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Two leftists exploring the question, ”what is to be done?” as they navigate life in a late-stage capitalist hellscape.

  1. 2D AGO

    Episode 42 - Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend, Part Two

    Will and Aaron return to finish Domenico Losurdo's Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend, discussing terror famines, Pol Pot apologetics, and why you should condemn Churchill.    All music by Sisyphus Happy.

    1h 34m

  2. 12/01/2025

    Episode 41 - Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend, Part One

    Will and Aaron start Domenico Losurdo's Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend, reading through chapter 4 and discussing the state of exception, gulags, and how everything comes back to f*****g Hegel.   All music by Sisyphus Happy.

    1h 50m

  3. 11/10/2025

    Episode 40 - Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice

    Will and Aaron read Rudolf Rocker's Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice and discuss Anarchist praxis, the CNT-FAI, and how the National Federation of Labor Cartels sounds quite familiar.   All music by Sisyphus Happy.

    1h 36m

  4. 10/27/2025

    Episode 39 - Labour in Irish History

    Will and Aaron explore James Connolly's Labour in Irish History, discussing the merits of trade unionism as an organizational tactic, the perennial national question, and the distinction between primary and secondary contradictions.   All music by Sisyphus Happy.

    1h 14m

  5. 09/29/2025

    Episode 38 - Socialist Reconstruction

    In this extra-long episode, Will and Aaron read PSL's Socialist Reconstruction and contend with collectivizing everything, the problems of skipping the revolution, and the People's Piss Bottle.   All music by Sisyphus Happy.

    2h 35m

  6. 09/15/2025

    Episode 37 - Capital, Volume One: Chapters 23-25

    Will and Aaron finish reading Dr. Karl Mark's seminal work Capital, Volume One and discuss original vs. primitive accumulation, the modern theory of colonization, and how we're honestly just happy to be done reading this dang book!   All music by Sisyphus Happy.

    1h 38m

  7. 09/01/2025

    Episode 36 - "On Contradiction"

    Will and Aaron read Mao's "On Contradiction" and discuss the correctness of action, the lib/left coalition, and why no one wants to be Trotsky.   Music by Sisyphus Happy.

    1h 9m

  8. 08/18/2025

    Episode 35 - Capital, Volume One: Chapters 15-22

    In the penultimate Capital episode, Will and Aaron continue reading Dr. Karl Marx's seminal work, Capital, Volume One, covering chapters 15-22 and discussing the magnitude of surplus value, piece wages vs. time wages, and why Marx hated Bentham so damn much.

    1h 11m
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Two leftists exploring the question, ”what is to be done?” as they navigate life in a late-stage capitalist hellscape.

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    left; unread
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    42
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    Explicit
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