This week we discuss "No Shortcuts: The Struggle for the Revolutionary Party" by Szamuely

https://www.sublationmag.com/post/no-shortcuts-the-struggle-for-the-revolutionary-party

I wrote up my criticisms into a response article, "How to Rebuild the Party?"

https://www.sublationmag.com/post/how-to-rebuild-the-party

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In this episode we discuss this article: https://cosmonautmag.com/2022/07/state-democracy-and-transition-is-there-a-democratic-road-to-socialism/

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In this episode we discuss the role of reforms in the struggle for socialism, specifically in relation to these articles:

- "Wrong Life and Abortion" by Ethan Linehan: https://www.sublationmag.com/post/wrong-life-and-abortion

- "Abortion and Bad Critique" by Conrad Hamilton: https://www.sublationmag.com/post/abortion-and-bad-critique

Also mentioned:

- Engels on the independence of law, in a letter to Conrad Schmidt: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1890/letters/90_10_27.htm

- Engels on historical materialism, in a letter to Joseph Bloch: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1890/letters/90_09_21.htm

- Engels on the relation of the socialist party to reform laws, in a letter to August Bebel: https://wikirouge.net/texts/en/Letter_to_August_Bebel,_November_24,_1879

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This week we discuss Hal Draper's critique of sectarian organization and his alternative approach to promoting socialist ideas, the "political center", and reflect on the Jacobin/DSA strategy in light of this critique.

- Hal Draper's "Anatomy of the Micro-Sect": https://www.marxists.org/archive/draper/1973/xx/microsect.htm

- Hal Draper's "Toward a New Beginning – On Another Road: The Alternative to the Micro_Sect": https://www.marxists.org/archive/draper/1971/alt/alt.htm

- Bhaskar Sunkara's interview with Doug Lain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbQTRkEGj2Q

- Panel discussion with Sunkara, Mike Macnair, and Seth Ackerman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJobDfA5-9Q

- Ackerman's "A Blueprint for a New Party": https://jacobin.com/2016/11/bernie-sanders-democratic-labor-party-ackerman

- Monty Johnstone's "Marx and Engels and the Concept of the Party": https://www.marxists.org/archive/johnstone/1967/xx/me-party.htm

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Interview with Derick Varn (premiering on July 1 at 7pm ET): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHnnveJXNUY

This week we finish discussing Seth Ackerman's "A Blueprint for a New Party" and its differences from the Marxist concept of the party, and why any of this matters today.

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Seth Ackerman's "A Blueprint for a New Party": https://jacobin.com/2016/11/bernie-sanders-democratic-labor-party-ackerman

Monty Johnstone: "Marx and Engels and the Concept of the Party":

https://www.marxists.org/archive/johnstone/1967/xx/me-party.htm

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This we begin discussing Seth Ackerman's "A Blueprint for a New Party" and the political independence of the working class.

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Seth Ackerman's "A Blueprint for a New Party": https://jacobin.com/2016/11/bernie-sanders-democratic-labor-party-ackerman

This week we discuss the class independence of the proletarian party.

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Monty Johnstone's "Marx and Engels and the Concept of the Party": https://www.marxists.org/archive/johnstone/1967/xx/me-party.htm

In our first livestream for the Sublation Media Twitch channel, we discuss the Marxist concept of the proletarian party as elaborated by Monty Johnstone.

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Monty Johnstone's "Marx and Engels and the Concept of the Party": https://www.marxists.org/archive/johnstone/1967/xx/me-party.htm

Reflections on the reasons behind contempt for socialism and its potential significance.

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This lecture sets up the reading for our second session, Karl Kautsky's "The Class Struggle" aka "The Erfurt Program".

Reading Group Syllabus: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fn9DrqQmK_25yOoxLH-DyzSo15KN3IOumwF59AFLQAA/edit?usp=sharing

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