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Understanding Socialism: Part Five. 1871 to 1917. Revolutionary Divide. Sep 16, 2023

Show notes

This is technically the final installment of our series “Understanding Socialism” where we cover the period between the Paris Commune in 1871 and onset of World War I, which precedes (and leads to) the Russian Revolution in 1917. We’re going to cover the Russian Revolution briefly in an epilogue that speaks to the divergence from classical Marxism from the Revolution forward and where socialist movements stand today. This final episode brings new figures into the spotlight such as Karl Kautsky and Rosa Luxemburg and crosses the pond to introduce the likes of Emma Goldman and Eugene Debs.

Chapters

Intro: 00:02:05

Chapter Ten: 00:07:16

Chapter Eleven: 00:22:43

Chapter Twelve: 00:50:52

Book Love

Joseph A. Schumpeter: Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

John M. Thompson: Revolutionary Russia, 1917

Bernard Harcourt: Critique and Praxis

Ray Ginger: The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene Victor Debs

Karl Marx: The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx: Das Kapital

Michael Harrington: Socialism: Past and Future

Victor Serge + Natalia Ivanovna Sedova: Life and Death of Leon Trotsky

Anne Sebba: Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy

Peter Kropotkin: The Conquest of Bread

Staughton Lynd + Andrej Grubačic: Wobblies and Zapatistas: Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism, and Radical History

Emma Goldman: Anarchism and Other Essays

Anthony J. Nocella II, Mark Seis and Jeff Shantz: Classic Writings in Anarchist Criminology: A Historical Dismantling of Punishment and Domination.

Resources

The Collector: What do Hegel and Marx Have in Common?

Socialist Alternative: Robert Owen and Utopian Socialism

Marxists.org: Encyclopedia of Marxism: Events

Washington State University: Introduction to 19th-Century Socialism

Howard Zinn: Commemorating Emma Goldman: 'Living My Life'

Stanford: Hegel's Dialectics

The History of Economic Thought: Cesare Beccaria

Stanford: Jeremy Bentham

Foundation for Economic Education: Robert Owen: The Woolly-Minded Cotton Spinner

Stanford: Karl Marx

Central European Economic and Social History: Economic Development In Europe In The 19th Century

Marxists.org: Encyclopedia of Marxism

The New Yorker: Karl Marx, Yesterday and Today

Marxists.org: Glossary of Organisations

Northwestern Whitepaper: The Second Industrial Revolution

The Collector: Revolutions of 1848

Chemins de Mémoire: Franco-Prussian War of 1870

Journal of Modern History: 1870 in European History and Historiography

JSTOR: Paul Avrich: The Legacy of Bakunin

Marxists.org: Bakunin

The Anarchist Library: The Federative Principle

The Anarchist Library: Property Is Theft

The Collector: What do Hegel and Marx Have in Common?

Socialist Alternative: Robert Owen and Utopian Socialism

Marxists.org: Encyclopedia of Marxism: Events

Washington State University: Introduction to 19th-Century Socialism | Common Errors in English Usage and More

Howard Zinn: Commemorating Emma Goldman: 'Living My Life'

Stanford: Hegel's Dialectics

The History of Economic Thought: Cesare Beccaria

Stanford: Jeremy Bentham

Foundation for Economic Education: Robert Owen: The Woolly-Minded Cotton Spinner

Stanford: Karl Marx

Central European Economic and Social History: Economic Development In Europe In The 19th Century

Marxists.org: Encyclopedia of Marxism

The New Yorker: Karl Marx, Yesterday and Today

Marxists.org: Glossary of Organisations

Northwestern Whitepaper: The Second Industrial Revolution

The Collector: Revolutions of 1848

Chemins de Mémoire: Franco-Prussian War of 1870

Journal of Modern History: 1870 in European History and Historiography

Jacobin: Why Kautsky was Right

The New Yorker: Dreyfus Affair

The Jacobin: John Dewey

Marxists.org: Anarchism and Anarcho-Syndicalism

Spartacus Ed: Karl Kautsky

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Hands Off AOC: Reply to the Slandering of a Revolutionist. Sep 02, 2023

Show notes

AOC. The country continues to obsess over the bright light of the progressive caucus and most high profile member of “The Squad.” From day one, AOC has been the subject of harsh criticisms steeped in misogyny and class resentment; mostly from the right. Oftentimes, however, the criticisms have come from inside the Democratic Party establishment. Recently, however, she’s been in the crosshairs of the far left end of the spectrum. Some of this isn’t new, but it seems to be growing. In this episode we look deeper at her record, set a few things straight about the nature of politics in America and make a haunting comparison from history that serves as a warning.

