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<p><strong>Sign up as a supporter at</strong> <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism"><strong>fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</strong></a> <strong>or</strong> <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism"><strong>Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</strong></a> <strong>to unlock the full version of this episode and tons of other bonus content, plus our Discord community!</strong></p> <p>Jake Flores (<a href="https://twitter.com/feraljokes">@feraljokes</a>) of Pod Damn America (<a href="https://twitter.com/PodDamnAmerica">@PodDamnAmerica</a>) joins Jamie to discuss the hit Netflix series "Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" (yes, that's the real title). What lessons can we, as commies and abolitionists, take from these awful events? We also discuss true crime and why it's so popular among normie women, but also, seemingly, everyone.</p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: @ELCpod</p> <p>Follow us on IG: everybodylovescommunism</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts!</p>

<p>In this episode, Jorge and Aaron are joined by Amauri Gonzo <a href="https://twitter.com/amaurigonzo">(@amaurigonzo</a>), a journalist from Brazil, to discuss the historic election of Lula to the Presidency of the largest country in Latin America. The last in a three part episode, Amauri tells us why Bolsonaro's support collapsed during COVID, how Lula managed to form a winning coalition in the election, and how the Bolsonaro camp lost their minds when Lula won. Tune in to hear about what led to this incredibly important election in Brazil!</p> <p>Follow Amauri's band on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/tresvezescrise">@tresvezescrise</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts!</p>

<p>In this episode, the gang is joined by America's most trusted newsman, Sam Sacks (<a href="https://twitter.com/SamSacks">@SamSacks</a>) from Means TV and the District Sentinel, to talk about the midterm elections. Did Republicans lean too hard into the so-called "culture war" for cruelty's sake to their detriment? Which progressive ballot initiatives passed? What the hell is going on in Georgia? And what does all this liberal bourgeois electoralism mean for the working class and the Left? Listen to find out!</p> <p>Check out <a href="https://means.tv/">Means TV</a> and the <a href="https://districtsentinel.com/">District Sentinel</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts!</p>

<p>In this episode, Jorge and Aaron are joined by Amauri Gonzo <a href="https://twitter.com/amaurigonzo">(@amaurigonzo</a>), a journalist from Brazil, to discuss the historic election of Lula to the Presidency of the largest country in Latin America. The second in a three part episode, Amauri tells us about how the Worker's Party coalition came undone after so much progress in power, how Bolsonaro became such a powerful force in Brazil, and why Lula went to prison. Tune in to hear about what led to this incredibly important election in Brazil!</p> <p>Follow Amauri's band on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/tresvezescrise">@tresvezescrise</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts!</p>

<p>In this episode, Jorge and Aaron are joined by Amauri Gonzo <a href="https://twitter.com/amaurigonzo">(@amaurigonzo</a>), a journalist from Brazil, to discuss the historic election of Lula to the Presidency of the largest country in Latin America. The first in a three part episode (yes very long!), Amauri tells us about the history of Brazil from its founding as a Kingdom and Empire, through its military dictatorships, and Lula's rise to power the first time. Tune in to hear about what led to this incredibly important election in Brazil!</p> <p>Follow Amauri's band on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/tresvezescrise">@tresvezescrise</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts!</p>

<p>Jamie and Jorge are joined in this discussion of the film classic <em>Nosferatu</em> (1922) by Travis Mushett, who is a teacher of film and media history at Fordham University and Marymount Manhattan College. He is also the host of the new <em>The Haunted Screen</em> podcast, a narrative podcast about film, history, and film history. Please join us in this discussion of how the original vampire movie was emblematic of the culture in Weimar Germany at the time.</p> <p>The Haunted Screen Podcast: <a href="https://www.hauntedscreenpod.com">https://www.hauntedscreenpod.com</a></p> <p>Praise from Criterion on The Haunted Screen Podcast: <a href="https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7966-listening-to-the-haunted-screen">https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7966-listening-to-the-haunted-screen</a></p> <p>Follow The Haunted Screen Podcast on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/HauntScreenPod">@HauntScreenPod</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts!</p>

<p>Hello spooky friends! Jamie and Leslie Lee III (<a href="https://twitter.com/leslieleeiii">@leslieleeiii</a>) are back to talk vamps. On this edition of Vampire Castle, we sink our fangs into the the bloody, sexy, and surprisingly great "Interview with the Vampire" TV series. Lestat, Louis, and Claudia are back in prestige TV form, and it slays.</p> <p>Tune: cumgirl8 - Pluck Me</p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock the full version of this episode, plus tons of bonus content and our Discord community!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts :)</p>

