From Alpha To Omega

We interview Prof. Adler about his 1990 paper 'Marx, Machines, and Skill'.

This is part one. In part two we discuss his 2019 book "The 99% Economy: How Democratic Socialism Can Overcome The Crises of Capitalism".

This week we continue our conversation with Anna Fielder about her recent book ‘Going  Into Labour: Childbirth in Capitalism’. Anna is a sociologist in the Midwifery Department, Auckland University of Technology and a former practicing midwife.

https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745349497/going-into-labour/

Book Project: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/
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This episode I’m delighted to welcome Anna Fielder to the podcast to talk about her recent book ‘Going  Into Labour: Childbirth in Capitalism’. Anna Fielder is a sociologist in the Midwifery Department, Auckland University of Technology  and a former practicing midwife.

https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745349497/going-into-labour/

Book Project: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Omega

This we continue with our discussion with Roger Arevalo to the podcast to talk about the Vanguard method, the brainchild of the British management consultant John Seddon.

Next week i will be giving a talk at the innaugral Complex Anarchism Symposium in Brussels, about a unifying value theory and cybernetics. You can find out more about the event here:
https://clea.research.vub.be/complex-anarchism-symposium-19-23-may-2025-in-brussels

Book Project: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Omega

This episode we welcome Roger Arevalo to the podcast to talk about the Vanguard method, the brainchild of the British management consultant John Seddon. Roger is an admirer of the Vanguard Method and argues for its applicability for a socialist economy.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/FromAlpha2Omega
Book Project: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

This we continue with our discussion with Matt Vidal about his recent book Management Divided: Contradictions of Labor Management, a marxist analysis of Lean production.

Book Project: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

This episode we welcome Matt Vidal to the podcast to talk about his recent book Management Divided: Contradictions of Labor Management, a marxist analysis of Lean production. Matt is a Reader in Sociology and Political Economy, in the Institute for International Management and Entrepreneurship at London's Loughborough University.

Management Divided: https://academic.oup.com/book/43073

This episode is a recording of a talk I recently gave to the Dutch marxist group ‘De Socialisten’ (https://socialisten.org/). The talk was titled ‘Cybernetic Socialism for the 21st Century’, and was in conjunction with INDEP, the International Network for Democratic Economic Planning (https://www.indep.network/).

Youtube Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWgBdhQOvfs

This episode is a recording of a talk I recently gave to the Dutch marxist group ‘De Socialisten’ (https://socialisten.org/). The talk was titled ‘Cybernetic Socialism for the 21st Century’, and was in conjunction with INDEP, the International Network for Democratic Economic Planning (https://www.indep.network/).

Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hkrjEdPUjNQht43i7QtWgrL0w_6aCzAb/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104947114006179117811&rtpof=true&sd=true

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHDM775B0nI

We give a detailed update on our book progress, replete with Q&A from the chat.

https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

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