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The socialist movement did not survive the 20th century. To understand why the socialist movement has failed up to this point, we have to understand what it sought to do and what it actually accomplished. Yet this history has largely been forgotten, and what is remembered is obscure and painful to d…

Socialist Legacy


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    Rebuilding the revolutionary party?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 119:13


    This week we discuss "No Shortcuts: The Struggle for the Revolutionary Party" by Szamuely https://www.sublationmag.com/post/no-shortcuts-the-struggle-for-the-revolutionary-party I wrote up my criticisms into a response article, "How to Rebuild the Party?" https://www.sublationmag.com/post/how-to-rebuild-the-party Join us streaming live every Tuesday night at 5pm Eastern on the @Sublation Media with Douglas Lain Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/sublationmedia Join the Socialist Legacy Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Jrnnuh9ABU You can support Socialist Legacy on Patreon: Socialist Legacy: https://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy These recordings are also available as a podcast: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:151083608/sounds.rss

    How not to criticize reformism

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2022 61:43


    In this episode we discuss this article: https://cosmonautmag.com/2022/07/state-democracy-and-transition-is-there-a-democratic-road-to-socialism/ Join us streaming live every Tuesday night at 5pm Eastern on the @Sublation Media with Douglas Lain Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/sublationmedia You can support Socialist Legacy on Patreon: Socialist Legacy: https://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy These recordings are also available as a podcast: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:151083608/sounds.rss

    Socialism and Reforms

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2022 125:11


    In this episode we discuss the role of reforms in the struggle for socialism, specifically in relation to these articles: - "Wrong Life and Abortion" by Ethan Linehan: https://www.sublationmag.com/post/wrong-life-and-abortion - "Abortion and Bad Critique" by Conrad Hamilton: https://www.sublationmag.com/post/abortion-and-bad-critique Also mentioned: - Engels on the independence of law, in a letter to Conrad Schmidt: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1890/letters/90_10_27.htm - Engels on historical materialism, in a letter to Joseph Bloch: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1890/letters/90_09_21.htm - Engels on the relation of the socialist party to reform laws, in a letter to August Bebel: https://wikirouge.net/texts/en/Letter_to_August_Bebel,_November_24,_1879 Join us streaming live every Tuesday night at 5pm Eastern on the Sublation Media Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/sublationmedia You can support Socialist Legacy on Patreon: Socialist Legacy: https://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy These recordings are also available as a podcast: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:151083608/sounds.rss

    DSA is a dead end for socialism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2022 122:55


    This week we discuss Hal Draper's critique of sectarian organization and his alternative approach to promoting socialist ideas, the "political center", and reflect on the Jacobin/DSA strategy in light of this critique. - Hal Draper's "Anatomy of the Micro-Sect": https://www.marxists.org/archive/draper/1973/xx/microsect.htm - Hal Draper's "Toward a New Beginning – On Another Road: The Alternative to the Micro_Sect": https://www.marxists.org/archive/draper/1971/alt/alt.htm - Bhaskar Sunkara's interview with Doug Lain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbQTRkEGj2Q - Panel discussion with Sunkara, Mike Macnair, and Seth Ackerman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJobDfA5-9Q - Ackerman's "A Blueprint for a New Party": https://jacobin.com/2016/11/bernie-sanders-democratic-labor-party-ackerman - Monty Johnstone's "Marx and Engels and the Concept of the Party": https://www.marxists.org/archive/johnstone/1967/xx/me-party.htm Join us streaming live every Tuesday night at 5pm Eastern on the Sublation Media Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/sublationmedia You can support Sublation Media and Socialist Legacy on Patreon: Sublation Media: https://www.patreon.com/dietsoap Socialist Legacy: https://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy These recordings are also available as a podcast: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:151083608/sounds.rss My interview on the Sublation Magazine Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uk2zR5H1p0&t=1760s Interview with Derick Varn (premiering on July 1 at 7pm ET): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHnnveJXNUY

    The Marxist Party vs Jacobin Magazine and DSA

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2022 137:05


    This week we finish discussing Seth Ackerman's "A Blueprint for a New Party" and its differences from the Marxist concept of the party, and why any of this matters today. Join us streaming live every Tuesday night at 5pm Eastern on the Sublation Media Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/sublationmedia You can support Sublation Media and Socialist Legacy on Patreon: Sublation Media: https://www.patreon.com/dietsoap Socialist Legacy: https://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy These recordings are also available as a podcast: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:151083608/sounds.rss Seth Ackerman's "A Blueprint for a New Party": https://jacobin.com/2016/11/bernie-sanders-democratic-labor-party-ackerman Monty Johnstone: "Marx and Engels and the Concept of the Party": https://www.marxists.org/archive/johnstone/1967/xx/me-party.htm My interview on the Sublation Magazine Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uk2zR5H1p0&t=1760s

    A New Party? Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2022 102:17


    This we begin discussing Seth Ackerman's "A Blueprint for a New Party" and the political independence of the working class. Join us streaming live every Tuesday night at 5pm Eastern on the Sublation Media Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/sublationmedia You can support Sublation Media and Socialist Legacy on Patreon: Sublation Media: https://www.patreon.com/dietsoap Socialist Legacy: https://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy These recordings are also available as a podcast: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:151083608/sounds.rss Seth Ackerman's "A Blueprint for a New Party": https://jacobin.com/2016/11/bernie-sanders-democratic-labor-party-ackerman

    Marx's Party II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 129:11


    This week we discuss the class independence of the proletarian party. Join us streaming live every Tuesday night at 5pm Eastern on the Sublation Media Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/sublationmedia You can support Sublation Media and Socialist Legacy on Patreon: Sublation Media: https://www.patreon.com/dietsoap Socialist Legacy: https://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy These recordings are also available as a podcast: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:151083608/sounds.rss Monty Johnstone's "Marx and Engels and the Concept of the Party": https://www.marxists.org/archive/johnstone/1967/xx/me-party.htm

    Marx's Party

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2022 129:41


    In our first livestream for the Sublation Media Twitch channel, we discuss the Marxist concept of the proletarian party as elaborated by Monty Johnstone. We will be streaming every Tuesday night at 5pm Eastern. Join us here: https://www.twitch.tv/sublationmedia You can support Sublation Media and Socialist Legacy on Patreon: Sublation Media: https://www.patreon.com/dietsoap Socialist Legacy: https://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy These recordings are also available as a podcast: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:151083608/sounds.rss Monty Johnstone's "Marx and Engels and the Concept of the Party": https://www.marxists.org/archive/johnstone/1967/xx/me-party.htm

    Contempt for Socialism

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 10:09


    Reflections on the reasons behind contempt for socialism and its potential significance. If you enjoyed this episode, consider supporting Socialist Legacy on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy

    The Class Struggle (What is a socialist party? Lecture 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 31:07


    This lecture sets up the reading for our second session, Karl Kautsky's "The Class Struggle" aka "The Erfurt Program". Reading Group Syllabus: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fn9DrqQmK_25yOoxLH-DyzSo15KN3IOumwF59AFLQAA/edit?usp=sharing The Socialist Legacy: socialistlegacy.com Contact: contact@socialistlegacy.com

    What is a socialist party? (Lecture 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 45:22


    What is a socialist party? Lecture 1: Introducing the reading group About the Campaign for a Socialist Party: campaignforasocialistparty.com Contact the campaign: campaignforasocialistparty@gmail.com Reading group syllabus: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fn9DrqQmK_25yOoxLH-DyzSo15KN3IOumwF59AFLQAA/edit?usp=sharing The Socialist Legacy: socialistlegacy.com Contact: contact@socialistlegacy.com

    The Crusade Against The International (History Of The International 1864 - 1914, Ep. 10)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2021 37:23


    The tenth installment in a series in which I read Julius Braunthal's 1961 book, History of the International, 1864-1914. In this episode, I read chapter fourteen, "The Crusade against the International". If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at http://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy​

    The First International And The Paris Commune (History Of The International 1864 - 1914, Ep. 9)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 51:00


    The ninth installment in a series in which I read Julius Braunthal's 1961 book, History of the International, 1864-1914. In this episode, I read chapter thirteen, "The International in the Franco-German War and in the Paris Commune". If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at http://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy​

    Socialism, Progressivism, and Working Class Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 48:16


    Another episode of extemporaneous reflections, summarizing and building upon the previous episode on Marx's contribution to socialism If you've enjoyed this video, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at http://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy​​

    Karl Marx And Socialism

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 124:15


    In this episode, I talk extemporaneously about Karl Marx's contribution to the socialist movement, and what defined "Marxism" as a distinctive tendency within that movement. Mentioned in this video: - Marx to J. Weydemeyer in New York: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/letters/52_03_05-ab.htm - Forgetting Mark Fisher? A discussion with Efraim Carlebach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-aOATKC4J0 - Platypus Affiliated Society http://platypus1917.org​ If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at http://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy​

    Marx versus the Anarchists (History of the International 1864-1914, Ep. 8)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2021 82:26


    The eighth installment in a series in which I read Julius Braunthal's 1961 book, History of the International, 1864-1914. In this episode, I read chapter twelve, "Ideological and Political Problems of the International", dealing with the struggle Marx and Engels waged within the international against other political tendencies, particularly the anarchist followers of Proudhon and the faction organized around Mikhail Bakunin. If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at http://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy​

    The First International: Legend and Reality (History of the International 1864-1914, Ep. 7)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 51:01


    The seventh installment in a series in which I read Julius Braunthal's 1961 book, History of the International, 1864-1914. In this episode, I read chapter eleven, "The Strength of the International—Legend and Reality". If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at http://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy

    The Founding Of The First International (History Of The International 1864-1914, Ep. 6)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 88:03


    The sixth installment in a series in which I read Julius Braunthal's 1961 book, History of the International, 1864-1914. In this episode, I read chapters nine, "The Founding of the Historic International", and ten, "The Principles and Statutes of the First International", on the birth of the International Working Men's Association. If you've enjoyed this video, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at http://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy​​

    Socialism, Democracy, and International Revolution (History of the International 1864-1914, Ep. 5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 91:33


    The fifth installment in a series in which I read Julius Braunthal's 1961 book, History of the International, 1864-1914. In this episode, I read chapters seven, "The Society of Fraternal Democrats", and eight, "The International Association", on the relation between the socialist movement and the international struggle for democracy before, during, and immediately after the revolutions of 1848. If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at http://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy​​

    The Communist League (History of the International 1864-1914, Ep. 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 65:45


    The fourth installment in a series in which I read Julius Braunthal's 1961 book, History of the International, 1864-1914. In this episode, I read chapter six, "The Communist League", covering the history of the infamous organization for which Marx and Engels authored "The Manifesto of the Communist Party." If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at http://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy​​

    Babeuf's Conspiracy and the Counter-Revolution (History of the International 1864-1914, Ep. 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 65:12


    The third installment in a series in which I read Julius Braunthal's 1961 book, History of the International, 1864-1914. In this episode, I finish chapter four, "The Conspiracy of the Equals", picking up where we left off with Babeuf's attempt to save the French Revolution from self-destruction, and read chapter five, "The Counter-Revolutionary International", concerning the efforts of the ruling classes of Europe to snuff out the revolution as it spread across the continent. If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at http://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy​

    The British Working Class and the French Revolution (History of the International 1864-1914, Ep. 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 55:06


    The second installment in a series in which I read Julius Braunthal's 1961 book, History of the International, 1864-1914. In this episode, I read chapter three, "The Corresponding Society", about the first independent working class political movement in history, and the beginning of chapter four, "The Conspiracy of the Equals", concerning the rise and fall of the Jacobins during the French Revolution. If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at http://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy​

    Thomas Paine and Internationalism (History of the International 1864-1914, Episode 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 60:55


