We Read Theory

By We Read Theory

Mark and Alex take turns explaining famous works of Leftist political theory to each other and to their audience in simple, understandable terms... more

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August 19, 2020 Episode 16: Angela Davis' "Lectures on Liberation"
Alex stops shitposting for a while to read and discuss Angela Davis' thoughts on freedom with Mark.
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Link to literature: https://archive.org/details/AngelaDavis-LecturesOnLiberation/page/n1/mode/2up
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39min
August 07, 2020 Episode 15: WTF is Dialectical Materialism?
Mark and Alex attempt at great pain to explain one of the most opaque concepts in Marxism and its implications

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Works Referenced in this Episode:
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific, Frederick Engels
Dialectics of Nature, Frederick Engels
Dialectical and Historical Materialism, J V Stalin
The Materialist Conception of History, Karl Kautsky
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59min
July 22, 2020 Episode 14: J Sakai's "Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat"
Mark and Alex take a walk through American history and learn some interesting lessons about race and class along the way.

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54min
June 25, 2020 Episode 13.2: Alex Vitale's "The End of Policing" Part 2
Mark and Alex finish their discussion of Alex Vitale's "The End of Policing," covering the drug war, gang suppression, border policing, and political policing.

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1h 4min
June 17, 2020 Episode 13.1: Alex Vitale's "The End of Policing" Part 1
Mark and Alex begin their discussion of defunding police, covering the policing of schools, mental illness, homelessness, and sex work
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44min
May 30, 2020 Episode (Fuck) 12: Abdullah Öcalan's "Democratic Confederalism"
Mark and Alex examine the goals and expectations of a communal society as described by Abdullah Öcalan
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44min
May 18, 2020 Episode 11: Murray Bookchin's "The Ecology of Freedom"
Mark and Alex discuss how our worldview affects our ability to build fair institutions and combat climate catastrophe. Later, the boys put forth a mildly passionate defense of astrology.
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55min
May 04, 2020 Episode 10: Michel Foucault's "Discipline and Punish"
Mark and Alex discuss the disciplinary society described by Michel Foucault and explore its implications.

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37min
April 21, 2020 Episode 9: Karl Marx's "Critique of the Gotha Programme"
Picking up where they left off last time, Mark and Alex explore Marx's famous critique step by step

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37min
April 15, 2020 Episode 8: A (Very) Brief Overview of Marxism
We all know Marxism is a thing and it's important but what is it exactly? Mark and Alex attempt to answer this question as concisely as possible.

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41min

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How many episodes does We Read Theory have?

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