Podcast appearances and mentions of andrew kliman

Radio Free Humanity celebrated its 150th episode on Jan. 12, 2026  with a two-hour Zoom chat between participants and its co-hosts. In this wide-ranging chat, the co-hosts and participants discuss a variety of political and philosophical topics. They first consider the question, “Why does the ‘left' put so much emphasis on ‘getting organized'?  Why does this fall short of what is needed?” They then discuss the new US war against Venezuela, ICE killing a protestor in Minneapolis, Trumpism, and the explanatory power of Marx's economic thought and its relation to neoclassical economics. You can listen to the audio version of ChatRFH broadcast here. The video version is on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/By2xT9Hk4Aw Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

Gabriel Donnelly interviews Andrew Kliman, regarding Marx's concept of “intrinsic value”—value as distinct from exchange-value. Andrew clarifies the distinction and talks about how it became increasingly important to Marx. He and Gabriel discuss the significance of the concept of intrinsic value, Andrew's contention that Marx was proving the existence of intrinsic value at the start of “Capital,” and the import of Jamie Edwards & Brian Leiter's failure to recognize that this is what Marx was doing. (See full description of ep. for links to works cited and quoted.)Plus current-events segment: Lame, Sitting, Dead—the 3 Stages of Donald's Duckness. The co-hosts discuss the growing consensus that Trump is a “lame duck” and prospects for moving forward to Stages 2 and 3.ChatRFH 3.0 Coming Soon! Sunday, January 11, starting at 1 pm EST. Chat with Gabriel and Andrew in a live videocast ep. of RFH. Check MHI's website for Zoom link and details (also coming soon).Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

Co-hosts Andrew Kliman and Gabriel Donnelly speak with guest Gavin Mueller, an assistant professor of New Media and Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam. Mueller researches the politics of digital culture and much of our discussion centers on the realities of artificial intelligence in our time. They consider the huge amount of money being spent on Large Language Models, how they work, and what they can actually do as opposed to what all the hype says that they can (or will be able to???) do. Additionally the discussants consider how workers can fight the encroachment of this new, automated technology into the workplace. Our discussion leans on parts of Gavin's book Breaking Things at Work: The Luddites Are Right About Why You Hate Your Job. They consider what Marx said about technology and automation, and how it applies to this situation. Plus current-events segment: the co-hosts discuss the political indictments handed down from the Trumpist Department of Justice that have targeted personal foes of Trump-James Comey, Leticia James, and John Bolton. Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

Radio Free Humanity: “Episode 141: Rallo's “Negative Marginal Utility.”” The co-hosts discuss Andrew's article “The Negative Marginal Utility of Rallo's ‘Reply to Andrew Kliman.'” Current-events segment: Grim macroeconomic trends as a fallout of Trump's economic chaos.

Radio Free Humanity Ep. 138: “Episode 138: Confronting the Paranormal Fringe (with Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling).” The co-hosts welcome author Hongoltz-Hetling to discuss his latest book. Current-events segment: Xi outmaneuvers Trump. Radio Free Humanity is a podcast covering news, politics and philosophy from a Marxist-Humanist perspective. It is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman. We intend to release new episodes every two weeks. Radio Free Humanity is sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (MHI), but the views expressed by the hosts and guests of Radio Free Humanity are their own. They do not necessarily reflect the views and positions of MHI.

Co-hosts Andrew Kliman and Gabriel Donnelly dive into the archives! This is the first of a two-part discussion of the text of a presentation that Raya Dunayevskaya gave in the early 1950s, titled “Form and Plan.” She argues that the alternatives are not whether or not to plan, but the “despotic” plan of capital vs. the cooperative plan of “freely associated men.” The despotic plan is a form of capitalism that reveals its despotic essence. Thus, Dunayevskaya sees “form” in a new light, not as something opposed to and less important than “essence,” but as something that forms and reveals essence. This insight gives her a new appreciation of volume 3 of Capital, which deals with the forms that capitalism takes in the market and in thought. She argues that “we” (the Johnson-Forest Tendency) “have greatly underestimated” that volume, because the JFT focused on counterposing form and essence in order to combat opponents who regard private property and markets, not capitalist production, as capitalism's distinctive feature. Plus current-events segment: On Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo piece, “Trump's Already Lost.” The co- hosts discuss the kind of loss that Marshall has in mind, and the great distance between it and the total, thoroughgoing loss that is needed, They also discuss the Canadian election results, and the fact that Polievre's loss does not equate to an outright rejection of Canadian Trumpism. Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

Co-hosts Andrew Kliman and Gabriel Donnelly dive deep into Henryk Grossman's model and theory of capitalist breakdown. They discuss Andrew's upcoming new article on Grossman, and Andrew's dialogue with a Grossman defender. MHI has recently published an article by Michael Rednitz, “Grossman's “Correction” of Marx's Law of the Tendential Fall in the Rate of Profit,” and the co-hosts also discuss its contributions to the critique of Grossmanism. This episode is a continuation of MHI's prior engagements with Grossmanism, including two prior episodes of this podcast series. In episode 53 we first discussed Grossman's model and theory of capitalist breakdown, and in episode 69 we interviewed author Ted Reese about his book on Grossmanism. Additionally, Andrew led three class sessions on Grossmanism last fall. Plus current-events segment: The co-hosts discuss the Trumpist tariffs, and the conspiratorial, outdated economic thinking that inspired it. They consider the serious risk of a Trump-induced global recession.