    The first installment in a series in which I read Julius Braunthal's 1961 book, History of the International, 1864-1914. In this episode, I read the first two chapters, "The Birth of the Idea", and "Thomas Paine, Internationalist". If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at http://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy

    Socialism and the spirit of intellectual inquiry

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2021 47:36


    Some reflections on this project, and the relationship between socialism and intellectual inquiry more generally. "The spirit which has awakened, pervades, and moves the multitude, is that of intellectual inquiry. The light of thought is illuming the minds of the masses; kindled by the cheap publications, the discussions, missionaries, and meetings of the last ten years: a light which no power can extinguish, nor control its vivifying influence. For the spark once struck is inextinguishable, and will go on extending and radiating with increasing power; thought will generate thought; and each illumined mind will become a centre for the enlightenment of thousands, till the effulgent blaze penetrates every cranny of corruption, and scare selfishness and injustice from their seats of power. *Chartism* is an emanation of this spirit: its aim is the regeneration of all, the subjugation of none; its objects, as righteous as those of its opponents are wicked and unjust, are to place our institutions on the basis of justice, to secure labour its reward and merit its fruits, and to purify the heart and rectify the conduct of all, by knowledge, morality, and love of freedom. Discord and folly have to some extent unhappily prevailed, for want of sufficient investigation, but still Chartism has already been led by knowledge beyond the crushing influence of irresponsible and vindictive persecutors; and though prejudice and faction may contend with it for a season, it is yet destined to become a great and efficient instrument of moral and intellectual improvement." - William Lovett and John Collins, from "Chartism; A New Organization of the People", written in Warwick jail, 1840 If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at https://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy

    The Principle of Self-Emancipation in Marx and Engels by Hal Draper (2/2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2021 78:31


    The Principle of Self-Emancipation in Marx and Engels, by Hal Draper: https://www.marxists.org/archive/draper/1971/xx/emancipation.html If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at https://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy

    The Principle of Self-Emancipation in Marx and Engels by Hal Draper (1/2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2021 46:20


    The Principle of Self-Emancipation in Marx and Engels, by Hal Draper: https://www.marxists.org/archive/draper/1971/xx/emancipation.html If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at https://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy

    An Introduction to Hal Draper, and his Anatomy of a Micro-Sect

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2021 69:30


    An Introduction to Hal Draper, by Ernest Haberkern: https://www.marxists.org/archive/drap... Anatomy of the Micro-Sect, by Hal Draper: https://www.marxists.org/archive/drap... If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at https://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy

    The Alternative to the Micro-Sect by Hal Draper

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2021 132:38


    Toward a New Beginning–On Another Road: The Alternative to the Micro-Sect, by Hal Draper: https://www.marxists.org/archive/drap... Beyond sect or movement: What is a political center? A Platypus panel featuring Michael Hirsch, Jim Creegan, and Spencer A. Leonard - transcript: https://platypus1917.org/2019/09/01/b... - recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmTXI... If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at https://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy

    On answering the question: what is socialism?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2020 65:31


    A long and rambling episode in which I consider why it is so difficult to answer the simple question, "What is socialism?", I reflect on what I'm trying to accomplish with the Socialist Legacy project, and in which I read "The Man with the Hoe" by Edwin Markham, a few aphorisms from Max Horkheimer's "Dammerung", and a letter to Eugene Debs by an anonymous capitalist politician.

    Marx and Engels and the Concept of the Party, by Monty Johnstone (2/2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 85:01


    The full text of Johnstone's essay: https://www.marxists.org/archive/john... If you've enjoyed this video, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at patreon.com/socialistlegacy

    Marx and Engels and the Concept of the Party, by Monty Johnstone (1/2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2020 46:56


    The full text of Johnstone's essay: https://www.marxists.org/archive/johnstone/1967/xx/me-party.htm If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at patreon.com/socialistlegacy