Chapters

Intro: 00:00:32

Post Show Musings: 00:20:03

Outro: 00:36:33

Resources

The Militant: Hands of Rosa Luxemburg

Vanity Fair: Unearthed Video Shows Marjorie Taylor Greene Has Been Psychotically Stalking AOC for Years

Politico: From agitator to insider: The evolution of AOC

AOC's Pathetic Biden Endorsement

New York Magazine: AOC Is Just a Regular Old Democrat Now

Pod Save America: Exclusive: AOC Talks Honestly About Joe Biden, The Supreme Court, and the 2024 Presidential Election

Office of Congressional Ethics: OCE Referral Regarding Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The New York Times: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Apologizes for Vote on Iron Dome Funding

Clerk: Roll Call 275 | Bill Number: HR 5323

Jacobin: Railroad Workers United: “We Would Never Concede Our Right to Strike”

Mother Jones: Railroad Workers Kept Applying Pressure For Sick Days. It’s Working.

Global Project Against Hate and Extremism: Robert F. Kennedy Tweet Mobilizes Neo-Nazis

Jacobin: AOC and the Squad’s List of Left-Wing Accomplishments Is Quite Long

LR 132: Evaluating The Squad w/ Branko Marcetic + @MinionDeathCult on the UPS Vote

UNFTR Episode Resources

April 2021 Quickie: AOC & the Lying Men Hydra

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Show Notes [What is Bidenomics?] Sep 01, 2023

Show notes

Max and 99 are reunited in this episode of Show Notes! They talk Bidenomics, Phone A Friend, and sharting. (Sorry.)

Chapters

Intro: 00:00:20

Headlines: 00:16:41

Emails: 00:27:51

Facebook Shout Outs: 00:47:00

Buy Me A Coffee Memberships + Donations: 01:04:24

Reviews: 01:06:04

Outro: 01:06:21

Headlines

HRW: “They Fired on Us Like Rain”: Saudi Arabian Mass Killings of Ethiopian Migrants at the Yemen-Saudi Border

World Socialist Web Site: BRICS to expand to counter US dollar dependence

The New York Times: America Is Draining Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow

Resources

Oliver Anthony: Rich Men North Of Richmond

Billy Bragg: Rich Men Earning North of a Million

What Next Podcast: What’s Vivek Ramaswamy’s Deal?

The New Yorker: Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule

UNFTR: F*ck Milton Friedman

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What is Bidenomics? Is anyone telling the truth? Aug 26, 2023

Show notes

“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” “Is there life after death?”

“If the POTUS says the economy is great but no one feels it, is it really a recovery?”

I’ll leave the first two for philosophy majors. On the third question, I have some thoughts.

The administration is touting what it calls, “Bidenomics.” Much like Obama chose to own “Obamacare” and turn it into a positive, President Joe Biden is owning the U.S. economy and making it the centerpiece of his re-election campaign. Will it work? Depends.

This week’s episode is a deep(ish) dive into U.S. economic data. The U.S. might be doing better than the rest of the world. Inflation is cooling and people are working. But Americans are also racking up debt, getting priced out of the housing market, depleting their savings and are wholly uncertain about the future. Come election time, it will still be all about the economy, but it won’t be about the numbers. It will be about sentiment.

Chapters

Intro: 00:00:58

Sketch: 00:04:54

Chapter One: 00:10:27

Chapter Two: 00:21:52

Post Show Musings: 00:46:06

Outro: 00:54:08

Resources

Foreign Affairs: The End of China’s Economic Miracle

Associated Press: Foreign companies are shifting investment out of China as confidence wanes, business group says

The New York Times: China’s Property Crisis: Why It’s So Hard for Beijing to Fix - The New York Times

Reuters: Analysis: US debt-ceiling deal dooms Biden's revolutionary tax plans

The Conference Board: Leading Economic Index

St. Louis Federal Reserve: Does Labor Market Tightness Vary across States?

Federal Reserve Board: Recent balance sheet trends

St. Louis Federal Reserve: Corporate Profits After Tax (without IVA and CCAdj) (CP)

San Francisco Fed: The Rise and Fall of Pandemic Excess Savings

Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Household Debt and Credit Report

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Phone A Friend: Francesca Fiorentini of The Bitchuation Room. Aug 21, 2023

Show notes

Francesca Fiorentini is a journalist, activist, comedian and host of the popular Bitchuation Room podcast and YouTube channel. Max and Francesca talk swimming pools, presidential politics, California candidates and the liberal obsession with tearing down AOC & the squad.

Watch the interview on YouTube.

Resources

Francesa on YouTube

The Bitchuation Room Podcast

Francesca on Twitter

Francesca on Facebook

Francesca on Instagram

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Show Notes [Understanding Socialism: Part Four.] Aug 13, 2023

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Happy Max-less Show Notes to all who celebrate! 99 is joined by Manny this week and they discuss Socialism Part Four, Barbie, Hip-Hop and podcasts!

