Auxiliary Statements

Post-peasant communism | New episodes every other Friday (currently on paternity leave)

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To pair neatly with today's episode we put together a brief video explainer on Stafford Beer's Viable System Model.

Check it out!

https://t.co/ngoQ10bgmf

[Nabi Eullmann @Nabi_Eullmann]

Hellworld is such a comprehensive analysis of how the current moment has sprung from the invariant dynamics of capitalist production, and what that means for communists across the globe. I have explored some of the themes of the book in this review for @prometheus_mag

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SOUNDCLOUD: https://t.co/SJ61gp2kZr

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NEW EPISODE

Where we return from paternity leave to talk the French left, techno neofeudalism and why capital/labor remains the core relation of capitalist society.

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:c

[Pablo Torre Finds Out @pablofindsout]

New investigation.

Tomorrow.

https://t.co/p9FHhUEczb

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SOUNDCLOUD: https://t.co/K176myEsYV

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NEW EP/PODCAST NEWS

In which we read Kollontai's essay Communism & the Family. We're also going to take a bit of a hiatus from the show because, fittingly, Jack & co are expecting a baby very soon.

Back when able 🫡

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SOUNDCLOUD: https://t.co/simzIhEpJ2

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NEW EPISODE

Where, after 120 episodes, we return to a podcast favorite: Hal Draper.

[Foolish Baseball @FoolishBB]

MLB OWNERS: *donning cloaks, meeting at a round table by candlelight, drafting devilish proposals, inking them in blood*

TONY CLARK: *having an affair with his sister-in-law* Hmmmm. Is there something else I should be doing?

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SOUNDCLOUD: https://t.co/5SgdBqwUjs

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NEW EPISODE

Where we read some essays from the first issue of @AnCloganMag and banter about the Irish approach to republicanism, the history of republicanism in general, and its potential usefulness to a socialist project today.

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SOUNDCLOUD: https://t.co/Nt2Y9iqpSi

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NEW EPISODE

Where we dig into Aufheben's old articles on capitalist decadence 📉

[lafiestadelademocracia @fiestadelademo]

gracias a los pibes de @AuxStatements conocí al geógrafo phil neel, que viene de sacar unos laburazos sobre el capitalismo global y la lucha de clases en ee.uu. encabeza mis descubrimientos de nuevos comunistas locos de este año.
https://t.co/LKhybDYBJe

[Kyrie🤞🏾 @KyrieIrving]

The bourgeoisie fears memory because memory teaches resistance

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SOUNDCLOUD: https://t.co/lRoVezDOZE

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NEW EPISODE

Where we had the pleasure of talking to Phil Neel about crisis, strategy and the prospects for a party of a new type.

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

The MLBPA made its first proposal to MLB today in collective bargaining. Among the topline issues:

- A "competitive-integrity tax" for any team that does not spend $150M
- Increase minimum salary from $780,000 to $1.5M
- Increase in base CBT threshold from $244M to $300M

[Cowboy Commie ☭ @R3D_Cowboy]

@luxembutch @AuxStatements maxxxing

[sogmay @soggunism]

the communist’s most despicable enemy is soil erosion