Co-hosts Andrew Kliman and Gabriel Donnelly welcome Franz Schaefer, a Communist and political activist in Austria, on the show to discuss Trumpism and the rise of the far-right. The discussants consider how Trumpism in America threatens democracy everywhere. They also discuss the rise of the Freedom Party in Austria. Franz explains the fascist roots of the Freedom Party and how a coalition government was formed to keep the far right out of power and the chancellorship. Plus current-events segment: The co-hosts discuss the latest Trumpist assault on the civil liberties of immigrants—including the illegal arrests of Mahmoud Khalil and Dr. Rasha Alawieh, and the mass deportations to an El Salvadorian prison—and the lackluster response from Democrats. Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

Co-hosts Andrew Kliman and Gabriel Donnelly discuss Karl Marx's 1852 book “The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte,” written soon after French president Louis Napoleon—or, as Marx refers to him, Louis Napoleon—staged an auto-coup in 1851, replacing a parliamentary republic with “rule by bayonet.” Shortly thereafter, he declared himself Emperor Napoleon III. Much of the discussion focuses on how Marx considered history, political struggle, and parties in relationship to the broader class struggle. The co hosts focus especially on his claim that French political parties and figures “represented” social classes. While they note striking similarities between the assaults on democracy in Louis Bonaparte's France and in Donald Trump's US (and elsewhere) today, they also discuss the pitfalls of trying to draw simple comparisons between substantially different political, economic, and cultural situations. Plus current-events segment: Trump administration chaos creating macroeconomic chaos. The co-hosts discuss how Trump's on-again, off again tariffs and other chaos have led to widespread economic uncertainty, and the likely consequences of that uncertainty.

Co-hosts Andrew Kliman and Gabriel Donnelly discuss Gabriel's upcoming article “American Unionism and Trump: Where are the unions in the struggle against Trumpism?” set to be published soon in Marxist-Humanist Initiative's publication With Sober Senses. The co-hosts, and the article, consider the state of trade unionism after Trump's second election. In particular, they discuss the regulatory framework of federal labor law in America. Trump has already begun meddling with existing labor-law precedent, and the response from trade union leaders has been lacking. An important aspect of their discussion is the quandary that American trade unions find themselves in. The example of the Amazon Labor Union is used to show how difficult a “new beginning” can be. The ALU had seemed like a new moment in the American labor struggle, but they stumbled and were eventually subsumed into the Teamsters. Plus current-events segment: the co-hosts discuss embattled New York City mayor Eric Adams and Trump's attempts to get Adams's corruption charges dropped. They consider how Trumpism encourages corruption and cronyism, to ensure loyalty to Trump, and they discuss how this may be combatted.

In honor of Gabriel Donnelly recently finishing his first-time reading of Marx's “Capital,” Volume I, from cover to cover, Andrew Kliman interviews him about the experience. Gabriel is asked why it took him so long, and what the experience was like. Andrew gets in on the fun, telling the story of his own first-time reading. The co-hosts also discuss several aspects of “Capital,” including the concept of labor-power and the distinction between absolute and relative surplus-value, and why it is important—and possible—to read “Capital” without a reading guide, despite the supposed difficulty of the text. The co-hosts hope that this episode will inspire any listener who hasn't yet cracked the spine to dive into this text.

Resuming a discussion of Paul Raekstad's “Karl Marx's Realist Critique of Capitalism,”the co-hosts respond to the book's interpretation of Marx's conception of socialist society. Paul contends that socialism, for Marx, centers on democratic planning, ending the division of labor, and distribution according to need. The co-hosts discuss important features of Marx's concept of socialism that this formulation leaves out and its inattention to the economic differences between socialism's lower and higher phases. They suggest that, if we want to realize socialism, here and now, and we want to critique Stalinism realistically and effectively, focus on the lower phase is needed. (The co-hosts have invited Paul Raekstad back to the podcast to discuss the issues.) Plus current-events segment: the co-hosts discuss the inauguration and the first week of Trump's second terms. Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

Co-hosts Andrew Kliman and Gabriel Donnelly welcome past guest and Marxist-Humanist Ralph Keller on the show to discuss the status of the Ukrainian struggle against Putin's invasion. They discuss the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk, the rising resistance in Russian, and the imperative need for foreign aid to Ukraine's struggle. Keller's report has yet to be released, but keep your eyes on Marxist-Humanist Initiative's publication, With Sober Senses, where it will be published. They also discuss the political situation in Germany, where support for the Ukrainian war effort has become a political hot topic. The hosts and Keller consider how the far-right Alternative for Deutschland is eager to abandon the Ukrainians to Putin, and how Trump and Musk are cheering that party on. Plus current-events segment: Michael Podhorzer's article “How Trump ‘Won.'” Trump's victory was not from a huge upsurge in votes, but due to a collapse in Democratic turnout. The co-hosts also discuss the issue of political disengagement and highly alienated voters Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

