Cybersyn, Cybernetics and Allende’s Chile with Raúl Espejo
Amelia and Rudy join Raul Espejo, one of the top members of the Cybersyn project in Allende’s Chile, the founder of Syncho Research and the president …
Podcast
Dialectical Materialism, Marxist Realism and Quantum Mechanics
Djamil and Rudy sit down for a hardcore episode on the interaction between Soviet diamat philosophy and Quantum Mechanics. We discuss the analytic core of …
Trade Unionism and Identity in the Israeli State with Ehud Ein-Gil
Lydia and Rudy join Matzpen member Ehud Ein-Gil for a discussion on trade unionism within the Israeli state. We discuss Ehud’s experiences around the founding …
On Winning and Losing
Ellie, Amelia, Matt and Rudy discuss the life and work of Col. John Boyd, one of the foremost military strategists of the last century. We …
Building a Mass Tenants Movement with Stomp Out Slumlords
Annie and Rudy join Greg Afinogenov from Stomp Out Slumlords for a discussion on tenants unions, and how SoS has thought about the work of Cloward and …
Cuba: Past, Present, and Future with Helen Yaffe
Christian and Connor sit down with Helen Yaffe to discuss her book We Are Cuba. We talked about the history and political economy of revolutionary Cuba …
A life in Marxist Economics and Education with Sam Bowles
Amelia Davenport joins Samuel Bowles for a short discussion on his life-long research on global poverty and education. They discuss Bowles’s history and how this led to …
Organizing Amazon: AU’s Shop Floor Alternative
Rudy joins Zama and Jonathan from Amazonians United to discuss their shop floor alternative which has organized walkouts in Chicago, and started a national fight for PTO. …
Strikes & Boycotts: The Two Souls of the United Farm Workers with Frank Bardacke
Roger and Rudy join Frank Bardacke, author of Trampling out the Vintage: Cesar Chavez and the Two Souls of the United Farm Workers for a …
The Class Struggle in Contemporary China with Yueran Zhang
Parker and Matthew sit down with sociologist and labor activist Yueran Zhang to discuss workers’ struggles in contemporary China. Topics discussed include public memory of …
From Ruins to Ruins in East Germany
Alex, Rudy and Christian sit down to discuss the history of the German Democratic Republic from its foundation atop the ruins of WW2 to the …
Ethiopia: From the ’74 Revolution to the present with Ian Scott Horst
Sam and Rudy join Ian Scott Horst, author of Like Ho Chi Minh! Like Che Guevara! The Revolutionary Left in Ethiopia, 1969–1979 (Foreign Languages Press) …
The Early Communist Women’s Movement with Daria Dyakonova
Lydia and Anne sit down with Daria Dyakonova to discuss the often neglected history of the Communist Women’s Movement (1920-22). They talk about the origins …
Organizing our Organizations
Amelia, Jake, Steve and Rudy sit down for a discussion of what experiences in organizing brought them to be interested in Cybernetics and Beer’s viable …