Podcast appearances and mentions of frederick engels

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Episode 134:This week we're continuing with Post-Scarcity Anarchism by Murray Bookchin.You can find the book here:https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/murray-bookchin-post-scarcity-anarchism-book[Part 1 - 4]Post-Scarcity AnarchismEcology and Revolutionary Thought[Part 5 - 8]Towards a Liberatory Technology[Part 9 - 10]The Forms of Freedom-The Mediation of Social Relations[Part 12 - 13]Listen, Marxist!-The Historical Limits of Marxism-The Myth of the Proletariat-The Myth of the Party[Part 14 - This Week]Listen, Marxist!-The Two Traditions - 0:36Discussion - 29:42[Part 15?]Listen, Marxist!Footnotes:56) 15:17The term “anarchist” is a generic word like the term “socialist,” and there are probably as many different kinds of anarchists as there are socialists. In both cases, the spectrum ranges from individuals whose views derive from an extension of liberalism (the “individualist anarchists,” the social-democrats) to revolutionary communists (the anarcho-communists, the revolutionary Marxists, Leninists and Trotskyists). 57) 24:18It is this goal, we may add, that motivates anarchist dadaism, the anrchist flipout that produces the creases of consternation on the wooden faces of PLP types. The anarchist flipout attempts to shatter the internal values inherited from hierarchical society, to explode the rigidities instilled by the bourgeois socialization process. In short, it is an attempt to break down the superego that exercises such a paralyzing effect upon spontaneity, imagination and sensibility and to restore a sense of desire, possibility and the marvelous—of revolution as a liberating, joyous festival.Citations:35) 2:35Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, Selected Correspondence (International Publishers; New York, 1942), p. 292. 36) 3:31 Frederick Engels, Herr Eugen Dühring's Revolution in Science (Anti-Dühring) (International Publishers; New York, 1939),p. 323.

Episode 125:This week we're continuing with Post-Scarcity Anarchism by Murray Bookchin.You can find the book here:https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/murray-bookchin-post-scarcity-anarchism-book[Part 1 - 4]Post-Scarcity AnarchismEcology and Revolutionary Thought[Part 5 - This Week]Towards a Liberatory Technology - 0:13-Technology and Freedom - 4:49[Part 5 - 8]Towards a Liberatory Technology[Part 9 - 11]The Forms of Freedom[Part 12 - 16]Listen, Marxist!Footnotes:21) 4:23Both Juenger and Elul believe that the debasement of man by the machine is intrinsic to the development of technology, and their works conclude on a grim note of resignation. This viewpoint reflects the social fatalism I have in mind—especially as expressed by Elul, whose ideas are more symptomatic of the contemporary human condition. See Friedrich George Juenger, The Failure of Technology (Regnery; Chicago, 1956) and Jacques Elul, The Technological Society (Knopf; New York, 1968).22) 17:04It is my own belief that the development of the “workers' state” in Russia thoroughly supports the anarchist critique of Marxist statism. Indeed, modern Marxists would do well to consult Marx's own discussion of commodity fetishism in Capital to understand how everything (including the state) tends to become an end in itself under conditions of commodity exchange. 23) 17:54The distinction between pleasurable work and onerous toil should always be kept in mind. 24) 21:52An exclusively quantitative approach to the new technology, I may add, is not only economically archaic, but morally regressive. This approach partakes of the old principle of justice, as distinguished from the new principle of freedom. Historically, justice is derived from the world of material necessity and toil; it implies relatively scarce resources which are apportioned by a moral principle which is either “just” or “unjust.” Justice, even “equal” justice, is a concept of limitation, involving the denial of goods and the sacrifice of time and energy to production. Once we transcend the concept of justice—indeed, once we pass from the quantitative to the qualitative potentialities of modern technology—we enter the unexplored domain of freedom, based on spontaneous organization and full access to the means of life.Citations:12) 10:57Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, The German Ideology (International Publishers; New York, 1947), p. 24. 13) 12:30Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, What Is Property? (Bellamy Library; London, I n.d.), vol. 1, p. 135.