Co-hosts Andrew Kliman and Gabriel Donnelly discuss Marxist-Humanist Initiative's upcoming editorial “The New Stage of Struggle Against Trumpism.” The co-hosts, and the editorial, consider the situation we all face after Trump's second election. In particular, they discuss the current lack of a concerted resistance, the elected Democrats who are toying with collaboration, and what makes 2024 different from 2016. Additionally, they consider the fragile state of the global situation and of American democracy. An important aspect of their discussion is the need for a theoretical framework for understanding Trumpism to be part of any resistance. They discuss how the rise of the split-ballot voters shows the need for a serious conception of Trumpism to undergird any serious mass resistance Plus current-events segment: the fall of Assad and the bombshell events in Syria. Almost everyone was taken aback by these developments, the co-hosts included, and they consider how this situation is still in flux. Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

Author and communications expert Tim Ward joins co-hosts Andrew Kliman and Gabriel Donnelly to discuss what it means to stand up for truth in politics. The discussants considered how the Harris campaign handled the issue of post-truth politics, how Trump will continue to erode truth, and cognitive biases that help fuel the power of post-truth lies. Much of the discussion considered how a positive movement for truth, in the face of post-truth's encroachments, would actually look like and what such a movement would prioritize. To that end, the Pro-Truth Pledge was considered. Tim Ward is the coauthor with Gleb Tsipursky of Pro Truth: A Practical Plan for Putting Truth Back Into Politics, formerly sat on the executive board of the Pro-Truth Pledge, and blogs at Medium. The Pro-Truth Pledge can be read and signed at its website. Plus current-events segment: the co-hosts discuss the recent protests in Georgia after the cessation of talks for the country to join the European Union. Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

Author and communications expert Tim Ward joins co-hosts Andrew Kliman and Gabriel Donnelly to discuss what it means to stand up for truth in politics. The discussants considered how the Harris campaign handled the issue of post-truth politics, how Trump will continue to erode truth, and cognitive biases that help fuel the power of post-truth lies. Much of the discussion considered how a positive movement for truth, in the face of post-truth's encroachments, would actually look like and what such a movement would prioritize. To that end, the Pro-Truth Pledge was considered. Tim Ward is the coauthor with Gleb Tsipursky of Pro Truth: A Practical Plan for Putting Truth Back Into Politics, formerly sat on the executive board of the Pro-Truth Pledge, and blogs at Medium. The Pro-Truth Pledge can be read and signed at its website. Plus current-events segment: the co-hosts discuss the recent protests in Georgia after the cessation of talks for the country to join the European Union.

Carlos Ezquerra and Sebastián Hernandez join co-hosts Andrew Kliman and Gabriel Donnelly to discuss the rising influence of libertarianism in the Spanish-speaking world. Much of the discussion focuses on the influential book “Anti-Marx,” published by Spanish libertarian Juan Ramón Rallo in 2022, and Andrew's recent response to it. Andrew demonstrated that Rallo's attempt to destroy “Capital's” theories of value, the origin of profit, and the falling rate of profit is a complete failure. Sebastián's translation projects are also discussed. Plus current-events segment: the co-hosts discuss Doug Henwood's recent apologetic in “Jacobin” on behalf of Trump voters. Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

Radio Free Humanity celebrates its 125th episode with a two-hour Zoom chat between participants and the co-hosts, Andrew Kliman and Gabriel Donnelly. Listeners and some former guests joined the co-hosts on Zoom to make comments or ask questions. The discussion was overwhelmingly focused on the 2024 American presidential election and its consequences. Beyond the election, the co-hosts and participants discussed a variety of political and philosophical topics— the Marxist orientation towards liberal democracy, the political stature of trade unions, and the thinking behind the production of Radio Free Humanity. You can listen to the audio version of ChatRFH 2.0 broadcast here. The video version is on YouTube. . Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

The co-hosts welcome Christos Balomenos of the University of Athens to discuss his recent articles that seriously challenge Michael Heinrich's allegations against Marx's falling-rate-of-profit theory. After painstaking archival research, Christos flatly rejects Heinrich's claims that Marx had second thoughts about the theory and that Engels' editing distorted Marx's texts on the topic. In addition to reviewing the evidence, Christos and the co-hosts discuss why Marx's theory is important, what motivates Heinrich's allegations, and related matters. Plus current-events segment on Jack Smith's superseding indictment. Has he succeeded in outwitting the Stench Court and its immunity ruling? ChatRFH 2.0 on SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, STARTING at 1 PM EST! Chat with Gabriel and Andrew in a live videocast ep. of RFH. Zoom link and details at https://wp.me/p8XFV5-5sC Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

Jane Michaels, a Marxist-Humanist and lifelong rural white Wisconsinite, joins the cohosts to discuss Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman's recent book, “White Rural Rage.” They talk about the book's focus on rural whites as the base of Trumpism and resurgent authoritarianism in the US, negative feedback the book has received, J.D. Vance's “Hillbilly Elegy,” causes of “white rural rage,” and what can be done to stop the ascendancy of white supremacism and authoritarianism. Plus current-events segment: The Real Trump Mystery: why does half of the voting public support a malignant narcissistic Mussolini wannabe who is unfit to breathe our air? ChatRFH 2.0 COMING SOON! Sunday, November 10, starting at 1 pm EST. Chat with Gabriel and Andrew in a live videocast ep. of RFH. Check MHI's website for Zoom link and details (also coming soon). Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

