Podcasts about socialism utopian

Trenton Jones and I take a deep dive into Friedrich Engels' essay, "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific", along with a short chat on free will. My Novel: ⁠⁠⁠On Death and God⁠⁠⁠ Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠ Outro provided by Brock Tanya.

Stelios and Connor discuss Friedrich Engels' Socialism, Utopian and Scientific. They discuss how to approach definitions, what communism and socialism mean, and make several observations about the methodology and plausibility of Marx's and Engels' doctrines.

What does comedic science fiction television show The Orville tell us about how capitalism will end? How did Germany go from having the largest and most powerful socialist movement in the world to finding its movement gutted and its country given over to fascists? How did Eduard Bernstein, despite his best intentioned, upend the Marxist movement and provide cover for those who wanted to destroy it? And was he actually right all along? All this and more will be answered! The previous video, Star Trek into Socialism, is not necessary for appreciating this one, but the two inform each other: https://youtu.be/LJKDF0BwepI Also mentioned in this video: * Loki and How Conservatives Become Fascists: https://youtu.be/kBfTYUadGts * How the Hippies Became Yuppies: The Trial of the Chicago 7: https://youtu.be/LONtgVNaa7A?si=DvWznzsFnMZyYHR2 Not by me: Using Corporate Governance to Understand Socialism: https://youtu.be/MmeIGcI60oc Text of the episode and other ways in which you can access it at https://literatemachine.com/2023/11/16/how-will-capitalism-end-the-orville-eduard-bernstein-and-what-is-to-be-done/ Excerpts of deleted material on the Patreon at https://patron.com/ericrosenfield, which you can get access to for as little as $1 an episode, and also get exclusive author's notes, draft excerpts, and early access to episodes. There's also a whole thing I wanted to get into here about the role of identity politics in all this, but it was too complicated and too much of a digression from the main point, so I'll probably talk about it there. Bibliography My primary literary sources were: - *The Preconditions of Socialism* by Eduard Bernstein, 1899, edited and translated by Henry Tudor, 1993 (originally published in English as *Evolutionary Socialism*) - *Eduard Bernstein on Socialism Past and Present: Essays and Lectures on Ideology*, edited and translated by Marius S. Ostrowski, 2021 - *The Quest for Evolutionary Socialism* by Manfred B. Steger, 1997 - *The Dilemma of Democratic Socialism* by Peter Gay, 1952 - *The German Revolution 1917-1923* by Pierre Broué, 1971 (translation 2005) - The Manifesto of the Communist Party by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles, 1848 - Capital Vol. 1 by Karl Marx, 1867 - Critique of the Gotha Programme by Karl Marx, 1875 - “The Bourgeoisie and the Counter-Revolution” by Karl Marx, 1848 - “Speech to the International Workingman's Association” by Karl Marx, 1863 - Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engles - Anti-Dühring by Friedrich Engels, 1877 - Reform or Revolution? by Rosa Luxemburg - “The Russian Revolution” by Rosa Luxemburg, 1918 - *Capital in the 21st Century* by Thomas Piketty, 2014 More sources can be found at https://literatemachine.com/2023/11/16/how-will-capitalism-end-the-orville-eduard-bernstein-and-what-is-to-be-done/

ORIGINALLY RELEASED Feb 11, 2019 For the debut episode of Red Menace Alyson and Breht discuss Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels. The video episode can be found on youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKdxX5eqQyk Outro Music by Adia Victoria - Invisible Hands Check out and support her beautiful music here: http://www.adiavictoria.com

Alan goes through the basic ideas of Karl Marx as presented in Engels' "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific." At the same time he critiques these ideas, pointing out their strong and weak areas.

Socialism - Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels audiobook. The main idea of "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific" (1880) was distinguishing scientific socialism and utopian socialism. Engels begins by chronicaling the thought of utopian socialists, starting with Saint-Simon. He then proceeds to Fourier and Robert Owen. In chapter two, he summarizes dialectics, and then chronicles the thought from the ancient Greeks to Hegel. Chapter three summarizes dialectics in relation to economic and social struggles, essentially echoing the words of Marx.

The one where the gang reads and reflects on Friederich Engles's Socialism: Utopian and Scientific --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/skubalacast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/skubalacast/support

The JIF peanut butter shortage is an amazing example of the Anarchy of Production striking again!

Pride and Juneteenth symbolize freedom and acceptance while also being used as evidence that liberalism and capitalism are now NICE (distracting from violence against other countries or communities).

