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)

Well here it is, the episode no one asked for. A three hour plunge into the first section of Alan Moore's masterpiece Jerusalem.

Reading: Prelude "A Work in Progress" & Book One: The Boroughs from Jerusalem (2016) by Alan Moore

Chapter discussion timestamps:
Prelude - 12:03
A Host of Angles - 36:00
ASBOs of Desire - 50:48
Rough Sleepers - 1:14:10
X Marks the Spot - 1:32:56
Modern Times - 1:49:34
Blind, but Now I See - 1:59:50
Atlantis - 2:15:28
Do as You Darn Well Pleasey - 2:27:18
The Breeze That Plucks Her Apron - 2:38:47
Hark! The Glad Sound! - 2:52:28
Choking on a Tune - 3:01:05

Resources:
Jerusalem Annotated - https://alanmoorejerusalem.wordpress.com/alan-moore-annotations-index/
Matthew Kirshenblatt essays - http://sequart.org/magazine/64975/a-journey-through-alan-moores-jerusalem-work-in-progress/

Songs:
"And Did Those Feet In Ancient Time"
"Hark! The Glad Sound!"
"Amazing Grace"
"Do As You Darn Well Please-y"
"Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)"

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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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