<p>Alex Edward (<a href="https://twitter.com/flieldy">@flieldy</a>) and Tony Boswell (<a href="https://twitter.com/wordisbond">@wordisbond</a>) of the delightful Minion Death Cult podcast (<a href="https://twitter.com/miniondeathcult">@miniondeathcult</a>) stop by to discuss some festive seasonal topics, like the rainbow fentanyl scare and Bernie Sanders' thoughts on candy prices. Also: the working class she-ro who sicced her bees on the cops. Happy Halloween!</p> <p>Check out Minion Death Cult at <a href="http://thatawfulsound.com/">thatawfulsound.com</a> or wherever you get your podcasts</p> <p>NYC area folks come to Jamie's sexy/scary Halloween party on 10/28 featuring Shamir, Flossing, and more:</p> <p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/house-of-halloween-ft-shamir-flossing-andrew-visuals-jamie-peck-more-tickets-433001387807">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/house-of-halloween-ft-shamir-flossing-andrew-visuals-jamie-peck-more-tickets-433001387807</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock tons of bonus content and our Discord community!</p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: @ELCpod</p> <p>Follow us on IG: everybodylovescommunism</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts :)</p>

<p>Jorge and Aaron are joined by guests Liv (<a href="http://twitter.com/Liv_Agar">@Liv_Agar</a>) and Juniper (<a href="https://twitter.com/JUNlPER">@JUNlPER</a>) to discuss the cinematic masterpiece and cultural phenomenon "Morbius."</p> <p>Check out Liv's podcast <em>QAnon Anonymous</em>:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/qanonanonymous">https://twitter.com/qanonanonymous</a></p> <p><a href="https://patreon.com/qanonanonymous">https://patreon.com/qanonanonymous</a></p> <p>Sign Juniper's Petition to Re-Release Morbius in Black and White:</p> <p><a href="https://www.change.org/p/re-release-morbius-in-black-and-white">https://www.change.org/p/re-release-morbius-in-black-and-white</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock tons of bonus content and our Discord community!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts :)</p>

<p>***Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock the full version of this episode, tons of other bonus content and our Discord community!***</p> <p>Jamie and Aaron read an article about the most cursed tendency yet, "MAGA Communism." What is it? What does it want? Is it in the room with us right now? Includes a primer on Prussian military theorist Carl Von Clausewitz and his influence on Lenin, because the guy who wrote the article decided to throw that in and we needed to see if he knew what he was talking about (spoiler alert: no).</p> <p>"Lenin and Clausewitz: The Militarization of Marxism, 1914-1921" by Jacob W. Kipp:</p> <p><a href="https://www.clausewitzstudies.org/bibl/Kipp-MilitarizationOfMarxism.pdf">https://www.clausewitzstudies.org/bibl/Kipp-MilitarizationOfMarxism.pdf</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts :)</p>

<p>Jamie and Aaron talk about the news of the past week, mainly Biden's announcement on weed reform (and how it falls short), Ye's conspiracy-filled interview with Tucker Carlson and social media meltdown, Black conservatives, and appropriate vibes for the end of the world. Stay tuned for the upcoming Patreon-only bonus where we read a dumb article about MAGAcommunism (so you don't have to).</p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock tons of bonus content and our Discord community!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts :)</p>

<p>***Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock the rest of this interview, tons of other bonus content and our Discord community!***</p> <p>Jamie and Jorge continue their interview with author, educator, and activist <a href="http://www.jarrodshanahan.com/">Jarrod Shanahan</a> about his book, "<a href="https://www.versobooks.com/books/3781-captives">Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage</a>," out now on Verso. After wrapping up their discussion of the history of Rikers, they move into modern day territory: what came out of the great uprising of 2020, the current state of the abolitionist/communist movement, and What Is To Be Done if we truly want to make this barbaric system a thing of the past.</p> <p>Buy the book: <a href="https://www.versobooks.com/books/3781-captives">https://www.versobooks.com/books/3781-captives</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts :)</p>

