Will and Aaron read Mao's "On Contradiction" and discuss the correctness of action, the lib/left coalition, and why no one wants to be Trotsky.

Music by Sisyphus Happy.

In the penultimate Capital episode, Will and Aaron continue reading Dr. Karl Marx's seminal work, Capital, Volume One, covering chapters 15-22 and discussing the magnitude of surplus value, piece wages vs. time wages, and why Marx hated Bentham so damn much.

Patria o Muerte!

In celebration of the anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, Will and Aaron read Che Guevara's Guerrilla Warfare, discussing the applicability of guerrilla warfare in the modern age, "the role of the woman" in revolutionary politics, and why tractor repair may just be the next wave of revolutionary organization.

All music by Sisyphus Happy, with the exception of the closing song: "Para Nosotros Siempre Es 26" by Carlos Puebla.

Will and Aaron continue the long journey of reading Dr. Karl Marx's Capital, discussing AI and mechanization, "luxury" goods and class antagonism, and how Door Dashers are the real heroes.

Music by Sisyphus Happy.

Will and Aaron return to Joseph Stalin through his essay "The Foundations of Leninism", discussing socialism in one country, bottom-up recall vs. top-down purges, and why Lenin was a boss husband.

All music by Sisyphus Happy.

Will and Aaron read chapters 10 and 11 from Dr. Karl Marx's Capital, Volume One and discuss productivity, the distinction between historical and capitalist modes of cooperation, and why The Golden Bachelor is cool.

Music by Sisyphus Happy.

Will and Aaron read Marco Maurizi's Beyond Nature and discuss animal liberation, veganism as an extension of Marxism, and why calling cops pigs is an insult to pigs everywhere.

All music by Sisyphus Happpy.

Will and Aaron continue reading Dr. Karl Marx's seminal work, Capital, discussing surplus value, lunch breaks, and journeying into the vast abstract of Marx's mindscape.

Happy (belated) May Day!

All music by Sisyphus Happy.

Will and Aaron read 8 anarchist essays and discuss individualism, anarchist criticisms of Lenin's state model, and anarchism's ultimate person.

The essays explored in this episode are:

-Ecology and Revolutionary Thought - Murray Bookchin 

All music by Sisyphus Happy.

Will and Aaron continue their journey of reading Dr. Karl Marx's Capital, discussing chapters 3-6 to define exchange circuits, characterize valorization, and inadvertently intimate a repressed foot fetish.

All music by Sisyphus Happy.

Also, something a little different: next episode's reading list for our "Anarchist Primer" episode: