We Read Theory

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

  1. 2021. 07. 10.

    Episode 26: Rudolf Rocker's Anarcho-Syndicalism

    Theory is BACK! In this one, Alex leads Mark on a journey through the philosophy and practice of Anarcho-Syndicalism as told by Rudolf Rocker.

    1시간 16분

  2. 2021. 01. 04.

    Episode 25: Socialist Leaders 1. Thomas Sankara

    Mark and Alex investigate the first in a (non-continuous) series of socialist leaders from the 20th century and beyond. This week, Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso!

    57분

  3. 2020. 12. 14.

    Episode 24: Kropotkin Returns!!! Human Nature is Good Actually

    Mark and Alex celebrate a year of theory by returning to the bearded chad that started it all. In this second installment of the Kropotkin Saga, the boys discuss the various ways in which mutual aid, rather than competition, has defined our social lives throughout history. Follow us on Twitter: @wereadtheorypod Subscribe to our Subreddit: r/wereadtheorypod Sources used in this episode: "Mutual Aid: a Factor of Evolution: by Petr Kropotkin

    1시간 11분

  4. 2020. 11. 29.

    Episode 23: I Was NOT Impressed With Murray Rothbard

    This time the boys don't just read theory, they roast it. Mark and Alex explore the need for material analysis, what it means for an ideology to be incoherent, and why many definitions of freedom are misleading. And what better ideology to examine for this purpose than Libertarianism?

    54분

  5. 2020. 11. 06.

    Episode 22: Errico Malatesta, 19th Century Debate Bro

    Mark and Alex run through Errico Malatesta's cafe dialogues, in which based and breadpilled anarchism enjoyer crushes small-brained conservatives in the arena of ideas Follow us on Twitter: @wereadtheorypod Subscribe to our subreddit: r/wereadtheorypod Sources used in this episode: "At the Cafe" by Errico Malatesta https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-at-the-cafe

    1시간 8분

  6. 2020. 10. 23.

    Episode 21: Why the Government Will Never Run out of Money

    Mark and Alex embark on the perilous journey of attempting to talk about economics without boring everyone to death. In particular, the boys investigate Modern Monetary Theory, a radical and relatively new perspective on money and the state. Follow us on Twitter: @wereadtheorypod Subscribe to our subreddit: r/wereadtheorypod Sources used in this episode From the State Theory of Money to Modern Money Theory: An Alternative to Economic Orthodoxy, By L. Randall Wray http://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/wp_792.pdf Understanding the Economic Fallacies of the Intergenerational Debate, by Bill Mitchel and Warren Mosler http://billmitchell.org/publications/journals/J51_2006.pdf My Response to a German Critic, by Bill Mitchel Part 1: http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=38964 Part 2: http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=38992 Part 3: http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=39022 A Skeptic’s Guide to Modern Monetary Theory, By N. Gregory Mankiw https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/mankiw/files/skeptics_guide_to_modern_monetary_theory.pdf

    1시간 9분

  7. 2020. 10. 09.

    Episode 20: I Hate Talking About the Soviet Union

    Mark and Alex take a look at Michael Parenti's "Blackshirts and Reds" Follow us on Twitter : @wereadtheorypod Reach out to us on Reddit: r/wereadtheorypod Sources Referenced in this episode: "Blackshirts and Reds" by Michael Parenti "How Journalists Covered the Rise of Mussolini and Hitler" by John Broich https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-journalists-covered-rise-mussolini-hitler-180961407/ "Confidence in Democracy and Capitalism Wanes in Former Soviet Union" from Pew Research https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2011/12/05/confidence-in-democracy-and-capitalism-wanes-in-former-soviet-union/

    1시간 8분

  8. 2020. 09. 23.

    Episode 19: Gramsci, the Political Party, and the Relevance of Machiavelli in the Modern Day

    Mark and Alex cover Antonio Gramsci's advice for political parties and defend the legacy of Machiavelli Follow us on Twitter: @wereadtheorypod Come chat with us at r/wereadtheorypod Works referenced in this episode: All by Antonio Gramsci "Brief Notes on Machiavelli’s Politics" "Machiavelli and Marx" "Politics as an Autonomous Science" "Elements of Politics" "The Political Party" "Conceptions of the World and Practical Stances: Global and Partial" "Some Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Economism" "Prediction and Perspective" "Analysis of Situations: Relations of Force" "On Bureaucracy" "The Theorem of Fixed Proportions" "Number and Quality in Representative Systems of Government" "Continuity and Tradition" "Spontaneity and Conscious Leadership" "Against Byzantinism" "The Collective Worker" "Voluntarism and Social Masses"

    45분
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Mark and Alex take turns explaining famous works of Leftist political theory to each other and to their audience in simple, understandable terms

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