In this episode, I cover Part Seven and Supplementary Remarks by Frederick Engels of Karl Marx's "Capital" Vol. 3. This is the breakdown of each episode: Episode One: Preface and Part One Episode Two: Part Two Episode Three: Part Three and Part Four Episode Four: Part Five (Chs. 21-26) Episode Five: Part Five (Chs. 27-31) Episode Six: Part Five (Chs. 32-36) Episode Seven: Part Six (Chs. 37-40) Episode Eight: Part Six (Chs. 41- 45) Episode Nine: Part Six (Chs. 46-47) Episode Ten: Part Seven and Supplementary Remarks by Frederick Engels If you want to support me, you can do that with these links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy paypal.me/theoryphilosophy Twitter: @DavidGuignion IG: @theory_and_philosophy 

In a short series on the ideologies of communism, Dry Toast starts with a review of the Communist Manifesto, reading the most salient parts and commenting as he goes.Let's take a step back in time to the early days of Marxism.CORRECTION: Website is www.thefactof the matter.ca (in the episode I incorrectly said tfotm.ca)Support the show

Kim talks with Elaine Freedgood about Karl Marx's concept of commodity fetishism. The concept comes from: Karl Marx, Capital Vol. 1, translated by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling, edited by Frederick Engels, 1887, available on marxists.org Other texts mentioned: -Peter Stallybrass, “Marx's Coat” in Border Fetishisms: Material Objects in Unstable Spaces, edited by Patricia Spyer, Routledge, 1998. -Rosalind Morris and Daniel Leonard, The Returns of Fetishism: Charles de Brosses and the Afterlives of an Idea. University of Chicago Press, 2017. In the longer version of our conversation we talked about: -Tamara Ketabgian, The Lives of Machines: The Industrial Imaginary in Victorian Literature and Culture. University of Michigan Press, 2011. -Frederick Engels, The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844. Translated by ---Florence Kelley Wischnewetzky. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1852. Internet Archive. -And Elaine's book, The Ideas in Things: Fugitive Meaning in the Victorian Novel. University of Chicago Press, 2006. Elaine is super cool. She studies Victorian Literature and teaches in the English Department at NYU. Image borrowed from archive.org. If this image is under copyright, please inform us and we will remove it promptly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Kim talks with Elaine Freedgood about Karl Marx's concept of commodity fetishism. The concept comes from: Karl Marx, Capital Vol. 1, translated by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling, edited by Frederick Engels, 1887, available on marxists.org Other texts mentioned: -Peter Stallybrass, “Marx's Coat” in Border Fetishisms: Material Objects in Unstable Spaces, edited by Patricia Spyer, Routledge, 1998. -Rosalind Morris and Daniel Leonard, The Returns of Fetishism: Charles de Brosses and the Afterlives of an Idea. University of Chicago Press, 2017. In the longer version of our conversation we talked about: -Tamara Ketabgian, The Lives of Machines: The Industrial Imaginary in Victorian Literature and Culture. University of Michigan Press, 2011. -Frederick Engels, The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844. Translated by ---Florence Kelley Wischnewetzky. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1852. Internet Archive. -And Elaine's book, The Ideas in Things: Fugitive Meaning in the Victorian Novel. University of Chicago Press, 2006. Elaine is super cool. She studies Victorian Literature and teaches in the English Department at NYU. Image borrowed from archive.org. If this image is under copyright, please inform us and we will remove it promptly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kim talks with Elaine Freedgood about Karl Marx's concept of commodity fetishism. The concept comes from: Karl Marx, Capital Vol. 1, translated by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling, edited by Frederick Engels, 1887, available on marxists.org Other texts mentioned: -Peter Stallybrass, “Marx's Coat” in Border Fetishisms: Material Objects in Unstable Spaces, edited by Patricia Spyer, Routledge, 1998. -Rosalind Morris and Daniel Leonard, The Returns of Fetishism: Charles de Brosses and the Afterlives of an Idea. University of Chicago Press, 2017. In the longer version of our conversation we talked about: -Tamara Ketabgian, The Lives of Machines: The Industrial Imaginary in Victorian Literature and Culture. University of Michigan Press, 2011. -Frederick Engels, The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844. Translated by ---Florence Kelley Wischnewetzky. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1852. Internet Archive. -And Elaine's book, The Ideas in Things: Fugitive Meaning in the Victorian Novel. University of Chicago Press, 2006. Elaine is super cool. She studies Victorian Literature and teaches in the English Department at NYU. Image borrowed from archive.org. If this image is under copyright, please inform us and we will remove it promptly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Kim talks with Elaine Freedgood about Karl Marx's concept of commodity fetishism. The concept comes from: Karl Marx, Capital Vol. 1, translated by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling, edited by Frederick Engels, 1887, available on marxists.org Other texts mentioned: -Peter Stallybrass, “Marx's Coat” in Border Fetishisms: Material Objects in Unstable Spaces, edited by Patricia Spyer, Routledge, 1998. -Rosalind Morris and Daniel Leonard, The Returns of Fetishism: Charles de Brosses and the Afterlives of an Idea. University of Chicago Press, 2017. In the longer version of our conversation we talked about: -Tamara Ketabgian, The Lives of Machines: The Industrial Imaginary in Victorian Literature and Culture. University of Michigan Press, 2011. -Frederick Engels, The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844. Translated by ---Florence Kelley Wischnewetzky. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1852. Internet Archive. -And Elaine's book, The Ideas in Things: Fugitive Meaning in the Victorian Novel. University of Chicago Press, 2006. Elaine is super cool. She studies Victorian Literature and teaches in the English Department at NYU. Image borrowed from archive.org. If this image is under copyright, please inform us and we will remove it promptly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

