The Twilight of the Sweatshop Age: Labor, Monopsony and Supply Chains with Ashok Kumar
Rudy joins Ashok Kumar author of Monopsony Capitalism: Power and Production in the Twilight of the Sweatshop Age for a discussion on global sweatshops, labor …
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The Conservative Party and the Decline of Tory Britain with Phil Burton-Cartledge
James and Harry join Phil Burton-Cartledge, author of Falling Down: The Conservative Party and the Decline of Tory Britain for a discussion on his book. …
Soviet Cybernetics and the Promise of Big Computer Socialism
Amelia, Djamil, Christian, and Rudy join for a discussion on the history of Soviet Cybernetics and the use of computers for socialist planning. We discuss …
Probabilistic Approaches to Political Economy and Labor with Machover, Farjoun & Zachariah
Rudy joins Emmanuel Farjoun, Moshé Machover and David Zachariah for a discussion on their two books Laws of Chaos: A Probabilistic Approach to Political Economy …
The Workers’ Opposition in the Russian Communist Party with Barbara C. Allen
Annie and Lucas join Barbara C. Allen, editor of the recent collection of documents The Workers’ Opposition in the Russian Communist Party: Documents, 1919-30 and …
New York City Food Worker Organizing, 1912-37 with Kevin Bruce
Last week, over 100 Starbucks stores went on strike, the latest step in the astonishing growth of organizing in the restaurant industry. Astonishing now, but …
Twilight of World Trotskyism with John Kelly
Warning: Sexual abuse is discussed in this episode. Brendan and James join John Kelly, author of Contemporary Trotskyism and The Twilight of World Trotskyism for …
From Guerrilla Mime to Brecht & Ecology: An Interview with Ron G. Davis
Rudy joins Dr. Ron G. Davis, founder of the San Francisco Mime Troupe in 1959, for a reflection of a life in art and politics. …
The Goal: Scientific Management, Lean and Safe Organizations
Matt, Rudy, and Amelia sit down for a critical discussion about contemporary scientific management practices and frameworks, ranging from Lean, the Theory of Constraints, Improvement …
Ecological Leninism with Kai Heron
Rudy joins Kai Heron for a discussion on ecological political strategy. We discuss his political background, how to develop an ecological program out of the …
Stalin Pt. 2: the Second World War, Reconstruction, and the Making of High Stalinism
Donald, Christian, and Connor return to the subject of Stalin and Stalinism. Picking up from the Great Purge, the episode covers the Second World War …
Women, Life, Freedom: The Iranian Protests with Slingers Collective
Annie and Matthew sit down with Foroogh, Niloo, and Ida from the Slingers Collective, an Iranian leftist media project, to discuss the ongoing protest wave …
From Petrograd to Shanghai: The Party and Mass Democracy in Lenin and Mao
James, Matthew and Rudy join for a followup on From Paris to Petrograd: State and Revolution in Practiceto discuss how the ideas of the party, …
A New Jihad: Afghanistan from 1992 to the Present
Eric, Rob and Rudy join for the second part of the Afghanistan podcast, which covers the start of the Afghan civil war, the birth of …