<p>Jamie and Jorge speak with author, educator, and activist <a href="http://www.jarrodshanahan.com/">Jarrod Shanahan</a> about his book, "<a href="https://www.versobooks.com/books/3781-captives">Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage</a>," out now on Verso. In part 1 of this interview, Jarrod explains how the now-infamous prison at Rikers Island began as a reform, and why he chose to focus on the tenure of the progressive Anna M. Kross, who served as New York City's Commissioner of Correction from 1953-1966.</p> <p>Part 2 is out for patrons on Friday!</p> <p>Buy the book: <a href="https://www.versobooks.com/books/3781-captives">https://www.versobooks.com/books/3781-captives</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock tons of bonus content and our Discord community!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts :)</p>

<p>Jamie, Aaron and Tarence discuss the family-friendly trend of taking MDMA wrapped in Brie cheese at dinner parties. Don't try this at home!</p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock the rest of this episode as well as tons of other bonus content and our Discord community!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts :)</p>

<p>From July 26-29, Eastern Kentucky was hit with a one-in-a-thousand-year flood, wreaking carnage on a region already devastated from decades of intense extractive capitalism and poverty. Jamie and Aaron are joined by Tarence Ray (<a href="https://twitter.com/tarenceray">@tarenceray</a>) from the Trillbilly Worker's Party to talk about the causes of the historic flooding, the state's abysmal response, and working class solidarity amid climate disaster.</p> <p>Tarence's article: <a href="https://thebaffler.com/latest/flooding-in-the-sacrifice-zone-ray">Flooding in the Sacrifice Zone</a></p> <p><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeAMXIPoChrCeYk7aMlsa0MuHFguB5CM1Gm-H8zJlYUCcllmw/viewform?fbclid=IwAR1bciEajmf80sYbS8mLDOmSZRk6tEBo1j4_cslNDP2Sggf1DkLekzdLhWU&fs=e&s=cl">Link to disaster relief mutual aid</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty">https://www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts!</p>

<p>M.E. O'Brien (<a href="https://twitter.com/genderhorizon">@genderhorizon</a>) sticks around to chat some more with the ELC crew about her speculative fiction novel, "<a href="https://www.commonnotions.org/everything-for-everyone">Everything For Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072</a>" (co-authored by Eman Abdelhadi (<a href="https://twitter.com/emanabdelhadi">@emanabdelhadi</a>) and out now on Common Notions). Part 2 touches on many topics from the book, including national liberation, eco-socialism, gender, and space travel!</p> <p>Buy the book:</p> <p><a href="https://www.commonnotions.org/everything-for-everyone">https://www.commonnotions.org/everything-for-everyone</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock the rest of this interview as well as tons of other bonus content and our Discord community!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts :)</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts :)</p>

<p>M.E. O'Brien (<a href="https://twitter.com/genderhorizon">@genderhorizon</a>) and Eman Abdelhadi (<a href="https://twitter.com/emanabdelhadi">@emanabdelhadi</a>) join the ELC crew to talk about their speculative fiction novel, "<a href="https://www.commonnotions.org/everything-for-everyone">Everything For Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072</a>" (out now on Common Notions). In this visionary work, they tell the story of the global proletarian revolution through the memories of its participants, a group that includes sex workers, scientists, Palestinian freedom fighters, and more. If you've ever spent time dreaming about what might be on the other side of this chaotic capitalist crisis, this episode is for you!</p> <p>Part 2 of this interview will be released for Patrons on Friday.</p> <p>Buy the book:</p> <p><a href="https://www.commonnotions.org/everything-for-everyone">https://www.commonnotions.org/everything-for-everyone</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock tons of bonus content and our Discord community!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts :)</p>

<p>The ELC crew discusses the Biden administration's student debt relief plan, contextualizing the current debate around who deserves to go to college with a memo from 1971 laying out the right's plan for a long march through the institutions.</p> <p>Re: Brandon's reiterated commitment to law and order, is there any overarching analysis that can account for increased government intervention in the economy + a beefed up security state, or is it just the various drugs talking?</p> <p>Jamie lays out a plan to communize all presidential pools and hot tubs.</p> <p>Powell memorandum: <a href="https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/assets/usa-courts-secrecy-lobbyist/powell-memo.pdf">https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/assets/usa-courts-secrecy-lobbyist/powell-memo.pdf</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock tons of bonus content and our Discord community!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts :)</p>

<p>Jamie, Aaron and Jorge give their takes on writer/director Jordan Peele's latest film, "Nope." What does it all mean?! Spoilers, obvi.</p> <p>To listen to the full episode, be sure to subscribe on our fans.fm (<a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a>) or our Patreon (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a>).</p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p>