    Socialists Sow No Illusions

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2020 6:59


    Thoughts on the morning after election day

    We need a socialist party

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2020 12:09


    Some reflections provoked by the upcoming election, inspired by the election speeches of Eugene Debs. To the extent that I have any "positive" opinions about contemporary politics, I am simply trying to channel Eugene Debs and say what he would have to say on the subject. That's why I'm generally more interested in unearthing the forgotten or distorted history of the Debsian socialist tradition than trying to write original thoughts of my own. When I do say something in my own voice, if there is any merit in it, it's because I'm effectively bringing that legacy to bear upon present questions. But the relevance of even such "positive" assessments is, on balance, negative, because the conditions in which they would have positive bearing on the question of "what should be done" are missing. The pain of that absence must be felt.

    Why I am a Socialist, by George Herron (1900)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 66:39


    A speech by a founding member of the Socialist Party of America. Text available here: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/parties/spusa/1900/0929-herron-whyiamasoc.pdf You can support this project at patreon.com/socialistlegacy.

    Dusk (Dämmerung by Max Horkheimer, part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 4:09


    The first aphorism from Max Horkheimer's 1934 book, Dämmerung. You can support this project at patreon.com/socialistlegacy.

    Future of the class struggle [What is a socialist party? Session 3]

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2018 118:38


    This was the third session of a course for members and fellow travelers of the Socialist Party of Southern New Hampshire and the Socialist Party USA, titled "What is a socialist party?" The readings for this session, "Future of the class struggle", were: - Karl Kautsky, The Class Struggle (1892) -- Chapter IV. The Commonwealth of the Future: https://www.marxists.org/archive/kautsky/1892/erfurt/ch04.htm -- Chapter V. The Class Struggle: https://www.marxists.org/archive/kautsky/1892/erfurt/ch05.htm A video version of this recording is available here: https://youtu.be/UfV4tGPJH3A If you are interested in learning more about this course, please feel free to contact me: rkotlas @ gmail . com For more information on the Socialist Party USA, visit: socialistpartyusa.net

    "The Defender of Individual Liberty": Platform of the Socialist Party of America, 1904

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2018 15:22


    The 1904 Platform of the Socialist Party of America. Available here: https://medium.com/@reidkane/socialist-party-of-america-platform-1904-d6da4cad879e

    Origins of the class struggle [What is a socialist party? Session 2]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2018 116:07


    This was the second session of a course for members and fellow travelers of the Socialist Party of Southern New Hampshire and the Socialist Party USA, titled "What is a socialist party?" The readings for this session, "Origins of the class struggle", were: - The Erfurt Program of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (1891): https://www.marxists.org/history/international/social-democracy/1891/erfurt-program.htm - Karl Kautsky, The Class Struggle (1892) -- Chapter I. The Passing of Small Production: https://www.marxists.org/archive/kautsky/1892/erfurt/ch01.htm -- Chapter II. The Proletariat: https://www.marxists.org/archive/kautsky/1892/erfurt/ch02.htm -- Chapter III. The Capitalist Class: https://www.marxists.org/archive/kautsky/1892/erfurt/ch03.htm A video version of this recording is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtnt9jT4IYA If you are interested in learning more about this course, please feel free to contact me: rkotlas @ gmail . com For more information on the Socialist Party USA, visit: socialistpartyusa.net

    The stakes of socialism and its defeat [from Philip Cunliffe's Lenin Lives!]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2018 31:52


    A passage from Philip Cunliffe's 2017 book, "Lenin Lives! Reimagining the Russian Revolution 1917-2017" You can find it on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/2uaL0oW

