From Alpha To Omega

We finish our reading of Paul Cockshotts critique of the book and gather out thoughts.

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An emergency corona virus special with boys from General Intellect Unit on the human, political, and financial catastrophe that is upon us.....

Today we talk with Colestia, a radical left games designer about his work and the world of independent anti-capitalist gaming. You can check out his work at:

https://colestia.itch.io.

Credit to Matt who helped edit this episode.

We continue our reading of Paul Cockshotts critique of Mike MacNair's 'Revolutionary Strategy' book, and give sortition the once over.

Panelists:

C Derick Varn - Symptomatic Redness
Kyle - General Intellect Unit
Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats
Pouya - Machine Noise Expert

A very special Emancipation Network all-star panel with Ben Burgis of Zero Books discuss the recent poor showing by Bernie Sanders in the US primaries.

What does it mean for politics?
What does is mean for socialist/communist politics?
Is Jake actually a meme?

Listen to find out...

Since we finished the book in the previous episode, we now move on to Paul Cockshotts critique of the book, some of it very very good, some of it very very bad.

http://paulcockshott.co.uk/reality/polemic/notesonmcnair.pdf

Panelists:

C Derick Varn - Symptomatic Redness
Ezri - Swampside Chats
Kyle - General Intellect Unit
Pouya - Machine Noise Expert

This week we continue our interview with Daniel Finn about his new book ‘One Man’s Terrorist: A Political History of the IRA’. We discuss how the IRAs strategy evolved from a purely military to a political strategy, and the tactics and decision making along the way.

This week we welcome Daniel Finn to the show, to talk about his really excellent new book: ‘One Man’s Terrorist: A Political History of the IRA’. Daniel is currently a writer for Jacobin and has also previously worked for the New Left Review. The massive surge of Sinn Fein in the recent Irish General Election to become the most popular political party is the culmination of a long term strategy, which led the party from a point of political irrelevance in the south, to the brink of government. This clear example of long term strategic planning fits neatly into our recent reading group series on the necessary strategic reorientation needed by the revolutionary left.

This week we continue our reading of boss level Chapter 9: ’Republican Democracy’ and I lose the plot when it comes to Proportional Representation. This was, of course, recorded before the UK election, where Corbynism got hung drawn and quartered.

Panelists:

Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats
Sophie - Trans Trans Revolution

This week we continue our reading of boss level Chapter 9: ’Republican Democracy’ and talk all about the need to ditch bureaucratic centralism.

Panelists:
C Derick Varn - Pop The Left / Symptomatic Redness
Kyle - General Intellect Unit
Lexi Dog Robot - Swampside Chats
Pouya - Machine Noise Expert
Sophie - Trans Trans Revolution