<p>In this debut episode of our newest series on science fiction and futurism, the gang is joined by editor at Blood Knife Magazine and host of the Podside Picnic podcast, Kurt Schiller (<a href="https://twitter.com/mechanicalkurt">@mechanicalkurt</a>), for a discussion about Ursula K. Le Guin's rather short but famous 1973 story, The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas. Is it about exploitation under capitalism? Imperialism? That utopia is not possible or cannot exist without sacrifice and suffering, but only for a few? In the decades since its publication, writers, critics, teachers, and students have grappled over the morality of this succinct but perfectly vague story. Kurt helps us parse through its meaning as well as response stories, and we discuss his own piece on "Omelas" over at Blood Knife Mag. Tune in for this first episode of a series about what may have been and what can still be.</p> <p><a href="https://learning.hccs.edu/faculty/emily.klotz/engl1302-6/readings/the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas-ursula-le-guin/view">The story</a></p> <p>Kurt's article at Blood Knife Mag: <a href="https://bloodknife.com/omelas-je-taime/">Omelas, Je T'Aime</a></p> <p>Check out more at Blood Knife Mag and Kurt's podcast:</p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/bloodknife">https://www.patreon.com/bloodknife</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/PodsidePicnic">https://www.patreon.com/PodsidePicnic</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts!</p>

<p>In the third and final edition of their Alexandra Kollontai mini-series, ELC presents her 1921 work, "The Labour of Women in the Evolution of the Economy." In addition to elaborating on the Soviet Republic's plans to support women in their dual roles as workers and mothers, she lays out her opinions on abortion, which the Soviet Republic became the first country to legalize in 1920. What can we learn from these essays, as well as from subsequent Soviet history? Is the language of individual rights something we can ever fully avoid when discussing abortion, the state, etc? The ELC crew discusses.</p> <p>"The Labour of Women in the Evolution of the Economy": <a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/1921/evolution.htm">https://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/1921/evolution.htm</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content and join our Discord community!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts!</p>

<p>In this episode of our series on Socialist Feminism, the gang continues our Alexandra Kollontai mini-series and discuss her 1920 work Communism and the Family, where she argues the family has been eroded under capitalism and how socialism can solve the problems surrounding marriage, children, and the role of women in society. Tune in to know more!</p> <p>Communism and the Family: <a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/1920/communism-family.htm">https://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/1920/communism-family.htm</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts!</p>

<p>In this debut episode of our new theory and history series on Socialist Feminism, the gang begins with an introduction on Russian socialist revolutionary, politician, diplomat, Marxist theoretician, and overall badass Alexandra Kollontai. There is a brief discussion of her incredible life and we also discuss her 1909 work The Social Basis of the Woman Question, where she makes a break from the liberal feminism of her day to establish the foundation for a Marxist and socialist feminism. Tune in to know more!</p> <p>The Social Basis of the Woman Question: <a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/1909/social-basis.htm">https://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/1909/social-basis.htm</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts!</p>

<p>Just a chill news ep where the gang talks about the SCOTUS decision overturning the rights of half the population and why it's time for a new constitution...and a social revolution, obvi.</p> <p>Join DSA: <a href="https://dsausa.org/join">https://dsausa.org/join</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts!</p>

<p>We have all heard much talk about cryptocurrencies and NFT's. We also heard how it totally collapsed and crypto bros are shaking in their boots. Aaron and Jorge are joined by Edward Ongweso Jr (<a href="https://twitter.com/bigblackjacobin">@bigblackjacobin</a>) from Vice Motherboard and the This Machine Kills podcast to talk about the big crypto crash and to find out what happened. Tune in to learn whether crypto is here to stay and what it means about the direction capitalism is going after neoliberalism.</p> <p>Edward's article quoted in the episode: <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/88gw55/nobody-learned-anything-from-the-crypto-crash">Nobody Learned Anything From the Crypto Crash</a></p> <p>Check out Edward's podcast and writings:</p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills">https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/contributor/edward-ongweso-jr">https://www.vice.com/en/contributor/edward-ongweso-jr</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodylovescommunism/">everybodylovescommunism</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts!</p>