Kim talks with Elaine Freedgood about Karl Marx's concept of commodity fetishism. The concept comes from: Karl Marx, Capital Vol. 1, translated by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling, edited by Frederick Engels, 1887, available on marxists.org Other texts mentioned: -Peter Stallybrass, “Marx's Coat” in Border Fetishisms: Material Objects in Unstable Spaces, edited by Patricia Spyer, Routledge, 1998. -Rosalind Morris and Daniel Leonard, The Returns of Fetishism: Charles de Brosses and the Afterlives of an Idea. University of Chicago Press, 2017. In the longer version of our conversation we talked about: -Tamara Ketabgian, The Lives of Machines: The Industrial Imaginary in Victorian Literature and Culture. University of Michigan Press, 2011. -Frederick Engels, The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844. Translated by ---Florence Kelley Wischnewetzky. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1852. Internet Archive. -And Elaine's book, The Ideas in Things: Fugitive Meaning in the Victorian Novel. University of Chicago Press, 2006. Elaine is super cool. She studies Victorian Literature and teaches in the English Department at NYU. Image borrowed from archive.org. If this image is under copyright, please inform us and we will remove it promptly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

Kim talks with Elaine Freedgood about Karl Marx's concept of commodity fetishism. The concept comes from: Karl Marx, Capital Vol. 1, translated by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling, edited by Frederick Engels, 1887, available on marxists.org Other texts mentioned: -Peter Stallybrass, “Marx's Coat” in Border Fetishisms: Material Objects in Unstable Spaces, edited by Patricia Spyer, Routledge, 1998. -Rosalind Morris and Daniel Leonard, The Returns of Fetishism: Charles de Brosses and the Afterlives of an Idea. University of Chicago Press, 2017. In the longer version of our conversation we talked about: -Tamara Ketabgian, The Lives of Machines: The Industrial Imaginary in Victorian Literature and Culture. University of Michigan Press, 2011. -Frederick Engels, The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844. Translated by ---Florence Kelley Wischnewetzky. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1852. Internet Archive. -And Elaine's book, The Ideas in Things: Fugitive Meaning in the Victorian Novel. University of Chicago Press, 2006. Elaine is super cool. She studies Victorian Literature and teaches in the English Department at NYU. Image borrowed from archive.org. If this image is under copyright, please inform us and we will remove it promptly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/economics