Aaron Williams talks with the co-hosts about his experiences during decades of work as a union staff member. He stresses that the job of a staffer is “not emancipatory,” because a union is a “service organization.” He and the co-hosts also talk about how the labor movement and the challenges it faces have changed over the years, including some positive developments. Plus current-events segment: the struggle over “judicial reform” in Mexico. Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

The co-hosts welcome Ralph Keller, author of “Treating the TSSI Like a Dead Dog: A Response to Seth Ackerman,” which responds to a “Jacobin” piece by Ackerman. Ralph explains why he regards Ackerman's conduct as “unscholarly” and “intellectual immorality.” He calls out Ackerman for ignoring the fact that the “Okishio theorem” has been disproven. He and the co-hosts discuss several related issues, including Marx's ”failure” to prove that the rate of profit must fall. Toward the end of the interview, Andrew and Ralph discuss their forthcoming article that charges Ackerman with having egregiously misused simulation results to produce a revised rate of profit that skyrockets from 1985 onward. Plus current-events segment: Implications of Joe Biden's Abysmal Debate Performance. SUMMER 2024 SCHEDULE: We intend to release new eps once a month, on the first Friday of the month. The next episode, Ep. 120, is slated for release on August 2. The regular schedule will resume with Ep. 121, slated for release on Sept. 6. Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

The co-hosts respond to Suresh Naidu's piece in “Jacobin,” “What Marx Really Meant.” They begin by discussing norms of interpretation (of texts and of history), with emphasis on why principled interpretation is ethically important. They critique Brill, a major publisher, for insinuating that texts can't be misinterpreted. They then respond in detail to Naidu, showing that he was not telling the truth when he claimed not to be concerned with “what Marx really meant,” and defending the importance of getting the meaning of texts right against his vitriolic attack. Plus current-events segment, “People of New York 34, Trump 0,” on the historic felony conviction of Donald J. Trump. SUMMER 2024 SCHEDULE: We intend to release new eps once a month, on the first Friday of the month. The next episode, Ep. 119, is slated for release on July 5. The regular schedule will resume with Ep. 121, slated for release on Sept. 6. Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

Gabriel and Andrew welcome William Clare Roberts, author of Marx's Inferno: The Political Theory of “Capital,” in which he reads the first volume of Capital as a work of political theory. They discuss differences between this and other ways of reading Capital, its engagement with Proudhonism and related non-Marxist tendencies on the left, Marx's relation to the radical republican tradition, and the specificity of his concept of capitalist exploitation. They also discuss “Hell” imagery in radical literature, Will's contention that “volume one of Capital must be taken as Marx's last testament,” and more. Plus current-events segment: The situation in Rafah and the current state of the Hamas-Israel war SUMMER 2024 SCHEDULE: We intend to release new eps once a month, on the first Friday of the month. The next episode, Ep. 118 is slated for release on June 7. The regular schedule will resume with Ep. 121, slated for release on Sept. 6. Radio Free Humanity is a podcast covering news, politics and philosophy from a Marxist-Humanist perspective. It is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman. We intend to release new episodes every two weeks. Radio Free Humanity is sponsored by MHI, but the views expressed by the hosts and guests of Radio Free Humanity are their own. They do not necessarily reflect the views and positions of MHI.

Episode 116: Is There Life After Tankieism?: BadMouse Recants, BadMouths Stalinism The co-hosts welcome Dave, aka BadMouse, who was a prominent Stalinist YouTuber but has since recanted. They discuss why some youth find Stalinism appealing, and why Dave himself turned to it. He then recounts how and why he became disillusioned. He and the co-hosts discuss “becom[ing] OK with not necessarily having all the answers,” and how to help people resist the pull of Stalinism, including the work that Dave is now doing on his BadMouse YouTube channel. Plus current-events segment: Internal divisions in GOP allow US to (finally) provide aid for Ukraine's defense against invasion. Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

The co-hosts expose a real-world case of spurious correlation—the correlation between industry-level “values” and “prices,” drawing on chapter 11 of Andrew's book, Reclaiming Marx's “Capital,” and “Christianity versus Alternative Faith Bases,” his parody of the value-price correlation “studies.” They discuss why the value-price correlations are spurious, who started value-price correlation mania and why, what it has to do with Karl Marx's actual value theory, how Andrew became involved, and more. He refutes objections to his findings made by Paul Cockshott & Allin Cottrell and by Emilio Díaz & Rubén Osuna. Plus current-events segment: Razing Arizona—and the US? Near-total ban on abortion resurrected by Arizona's Supreme Court. Anne Jaclard joins the co-hosts to discuss the implications. Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

Andrew Kliman and Gabriel Donnelly welcome Scott Homan and Chad Rhiger to discuss their film, “Witness Underground,” a documentary about young Jehovah's Witnesses with a shared interest in music who managed to break free from the religion. They discuss Scott and Chad's lives, the religion's attitude to truth, and its cruel practice of shunning. The discussion also takes up cultish practices by other groups, religious and political; how to combat cultism; and the experience of “absolute possibility” upon leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses. Plus current-events segment: SCOCO DQs DJT. Anne Jaclard and Andrew talk about the Colorado Supreme Court's disqualification of Trump from running for president, and negative hot takes on the ruling coming from parts of the left (Eric Levitz, Ben Burgis).