After the launch of the new Cancel Culture doc, P and ACD opened up the phone lines for psycho females to blow up.

A local news article from Massachusetts about Doordash and Amazon saving "food deserts" exposes how profoundly controlled supposedly "local" media is.

FEMINISTBUSTERS AFTERLIFE http://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/1909/social-basis.htm PART 1: https://anchor.fm/pacd/episodes/Alexandra-Kollontai-The-Social-Basis-of-the-Woman-Question-FEMINISM-DESTROYED-e1imvr7 PART 2: https://anchor.fm/pacd/episodes/Alexandra-Kollontais-The-Social-Basis-of-the-Woman-Question-PART-2-e1j924v

KOLLONTAI DESTROYS FEMINISM 2 PART 1: https://anchor.fm/pacd/episodes/Alexandra-Kollontai-The-Social-Basis-of-the-Woman-Question-FEMINISM-DESTROYED-e1imvr7

Will feminism (or any identity-centric struggle) truly liberate... anyone?

Let's talk privatization! The de-privatization of the early Christians, the privatizing tendencies of mainstream Christian theologies and praxis, and the contemporary privatization of what could be our shared, social goods. ALSO PSA: I have SIX WHOLE episodes lined up where Skubala Paul takes a back seat to Comrade Paul and it'll be primary text readings and analysis! Since Christian witness gets told to take a hike I wanna keep this interesting. I will pair a wine or a spirit or a beer with each text accordingly, do a somm to ya on it and drink it as we go through the reading. Keep it saucy and light. And best part about this is that there is no Paywall for this bonus content, as commodifying community aid goes absolutely against the ethos of the pod and its just not right! I was reminded by a comrade to keep politics at the forefront and keep it free for the masses. So there we go. But I need your help in selecting which text we read first! 1. "Mass Work" a document written for cadre members of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) written during a rectification campaign some time in the 90's. Find the text here: https://massline.info/ 2. "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific" by Friedrich Engles 3. "Liberal Feminism" by Anhurada Ghandy, a chapter from Ghandy's work, "Philosophical Trends in the Feminist Movement" 4. "Wage Labour and Capital" by Karl Marx 5. "Reform or Revolution" by Rosa Luxemburg 6. "Dialectical and Historical Materialism" by Joseph Stalin Anyway text me or call me whatever --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/skubalacast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/skubalacast/support

This episode is a reflection on Friedrich Engles's Socialism: Utopian and Scientific. (this episode was previously released for the Faith and Capital podcast)Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/massstruggleFollow Mass Struggle on instagram: @MassStrugglePodFollow Mass Struggle on twitter: @MassStrugglePod Email us: massstrugglepod@gmail.comGraphic Design:Music: 

Why Elon Musk buying Twitter is not only not bad, but usable!

Kirby Ferguson joins us to talk about his video "The Rise and Fall of Cultural Appropriation" and the issue itself. http://youtu.be/YEN0nRKt5UI Subscribe to Kirby at http://youtube.com/KirbyFerguson and follow him on Twitter http://twitter.com/remixeverything

Audio leaked where Chelsea Manning confirms criticisms we have of AOC (and all politicians).

Peter's upcoming full-length book is titled Woke Ouroboros, and we're introducing the concept - while at an academic conference in Baltimore!

We were in Austin, TX for the CPI event! Here's our presentation on Cancel Culture. More info: cpiusa.org

Whether they're lying or just don't understand, everyone on the Right and Left puts forward the wrong analysis of inflation.

State affiliation has to be disclosed for SOME media, but not AMERICAN state-affiliated media. Also, CAPITAL-affiliated media doesn't have to be disclosed. Why?

Space Commune's Fox (@FoxGGreen) and Alex (@AlexSPCM) join us to talk about the various updates to degrowth ideology and to address "the literature"...

Caleb Maupin joins us to talk about the direct history of what led up to the current Ukraine crisis, how thick the western imperialist propaganda cloud has gotten, and how Lugansk and Donetsk are a cause for optimism.

"The Global Respect Act" provides a basis for the US State to again enforce its own ideology on the world in order to wokely justify imperialism.

So this whole Joe Rogan thing has been absolutely ridiculous. We basically took on every aspect of it. Engagement is good, the ruling class isn't.