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is under scrutiny from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez regarding his wife's text calling for the 2020 election to be questioned by the Trump Administration. Democrats are calling on Thomas to recuse himself from matters regarding the January 6th riots. If that is true, then shouldn't Joe Biden recuse himself from any involvement pertaining to Ukraine now that his son, Hunter Biden is under investigation for items found on his laptop? Furthermore, we discuss the increasing support of communism in America, and dive deep into the communist manifesto and the ideas presented by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. It is becoming more and more obvious that the current administration are promoting legislation that is aimed at the elimination of the upper class and trying to grow the lower class in the name of “equity”. Take a listen while I explain the major problem with this line of thinking, and why we need to protect our capitalistic society. #Clarencethomas #AOC #AlexandriaOcasioCortez #JoeBiden #HunterBiden #HunterBidenLaptop #January6 #communism #capitalism #KarlMarx #FrederickEngels #AdamSmith #CommunistManifesto #DonaldTrump Article talking about AOC's criticism of Clarence Thomas and his Wife https://thehill.com/homenews/house/600145-ocasio-cortez-to-clarence-thomas-resign-or-face-impeachment?rl=1 The Principles of Communism as read in the Podcast: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/11/prin-com.htm The Communist Manifesto: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/Manifesto.pdf More Great Reads by The Federal Report: https://thefederalreport.com/congress-opic-political-insurance-money/ https://thefederalreport.com/evidence-hunter-biden-bio-labs-ukraine/ https://thefederalreport.com/the-russia-ukraine-conflict-explained/  

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is under scrutiny from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez regarding his wife's text calling for the 2020 election to be questioned by the Trump Administration. Democrats are calling on Thomas to recuse himself from matters regarding the January 6th riots. If that is true, then shouldn't Joe Biden recuse himself from any involvement pertaining to Ukraine now that his son, Hunter Biden is under investigation for items found on his laptop? Furthermore, we discuss the increasing support of communism in America, and dive deep into the communist manifesto and the ideas presented by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. It is becoming more and more obvious that the current administration are promoting legislation that is aimed at the elimination of the upper class and trying to grow the lower class in the name of “equity”. Take a listen while I explain the major problem with this line of thinking, and why we need to protect our capitalistic society. #Clarencethomas #AOC #AlexandriaOcasioCortez #JoeBiden #HunterBiden #HunterBidenLaptop #January6 #communism #capitalism #KarlMarx #FrederickEngels #AdamSmith #CommunistManifesto #DonaldTrump Article talking about AOC's criticism of Clarence Thomas and his Wife https://thehill.com/homenews/house/600145-ocasio-cortez-to-clarence-thomas-resign-or-face-impeachment?rl=1 The Principles of Communism as read in the Podcast: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/11/prin-com.htm The Communist Manifesto: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/Manifesto.pdf More Great Reads by The Federal Report: https://thefederalreport.com/congress-opic-political-insurance-money/ https://thefederalreport.com/evidence-hunter-biden-bio-labs-ukraine/ https://thefederalreport.com/the-russia-ukraine-conflict-explained/  

In Episode 116 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg provides an overview of geostrategic and political thinking on the criticality of Eastern Europe and especially Ukraine, from the Crimean War to the contemporary catastrophe. Despite contemporary misconceptions, Karl Marx and Frederick Engels shared the perception of a "Russian meance to Europe" with thoerists of Western imperialism such as Halford John Mackinder, Lord Curzon, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Nicholas J. Spykman, and Zbigniew Brzezinski. Arch-reactionary or openly fascist conceptions of "Eurasianism" were taken up by the German Karl Haushofer and the Russians Mikhail Katkov and Ivan Ilyin—the latter a formative influence on Alexander Dugin, the intellectual mastermind of Vladimir Putin's revanchist imperial project. Listen on SoundCloud or via Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/countervortex Production by Chris Rywalt We ask listeners to donate just $1 per weekly podcast via Patreon -- or $2 for our new special offer! We now have 30 subscribers. If you appreciate our work, please become Number 31!

In light of recent developments in the housing market, we are starting another Close Reading series. This time, we are looking at "The Housing Question" by Frederick Engels. https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1872/housing-question/

The story behind how guidance on communist armed struggle got into a major American newspaper in 1852. Listener requested background on the text used by Lenin and which was so influential in the Guangzhou Commune.Further reading:Frederick Engels, Revolution and Counter-Revolution in GermanyLenin, “Advice of an Onlooker”Some names from this episode:Zhang Tailei, leader of the Guangzhou Uprising of December 1927Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=DACDMMMEASJVJ)

Frederick Engels is best known for his theoretical and political work he undertook alongside his lifelong comrade, Karl Marx. Yet Engels made other important contributions to the workers' movement of his time and ever since. During a moment in which millions of workers in the U.S. have been thrown out of work as a result of the intersection of the Covid-19 pandemic and an overdue capitalist economic crisis, Engels' 1872 pamphlet, “The Housing Question,” bears particular import. While there have been important developments in capitalist housing markets, like Collateralized Debt Obligations and subprime mortgages, that Engels couldn't predict, the pamphlet is still crucial to understanding struggles over housing today. Read the full article here: https://liberationschool.org/engels-capitalism-and-housing/

