Demarchic Communism Podcast

By sashazeramesha

Studying the intersection of communist and democratic theory based on the hypothesis that they are interdependent and that demarchy is necessary to realize both communism and real democracy.... more

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about Demarchic Communism Podcast:

How many episodes does Demarchic Communism Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 18 episodes available.

Demarchic Communism Podcast episodes:

July 29, 2025 17. Real Democracy Will Require Revolution
Shaunsky and Sasha read a short essay by Sasha: "Real Democracy Will Require Revolution." https://tinyurl.com/352md9a3

If you would like to contribute to the project, or have questions, criticisms, comments, or suggestions, contact us at [email protected].
Contact Sasha directly on Bluesky @demarchicroad.bsky.social
or on twitter @demarchiccommie.

Intro music: "District Four" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Outro music: "RetroFuture Nasty" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
...more
1h 37min
April 04, 2025 16: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 by David Graeber, chapter 3, part 4
Shaunsky and Sasha finish reading chapter 3 of David Graeber's The Democracy Project, "The Mob Begin to Think and to Reason: The Covert History of Democracy."
https://astudygroup.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/the-democracy-project.pdf

If you would like to contribute to the project, or have questions, criticisms, comments, or suggestions, contact us at [email protected].
Contact Sasha directly on Bluesky @demarchicroad.bsky.social
or on twitter @demarchiccommie.

Intro music: "District Four" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Outro music: "RetroFuture Nasty" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
...more
1h 32min
March 31, 2025 15: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 by David Graeber, chapter 3, part 3
Red, Shaunsky, and Sasha continue reading in David Graeber's The Democracy Project, chapter 3 "The Mob Begin to Think and to Reason: The Covert History of Democracy."
https://astudygroup.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/the-democracy-project.pdf

If you would like to contribute to the project, or have questions, criticisms, comments, or suggestions, contact us at [email protected].
Contact Sasha directly on Bluesky @demarchicroad.bsky.social
or on twitter @demarchiccommie. Find Red on twitter @ComradeRed49.

Intro music: "District Four" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Outro music: "RetroFuture Nasty" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
...more
1h 14min
February 02, 2025 14: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 by David Graeber, Chapter 3, Part 2
Shaunsky and Sasha continue reading in David Graeber's The Democracy Project, chapter 3 "The Mob Begin to Think and to Reason: The Covert History of Democracy."
https://astudygroup.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/the-democracy-project.pdf

If you would like to contribute to the project, or have questions, criticisms, comments, or suggestions, contact us at [email protected].
Contact Sasha directly on Bluesky @demarchicroad.bsky.social
or on Twitter @demarchiccommie.
Intro music: "District Four" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Outro music: "RetroFuture Nasty" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
...more
58min
December 31, 2024 13: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 by David Graeber, Chapter 3, Part 1
Shaunsky, Red, and Sasha begin reading David Graeber's The Democracy Project.
https://astudygroup.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/the-democracy-project.pdf

If you would like to contribute to the project, or have questions, criticisms, comments, or suggestions, contact us at [email protected].
Contact Sasha directly on Bluesky @demarchicroad.bsky.social
or on Twitter @demarchiccommie.
Intro music: "District Four" by Kevin MacLeod
Outro music: "Warpath" by Drezus
https://drezus.bandcamp.com/track/warpath-2

...more
1h 22min
December 12, 2024 12: "Can We Go Forward If We Fear To Advance Towards Socialism?" -Lenin
Shaunsky and Sasha read "Can We Go Forward If We Fear To Advance Towards Socialism?" which is the 11th chapter (of 13) of Lenin's pamphlet The Impending Catastrophe and How to Combat It.
Text available at Marxists Internet Archive at https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/ichtci/11.htm#v25zz99h-360
If you would like to contribute to the project, or have questions, criticisms, comments, or suggestions, contact us at [email protected].
Contact Sasha directly on Bluesky @demarchicroad.bsky.social
or on Twitter @demarchiccommie.
Intro music: "District Four" by Kevin MacLeod
Outro music: "RetroFuture Nasty" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
...more
42min
December 11, 2024 11: 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺, Part 2, Lesson 4 (cont'd)
Shaunsky, Red, and Sasha finish up Lesson 4 of Araling Aktibista.

If you would like to contribute to the project, or have questions, criticisms, comments, or suggestions, contact us at [email protected].

Activist Study (Araling Aktibista) can be found at https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/S22-Activist-Study-ARAK-4th-Printing.pdf

Contact Sasha directly on Bluesky @demarchicroad.bsky.social
or on Twitter @demarchiccommie.
Intro music: "District Four" by Kevin MacLeod
Outro music: "RetroFuture Nasty" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

...more
1h 16min
November 16, 2024 10: 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺, Part 1, Lessons 3 & 4
Red and Sasha discuss Activist Study from the Communist Party of the Philippines, Lesson 3, "The Mass Line" and the first part of Lesson 4, "Democratic Centralism."

If you would like to contribute to the project, or have questions, criticisms, comments, or suggestions, contact us at [email protected].

Activist Study (Araling Aktibista) can be found at https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/S22-Activist-Study-ARAK-4th-Printing.pdf

Contact Sasha directly on Bluesky @demarchicroad.bsky.social
or on Twitter @demarchiccommie.
Intro music: "District Four" by Kevin MacLeod
Outro music: "Lookin' Up" by The Bar (Bambu and Prometheus Brown)
...more
1h 17min
October 05, 2024 9: "What If We Selected Our Leaders By Lottery?" by Alpa Shah, Part 4
Red, Shaunsky, and Sasha finish reading Alpa Shah's article "What If We Selected Our Leaders by Lottery? Democracy by Sortition, Liberal Elections, and Communist Revolutionaries."

Article available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/dech.12651.
If you would like to contribute to the project, or have questions, criticisms, comments, or suggestions, contact us at [email protected].

Contact Sasha directly on Bluesky @demarchicroad.bsky.social
or on Twitter @demarchiccommie.
Intro music: "District Four" by Kevin MacLeod

Outro music: "What Are We" by Savage Family

...more
1h 19min
September 27, 2024 8: "What If We Selected Our Leaders By Lottery?" by Alpa Shah, Part 3
Red, Shaunsky, and Sasha continue with part 3 of Alpa Shah's article "What If We Selected Our Leaders by Lottery? Democracy by Sortition, Liberal Elections, and Communist Revolutionaries."

Article available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/dech.12651.
If you would like to contribute to the project, or have questions, criticisms, comments, or suggestions, contact us at [email protected].

Contact Sasha directly on Bluesky @demarchicroad.bsky.social
or on Twitter @demarchiccommie.
Intro music: "District Four" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Outro music: "RetroFuture Nasty" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

...more
1h 15min

FAQs about Demarchic Communism Podcast:

How many episodes does Demarchic Communism Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 18 episodes available.