PragerU hired a new "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" version of Hasan Piker (named Will Witt) and he tries to tell people how evil communism is without defining even a single word. Impressive! IMPORTANT CONTEXT: Here's the stupid PragerU video we're responding to: http://www.prageru.com/video/communism-is-as-evil-as-nazism

The news is hyping the Ukraine situation as one purely of Russian aggression that could lead to World War 3. Is it that? (no) IMPORTANT CONTEXT: Our reading/interpretation of Lenin's "Imperialism and the Split in Socialism": http://anchor.fm/pacd/episodes/Imperialism-and-The-Split-in-Socialism-e1bsejb

A harassment campaign against a man named West Elm Caleb exposes limitations of liberal feminism and how brands and companies exploit these situations.

Chevron is starting a national-level "newsroom." Why does that matter? Let's look at the local paper they run in Richmond, CA.

Why are people skeptical of COVID, vaccines, and official narratives?

Biden's first year hasn't seen a whole lot of change. Which is exactly what he said! Nothing will fundamentally change! When Amanda Gorman wrote her inaugural poem, she didn't seem to understand this... or how to make good poems. #NeverForget #January6

Caleb turns out to be right once again: Breadtube DOES serve imperialism (amzn.to/3HpEmyb). Also, it turns out they are not the first version of what they are. Let's talk about the fall of the USSR and factions in the communist parties!

To understand how to fight imperialism, we must first understand imperialism. To understand who to fight, we must understand class.

Abortion isn't about morals, it's about the ruling class imposing ideology.

The new version of the conspiracy chart - because the old version is... no longer accurate? Hmm!

Rittenhouse's trial for double murder is a glaring example of the media distracting and dividing the public with news.

Looking at all evidence, it really seems like the elections in Nicaragua are way better than the ones in the USA. Listen to Socialism Train: http://socialismtrain.com

The VERY LARGE supply chain DISARRAY causes Chapo Trap House DSA libs to mock regular Americans... There's much more to it, though.

Class is a material relationship over means of production. It is not an identity, moral alignment, lifestyle, ideology, it doesn't matter if you produce a physical product, or if you are good or bad. In fact, moralizing is not helpful.

Believe it or not, Marx is still applicable despite mystified relations of production.

PACD investigates the very obvious Facebook leaks and notes possible agenda around the whistleblower.

support us at http://patreon.com/PACDpod or https://anchor.fm/PACD/support follow peter http://twitter.com/petercoffin and ACD http://twitter.com/ms_acd_phdc Discussed: NDN/Landback Press Release on $12m from Bezos: https://ndncollective.org/shifting-power-and-emboldening-indigenous-led-climate-solutions-ndn-collective-on-bezos-earth-fund-grant/ NDN Collective gets awarded $12M from Jeff Bezos https://www.kotatv.com/2020/11/26/ndn-collective-gets-awarded-12m-from-jeff-bezos/ Squamish Nation doubles proposed Kits development to 11 towers, 6K units https://globalnews.ca/news/6131104/squamish-nation-senakw-development/ A Multi-Billion Dollar Real Estate Project Is Rising on Native Reserve Land in Vancouver https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/vancouver-real-estate-native-reserve-land Excerpts from Squamish Nation's/Wesbank Projects Corporation's Apartment Complex: https://senakw.com/vision, https://senakw.com/partnership Reading List: "Wage-Labour and Capital and Value, Price, and Profit" Marx https://amzn.to/3gieOrQ, https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/wage-labour/, https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1865/value-price-profit/ "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific" Engels https://amzn.to/2W0EMcx, https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/index.htm "State and Revoluton" Lenin https://amzn.to/3iX1hYl, https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ "Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism" Lenin https://amzn.to/3suPBiA, https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/ "The Communist Manifesto" Marx/Engels https://amzn.to/3CXLwZn, https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ "Society of The Spectacle" Debord https://amzn.to/3CZTMbd, https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/debord/society.htm Our Books: Our Books: "Custom Reality and You" Peter Coffin https://amzn.to/380cpgJ

Landback™ or land reform and self-determination? NPO/NGO brand with billionaire support or anti-imperialism?

Do the interests of the US working class align with the state because they have refrigerators? (No. It's the DENNIS system). William Z. Foster "Toward Soviet America" marxists.org/archive/foster/1932/toward/index.htm Mao Tse-Tung "TELEGRAM TO COMRADE WlLLIAM Z. FOSTER" marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-3/mswv3_30.htm V. I. Lenin "On the National Pride of the Great Russians" marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1914/dec/12a.htm

A popular misconception is that communists hate America. This is wrong. We just don't like the US state - and no one else does, either!

