From Alpha To Omega

We battle through the Trot-smorgasbord that is the end of Chapter 8: ’Political Consciousness’. Sophie puts Lexi on the leash.... Panelists: Kyle - General Intellect Unit Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats Pouya - Machine nose expert Sophie - Trans Trans Revolution

We continue our march through Chapter 8: ’Political Consciousness’ and discuss why we shouldn’t just do what the Russians did. Word. Panelists: C Derick Varn - Symptomatic Redness Kyle Thompson - General Intellect Unit Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats Pouya - Philosopher of Science Sophie - Trans Trans Revolution

This week we continue our mega-intense reading of Chapter 8: ’Political Consciousness’ and riff poetical on historical materialism and markov chains. The panelists are: C Derick Varn - Symptomatic Redness Kyle - General Intellect Unit Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats Pouya - Lord of the Serfs Sophia - Trans Trans Revolution

On the latest patreon only episode we discuss the political economy of the Soviet Union and what we can learn from the failures of the Russian revolution with Jack Conrad of the Weekly Worker.

This week we read more of Chapter 8: 'Political Consciousness' talk about the importance of a functioning international and go in hard on Lenin’s strategic errors. The panelists are: Kyle - General Intellect Unit Lexi - Swampside Chats Pouya - Lord of the Serfs

This week we continue with Chapter 8: ’Political Consciousness’ and get into the weeds on the role of the international and critique Lenin’s revolutionary strategy. The panelists are: Kyle - General Intellect Unit Lexi - Swampside Chats Pouya - Lord of the Serfs

This week we continue with Chapter 8: ’Political Consciousness’ and riff some more on the elusive party form. The panelists are: C Derick Varn - Symptomatic Redness Kyple - General Intellect Unit Lexi - Swampside Chats Puoya - Machine Noise Expert Sophie - Swampside Chats

This week we welcome James to the show, a long time listener and patron who I met recently at the CPGB Communist University this summer. We give a thorough analysis of the event, our thoughts on the talks, the people we met there, and our overall general impression. For those unaware, Mike MacNair, whose book ‘Revolutionary Strategy’ we are currently studying on the podcast, is a member of the CPGB. He gave a number of talks related to the book, and was where I got to sit down with him to talk about brexit for the recent episodes.

We continue our conversation with Mike MacNair on Brexit, the history of the UK’s role in the EU, and what he expects to happen in the coming weeks and months. Apologies for the fridge sounds in the background

This week we welcome back Mike MacNair to the show. We caught up at the recent CPGB Communist university and sat down to talk about the history of the UK’s role in the EU, Brexit, and why he considers himself an ex-Trot.

This week we start the penultimate chapter, Chapter 8: ’Political Conciousness’ and are greeted by the four horsemen of the apocalypse. The panelists are: Sophie - Trans Trans Revolution Pouya - Machine Noise Expert Kyle - General Intellect Unit Lexi - Swampside Chats Derick Varn - Symptomatic Redness

This week we finish the long march through Chapter 7: ‘The Workers Government Slogan’. Only two chapters to go! Panelists: C. Derick Varn - Symptomatic Redness Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats Pouya - Machine Noise Expert Sophie - Trans Trans Revolution

We continue our trawl through Chapter 7: ‘The Workers Government Slogan’ and deal with the concepts of the United Front and the Workers Goverment. We also discuss Pouya's ability to turn tricks in Detroit, or the lack thereof.

This week we continue continue with Chapter 7: ‘The Workers Government Slogan’ and talk inevitably leads to the philosophical and sociological world of toilets. Zizek, bedamned! The panelists are: C Derick Varn - Symptomatic Redness Kyle Thomspon - General Intellect Unit Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats Pouya - Machine noise expert

This week start afresh with Chapter 7: ‘The Workers Government Slogan’ and discuss the revolutionary potential of toilets. Great hilarity ensues. The panelists are: C. Derick Varn - Symptomatic Redness Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats Pouya - Machine noise expert