<p>Despite the GOP not having power in the White House or Congress, the American Right still have tremendous power and appear to be ascendent once again. The ELC crew is joined by Sam Adler-Bell and Matthew Sitman from the Know Your Enemy podcast to talk about the current state of the Right in America. Sam is a writer and co-host of the Know Your Enemy Podcast. Matthew Sitman is also a writer, co-host of the Know Your Enemy Podcast, and is on the editorial board of Dissent Magazine. Tune in to find out about the current landscape of the Right in America.</p> <p>Check out the Know Your Enemy podcast: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemy">https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemy</a></p> <p>Learn More About Know Your Enemy: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/arts/know-your-enemy-podcast.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/arts/know-your-enemy-podcast.html</a></p> <p>Follow Sam Adler-Bell on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SamAdlerBell">@SamAdlerBell</a></p> <p>Follow Matthew Sitman on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/matthewsitman">@MatthewSitman</a></p> <p>Follow Know Your Enemy on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/knowyrenemypod">@KnowYrEnemyPod</a></p> <p>Subscribe to Dissent Magazine, the sponsor of Know Your Enemy: <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org">https://www.dissentmagazine.org</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts!</p>

<p>In this first episode of interviewing socialist politicians, Jorge interviews Stephanie Gallardo, a Democratic Socialist running for U.S. Congress in Washington's 9th Congressional District. Stephanie is a Seattle native who is a teacher, union leader, and a DSA endorsed candidate for office. Stephanie's campaign is distinct from many running for office because she is running on an explicitly anti-imperialist platform. For her, being an anti-imperialist is personal for the U.S. intervention in Chile led to her family needing to escape the Pinochet regime. Furthermore, she is pro-Palestinian sovereignty and is as an abolitionist. Be sure to listen to this interview with Stephanie Gallardo.</p> <p>Check out Stephanie's campaign: <a href="https://www.electgallardo.com">https://www.electgallardo.com</a></p> <p>Donate to her campaign: <a href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/stephanie-gallardo-for-congress-1">https://secure.actblue.com/donate/stephanie-gallardo-for-congress-1</a></p> <p>Follow Stephanie Gallardo on Twitter at: <a href="https://twitter.com/ElectGallardo">@ElectGallardo</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts!</p>

<p>In light of the current impasse and recent events in America, the ELC crew is joined by Marvin Gonzalez to talk about his new essay about how to think about our current "conjuncture". Marvin is the newest member of the National Political Committee of DSA, which is the highest national body of the organization. He is also the President of the Campaign Workers Guild, a labor union representing campaign workers. Furthermore, he has served on the Secretariat for DSA's International Committee and he was a member of the monumental DSA delegation to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Find out how you too can make sense of this trash-fire of a society we currently live in.</p> <p>Check out Marvin's essay: <a href="https://medium.com/@Sulliedsubjects/prolegomenon-to-any-current-conjectural-analysis-92deaa86a8b4">https://medium.com/@Sulliedsubjects/prolegomenon-to-any-current-conjectural-analysis-92deaa86a8b4</a></p> <p>Learn More About DSA's International Committee: <a href="https://international.dsausa.org">https://international.dsausa.org</a></p> <p>Join DSA's International Committee: <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/forms/dsa-international-committee-application">https://actionnetwork.org/forms/dsa-international-committee-application</a></p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism/manager/post/Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content!</p> <p>Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts!</p>

<p>In this exciting conclusion to our series on State and Revolution, the ELC crew engages with Chapter 6, which is Lenin's summary of different arguments had by his contemporaries. Lenin dissects arguments made by reformist Marxists like Georgi Plekhanov and Karl Kautsky, contemporary anarchist thought, and "left Radicals" like Antonie Pannekoek. He simultaneously attacks those he calls opportunists like Kautsky, while distinguishing his position from those of Anarchists. What is the difference between Marxism and Anarchism? Why did Lenin leave State and Revolution unfinished? Jamie, Jorge, and Aaron discuss.</p> <p>Chapter 6: <a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch06.htm">https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch06.htm</a></p> <p>Epilogue: <a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/postscpt.htm">https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/postscpt.htm</a></p> <p>Sign up as a "fan" on here or a patron at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content and our Discord community, and to support the show!</p>

<p>The ELC crew finishes out Chapter 5 of State and Rev. In this EXCITING and HOTLY DEBATED passage, Lenin lays out his plan for transitioning from capitalism to communism via a transitional phase of "lower stage communism." In this phase, you still have to go to work and earn money but now your boss is the state, albeit a state whose foundational goal is its own death-by-withering. Only once the economic basis for that withering is achieved can we ascend to "higher-stage communism" a.k.a. FULL COMMUNISM, a stateless, classless society that runs "from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." Is this a good plan? What are the pros and cons? Jamie, Jorge, and Aaron discuss.</p> <p>Chapter 5: <a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch05.htm">https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch05.htm</a></p> <p>Sign up as a "fan" on here or a patron at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content and our Discord community, and to support the show!</p>