Socialism isn't utopian when it's dialectical. But what is dialectics? Is it classist to talk about it? Is theory classist?

Socialism isn't utopian when it's dialectical. But what is dialectics? Is it classist to talk about it? Is theory classist?

The spectre of socialism as a utopian dream continues to haunt liberals, the left, the post left, and everyone who doesn't read. No more excuses!

Contrapoints is here to tell us how we're all a bunch of jealous d-bags and that communism won't work. Also, envy is apparently human nature!

This time around Cory talked to Taylor McNallie about her work organizing with Inclusive Canada and some other topics like defunding the police and racism in Canada. Then Justin covers Socialism: Utopian and Scientific for Red Reviews and finally Cory reads a bit for a new segment https://skepticalleftistpod.wordpress.com/2021/07/08/inclusive-canada-w-taylor-mcnallie-plus-red-reviews-6-and-anarchist-reading-corner-1/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/skepticalleftist/message

The Buffalo, NY mayoral democratic primary winner, India Walton, tells us about "socialism for the rich. We reference Engels's "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific" (available here: http://amzn.to/3AqxvCa) support us at http://patreon.com/petercoffin or https://anchor.fm/PACD/support follow peter http://twitter.com/petercoffin and ACD http://twitter.com/ms_acd_phdc

Please enjoy the second part of a two-part PSMLS series on Liu Shaoqi's crucial 1939 text: How to Be a Good Communist. We may go around calling ourselves Communists, but what does this actually entail? What does it mean to truly be a good Communist? Interested in attending a class? Email info@psmls.org for more information Literature Used In This Class: How to Be a Good Communist by Liu Shaoqi (Chs. 2 & 3) (1939) https://www.marxists.org/reference/ar...​ https://www.marxists.org/reference/ar...​ Recommended Literature: The Communist Party A Manual on Organization by J. Peters (1935) https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/j-pet...​ Foundations of Leninism by J.V. Stalin (1924) https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/jv-st...​ Guidelines on the Organizational Structure of Communist Parties, on the Methods and Content of their Work by the Third Congress of the Communist International (1921) https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/third...​ Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder by V.I. Lenin (1920) https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/vi-le...​ Mastering Bolshevism by J.V. Stalin (1937) http://www.marx2mao.com/Stalin/MB37.html​ The State and Revolution by V.I. Lenin (1917) https://www.marxists.org/archive/leni...​ Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels (1880) https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx...​ How to Be a Good Communist by Liu Shaoqi (1939) https://www.marxists.org/reference/ar...​ Ending Song: The Internationale (DPRK) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lDD-...​ PSMLS Website: http://peoplesschool.org/contact/​ Party of Communists USA Website: https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/​ Timecode Key: (Q&A) = Question & Answer / Response 0:00​ Introduction 0:21​ Reading section 1 6:57​ Jimmy Higgins work 9:06​ Cult of personality? (Q&A) 13:37​ Lenin's clarity 14:57​ Understanding ML theory? (Q&A) 15:47​ Philistines? (Q&A) 17:34​ Reading section 2 23:05​ Scientific socialism 23:30​ Reds (movie) 23:59​ Wheat from the chaff? (Q&A) 27:08​ Marx & Lenin in perspective 28:45​ Reading vs. understanding 29:43​ Reading section 3 33:32​ Concept of disagreements 33:53​ The "next" Marx/Lenin 34:31​ Memory vs. skills 35:21​ Practically applying this work? (Q&A) 38:54​ Mental health & Party work 40:04​ Usefulness of this text 40:27​ Leaving no one behind 42:02​ Ditching anarchism 43:24​ Stand by the working class 45:11​ Concluding remarks 48:57​ Ending

