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Episode 318: #032 Understanding Class Series
From Alpha To Omega - February 26, 2024 00:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsWe finish our discussion of Chapter 9 - “Is the Precariat a Class''. Da Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oNY1SPxFk0Xg-NndRJPh0l_cOWyLMOGY6rFhC0zGIyc/edit?usp=share_link Book Project: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2O...
Episode 317: #205 Book Update Livestream
From Alpha To Omega - January 08, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsDonal and I host a livestream where we talk all about the progress of our socialist planning book. https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/
Episode 316: #204 The Twilight of Unionism w/ Geoffrey Bell - Part 2 TEASER
From Alpha To Omega - December 11, 2023 00:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsWe continue our discussion with Geoffrey Bell about his book ‘The Twilight of Unionism: Ulster and Future of Northern Ireland’.
Episode 315: #203 The Twilight of Unionism w/ Geoffrey Bell - Part 1
From Alpha To Omega - December 10, 2023 00:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsThis week I am delighted to welcome Geoffrey Bell to the show, to discuss his book ‘The Twilight of Unionism: Ulster and Future of Northern Ireland’. Book Project: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/
Episode 314: #202 Rivalry & Central Planning w/ Donal
From Alpha To Omega - November 13, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsThis week Donal and myself discuss a really excellent book we recently read on the socialist calculation debate. The book is called Rivalry and Central Planning, and is written by the Austrian economist Don Lavoie. The Book Project: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/ Patreon: ...
Episode 313: #201 From the Commodity to Communism w/ Peter Åström
From Alpha To Omega - October 12, 2023 00:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsWe welcome Peter Åström to the podcast, to discuss an article he recently wrote for the Riff-Raff journal. Riff-raff describes itself as a ‘journal for a theoretical discussion of communism as a real movement’. The article: http://www.riff-raff.se/texts/en/the-commodity-and-communism...
Episode 312: #031 Understanding Class Series
From Alpha To Omega - September 13, 2023 00:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsWe continue our discussion of Chapter 9 - “Is the Precariat a Class''. Our socialist planning book project: theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com
Episode 311: #200 LL Men w/ Donal - Part 2 TEASER
From Alpha To Omega - August 23, 2023 00:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsWe continue our discussion of LL Mens "The Capitalist Nature of the 'Socialist' Countries: A Politico-Economic Analysis"
Episode 310: #199 LL Men w/ Donal - Part 1
From Alpha To Omega - August 20, 2023 00:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsToday Donal and myself discuss an amazing text by the little known Hong Kong based Left Communist L.L. Men. You can download the text from libcom.org here: https://libcom.org/article/ll-men-two-texts-defining-communist-programme The self-publishing friendly version of the pdf: https:...
Episode 309: #030 Understanding Class Series
From Alpha To Omega - August 06, 2023 00:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsWe start our discussion of Chapter 9 - “Is the Precariat a Class''. Book Project: theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com. The slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oNY1SPxFk0Xg-NndRJPh0l_cOWyLMOGY6rFhC0zGIyc/edit?usp=share_link
Episode 308: #029 Understanding Class Series
From Alpha To Omega - July 20, 2023 00:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsWe continue our discussion of Chapter 8 - “The Death of Class Debate''. Drunken Russian Miners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgnmWYy-9ds&ab_channel=JustBenii Socialist planning book: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/ Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oNY1SPxF...
Episode 307: #198 Critique of the Gotha Program w/ Prof. Peter Hudis
From Alpha To Omega - July 04, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsWe are delighted welcome back Prof. Peter Hudis to the show to talk about the introduction he wrote for the new edition of the Critique of the Gotha Program by PM Press. Critique of the Gotha Program (PM Press): https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1241 Book Project: https...
Episode 306: #197 Modelling Organisational Variety w/ Donal
From Alpha To Omega - June 08, 2023 00:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsWe welcome back Donal to the show, to talk about a paper he wrote for the new radical journal - The Black Lamp. The paper is called: ‘Viability Guided Decision Making: Modelling organisations using Viability Guided Decision Making’ It’s a very interesting paper which proposes a novel...
Episode 305: #028 Understanding Class Series
From Alpha To Omega - May 22, 2023 00:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsWe continue our discussion of Chapter 8 - “The Death of Class Debate''. The Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oNY1SPxFk0Xg-NndRJPh0l_cOWyLMOGY6rFhC0zGIyc/edit?usp=share_link
Episode 304: #196 The Mass Strike w/ Dr. Sara Swerdlyk
From Alpha To Omega - May 12, 2023 00:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsWe talk with Dr. Sara Swerdlyk about Rosa Luxemburg’s Mass Strike. Sara has a PhD from the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the Central European University and works for Between the Lines, a leftist book press based out of Toronto. https://btlbooks.com/
Episode 303: #027 Understanding Class Series
From Alpha To Omega - April 22, 2023 00:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsWe continue Chapter 8 - “The Death of Class Debate''. The Planning Book Project: http://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com The slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oNY1SPxFk0Xg-NndRJPh0l_cOWyLMOGY6rFhC0zGIyc/edit?usp=share_link
Episode 302: #026 Understanding Class Series
From Alpha To Omega - April 11, 2023 00:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsWe begin Chapter 8 - “The Death of Class Debate''. https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Omega Socialist Planning Book Project: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/ The slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oNY1SPxFk0Xg-NndRJPh0l_cOWyLMOGY6rFhC0zGIyc/edit?usp=share_link ...