Andrew Kliman and Gabriel Donnelly interview Yuval Idan, author of “To my Western leftist friends, from your leftist Israeli friend.” This widely read Medium post addresses Western leftists who treated Hamas' terrorist attack as “an unfortunate situation,” “stayed silent,” or “lecture[d] us about context and resistance.” After recounting her own political history, Yuval and the interviewers discuss the prevalence of such “Western leftist” reactions, why they shocked her, what accounts for them, and why she thinks they have harmed Israeli and Palestinian leftists' struggle. She lays out how she thinks Western leftists should respond, discusses her optimism that the conflict will end, and stresses that most Jewish immigrants to Israel did not have “settler- colonialist” aims, but came as refugees with nowhere else to go—and that they, and Palestinians, still have nowhere else to go. Plus current-events segment: “Has Trump finally ‘crossed the line' into fascism? What line?” Andrew responds to an Atlantic piece by NeverTrump conservative Tom Nichols.

Andrew Kliman and Brendan Cooney discuss this famous principle of distribution, in the context of Marx's work and as discussed in a recent Ph.D. dissertation by Edoardo Bellando, ”From Each According to His Ability, to Each According to His Needs”: What Could it Possibly Mean, and What Lies Behind this Marxian Principle? After briefly reviewing the origins of the principle and pre-Marx advocacy of it, Andrew and Brendan talk about what the principle means and doesn't mean as well as the part it plays within Marx's overall argument in the Critique of the Gotha Program. Plus current-events segment: Mike Who? Anne Jaclard, organizational secretary of Marxist-Humanist Initiative, joins Andrew to discuss the new Speaker of the US House of Representatives, a Christian nationalist who played a key role in the Trumpite conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election.

Brendan and Andrew discuss the Ukrainian fight for national self-determination, drawing lessons from V. I. Lenin's responses to “imperialist economists” and Rosa Luxemburg, who all claimed that national self- determination is unachievable under imperialism. The co-hosts review what “imperialist economism” meant at that time and they discuss parallels today, including a new variant––campist imperialist economism. The issues discussed include: what “national self-determination” and its achievement mean; how it is achievable, even in the context of inter-imperialist conflict, as in Ukraine today; and how arguments that national self-determination is unachievable often misuse the axiomatic method. (Owing to the special nature of the above discussion, this episode does not include a distinct current-events segment.) The next episode of Radio Free Humanity is scheduled to air starting on December 23, not December 16. Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Brendan Cooney and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

On this episode we give an analysis of the excellent recent paper by Andrew Kliman on the Critique of the Gotha Program. Paper:https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/economics/marxs-critique-of-the-gotha-program-on-capitalism-vs-communism.htmlBook Project:https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Omega

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Nesse episódio, Gabriel Carvalho (Ciências Sociais - UNIVASF) e Bruno Miller Theodósio (doutorando em economia pela Universidade de Utah) recebem Andrew Kliman, economista graduado na Universidade de Maryland, doutor em economia pela Universidade de Utah e professor aposentado de economia da Universidade Pace em Nova York para falar sobre a teoria da crise, a teoria do valor, a interpretação de sistema único-temporal e o impacto da financeirização na taxa de lucro do capital. Este episódio estará disponível com legendas no Youtube.

Marxist-feminist author Rohini Hensman joins the co-hosts to discuss her recent article “Ukraine's Protracted Struggle for National Liberation” as well as “pseudo-anti-imperialism” within the left. Hensman details the relation between Ukraine and Russia under Tsarist rule, the changes that occurred with the Bolshevik revolution, and then Stalin's recolonization of Ukraine. She and the co-hosts then discuss the situation since the USSR collapsed––widespread support for independence throughout Ukraine despite US opposition; what the Putin regime hopes to achieve by invading Ukraine; and why attempts to appease it are futile. The discussion of pseudo-anti-imperialism takes up the one-sided stances of Noam Chomsky and his followers. Current-events segment: Recent centrist Democratic proposals (from William Galston & Elaine Kamarck, and from Stanley Greenberg) to save US democracy from Trumpism by placating swing voters. Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Brendan Cooney and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

We welcome back Andrew Kliman to the show, to talk about a paper he recently published about the Breakdown Model of Henryk Grossman.The paper, which contains the link to the Spanish translation:https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/economics/henryk-grossmanns-breakdown-model-on-the-real-cause-of-the-fictitious-breakdown-tendency.html

This is part two of our discussion with Prof Andrew Kliman, where we debate my current love affair with ‘The Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution' by Jan Appel and the Group of International Communists.

This week we welcome back Prof. Andrew Kliman to the show. We get deep into some more value theory, specifically discussing the difference between concrete and abstract labour, simple and complex labour, and do slaves create value....The really excellent Patrick Murray value form debate episodes mentioned in the episode:https://soundcloud.com/mhi-120639128/rfh-murray-interview-ep-1https://soundcloud.com/mhi-120639128/rfh-murray-interview-part-2Also, the paper we are discussing is from the book 'The New Value Controversy and the Foundations of Economics' and  is called 'The Duality of Labour'.

