Podcast appearances and mentions of ed rooksby

Ryan is traveling in Finland, so for this week we're unlocking a recent theory episode. How is socialism related to liberalism? This time we read two works on this question: "The Relationship Between Liberalism and Socialism," by Ed Rooksby, and "Why I Am Not A Liberal," by Liam Kofi Bright. We discuss how liberalism evolved, if socialism contradicts it or evolves out of it, and why billionaires are ontologically unhappy. Enjoy!

This is part 2 of my Ed Rooksby Tribute. Enjoy. Jonah Wedekind put together this incredible bibliography of Ed's work: https://rooksbyism.wordpress.com/bibliography/ *** Become a patron to support this project of political education today: http://www.patreon.com/deadpundits ***

Ed Rooksby passed away this weekend after a prolonged and public struggle with Long Covid. I've ventured yet another eulogy for a close friend of the show and re-aired an interview I conducted with him from a couple years ago. Please enjoy as s tribute to the incredible intellect of this man. He will be missed terribly. Part two will follow later this week. His blog can be found here: https://edrooksby.wordpress.com/ *** This show is able to function entirely due to support from listeners like you. Please help continue this project of democratic socialist education by subscribing here: http://www.patreon.com/deadpundits ***

Season 2 of DPS has officially wrapped. Season 3 will launch in beginning of May featuring a new website, weekly YouTube videos along with articles and blog posts. In the meantime, patrons will be getting a weekly B-Side and the free feed will revisit classic episodes of DPS. This episode featuring Ed Rooksby aired over a year ago and remains as relevant as ever given recent popularity of Medicare for All and the Green New Deal as structural reforms (or non-reformist reforms). Be sure to support DPS Media as we enter our third season: http://www.patreon.com/deadpundits ------------------------------------ Ed Rooksby, Tutor in Politics and Social Sciences at Ruskin College in Oxford, joins us to talk about structural reform and socialist strategy. We kick things off with a discussion of SYRIZA and socialist strategy along with a healthy dose of Neo-Marxian state theory. -How do we navigate the intractable debate between reform and revolution? -What is a non-reformist reform? -How do socialists use the state to support worker's self-activity outside the state? -TUNE IN TO FIND OUT! Check out Ed’s essay, “‘Structural Reform’ & the Problem of Socialist Strategy Today”: https://edrooksby.wordpress.com/2018/03/21/structural-reform-the-problem-of-socialist-strategy-today/ ***To access the B-Side of this interview and to support the new left agenda, head over to www.patreon.com/deadpundits and subscribe today*** ——————————————- iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1212081214 Facebook: http://facebook.com/deadpunditssociety Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/deadpundits

This episode continues and deepens our discussion with Ed Rooksby from last week. Although it was recorded as a B-Side for our patrons, we decided that it was too good to be parked behind a paywall, so we made it available for all. We open the episode by outlining the legacy of the Second International and the reformist road to socialism. Next, we contrast the pitfalls of that period with the strategies of dual power being offered by socialists today. Nicos Poulantzas's "The Democratic Road to Socialism" offers a roadmap for threading the needle in a way that avoids the traps of reformism and bureaucratism, on the one hand, and the reactionary-utopian visions of "base building" on the other. What is dual power? What is base building? Why do we insist on the democratic road to socialism? Tune in to find out! This episode is a great continuation of last week's discussion of actually-existing Leninism and dual power. ***This week's B-side will continue our chat on the legacy and efficacy of revolutionary socialism and it will be landing later this week. Join the society at www.patreon.com/deadpundits for access*** ------------------------- Twitter: @deadpundits 
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Back on the Dead Pundits Society is Ed Rooksby, who teaches politics at Ruskin College. This behemoth of an episode tackles some of the most pressing questions facing socialists today: what do we mean by a socialist transition and what are some of the historical examples? We tackle the myth and reality of "dual power" and compare it with the prospects of a democratic road to socialism. This episode is dense, but the pay-off is enormous. Listen up and take notes -- this is Rooksbyism for the 21st Century. Ed's blog can be found here: https://edrooksby.wordpress.com ***The B-Side to this episode will be dropping early next week. To get access, subscribe today at www.patreon.com/deadpundits*** -------------------- Twitter: @deadpundits 
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Ed Rooksby joins me to discuss socialist strategy, Syriza, Nicos Poulantzas' theory of the state and the Corbyn moment in Britain. Ed's recent article in the journal Critique formed the basis of our discussion, you can read the article here: https://edrooksby.wordpress.com/2018/03/21/structural-reform-the-problem-of-socialist-strategy-today/

Ed Rooksby, Tutor in Politics and Social Sciences at Ruskin College in Oxford, joins us to talk about structural reform and socialist strategy. We kick things off with a discussion of the UCU strike in the UK, which has turned out to to be the largest academic-sector labor action in modern history. We then transition to a discussion of SYRIZA and socialist strategy along with a healthy dose of Neo-Marxian state theory. 

Check out Ed’s essay, “‘Structural Reform’ & the Problem of Socialist Strategy Today”: https://edrooksby.wordpress.com/2018/03/21/structural-reform-the-problem-of-socialist-strategy-today. Also relevant is Ed’s piece in Jacobin on the UCU Strike from a couple of weeks ago: “No Capitulation,” https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/03/university-college-union-strike-capitulation-deal ***To access the B-Side of this interview and to support the new left agenda, head over to www.patreon.com/deadpundits and subscribe today*** ——————————————- Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/deadpundits iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1212081214 Facebook: facebook.com/deadpunditssociety Twitter: @deadpundits