<p>In their first ever CURRENT EVENTS episode, the ELC crew of Jamie, Aaron and Jorge take on various topics of the day, including Peter Thiel's Bitcoin meltdown and NYC mayor Eric Adams' love of crypto. Okay, so it's mostly about Bitcoin. What does it mean that various capitalists are having it out over this dumb new commodity?</p> <p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELCPod">@ELCpod</a></p> <p>Sign up as a supporter at <a href="fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content and our Discord community!</p> <p>Jamie is throwing the after party for Eve 6's NYC tour date 5/4. Yes, really. DM for deets!</p>

<p>Here is a preview of Jorge, Aaron and Cheryl Rivera discussing the movie "The Batman".</p> <p>To listen to the full episode, be sure to subscribe on our fans.fm (<a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a>) or our Patreon (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a>).</p> <p>Check out Cheryl's publication <em>Lux Magazine</em>:</p> <p><a href="https://lux-magazine.com/">https://lux-magazine.com</a></p>

<p>Jamie and Jorge are joined by guest Edward Ongweso Jr (<a href="https://twitter.com/bigblackjacobin">@bigblackjacobin</a>) and RETURNING HOST Aaron Thorpe (<a href="https://twitter.com/paradoomer">@paradoomer</a>) to discuss the science fiction epic and pop culture phenomenon Dune. Tune in to hear the diametrically opposed opinions of Edward, who loved this movie, and Aaron, who hated this movie! Is Edward right and is this movie is a masterpiece? Or is Aaron correct that this movie should be fought in a fight?</p> <p>DISCLAIMER: There are massive spoilers for this movie and the Dune franchise in this episode. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!</p> <p>Check out Edward's podcast and writings:</p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills">https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/contributor/edward-ongweso-jr">https://www.vice.com/en/contributor/edward-ongweso-jr</a></p> <p>Check out Aaron's other podcasts and writings:</p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty">https://www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty</a></p> <p><a href="http://patreon.com/strugglesession">http://patreon.com/strugglesession</a></p> <p><a href="https://spacelight.substack.com">https://spacelight.substack.com</a></p>

<p>Jamie and Jorge discuss the first half of State & Revolution Chapter 5, "The Economic Basis of the Withering Away of the State." In this chapter, Lenin does the Full Monty and tells us how he believes the transition from capitalism to communism is likely to go, drawing from his interpretation of Marx and Engels. He insists throughout that, unlike the utopian socialists, he's presenting a theory that is grounded in "science." Do we buy it?</p> <p>Chapter 5: <a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch05.htm">https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch05.htm</a></p> <p>Sign up as a "fan" on here or a patron at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content and our Discord community, and to support the show!</p>

<p>Here is a preview of Jamie, Jorge, and Leslie Lee discussing the movie "Being the Ricardos".</p> <p>To listen to the full episode, be sure to subscribe on our fans.fm (<a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a>) or our Patreon (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a>).</p> <p>Check out Leslie's podcasts:</p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/strugglesession">https://www.patreon.com/strugglesession</a></p>

<p>Building on the discussions of the State in Chapter Two and Three, Lenin further interrogates the relationship of the State with socialist revolution. Unlike previous chapters, Lenin decides to draw from Engels rather than Marx for a variety of topics regarding the State, such as the "planlessness" of capitalism, how socialists should view the liberal democratic republic, how Engels argued for Democratic Centralism, and how to "overcome" democracy. We have decided to split this chapter into two halves given this is the longest chapter in State and Revolution. This is the second half of our discussion on this chapter!</p> <p>Chapter 4:</p> <p><a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch04.htm">https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch04.htm</a></p> <p>Sign up as a "fan" on here or a patron at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content and our Discord community, and to support the show!</p>

<p>Building on the discussions of the State in Chapter Two and Three, Lenin further interrogates the relationship of the State with socialist revolution. Unlike previous chapters, Lenin decides to draw from Engels rather than Marx for a variety of topics regarding the State, such as how to house workers under a dictatorship of the proletariat and how Anarchism differs from Marxism. We have decided to split this chapter into two halves given this is the longest chapter in State and Revolution. Stay tuned for part 2!</p> <p>Chapter 4:</p> <p><a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch04.htm">https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch04.htm</a></p> <p>Sign up as a "fan" on here or a patron at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content and our Discord community, and to support the show!</p>

