figured what better way to warm our hearts than getting back into the debates around the origin of capitalism? Reading: Historical Capitalism (1983) by Immanuel Wallerstein

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147. Thoughts on the Fundamental Principles & the GIC | Angry Workers, Hermann Lueer & Ian Wright In which we return to the plan for communism put together by the Group of International Communists and discuss several critiques made against its proposals. Reading: Thoughts on the ‘Fundamental Prin

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With winter on its way, we figured what better way to warm our hearts than getting back into the debates around the origin of capitalism?

This time, we look at Immanuel Wallerstein's classic Historical Capitalism.

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147. Thoughts on the Fundamental Principles & the GIC | Angry Workers, Hermann Lueer & Ian Wright In which we return to the plan for communism put together by the Group of International Communists and discuss several critiques made against its proposals. Reading: Thoughts on the ‘Fundamental Prin

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Where we read through some critiques of the Fundamental Principles & the GIC, discuss what defines a mode of production, and what it means for that production to be stable and reactive.

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INDEP online Talk with CibCom - on Cybernetics, Planning and Democracy
INDEP online Talk with CibCom - on Cybernetics, Planning and Democracy YouTube video by INDEP - Network for Democratic Economic Planning

📺 You can now watch our INDEP talk, where we introduce the basic ideas of our group: anti-sectarianism, Marxism, cybernetics, planning, democracy and... solarpunk! 🌞
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Yes the world is falling apart but the dodgers are this close to proving hilferding right!!

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In no way did the dodgers deserve that lmao

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146. Labour, Nationality & Religion | James Connolly What flag is the right flag for communists to fly? What attitude should we have towards nationalism and religion? Do we all just need to relax a bit? Reading: Labour, Nationality & Religion (1910) by

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Where we read some James Connolly, discuss his way of viewing Marxism as a method not a dogma, and talk all about the Irish flag.

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thoroughly enjoying watching the dodgers ruin baseball rn

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145. Historical Landmarks in the War on Palestine | Rashid Khalidi & Shir Hever In which we discuss the nature of the colonization of Palestine by the West and the fraught state the settler colony of Israel has found itself in after years of violence and economic crisis. Watchin

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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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