317. The Art and Science of Communism, Part 1 (ft. Nick Chavez, Phil Neel)
This Machine Kills
English - February 10, 2024 21:18 - 1 hour - 177 MBTechnology Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This is the first part of our giant chat with Nick Chavez and Phil Neel about their new essay published by Endnotes – Forest and Factory – which offers a truly magnificent argument for how to confront the daunting task of overcoming capitalism, for how to imagine the seemingly impossible alternatives of a non-capitalist society, and for how to build the necessary reality of a communist society. A communism that not only functions, but flourishes by lifting humanity out of the pits of hell known as capital and advancing a model of life based on free time, free association, and free abundance of everything needed and desired. Their essay is not merely another case of magical realism – wishing for utopia and ignoring the hard parts – rather it offers a serious, scientific, and specific analysis of communist construction.
••• Forest and Factory: The Science and the Fiction of Communism | Nick Chavez, Phil Neel https://endnotes.org.uk/posts/forest-and-factory
••• Order a zine of the essay here https://shop.haters.life/products/forest-and-factory-zine-2-pack
••• Follow Nick https://twitter.com/DFManufracture
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