    What is a socialist party? An introduction to the course

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2018 81:00


    This was the first session of a course for members and fellow travelers of the Socialist Party of Southern New Hampshire and the Socialist Party USA. It seeks to raise the question, "What is a socialist party?", by exploring how that question was answered historically. We will begin with a unit covering the major works of Karl Kautsky, the leading theorist of the Second International and intellectual successor of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. The readings for this introductory session, "What is socialist politics?", were: - Karl Marx, Programme of the Parti Ouvrier (1880): https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/05/parti-ouvrier.htm - Socialist Party of America, 1904 Platform (1904): https://medium.com/@reidkane/socialist-party-of-america-platform-1904-d6da4cad879e - Eugene Debs, "Competition versus Cooperation" (1900): http://marxisthistory.org/history/usa/parties/spusa/1900/0929-debs-competitionvcooperation.pdf - George Herron, “Why I Am a Socialist” (1900): http://marxisthistory.org/history/usa/parties/spusa/1900/0929-herron-whyiamasoc.pdf Other pieces referenced in this video: - Rida Vaquas, “What’s a good political education? A debate from the SPD": https://theclarionmag.org/2018/06/25/whats-a-good-political-education-a-debate-from-the-spd/ - Marx, Letter to J. Weydemeyer: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/letters/52_03_05-ab.htm - Engels, Letter to August Bebel: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1882/letters/82_10_28.htm If you are interested in learning more about this course, please feel free to contact me: rkotlas @ gmail . com For more information on the Socialist Party USA, visit: socialistpartyusa.net

    Julius Wayland - The Duty of Socialists (1900)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2018 4:55


    "The duty of socialists is as plain as day — support men who represent what you want. We have no interest in other parties or those that represent them. It matters not to us whether McKinley or Bryan is ruler over us. They both believe in private capitalism. Both are opposed to socialism. Their platforms are cunningly phrased sentences to obtain votes and get them into power. "Neither of them can wholly ruin the country. Its land and people will be here when they are forgotten. The working people of all countries have been divided between parties put up by the upholders of the existing system. Each election the voters have been deluded into believing they would be benefitted by the success of this or that party... "The Democratic Party is no more to be trusted than the Republican Party. The mass of Republican voters believe their party will bring good conditions. They are as honest and sincere as the Democrats. But they both are mistaken. Good conditions cannot come so long as trusts and monopolies own the industries. Socialists want the people to own them... "Our duty is to show a great growth and thus encourage others who are timid. Quit voting the ticket of your masters. Vote for what you want. Don’t throw away your vote by downing socialism and upholding what you do not want." Text of the article: http://marxisthistory.org/history/usa/parties/spusa/1900/0723-wayland-debsdenial.pdf On Youtube: https://youtu.be/ePKkfkzkqOY

    Eugene Debs - Speech at Canton, Ohio (1900)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2017 10:36


    "The country today is approaching a change. The trusts of today have lessened the number of capitalists, the trust is therefore the friend of labor. What we want is centralization of business, as trusts are, but let it be cooperative centralization." Text available here: http://marxisthistory.org/history/usa/parties/spusa/1900/1027-debs-cantonspeech.pdf On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNztZa4UgKw

    Walter Thomas Mills - Why I Shall Vote with the Social Democracy (1900)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2017 8:52


    "A million votes for the Social Democracy will compel the reorganization, and that not by converting either of the old parties, but by compelling their union against the new party, and the speedy overthrow of both. If we can get that number now, victory is near. If we cannot then all the more reason for beginning at once, for it will take a million votes in the new party to compel the reorganization by which imperialism will die, the trusts cease from troubling, the money conspiracy lose its power to enslave, and government come to be administered by direct authority of the people themselves." Text of the article: http://marxisthistory.org/history/usa/parties/spusa/1900/1020-mills-whyishallvotesdp.pdf On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK341S_QiC0

    Eugene Debs - The Social Democratic Convention has Emphasized Startling Truths (1900)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2017 4:58


    An article by Eugene Debs, presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party of America in 1900. Text of the article available here: http://marxisthistory.org/history/usa/parties/spusa/1900/0324-debs-startlingtruths.pdf On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_JmQWR4xL8

    Platform of the Social Democratic Party of America, 1900

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2017 5:05


    The 1900 Platform of the Social Democratic Party of America, which would the following year change its name to the Socialist Party of America. Text available here: http://marxisthistory.org/history/usa/parties/spusa/1900/0915-sdpa-platform.pdf On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7LZSNwzd7w

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