More than any other revolution before the 1917 Russian Revolution, the French Revolution of 1789 inspired people across the globe to look beyond the societies in which they lived and see the possibility for social change. Of course, the rights guaranteed after the French Revolution were bourgeois democratic rights. The French Revolution secured the political rule of the capitalist class. It cleared the way for the capitalist economy to develop freely, overpowering the restrictions of the feudal regime with its big landowning estates. Nevertheless, later revolutionists including Karl Marx, Frederick Engels and many others studied carefully the many lessons of the French Revolution. Like any great social upheaval, all the social classes sought to influence the course of the revolution, even though the great social changes ultimately replaced one form of exploitation with another. Read the full article: https://liberationschool.org/ch-4-how-the-french-democratic-revolution-was-won/

Written by Frederick Engels in 1847. Link to written work: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/11/prin-com.htm Twitter: https://twitter.com/AudioMarxism YouTube (work in progress): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAKF8iRtdFicRm5gihbNdxw

October 18th, 2020 In this episode of Pop the Left Derick Varn and Douglas Lain consider whether a new Marxist party would need to include a clear plan for transforming the means of production along with a plan to obtain state power. Recommended reading on Marx and Utopia: Marx's Critique of the Utopian Socialists by ROGER PADEN https://www.jstor.org/stable/20718467?seq=1 The Development of Utopian Socialism by Frederick Engels https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/ch01.htm

Kim talks with Elaine Freedgood about Karl Marx’s concept of commodity fetishism. The concept comes from: Karl Marx, Capital Vol. 1, translated by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling, edited by Frederick Engels, 1887, available on marxists.org Other texts mentioned: Peter Stallybrass, “Marx’s Coat” in Border Fetishisms: Material Objects in Unstable Spaces, edited by Patricia Spyer, […]

This first episode of social theory podcast discusses the work of one of the greatest thinkers of all time in any field, Karl Marx. The guests are Tom Houseman and Joseph Ibrahim both of Leeds Beckett University in the UK. Probably the best and most easily accessible source for writing by and about Marx is the Marxists Internet Archive which houses a huge amount of material. The text by Marx referred to most frequently in the episode is Capital (sometimes called Das Kapital). Also mentioned a couple of times is the excellent and very entertaining biography of Marx by Francis Wheen. There is also an extract of this book available on the Marxist Internet Archive. Also mentioned is the excellent episode of the BBC Radio Four series In Our Time (available as a podcast) dedicated to Marx after he was voted by listeners of the programme to be the greatest philosopher of all time. Joseph also mentioned the Conditions of the Working Class in England by Frederick Engels. You can follow Chris on Twitter @chrishtill and read more on the podcast on his blog at thisisnotasociology.blog Theme music is Wirklich Wichtig by Checkie Brown and incidental music is Disco Stomp by Jonas78 both used on a Creative Commons license

The following is the first of a two-part article based on a talk the author gave at the People’s Forum in July 2020. This first part focuses on Kollontai’s struggle for proletarian feminism against bourgeois feminism as well as her struggle to center gender equality within the party’s platform. Part two focuses on her writings on the family, love, and communism. The Russian communist revolutionary Alexandra Kollontai lived from 1872 to 1952. Prior to the 1917 revolution, she was an active speaker, writer, and organizer in the socialist women workers’ movement in Russia and Europe. Kollontai was the first woman to be a cabinet official: she was people’s commissar for welfare in the first Bolshevik government after the October revolution. She also founded the new government’s “women’s department” (Zhenotdel), and was one of the first women to hold an official diplomatic post. More exciting than these official responsibilities were Kollontai’s revolutionary work and writing, which focused not only on the relation between the struggle for gender equality and socialism, but also the general role of love and solidarity in struggle. Attention to these can help us clarify our analyses and sharpen our politics today. A Marxist committed to organizing women workers, Kollontai argued that women’s subordination was anchored in economic conditions; that is, in the conditions of “the production and reproduction of immediate life,” to use Frederick Engels’ formulation [1]. These conditions involve how both human existence is produced and reproduced and how the means of existence—food, clothing, shelter, tools, and so on—are secured and arranged. Women’s position in the economy—which includes the sexual division of labor in the family—determines women’s position in society. The repercussion is that women’s liberation depends on the elimination of capitalism, of class society and exploitation, and the communist rearrangement of production and life. Read the full article: https://liberationschool.org/kollontai-socialism-and-feminism-part-one/