Please enjoy the first part of a two-part PSMLS series on Liu Shaoqi's crucial 1939 text: How to Be a Good Communist. We may go around calling ourselves Communists, but what does this actually entail? What does it mean to truly be a good Communist? Interested in attending a class? Email info@psmls.org for more information Literature Used In This Class: How to Be a Good Communist by Liu Shaoqi (Ch. 1) (1939) https://www.marxists.org/reference/ar...​ Recommended Literature: The Communist Party A Manual on Organization by J. Peters (1935) https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/j-pet...​ Foundations of Leninism by J.V. Stalin (1924) https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/jv-st...​ Guidelines on the Organizational Structure of Communist Parties, on the Methods and Content of their Work by the Third Congress of the Communist International (1921) https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/third...​ Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder by V.I. Lenin (1920) https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/vi-le...​ The Metropolis and Mental Life by Georg Simmel (1903) https://www.blackwellpublishing.com/c...​ Mastering Bolshevism by J.V. Stalin (1937) http://www.marx2mao.com/Stalin/MB37.html​ The State and Revolution by V.I. Lenin (1917) https://www.marxists.org/archive/leni...​ Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels (1880) https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx...​ How to Be a Good Communist by Liu Shaoqi (1939) https://www.marxists.org/reference/ar...​ Ending Song: 国际歌 / The Internationale (Chinese) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiN-D...​ PSMLS Website: http://peoplesschool.org/contact/​ Party of Communists USA Website: https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/​ Timecode Key: (Q&A) = Question & Answer / Response 0:00​ Introduction 1:55​ Reading (Ch. 1) 5:51​ Pure Marxism 6:56​ Role of Mao 10:42​ Necessity of revolution 11:24​ Mastering Bolshevism similarities? (Q&A) 13:05​ Reading (Ch. 1 cont.) 18:14​ Party building? (Q&A) 19:11​ Bourgeois "baggage" 20:20​ Understand the enemy 21:46​ Application during political quietness? (Q&A) 24:25​ Other relevant groups? (Q&A) 24:44​ Relation to China 26:58​ Specifically Marxist-Leninist? (Q&A) 27:37​ Revolutionary activity? (Q&A) 28:15​ Role of reformists 29:18​ Reading (Ch. 1 cont.) 38:23​ Prevent ideological degeneration? (Q&A) 39:22​ Role of individualism 40:18​ Stay vigilant 41:11​ Dictatorship of the proletariat? (Q&A) 42:17​ Continuously adapt 42:53​ Humanity & nature? (Q&A) 45:03​ Everyday application? (Q&A) 47:24​ Egoism & individualism 48:13​ Centralized state? (Q&A) 51:11​ Bourgeois "baggage" cont. 52:35​ Continuously adapt cont. 53:58​ Focus on collective 54:35​ Bourgeois baggage? (Q&A) 57:33​ "Dual personality" 58:15​ African Horn perspective 59:31​ Propaganda internalization 1:00:56​ Oppose reformism 1:01:16​ The Metropolis & Mental Life 1:02:03​ Continuously adapt cont. 1:02:39​ Criticism & self-criticism 1:03:24​ PSMLS as a useful tool 1:03:50​ 3 struggles in our movement 1:04:24​ Avoiding anarchism 1:04:42​ Concluding remarks 1:08:51​ End screen

To round out 2020 and ring in a new year, we’re finishing up a two-part reading series on Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels. We’re covering the last section, which is all about how capitalism is pretty much doomed. Will we all go down with the ship, or will we free ourselves and finally leave behind the struggle for survival as just a relic of our past. Let’s see what Engels predicts!Be a nerd and read along with us! Break out your own trusted copy or find one online for free here: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/index.htm  Check us out on social media!Instagram: @teachmecommunismTwitter: @teachcommunismGmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.comPatreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism  And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube! Solidarity forever!

This holiday season, we’re starting a two-part reading series on Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx’s BFF. We’re covering the first two sections, which are all about how utopianism isn’t great, how idealism isn’t either, and how dialectics are the best (even if they mean everything is always dying). Enjoy!Be a nerd and read along with us! Break out your own trusted copy or find one online for free here: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/index.htm  Check us out on social media!Instagram: @teachmecommunismTwitter: @teachcommunismGmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.comPatreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube! Solidarity forever!

