Boy revolutions can be a nasty business, eh? Especially that French one. It was kind of a pain in the neck, but once it was over it was a weight off of a lot of people's shoulders, am I right?

This week rotund podcast hosts Dan and Jack take a look at Marx's writings on the French Revolution in an effort to understand what political revolutions can and cannot accomplish. Is there ever a right time for revolution? Or will they always end in bloody tragedy?

Reading: "The French Revolution and the terror: the achievements and limits of political revolution" from The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx by Shlomo Avineri (1968)

47. Terror: Marx on the Limits of Political Revolution | Shlomo Avineri

The structure of the problem is unfolding.

Note: this was recorded before the post-COVID labor market, the new wave of labor organizing, and the resurgence of strikes. We like strikes.

“The Infrastructure of the Modern World”
from “A History of Separation”, Endnotes 4 (2015)

Mortal Science/Separation V

Separation V: Cartel Structures

We begin our close examination of the Critique of the Gotha Program with Constance.

#156 - Close Reading: Critique of the Gotha Program (Part 1)

Dan & Jack spend an hour trying to explain the show's title and we get a little visit from an old friend - Ralph Miliband.

Reading: Marxism and Politics by Ralph Miliband (1977), Chapter I: Introduction

Introduction

Post-peasant commies Dan and Jack read over bits of theory each week in an effort to understand the worldwide state of socialism.

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47. Terror: Marx on the Limits of Political Revolution | Shlomo Avineri

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