<p>Here is a preview of Jamie, Jorge, and Jake Flores discussing the movie "Don't Look Up". To listen to the full episode, be sure to subscribe on our fans.fm (<a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a>) or our Patreon (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a>).</p>

<p>After some necessary detours to learn about the Paris Commune and, um, the Gucci family, Jamie and Jorge return to State and Rev for a deep dive on Chapter 3. Drawing from the experience of the Paris Commune, Lenin explains the necessity of smashing the bourgeois state machinery and replacing it with a "dictatorship of the proletariat," a.k.a. the proletariat organized as the ruling class. What does this mean? What does it look like? Can the state really just wither away? J+J discuss.</p> <p>Chapter 3:</p> <p><a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch03.htm#s3">https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch03.htm#s3</a></p> <p>Viewpoint Mag article referenced by Jamie:</p> <p><a href="https://viewpointmag.com/2014/10/12/the-ends-of-the-state/">https://viewpointmag.com/2014/10/12/the-ends-of-the-state/</a></p> <p>Sign up as a "fan" on here or a patron at <a href="Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> to unlock bonus content and our Discord community, and to support the show!</p>

<p>Here is a preview of Jamie, Jorge, and the Final Girls Podcast (Gab and Kitty) discussing the movie "House of Gucci". To listen to the full episode, be sure to subscribe on our fans.fm (<a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a>) or our Patreon (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a>).</p>

<p>Jamie and Jorge conclude their mini-series on the Paris Commune, explaining why the Paris Commune mattered, how women were an integral part of it, and how the Commune got crushed by the French government. Tune in to our next episode for the reason we are making you learn this history: Chapter 3 of Lenin's "The State and Revolution."</p> <p>Stay tuned for our bonus episode on “House of Gucci”, which will be out for patrons later this week!</p> <p>The content of the episode draws from Massacre: The Life and Death of the Paris Commune by John Merriman and Socialist Women during the 1871 Paris Commune by Eugene Schulkind</p> <p>New Yorker review of the book (warning: cope and seethe): <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/22/fires-paris">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/22/fires-paris</a></p> <p>Produced and Edited by Paul (@aufhebenkultur)</p> <p>Intro: Everybody Hates Chris theme song.</p> <p>Image: Young Communards in Prison by Gustave Courbet</p> <p>Sign up as a Comrade to support the show at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism">https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism</a> or <a href="https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism">https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism</a></p>

<p>In the inaugural episode of their pop culture series, Jamie and Jorge take a break from the history books to discuss the hit HBO show "Succession." Why do communists love a show about the haute bourgeoisie? The crew breaks down how this dark family drama reflects our late capitalist reality. (Contains spoilers up through season 3, episode 3.)</p> <p>Note: This series is going to be bonus content for patrons, so enjoy the free sample and sign up as a patron if you want the rest!</p>

<p>Jamie and Jorge continue their mini-series on the Paris Commune, recounting events up until the communards expelled the national government's army from the city. Tune in next week for the thrilling conclusion, and the week after next for the reason we are making you learn this history: Chapter 3 of Lenin's "The State and Revolution."</p> <p>For something completely different, stay tuned for our bonus episode on HBO's "Succession"!</p> <p>The content of the episode draws from Massacre: The Life and Death of the Paris Commune by John Merriman.</p> <p>New Yorker review of the book (warning: cope and seethe): <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/22/fires-paris">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/22/fires-paris</a></p> <p>Produced and Edited by Paul (@aufhebenkultur)</p> <p>Intro: Everybody Hates Chris theme song.</p> <p>Image: Late 19th century illustration of women defending barricades in North Paris</p> <p>Sign up as a Comrade to support the show!</p>

<p>Jamie and Jorge begin their mini-series on the Paris Commune. They start by recapping the events leading up to the Franco-Prussian War and explain what life was like during the Second French Empire. Tune in to to this mini-series to understand this history and why Lenin thought it was so important to address in Chapter Three of <em>The State and Revolution</em>.</p> <p>The content of the episode draws from <em>Massacre: The Life and Death of the Paris Commune</em> by John Merriman.</p> <p>New Yorker Review of the book: <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/22/fires-paris">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/22/fires-paris</a></p> <p>Produced and Edited by Paul (@aufhebenkultur)</p> <p>Intro: Everybody Hates Chris theme song.</p> <p>Image: <em>The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning</em> by Camille Pissarro</p> <p>Sign up as a Comrade to support the show!</p>