The co-hosts welcome Keith Kahn-Harris, author of Denial: The Unspeakable Truth. They discuss what the various kinds of denialism have in common, strategies to fight denialism, and confronting the “post-denialist” environment into which Kahn-Harris thinks we're moving. Much of the discussion focuses on his claims that denialism is a bad-faith strategy that people resort to when their true desires have become unspeakable, and that conflicts between denialists and their opponents are not just about the facts, but ultimately about morality. Radio Free Humanity is a podcast covering news, politics and philosophy from a Marxist-Humanist perspective. It is co-hosted by Brendan Cooney and Andrew Kliman. We intend to release new episodes every two weeks. Radio Free Humanity is sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org), but the views expressed by the co-hosts and guests of Radio Free Humanity are their own. They do not necessarily reflect the views and positions of MHI. Click here for a list of episodes and to leave comments: www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/mhi-radi…humanity RSS feed: feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundclo…158/sounds.rss Also, check out MHI's publication, "With Sober Senses": www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/our-publication

The co-hosts welcome back Ravi Bali to discuss his recently-published essay, “On Conducting Arguments in an Honest, Revolutionary Manner.” Ravi explains why he thinks truth-seeking should be an important goal for revolutionaries, and why revolutionaries should debate differences among us, instead of assuming that it's sufficient to agree about “the fundamentals.” He and the co-hosts also discuss procedures that allow for proper debate; examples of bad, and better, argumentative practices; and much more. Radio Free Humanity is a podcast covering news, politics and philosophy from a Marxist-Humanist perspective. It is co-hosted by Brendan Cooney and Andrew Kliman. We intend to release new episodes every two weeks. Radio Free Humanity is sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org), but the views expressed by the co-hosts and guests of Radio Free Humanity are their own. They do not necessarily reflect the views and positions of MHI. Click here for a list of episodes and to leave comments: www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/mhi-radi…humanity RSS feed: feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundclo…158/sounds.rss Also, check out MHI's publication, "With Sober Senses": www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/our-publication

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The co-hosts take a new look at V. I. Lenin’s 1917 work, The State and Revolution. They discuss the significance of its return to Marx and Engels’ view that the state machine needs to be broken (“smashed”)––it isn’t a neutral mechanism that can simply be taken over––and how this differed from orthodox post-Marx Marxism. They also discuss the work’s relevance to today’s struggle for Black lives and why Lenin developed his argument through careful interpretation of what Marx and Engels wrote. In the latter part of the segment, they turn to the economic dimension of The State and Revolution. Was Lenin’s understanding of what he called the “transition” from capitalism to communism a return to Marx’s view? Was Lenin right that “accounting and control” is the main thing needed in the first phase of communism? How does that claim relate to his conception (rooted in Second-International Marxism) of how modern economies function? An essay by Andrew, “Why No Call to ‘Smash Capitalist Production’ in Lenin’s The State and Revolution?,” is referred to during the segment. The episode’s current-events segment focuses on the landslide victory of Larry Krasner, a tough-on-cops district attorney, in Philadelphia’s Democratic Party primary. How and why did he overcome the Fraternal Order of Police’s rabid opposition? Radio Free Humanity is a podcast covering news, politics and philosophy from a Marxist-Humanist perspective. It is co-hosted by Brendan Cooney and Andrew Kliman. We intend to release new episodes every two weeks. Radio Free Humanity is sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (MHI), but the views expressed by the co-hosts and guests of Radio Free Humanity are their own. They do not necessarily reflect the views and positions of MHI. We welcome and encourage listeners’ comments, posted on this episode’s page of the MHI website. Please visit MHI’s website for information on philosophy & organization, Marxist-Humanist archives, and its online publication, “With Sober Senses”: https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/

Brendan and Andrew welcome Gabriel Donnelly, author of “Minneapolis After the Third Precinct,” and Anne Jaclard and Aaron Williams, main authors of Marxist-Humanist Initiative’s (MHI’s) editorial, “On the Conviction of George Floyd’s Murderer.” They discuss the implications of the verdict in Minneapolis––was it justice, a victory for Black Lives Matter, a breakthrough in the struggle for police accountability?––as well as Justice Department investigations of police departments, police-reform legislation, and how the struggle for Black lives can move forward now. Donnelly discusses why the Minneapolis police department wasn’t dismantled, even though a veto-proof majority of the city council voted to dismantle it. And Williams, author of “Death by Cop (Again) in Columbus, Ohio,” provides detailed commentary on the recent upsurge in police violence in Columbus and its vicinity. * ~ * ~ * ~ * Radio Free Humanity is a podcast covering news, politics and philosophy from a Marxist-Humanist perspective. It is co-hosted by Brendan Cooney and Andrew Kliman. We intend to release new episodes every two weeks. Radio Free Humanity is sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (MHI), but the views expressed by the co-hosts and guests of Radio Free Humanity are their own. They do not necessarily reflect the views and positions of MHI. We welcome and encourage listeners’ comments, posted on this episode’s page of the MHI website. Please visit MHI’s website for information on philosophy & organization, Marxist-Humanist archives, and its online publication, “With Sober Senses”: https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ Click here for more episodes: https://wp.me/P8XFV5-3UU