In 1847 Engels wrote two draft programmes for the Communist League in the form of a catechism, one in June and the other in October. The latter, which is known as Principles of Communism, was first published in 1914. The earlier document https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/06/09.htm (Draft of the Communist Confession of Faith), was only found in 1968. It was first published in 1969 in Hamburg, together with four other documents pertaining to the first congress of the Communist League, in a booklet entitled Gründungs Dokumente des Bundes der Kommunisten (Juni bis September 1847) (Founding Documents of the Communist League). At the June 1847 Congress of the League of the Just, which was also the founding conference of the Communist League, it was decided to issue a draft “confession of faith” to be submitted for discussion to the sections of the League. The document which has now come to light is almost certainly this draft. Comparison of the two documents shows that Principles of Communism is a revised edition of this earlier draft. In Principles of Communism, Engels left three questions unanswered, in two cases with the notation “unchanged” (bleibt); this clearly refers to the answers provided in the earlier draft. The new draft for the programme was worked out by Engels on the instructions of the leading body of the Paris circle of the Communist League. The instructions were decided on after Engles' sharp criticism at the committee meeting, on October 22, 1847, of the draft programme drawn up by the “https://www.marxists.org/glossary/terms/t/r.htm#true-socialism (true socialist)” Moses Hess, which was then rejected. Still considering Principles of Communism as a preliminary draft, Engels expressed the view, in a https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/letters/47_11_24.htm#tuesday (letter to Marx dated November 23-24 1847), that it would be best to drop the old catechistic form and draw up a programme in the form of a manifesto. “Think over the Confession of Faith a bit. I believe we had better drop the catechism form and call the thing: Communist Manifesto. As more or less history has got to be related in it, the form it has been in hitherto is quite unsuitable. I am bringing what I have done here with me; it is in simple narrative form, but miserably worded, in fearful haste. ...” At the second congress of the Communist League (November 29-December 8, 1847) Marx and Engels defended the fundamental scientific principles of communism and were trusted with drafting a programme in the form of a manifesto of the Communist Party. In writing the manifesto the founders of Marxism made use of the propositions enunciated in Principles of Communism. Engels uses the term Manufaktur, and its derivatives, which have been translated “manufacture”, “manufacturing”, etc., Engels used this word literally, to indicate production by hand, not factory production for which Engels uses “big industry”. Manufaktur differs from handicraft (guild production in mediaeval towns), in that the latter was carried out by independent artisans. Manufacktur is carried out by homeworkers working for merchant capitalists, or by groups of craftspeople working together in large workshops owned by capitalists. It is therefore a transitional mode of production, between guild (handicraft) and modern (capitalist) forms of production.

Why does being an artist increasingly feel like sending your blood, sweat and tears into the void? Episode 2, Part I explores how concentrations of capital at the top of the market make life hard for working artists on a macro, systemic level. WORKS CITED -Marx, Karl. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy. Edited by Frederick Engels. Translated by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling. Revised edition. Modern Library, 1906, p. 686. -Debord, Guy. The Society of the Spectacle. Translated by Donald Nicholson-Smith. Revised edition. New York: Zone Books, 1995, §4, §29. THOUGHT CONTRIBUTORS -Georgina Rossi, Violist, www.georginarossi.com -Lane Sell, Master Printmaker, www.shoestringpressny.com -Sam Ashworth, Novelist and Journalist, samuelashworth.com -Anonymous, Assistant Director on Broadway MUSIC -Theme music and musical consultation: Georgina Rossi, www.georginarossi.com -Interlude: Ludwig Beethoven, String Quartet No. 16 in F - IV. Grave, Adagio, Allegro --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/capital-a/message

In this talk from Revolution Festival, Fiona Lali - national organiser of the Marxist Student Federation - outlines the ideas of historical materialism: the Marxist theory that provides a scientific explanation for how change and development occurs in society. "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle." So begins the Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. Rather than trying to make society conform to a timeless ideal, or to discover some fixed ‘human nature’, Marxists see society as a process, evolving through stages of development, driven forward by the struggle between the exploiters and the exploited. Ultimately, it is not morality or our ideas that determine the structure and dynamics of society, but economic conditions. Importantly, as Fiona explains, by studying the past we can understand how to bring about a socialist future.

