How We Do It

How We Do It

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How We Do It episodes

  • The Transatlantic Left Prepares for Power w/ Joe Guinan
    This week, Adam is joined by Joe Guinan to discuss the prospects of the emergent "transatlantic left" forming around the Corbyn and Sanders projects. Joe is a co-author (with Christine Berry) of People Get Ready: Preparing for a Corbyn Government (OR Books: 2018) and the director of the Next System Project, which has been on the forefront of developing a new politics and policy for a post-neoliberal society.
    In this fascinating interview, Joe outlines historical lessons of how the Corbyn and Sanders projects might "reverse engineer" the neoliberal transformation of the 1980s (but for socialist gain!) as well as how to avoid the pitfalls of previous attempts to nationalize industries and forge democratic economies.
    What can the left learn from the Thatcherites?
    How do we avoid the mistakes made by the postwar Labour government?
    What kind of left do we need to deliver a successful post-neoliberal transformation?
    Tune in and find out!
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    1 hr 5 min
  • Political Economy vs. Culturalism w/ Douglas Lain [B-Side]
    Doug Lain, host of Zero Squared podcast, joins us for the B-Side to talk about a long-standing debate: political economy or culture? Materialism or idealism? We pick a side (and we think you should too).
    This turned into a really productive chat. We think you'll enjoy it.
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    14 min
  • Fighting Corporate Control of the Means of Communication w/ Douglas Lain
    Douglas Lain of Zero Squared Podcast and Zero Books joins Adam in conversation today to discuss the development of “platform capitalism,” specifically as it relates to the increasing control exerted by mega-platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter over the means of communication.
    We discuss a recent act of censorship on the Zero Books YouTube channel and wonder whether this might be a harbinger of things to come re: online media platforms and censorship of political content. We close out our discussion by musing over the notion of "platform capitalism" and draw some historical parallels with previous movements that reclaimed the privatized commons for the masses.
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    1 hr 8 min
  • [B-Side] The Faux-Logic Fetishism of Ayn Rand and Leon Trotsky w/ Ben Burgis
    Ben Burgis joins us for the B-Side to tell us what Leon Trotsky and Ayn Rand have in common with respect to their approach to logic. Ben and Adam go deep into the weeds about Trotskyist sectariana but bring it home with an assessment of the argumentative state of the left and how we should address debates and disputes moving forward.
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    8 min
  • Destroying Opponents with Logic and Reason w/ Ben Burgis
    Ben Burgis joins us this week to teach you how to destroy your opponents with logic and reason — j/k. Instead, we’ll attempt a perhaps even more laughable aim, which is to convince you that the left needs to reclaim *actual* logic for itself rather than ceding this territory to rightwing pundits who haven’t the slightest clue what they’re talking about. 


    Adam was initially skeptical but was converted after reading the book — maybe you can be converted, too. Tune it for more!


    -Learn more about the book: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/44903309-give-them-an-argument


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    1 hr 9 min
  • DSA and the Democratic Road to Socialism w/ Meagan Day [TEASER]
    For this week's B-Side, Meagan Day joins us once again to discuss the democratic road to socialism and the Democratic Socialists of America. She shares her thoughts on non-reformist reforms, the Bernie campaign, AOC, and Bay Area DSA's growth in the midst of the Jovanka Beckles campaign and the Oakland teachers strike.
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    14 min
  • Building Socialism with and Beyond Bernie w/ Meagan Day
    Meagan Day, staff writer at Jacobin Magazine, joins us to talk about the immense challenges, dilemmas, and opportunities presented to us by the Bernie wave. We address some recent controversy kicked up by her some of her articles that are critical of Elizabeth Warren, and assess the chances of Joe Biden in the long haul of the Democratic Party primary.
    Bernie needs us, and we need him to further this wave into a meaning socialist agenda. Tune in to hear more.
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    1 hr 5 min
  • Privilege Theory vs. the Underprivileged w/ Zaid Jilani
    Zaid Jilani joins us to discuss a recent study that raises serious doubts about the ability of “privilege theory” to fight the oppressive dynamics of capitalist society. We discuss privilege theory, talk about its failures and its inability to capture the complexities of life, exploitation, and oppression, and then offer some socialist solutions.
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    Zaid’s articles can be found here:
    -“What Happens When You Educate Liberals About White Privilege?” https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/what_happens_when_you_educate_liberals_about_white_privilege
    

-“What Does Teaching ‘White Privilege’ Actually Accomplish? Not What You Might Think (Or Hope),” https://quillette.com/2019/05/23/what-does-teaching-white-privilege-actually-accomplish-not-what-you-might-think-or-hope/
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    1 hr 4 min
  • [B-Side] Russiagate, Anti-Imperialism, and Patron Q&A
    Sean Guillory joins us for the B-Side. We continue our discussion of Russiagate, the liberal obsession with Russia, and the nature of Putin's power. Next, we answer some excellent questions from patrons and briefly discuss Sean's essay (co-authored with Rafael Khachaturian) "Mapping the American Left."
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    The essay can be downloaded here [will prompt an immediate download]: http://www.socofpower.ranepa.ru%2Ffiles%2Fdocs%2F4_2018%2F5.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0JWOv6suG2o4x_4CoiUJR5
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    8 min
  • Russiagate, Shock Therapy, and the Fall of the Soviet Union w/ Sean Guillory
    Sean Guillory from Sean's Russia House Podcast joins us this week to talk about Russiagate and the legacy of the collapse of the Soviet Union in Russia. So many newly-minted "experts" on Russia in the mainstream press, and yet general knowledge about the recent political history of Russia is at an all-time low. Sean Guillory is here to help!
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    1 hr 19 min

About How We Do It

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Democratic-socialist strategy, mass and class politics.