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Once upon a time, a man named Garret Hardin dreamed up a spooky story about common property and proposed a horrifying question: “What if this always inevitably happens?”

Turns out, it doesn’t


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Most people spend most of their waking hours at work, being told what to do, as well as how and when to do it without any opportunity to help make those decisions for themselves. We think this is wrong, and so does Professor Richard D. Wolff, who joins us to answer the question– why workplace democracy?

— Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, NYC. He is the founder of Democracy at Work and host of their nationally syndicated show Economic Update. His latest book is The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself, which can be found along with his other books Understanding Socialism and Understanding Marxism at www.democracyatwork.info —

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In these unprecedented and (in many ways) awful times, it can be difficult to make sense of the world in a way that is fruitful and beneficial

In this special panel discussion, the Wrong Boys, along with friends Breht and Mexie, set out to build on Mr. Rogers advice to “look for the helpers”, and try their best to articulate everything that is deep and meaningful about helping others, as well as being helped

Check our the work of our guests!
Mexie – Youtube    |    Podcast   |   Positive Leftist News
Breht – https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/


Referenced in the episode:

Soccer Jersey Study
https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/publications/identity-emergency-intervention-how-social-group-membership

Revolutionary Left Radio’s “Paying Tribute to Radical Voices of Black Liberation”
https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/paying-tribute-to-voices-of-black-liberation

Pro-social behavior increases meaning in life
http://home.uchicago.edu/~nklein/ProsocialBehaviorIncreasesMeaning.pdf

Pro-social behavior reduces effects of stress
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2167702615611073

Pro-Social Behavior in Early Life
https://positivepsychology.com/prosocial-behavior/

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Nothing lays bare the stark unfreedom of the wage labor system quite like a bleak monday morning. A day that represents monotony, drudgery, and the end of fun.

Many say that it can’t be helped, that mondays are inevitable. But is that really true? Or is a world without mondays actually possible?

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The King is dead, but the revolution is just getting started. Robespierre and the Jacobins have a plan: using the means of State Terror, they will create a Republic of Virtue, complete with new cults, new calendars, new clocks, and shiny new revolutionary Citizens. 

The Wrong Boys finish their look at the French Revolution with a look at the complex relationship between Terror, Virtue, and Trauma.

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Why do the rich have so much influence over policy? Is it all because of corporations lobbying politicians? Or is there a more fundamental dynamic at play — one that activists can use to their benefit?

Michael Schwartz and Kevin A. Young (co-authors of “Levers of Power: How the 1% Rules and What the 99% Can Do About It”) join us to discuss how the wealthy employ capital strikes and the logic of ‘business confidence’ to make sure that most good policies never get passed.

Read Levers of Power – https://www.versobooks.com/books/3181-levers-of-power

More reading:
Georgia’s Voter Suppression Is Sparking Boycotts. History Shows They Can Work. (truthout.org)
History Shows That Sustained, Disruptive Protests Work – YES! Magazine (yesmagazine.org)
The Cops Can Be Defeated — But Not by Taking Obama’s Advice (jacobinmag.com)
A Tipping Point for the Defeat of Fossil Fuels? – TomDispatch.com
How the 99% can force the 1% to defeat COVID-19 | Salon.com


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Spring is here – a time to feast, dance around the maypole, and organize the working class to achieve a more just society for everyone

This episode explores May Day, it’s history, and meaning with a panel of guests made up of friends of the show Liz, Amy, Max, and Franz. It also marks our seven year anniversary of doing Srsly Wrong!

Check out the work of our guests!
Amy/Liz – Rebel Steps Podcast
Franz – Doomer v Bloomer Podcast
Max – Working People Podcast

Further reading:
The Incomplete, True, Authentic, and Wonderful History of May Day (pmpress.org)
Death in the Haymarket by James Green (chron.com)

Further listening:
Working People – Mini-cast: May Day, Our Day (w/ Raechel Anne Jolie) (google.com)
Eight Hour Day- Pete Seeger – YouTube

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Interview Shawn did with Laborwave Radio imagining how something like a shopping mall might look in a future Library Socialist society

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King Louis XVI of France was beheaded by guillotine on January 21, 1793 – a pivotal event in (the often quite unsafe) birth of modern liberal democracy.

In part one of our look at the French Revolution, the Wrong Boys examine the events leading up to the death of the king (and the birth of the French First Republic), and try to grapple with what these events mean today for those of us who want to make the world a better place.

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part two is here  https://www.patreon.com/posts/ep-181-virtue-pt-25331594

According to Webster’s Dictionary, sheeple are “people who are docile, compliant, or easily influenced”. According to Natural News, science has proven that 95% of people are sheeple. Wrong Boys investigate. 

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