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Joining the co-hosts are Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick, a London physician active in the fight against COVID; John Gillott, a British sociologist of science and author of Bioscience, Governance and Politics; and Ravi Bali of Marxist-Humanist Initiative. They discuss governmental efforts to contain the pandemic, the backlash against these efforts—often justified by invocations of “freedom”––in the United Kingdom as well as the United States, and how opponents of containment efforts have spread misinformation. Some of the discussion focuses on recent articles, by Fitzpatrick and by Gillott, which criticize the “lockdown-skeptical” line taken by Spiked, a British online publication that emerged out of the revolutionary left. In the discussion, reference is also made to the Great Barrington Declaration and to Amanda Marcotte’s article, “The NRA way of life is ruining our nation.” In the episode’s current-events segment, Brendan and Andrew discuss Georgia’s new voter-suppression law and the fightback against it. Radio Free Humanity is a podcast covering news, politics and philosophy from a Marxist-Humanist perspective. It is co-hosted by Brendan Cooney and Andrew Kliman. We intend to release new episodes every two weeks. Radio Free Humanity is sponsored by MHI, but the views expressed by the co-hosts and guests of Radio Free Humanity are their own. They do not necessarily reflect the views and positions of MHI.

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The co-hosts continue their interview with David Norman Smith (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/episode-36-trumps-base-interview-with-david-norman-smith-part-1), a sociologist at the University of Kansas, about his research into the characteristics of Trump supporters and why they support Trump. Smith discusses questions about authoritarian attitudes that he contributed to a major voter survey, links between prejudice and desire for authoritarian leadership, and how Trump supporters’ attitudes compare to those of other voters. He and the co-costs also explore different views of economic policy within Trump’s base and whether support for Trump is due to “economic anxiety.” Much of the discussion deals with the “74.2 Million Question”––why is support for Trump so unshakeable?––and what to do in light of that. Smith criticizes as utopian the presumption that mass support for Trump is rooted in ignorance and can thus be countered by fact-based appeals. The episode’s current-events segment is about Tommy Craggs’ recent discussion (https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/12/whats-the-matter-with-cultural-politics/) of Stanley Greenberg’s famous focus groups (https://democracycorps.com/wp-content/uploads/1996/03/Middle-Class-Dreams-Chapter-2-Macomb-in-the-American-Mind.pdf) of “ Reagan Democrats” in Macomb County, Michigan, which offers further evidence that Trumpism was a pre-existing condition. * ~ * ~ * ~ * Radio Free Humanity is a podcast covering news, politics and philosophy from a Marxist-Humanist perspective. It is co-hosted by Brendan Cooney and Andrew Kliman. We intend to release new episodes every two weeks. Radio Free Humanity is sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (MHI), but the views expressed by the co-hosts and guests of Radio Free Humanity are their own. They do not necessarily reflect the views and positions of MHI. We welcome and encourage listeners’ comments, posted on this episode’s page of the MHI website. Please visit MHI’s website for information on philosophy & organization, Marxist-Humanist archives, and its online publication, “With Sober Senses”: https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/

Anne Jaclard of Marxist-Humanist Initiative and the co-hosts defend Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s video (https://www.instagram.com/p/CKxlyx4g-Yb/?hl=en) on the Trumpites’ fascistic Capitol Insurrection, and AOC’s refusal to collaborate with Ted Cruz, against Glenn Greenwald’s sexist, red-brown attack on her (starting at 11:17 here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_tpgGvUUro). Much of the discussion focuses on Greenwald’s presumption that women who suffer no physical injury haven’t been harmed, and on the desire to unite “the left” and “the right” that underlies his rant. Limitations of other criticisms of Greenwald from the left are explored, and Jaclard raises the issue of why––over 50 years after “second-wave” feminism emerged––misogyny remains pervasive within “the left,” and what to do about that. Articles by the following authors, on the controversy and related matters, are cited during the discussion: Lichi D'Amelio (Jacobin - https://jacobinmag.com/2021/02/aoc-capitol-riot-instagram-assault); Jill Filipovic (Substack - https://jill.substack.com/); Jeet Heer (The Nation - https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/capitol-riot-aoc-accountability/); Eric Levitz (New York magazine - https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/12/jimmy-dore-aoc-medicare-for-all-strategy.html); Seren Morris (Newsweek - https://www.newsweek.com/michael-tracey-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-emotional-manipulation-backlash-1566099); and Ashley Reese (Jezebel - https://theslot.jezebel.com/the-cynical-sexist-fantasy-of-aoc-1846189707). In the episode’s current-events segment, Brendan and Andrew discuss the implications of the Senate’s refusal to convict Trump of inciting the Capitol insurrection, and the efforts of the government and others to fight white-supremacist terrorism. * ~ * ~ * ~ * Radio Free Humanity is a podcast covering news, politics and philosophy from a Marxist-Humanist perspective. It is co-hosted by Brendan Cooney and Andrew Kliman. We intend to release new episodes every two weeks. Radio Free Humanity is sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (MHI), but the views expressed by the co-hosts and guests of Radio Free Humanity are their own. They do not necessarily reflect the views and positions of MHI. We welcome and encourage listeners’ comments, posted on this episode’s page of the MHI website.