In this long, information-packed episode, Ethan and our guest Mitch Malloy of Wild Blue Studiosgo through most of the history of art from millions of years ago back before Homo sapiens was a thing up into the very early 20th century. We very briefly cover the Soviet Union and the birth of socialist realism as well as talk about the CIA spreading certain art forms!  The document with the images and artwork referenced is on the episode page on prolespod.com/episodes. Also the audio is slightly garbled at a few points in the first several minutes, but it gets better! Sorry about that. There will be a second episode dedicated to twentieth century art movements, so wait up for that! If you haven't already, go to www.prolespod.com or you can help the show improve over at www.patreon.com/prolespod and in return can get access to our spicy discord, exclusive episodes, guest appearances, etc.! All kinds of great stuff. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast apps and rate or review to help extend our reach. Like and rate our facebook page at facebook.com/prolespod and follow us on Twitter @prolespod. If you have any questions or comments, DM us on either of those platforms or email us at prolespod@gmail.com All episodes prior to episode 4 can be found on YouTube, so go check that out as well! Suggested reading / sources used: Ways of Seeing, John Berger The Work of Art In the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Walter Benjamin Marxism and Art, ed. Maynard Solomon Prehistoric Cave Paintings, Max Raphael The Social History of Art, Arnold Hauser A History of Theatre in Africa, ed. Martin Banham The Necessity of Art, Ernst Fischer Art as a Cultural System, Clifford Geertz The Soviet Theater, Laurence Senelick ReNew Marxist Art History, ed. Barnaby Haran, Warren Carter, Frederic Schwartz Society of the Spectacle, Guy Debord Karl Marx and Frederick Engels on Literature and Art, ed. Stefan Morawski A Smuggling Operation: John Berger's Theory of Art, Robert Minto "The Quickest History of 20th Century Art in Russia" "The Art of Russia"   Outro music: "Rings", Aesop Rock 

Ben Robinson from Socialist Books discusses the latest publication of this Frederick Engels’ classic and why it’s so relevant today. Useful further reading: • ‘Socialism: Utopian and Scientific’ by Frederick Engels, available at socialistbooks.co.uk – where you can also find the discussion questions Ben mentions • ‘The renewed relevance of Socialism: Utopian and Scientific’ by Tony Saunois: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/28107/17-10-2018/the-renewed-relevance-of-engels-classic-socialism-utopian-and-scientific • ‘The Masses Arise’ by Peter Taaffe on the French revolution, available at leftbooks.co.uk • ‘Value Price and Profit’ by Marx, available at leftbooks.co.uk • ‘An introduction to the Logic Of Marxism’ by George Novack, available at leftbooks.co.uk • Last week’s episode on Venezuela, as mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnoMCW-aJpI

44 Minutes Suitable for All Ages Pete invited Jen the Libertarian to come on the show and talk about her recent podcast where she took apart the teachings of the 'Communist Manifesto' that was written by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. The Jen the Libertarian Podcast The Communist Manifesto Book Review Episode Jen on Twitter Pete's Patreon Pete's Bitbacker Pete's Books on Amazon Pete's Books Available for Crypto Pete on Facebook Pete on Twitter

Sarah Sachs-Eldridge, the Socialist Party’s national organiser, discusses the proposed reform of the Gender Recognition Act, and a socialist programme for united struggle for Trans rights. Useful further reading: • ‘Taking Trans rights forward’ by Sarah Sachs-Eldridge: http://www.socialismtoday.org/218/gender.html • ‘Gender recognition division’: http://www.socialismtoday.org/223/gra.html • ‘Defending women’s services’: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/27550/27-06-2018/defending-womens-services • ‘End violence against women’ and ‘A brief history of the Campaign Against Domestic Violence’: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/17128/17-07-2013/end-violence-against-women • ‘It Doesn’t Have to be Like This – Women and the Struggle for Socialism’ by Christine Thomas: available at leftbooks.co.uk • The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, by Frederick Engels: available at leftbooks.co.uk

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