<p>Jamie and Jorge discuss the second chapter of Lenin's The State and Revolution titled "The Experience of 1848-51." How did Marx and Engels conceive of the State before the February Revolution of 1848? How does the bourgeois State operate? How did their conception of the State change over time? What is the Dictatorship of the Proletariat? Why must it both "wither away" and be used to defend socialist construction? Why is the mere acceptance of class struggle in society not enough, according to Lenin? The crew examines all of these questions and applies them to our contemporary situation.</p> <p>The State and Revolution, Chapter Two:</p> <p><a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch02.htm">https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch02.htm</a></p> <p>Produced and Edited by Paul (@aufhebenkultur)</p> <p>Intro: Everybody Hates Chris theme song.</p> <p>Sign up as a Comrade to support the show!</p> <p>NOTE: There is a bit of repetition near the beginning. This is due to the episode being recorded over separate sessions. The listener may notice an improvement in audio quality when Jorge speaks. We hope you appreciate this change.</p>

<p>Jamie and Jorge recap the events leading up to the French Revolution of 1848 that informed Marx's analysis in works like "The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte" (1852). Lenin drew heavily from these works in Chapter Two of "The State and Revolution," which the crew will be delving into next week.</p> <p>Please welcome Paul Channelstrip as the show's producer!</p> <p>Note: Aaron sadly had to take an indefinite leave of absence from the show, but Jamie and Jorge are keeping it going with his blessing.</p>

<p>Jamie and Aaron begin their discussion of Vladimir Lenin’s 1917 book <em>The State and Revolution</em> with “Chapter I: Class Society and the State.” What is the Marxist conception of the state? How does the bourgeois state oppress the working class, and how can the proletariat seize power? And what does it mean for the state to “wither away”? After historical context and summarizing “Chapter I,” the crew interrogates Lenin’s ideas, how they have borne out over time, and apply them to the modern-day United States.</p> <p><em>The State and Revolution:</em></p> <p><a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/">https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/</a></p> <p>Editing by Moses Archuleta</p> <p>Intro/outro: Everybody Hates Chris theme song</p> <p>Sign up as a Comrade to support the show!</p>

<p>Jamie and Aaron are joined by teacher, writer, and researcher Jasper Bernes (<a href="https://twitter.com/outsidadgitator">@outsidadgitator</a>) for further discussion of Marx's "Critique of the Gotha Program." What does Marx mean by "lower-stage communism" and how does it track with state socialism? The pitfalls of "equality." Troubleshooting labor vouchers. What kinds of domination pass the test of communism? And how does all this relate to Jasper's specialty, communization theory? (Don't worry, he'll be back for a full-on communization episode!)</p> <p>"Critique of the Gotha Program":</p> <p><a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1875/gotha/">https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1875/gotha/</a></p> <p>Jasper Bernes, "The Test of Communism":</p> <p><a href="https://cominsitu.wordpress.com/2021/03/12/the-test-of-communism/">https://cominsitu.wordpress.com/2021/03/12/the-test-of-communism/</a></p> <p>Editing by Davey Mammal</p> <p>Intro/outro: Everybody Hates Chris theme song</p> <p>Sign up as a Comrade to support the show!</p>

<p>Jamie and Aaron go over Marx's 1875 essay "Critique of the Gotha Program," in which he gives some spicy takes on the platform proposed by the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany (SDAP) and the General German Workers' Association (ADAV) as they prepared to unite into one party at a conference held in the city of Gotha. In it, he warns against the reformism and revisionism injected by the ADAV's late leader Ferdinand LaSalle and clarifies what an uncompromising communist vision looks like. The crew summarizes Marx's critique before discussing its modern day relevance.</p> <p>"Critique of the Gotha Program":</p> <p><a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1875/gotha/">https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1875/gotha/</a></p> <p>Stay tuned for part 2 with guest Jasper Bernes!</p> <p>Editing by Davey Mammal</p> <p>Intro/outro: Everybody Hates Chris theme song</p> <p>Sign up as a Comrade to support the show!</p>

<p>Jamie and Aaron finish out their discussion of "The Communist Manifesto," covering 'Chapter 3: Socialist and Communist Literature,' and 'Chapter 4: Position of the Communists in Relation to the Various Existing Opposition Parties.' They also discuss the pamphlet's relevance to modern day organizing.</p> <p>"The Communist Manifesto": <a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/index.htm">https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/index.htm</a></p> <p>Sign up as a Comrade to support the show!</p>