Episode 301: #195 Otto Neurath and Socialist Planning w/ Prof Thomas Uebel - Part 2
From Alpha To Omega - March 28, 2023 00:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsWe continue our conversation with Professer Thomas Uebel to the show to talk all about Otto Neurath and his impact on economic theory, the socialist calculation debate, and socialist planning. Planning Book Website: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreo...
Episode 300: #194 Otto Neurath and Socialist Planning w/ Prof Thomas Uebel - Part1
From Alpha To Omega - March 23, 2023 14:49 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsThis week I’m really delighted to welcome Professer Thomas Uebel to the show to talk all about Otto Neurath and his impact on economic theory, the socialist calculation debate, and socialist planning. Professor Uebel was the editor of 'Otto Neurath - Economic Writings Selections 1904-1...
Episode 299: #193 Negotiated Coordination w/ Pat Devine Part 2 TEASER
From Alpha To Omega - February 23, 2023 00:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsPart two of our conversation with Pat Devine on his thoughts about socialist planning.
Episode 298: #192 Negotiated Coordination w/ Pat Devine Part 1
From Alpha To Omega - February 21, 2023 00:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsThis week I’m delighted to welcome Pat Devine to the show. Pat is an honorary research fellow at Manchester University and the author of ‘Democracy and Economic Planning: The Political Economy of a Self-Governing Society’. Planning Book Website: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/...
Episode 297: UNLOCKED! - The Venezuelan Communes w/ Cira Pascual Marquina - Pt 2
From Alpha To Omega - February 12, 2023 00:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsWe continue our discussion with Cira Pascual Marquina about the Venezuelan commune movement. Cira is a Political Science professor at the Universidad Bolivariana de Venezuela in Caracas and a writer and editor for Venezuela Analysis. El Panal Commune: https://venezuelanalysis.com/inte...
Episode 296: #025 Understanding Class Series
From Alpha To Omega - February 07, 2023 00:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsWe begin Chapter 7 - “The Ambiguities of Class in Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century''. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Omega Socialist Planning Book: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/ Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1H22tkE7UmVQWgRPC_vt3GpC...
Episode 295: #191 Reading Marx w/ Ed George Part 2 - TEASER
From Alpha To Omega - January 25, 2023 00:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsWe continue our discussion Ed George from the Ed George’s Reading Marx Blog. We talk about a paper Ed wrote about long waves in history and what they mean for revolutionary action. The paper we discuss: https://edgeorgesotherblog.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/through-what-stage-are-we-pas...
Episode 294: #190 Reading Capital w/ Ed George Part 1
From Alpha To Omega - January 23, 2023 00:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsThis week I’m delighted to welcome Ed George from the Ed George’s Reading Marx Blog. Ed’s blog is a great resource for anybody who is serious about trying to understand Marx’s work. https://readingmarx.wordpress.com/ Book project: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/
Episode 293: #024 Understanding Class Series
From Alpha To Omega - January 06, 2023 00:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsWe finish Chapter 6 - “Occupations as Microclasses''. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Omega The book project: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/ The slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mkSN9fmij-0ZhUnKaIcDaA7iDuQ7WSnscYIORth3HA8/edit?usp=share_link
Episode 292: #189 The Venezuelan Communes w/ Cira Pascual Marquina - Pt 2 - TEASER
From Alpha To Omega - December 23, 2022 00:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsWe continue our discussion with Cira Pascual Marquina about the Venezuelan commune movement. Cira is a Political Science professor at the Universidad Bolivariana de Venezuela in Caracas and a writer and editor for Venezuela Analysis. El Panal Commune: https://venezuelanalysis.com/inte...
Episode 291: #188 The Venezuelan Communes w/ Cira Pascual Marquina - Pt 1
From Alpha To Omega - December 22, 2022 00:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsWe welcome Cira Pascual Marquina to the show to talk about the Venezuelan commune movement. Cira is a Political Science professor at the Universidad Bolivariana de Venezuela in Caracas and a writer and editor for Venezuela Analysis. El Panal Commune: https://venezuelanalysis.com/inter...
Episode 290: #023 Understanding Class Series
From Alpha To Omega - December 14, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsWe continue our reading of Chapter 6 - “Occupations as Micro-classes'' Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Omega The book project: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/ The slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mkSN9fmij-0ZhUnKaIcDaA7iDuQ7WSnscYIORth3HA8/edit?usp=...
Episode 289: #022 Understanding Class Series
From Alpha To Omega - November 30, 2022 00:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsWe continue our reading of Chapter 6 - “Occupations as Microclasses'' Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Omega The book project: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/ The slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mkSN9fmij-0ZhUnKaIcDaA7iDuQ7WSnscYIORth3HA8/edit?usp...
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