How did Engels explain the scientific approach to socialism? Today, there are socialists who argue that rational arguments, or moral appeals, or new technologies, or localised socialistic community projects, can defeat capitalism. These ideas are not new. Unfortunately, they have all been disproven in theory and practice. These well-meaning approaches express the yearning of billions for fundamental social change. But they are utopian: they do not take a scientific approach to examining how society works – and therefore, what is needed to change it. Friedrich Engels came up against similar misleading ideas. His 1877 work Anti-Dühring explained why ‘scientific socialism’ – the original name for Marxism – showed the real way forward. In 1880, Engels reworked key chapters to produce his brilliant explanatory pamphlet ‘Socialism: Utopian and Scientific’. How did early socialist ideas evolve? What is ‘dialectics’ – the science of change – and how did Marxism put in onto the ‘materialist’ basis of the physical sciences? And how does this approach apply to understanding the development of capitalism – and the struggle for socialism? This episode of Socialism, part of a short series on Engels, is a re-run of one of our most popular episodes from 2019 - Socialism: Utopian and Scientific. Further reading Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (Engels): http://leftbooks.co.uk/Socialism-Utopian-and-Scientific-1 Socialism: Utopian and Scientific discussion questions and resources: http://www.socialistbooks.co.uk/socialism-utopian-and-scientific-resources/ The renewed relevance of Socialism: Utopian and Scientific: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/28107/17-10-2018/the-renewed-relevance-of-engels-classic-socialism-utopian-and-scientific The ABC of Materialist Dialectics (Trotsky): https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1939/12/abc.htm The Masses Arise: The Great French Revolution 1789-1815: http://leftbooks.co.uk/epages/950002679.sf/en_GB/?ObjectID=2017204 Value, Price and Profit (Marx): http://leftbooks.co.uk/epages/950002679.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/950002679/Products/MARX0004

Who was Friedrich Engels and what were his ideas? Marxism, originally called ‘scientific socialism’, takes its name from Karl Marx. But Marx didn’t work alone in developing his ideas. His co-philosopher – and close friend – shares the credit for that historic work. How did these two giants of socialism come together? What led Engels to develop revolutionary ideas? What were his most important contributions to socialist thought? And what can we learn from his hands-on approach – not just to ideas, but in fighting to put them into practice? This episode of Socialism, part of a short series on Engels, introduces the co-founder of Marxism: the revolutionary life of Friedrich Engels Further reading Engels: A Revolutionary Life: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/4795/04-06-2008/engels-a-revolutionary-life The Frock-Coated Communist, the revolutionary life of Friedrich Engels: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/7401/05-06-2009/the-frock-coated-communist-the-revolutionary-life-of-friedrich-engels The Condition of the Working Class in England (Engels): http://leftbooks.co.uk/epages/950002679.sf/en_GB/?ObjectID=6651300 The Communist Manifesto (Marx and Engels): https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/manifesto/ The Housing Question (Engels): https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1872/housing-question/ Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (Engels): http://www.socialistbooks.co.uk/socialism-utopian-and-scientific-resources/ The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (Engels): http://leftbooks.co.uk/epages/950002679.sf/en_GB/?ObjectID=2017113

What is scientific socialism, and what can it teach us about the fight for socialist change today? Labour’s left leadership failed to fight for the urgent political and democratic reforms needed in the party - a missed opportunity for working-class political representation. In politics, mistakes in tactics begin with mistakes in ideas. That’s why Marxists take ideas so seriously. As Karl Marx himself said: “Practice without theory is blind, theory without practice is sterile.” In fact, the original name for Marxism was ‘scientific socialism’. In 1880, Marx’s collaborator Friedrich Engels produced ‘Socialism: Utopian and Scientific’, explaining the difference between those two trends in socialist thought. It was an introduction to some key scientific socialist ideas, from dialectical materialism to Marxist economics. Socialist struggle today could learn much from the mistakes of utopian socialism, old and new, and the rigour of scientific socialism. The Socialist Party’s publishing house, Socialist Books, republished this classic last year, available from socialistbooks.co.uk. This episode of Socialism, one of our most popular from 2019, is a re-run of episode 18 - Socialism: Utopian and Scientific. Further reading The renewed relevance of Engels' classic, Socialism: Utopian and Scientific: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/28107/17-10-2018/the-renewed-relevance-of-engels-classic-socialism-utopian-and-scientific Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (Friedrich Engels): http://www.socialistbooks.co.uk/socialist-books-presents-socialism-utopian-and-scientific/ 'Socialism: Utopian and Scientific' questions and resources: http://www.socialistbooks.co.uk/socialism-utopian-and-scientific-resources/ The Masses Arise: The Great French Revolution 1789-1815 (Peter Taaffe): http://leftbooks.co.uk/epages/950002679.sf/en_GB/?ObjectID=2017204 Value, Price and Profit (Karl Marx): http://leftbooks.co.uk/epages/950002679.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/950002679/Products/MARX0004 An Introduction to the Logic of Marxism (George Novack): http://leftbooks.co.uk/epages/950002679.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/950002679/Products/NOVA0001