The co-hosts interview David Norman Smith, a sociologist at the University of Kansas, about his research into the characteristics of Trump supporters and why they support Trump. Smith discusses questions about authoritarian attitudes that he contributed to a major voter survey, links between prejudice and desire for authoritarian leadership, and how Trump supporters’ attitudes compare to those of other voters. He and the co-costs also explore different views of economic policy within Trump’s base and whether support for Trump is due to “economic anxiety.” Much of the discussion deals with the “74.2 Million Question”––why is support for Trump so unshakeable?––and what to do in light of that. Smith criticizes as utopian the presumption that mass support for Trump is rooted in ignorance and can thus be countered by fact-based appeals. Owing to the length and wide-ranging nature of the interview, we have split it into two parts. Part 2 will air in the near future. The episode’s current-events segment is about how racial and social inequality are distorting access to COVID-19 vaccinations, nationally and internationally, and how this hinders the fight against the virus. * ~ * ~ * ~ * Radio Free Humanity is a podcast covering news, politics and philosophy from a Marxist-Humanist perspective. It is co-hosted by Brendan Cooney and Andrew Kliman. We intend to release new episodes every two weeks. Radio Free Humanity is sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (MHI), but the views expressed by the co-hosts and guests of Radio Free Humanity are their own. They do not necessarily reflect the views and positions of MHI. We welcome and encourage listeners’ comments, posted on this episode’s page of the MHI website. Please visit MHI’s website for information on philosophy & organization, Marxist-Humanist archives, and its online publication, “With Sober Senses”: https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/

Brendan and Andrew take a new look at the extensive “notes” that Raya Dunayevskaya made (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/RD-on-Coolidge.pdf) in preparation for a May 1946 Workers Party debate with “David Coolidge” (Ernest Rice McKinney) on the “Negro Question.” Coolidge held that class oppression is “primary” while racial oppression is “secondary”––a view that has resurfaced in recent years in Jacobin magazine and elsewhere (see our “Jaco-dustbin of History” ep.) (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/episode-21-consigned-to-the-jaco-dustbin-of-history). Similarly, Coolidge rejected, while Dunayevskaya advocated, the idea that revolutionaries should support an independent Black movement distinct from the “labor movement,” and their attitudes toward national self-determination for Black Americans differed sharply. While Dunayevskaya’s “notes” mostly summarize and respond to Coolidge’s 1945 “Bulletin on the Negro Question,” (https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/document/workersparty/misc/0444-1945-Bulletin%20on%20Negro%20Question.pdf) they also include other material, such as her recollection of discussions with Leon Trotsky about the issue. These “notes” and many other writings by Dunayevskaya on “the Black dimension” are available on the Archives page (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/archives-of-marxist-humanism) of our website. In the episode’s current-events segment, the co-hosts discuss the aftermath of the failed Capitol Insurrection. Will the US government finally fight back against violence perpetrated by Trumpites and other white nationalists? What effect will the deplatforming of Trump have? Whither the Republican Party? * ~ * ~ * ~ * Radio Free Humanity is a podcast covering news, politics and philosophy from a Marxist-Humanist perspective. It is co-hosted by Brendan Cooney and Andrew Kliman. We intend to release new episodes every two weeks. Radio Free Humanity is sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (MHI), but the views expressed by the co-hosts and guests of Radio Free Humanity are their own. They do not necessarily reflect the views and positions of MHI. We welcome and encourage listeners’ comments, posted on this episode’s page of the MHI website. Please visit MHI’s website for information on philosophy & organization, Marxist-Humanist archives, and its online publication, “With Sober Senses”: https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/

Brendan and Andrew take a new look at Raya Dunayevskaya’s 1944 polemic, “A Restatement of Some Fundamentals of Marxism Against Carter’s Vulgarization.” (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/a-restatement-of-some-fundamentals-of-marxism-against-carters-vulgarization-2) They explore its relevance to vulgarizations of Marxism that we confront today, which identify surface manifestations of capitalism as the system’s essence. The discussion also situates Dunayevskaya’s contribution within its political-theoretical context—a debate over whether Stalinist Russia was a bureaucratic collectivist or a state-capitalist society. Joseph Carter, a leading Workers Party theorist and proponent of the former view, argued that Russia could not be capitalist because it was not dominated by the “drive for the capitalists for profits,” which he took to be the driving force of capitalist accumulation. It was this claim, especially, that Dunayevskaya regarded as a vulgarization of Marxism. The episode’s current-events segment is on the Trumpites’ violent insurrection of January 6 to overturn the voters’ will and keep Trump in power, including the economic-populist spin on the coup put forward by David Sirota in Jacobin. (https://jacobinmag.com/2021/01/capitol-building-storming-far-right-election) * ~ * ~ * ~ * Radio Free Humanity is a podcast covering news, politics and philosophy from a Marxist-Humanist perspective. It is co-hosted by Brendan Cooney and Andrew Kliman. We intend to release new episodes every two weeks. Radio Free Humanity is sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (MHI), but the views expressed by the co-hosts and guests of Radio Free Humanity are their own. They do not necessarily reflect the views and positions of MHI. We welcome and encourage listeners’ comments, posted on this episode’s page of the MHI website. Please visit MHI’s website for information on philosophy & organization, Marxist-Humanist archives, and its online publication, “With Sober Senses”: https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/