Har du nogensinde tænkt over, hvad økonomi er for en videnskab? Hvordan opstod den, og hvem var dens grundlæggere? Eller har du interesseret dig for moderne diskussioner om samfundet, herunder ulighed, ressourceforbrug eller konkurrence? Hvis dette er tilfældet, er økonomiens teorihistorie vigtig og nyttig for dig. Den type af diskussioner er nemlig mindst lige så gammel som den økonomiske videnskab selv, og du vil i dens rødder også finde rødderne til de moderne argumenter. Nu er vi kommet til en markant herre. Karl Marx grundlæggeren af kommunisme. I dagens afsnit tager jeg primært udgangspunkt i Marx potentielle betydning for økonomisk videnskab. Det gør jeg ved at fortælle om hans liv og tit konfliktfyldte forhold til andre mennesker, jeg dykker ned i hans teorier om historisk determinisme, merværdi og arbejdsværdilærer mm. Jeg slutter afsnittet med lidt overvejelser om Marx's arv i dag.  Marx og særligt hans ”isme” er tit fremhævet som enten en forbryderideologi der bringer død og ødelæggelse, eller som et befriende heltekvad og analytisk nedslagtning af udbyttersamfundet. Få personer i sådanne debatter har faktisk læst Marx. Det synes jeg du skylder dig selv at gøre, ligegyldigt hvor du står.    Til dagens afsnit har jeg læst: Boettke, P. J. (2012). The Forgotten Contribution: Murray Rothbard on Socialism in Theory and Practice. I P. J. Boettke, Living Economics: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. Oakland: The Independent Institute. Mises, L. v. (2016). Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth. Morrisville: Lulu Press, Inc. Pedersen, T. M. (2019). Karl Marx' bidrag til økonomi, sociologi og historiefilosofi. København: CEPOS. Solzhenitsyn, A. (2002). The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956. New York: HarperCollins Tucker, R. (1978). The Marx-Engels Reader. New York: Norton. Her har jeg primært læst: ”Preface to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy” (1859), pp. 3-6. “The Communist Manifesto”, pp. 473- 500. “Socialism: Utopian and Scientific”, pp. 681-717. ”Das Kapital”, pp. 351-61 & pp. 419-31. I like to dedicate this season to my teachers Ole Bruus and Bruce Caldwell. All mistakes and mispronunciations are mine alone and no fault of theirs.

this serves as a bridge from the podcast formerly known as 'reunion.' this episode covers Friedrich Engels's seminal text - Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (1880). using this pamphlet, we explore how we should interpret modern day capital-M Medicine through a Marxist lens. just like you see throughout other sectors of society, the medical-industrial complex has its own division of labor and class distinctions that consolidate power into an owning/ruling class with the ability to dictate the conditions of healthcare finance and administration. what are these classes? who constitutes these classes? how do we use that information to understand politics? to create a better healthcare system? all of these important questions will be answered - and more! (whether u like it or not.) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.marxismandmedicine.com

In this episode I read Engel’s Socialism: Utopian and Scientific and allow it to prove for itself why it needs little additional discussion. Download: .mp3

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

For the debut episode of Red Menace Alyson and Breht discuss Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels. The video episode can be found on youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKdxX5eqQyk Outro Music by Adia Victoria - Invisible Hands Check out and support her beautiful music here: http://www.adiavictoria.com -------- Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective! You can find them on twitter or insta @Barbaradical. Please reach out to them if you are in need of any graphic design work for your leftist projects!  -------- Please Rate and Review Red Menace on iTunes. This dramatically helps increase our reach. Support the Show and get access to bonus content on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/TheRedMenace  Follow us on Twitter @The_Red_Menace

On the debut episode of Red Menace, the brand new Rev Left Radio sister show, Alyson and Breht discuss Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels. The video episode can be found on youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKdxX5eqQyk Outro Music by Adia Victoria - Invisible Hands Check out and support her beautiful music here: http://www.adiavictoria.com -------- Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective! You can find them on twitter or insta @Barbaradical. Please reach out to them if you are in need of any graphic design work for your leftist projects!  -------- Please Rate and Review Red Menace on iTunes. This dramatically helps increase our reach. Support the Show and get access to bonus content on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/TheRedMenace  Follow us on Twitter @The_Red_Menace

Talk given at Gutenberg College’s 2009 Summer Institute, “Paychecks, Politics & Paradigms”.