Chapters

Intro: 00:20:00

Start Barbie Spoilers: 00:07:37

End Barbie Spoilers: 00:10:56

Emails: 00:12:14

YouTube Shout Outs: 00:22:08

Reviews: 00:25:27

Podcasts: 00:27:43

Outro: 00:45:51

Resources

Bernard E. Harcourt: Critique and Praxis

News Beat: Invisible Wars: A Conversation With Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon: War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine

Nathan Rabin: You Don't Know Me But You Don't Like Me: Phish, Insane Clown Posse, and My Misadventures with Two of Music's Most Maligned Tribes

Hip-Hop Can Save America

Life Kit: Losing a pet is hard. Here's how to cope

Conspirituality: 163: The Huberman Paradox (w/Jonathan Jarry)

Scamanda

The Blog Era

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Phone A Friend: Nathan J. Robinson of Current Affairs. Aug 10, 2023

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Nathan J. Robinson is the author of 10 non-fiction books and four illustrated books. He defied modernity by launching a magazine (yes an actual physical magazine), called Current Affairs which blends eye-popping and fun illustrations with scathing prose and real, authentic journalism. Nathan and Max have a wide-ranging conversation from education to socialism in our Phone A Friend.

Resources

Current Affairs: The Intellectual We Deserve

Current Affairs: Admit Everybody

Current Affairs: The Great American World War II Story

Current Affairs Online

Current Affairs Magazine

Nathan J. Robinson: Why You Should Be a Socialist

Nathan J. Robinson: Superpredator: Bill Clinton's Use and Abuse of Black America

Nathan's Other Books

Current Affairs News Briefing

Current Affairs Podcast

Current Affairs on Twitter

Nathan on Twitter

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Understanding Socialism: Part Four. Praxis. Jul 31, 2023

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It’s Part Four this week, and things are really heating up. We’re bridging the gap between the “critique” years and the “praxis” years with a deep dive into the late 1800s. Mikhail Bakunin and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon make grand entrances into our narrative and bring some intrigue along with them. Part Four covers the pivotal year of 1870, the splinter between the anarchist and Democratic socialist wings of the party, and speaks to the variables present on the European continent at this critical juncture. The episode culminates with the Paris Commune of 1871 and lays the groundwork for Part Five where we’ll cover the rise of the Bolsheviks and the American labor movement. Are we having fun yet? (Don’t answer that.)

Chapters

Intro: 00:01:21

Chapter Eight: Socialist Fault Lines. 00:06:31

Coffee Break: 00:22:33

Chapter Nine: 1870. The year everything changed. 00:23:28

Bring It Home, Max: 00:36:33

Post Show Musings: 00:38:15

Outro: 00:51:39

Book Love

Joseph A. Schumpeter: Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

John M. Thompson: Revolutionary Russia, 1917

Bernard Harcourt: Critique and Praxis

Ray Ginger: The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene Victor Debs

Karl Marx: The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx: Das Kapital

Michael Harrington: Socialism: Past and Future

Victor Serge + Natalia Ivanovna Sedova: Life and Death of Leon Trotsky

Anne Sebba: Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy

Resources

The Collector: What do Hegel and Marx Have in Common?

Socialist Alternative: Robert Owen and Utopian Socialism

Marxists.org: Encyclopedia of Marxism: Events

Washington State University: Introduction to 19th-Century Socialism

Howard Zinn: Commemorating Emma Goldman: 'Living My Life'

Stanford: Hegel's Dialectics

The History of Economic Thought: Cesare Beccaria

Stanford: Jeremy Bentham

Foundation for Economic Education: Robert Owen: The Woolly-Minded Cotton Spinner

Stanford: Karl Marx

Central European Economic and Social History: Economic Development In Europe In The 19th Century

Marxists.org: Encyclopedia of Marxism

The New Yorker: Karl Marx, Yesterday and Today

Marxists.org: Glossary of Organisations

Northwestern Whitepaper: The Second Industrial Revolution

The Collector: Revolutions of 1848

Chemins de Mémoire: Franco-Prussian War of 1870

Journal of Modern History: 1870 in European History and Historiography

JSTOR: Paul Avrich: The Legacy of Bakunin

Marxists.org: Bakunin

The Anarchist Library: The Federative Principle

The Anarchist Library: Property Is Theft

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Show Notes [Understanding Socialism: Part Three.] Jul 28, 2023

Show notes

In this episode of Show Notes, Max and 99 review some housekeeping, Headlines (Leonard Leo, NY State + the ADA), and talk Socialism Part Three. Enjoy, Unf*ckers!

Chapters

Intro: 00:00:20

Headlines: 00:22:43

Emails: 00:44:55

Facebook Shout Outs: 00:51:40

YouTube Shout Outs: 00:56:48

Buy Me A Coffee Memberships + Donations: 01:02:26

Outro: 01:02:58

Headlines

The Lever: The Church Of Leonard Leo

Office of the New York State Comptroller: DiNapoli: State's Fiscal Outlook Declines

Mother Jones: Disability “Testers” Keep Businesses Accessible. Will SCOTUS Ban Them?

The New York Times: White House Condemns Fox News Over Host’s Holocaust Comments

Resources

UNFTR Facebook Group

News Beat Website

Unf*cker Recommendations

The Atlantic: Mister Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Children

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Understanding Socialism: Part Three. The “Critique Phase” (1825–1870). Jul 18, 2023

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We have the third installment in our socialism series, where we resume our journey beginning in 1825 and the collapse of Robert Owen’s New Harmony experiment. This next chapter introduces the work of John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx and touches on Mikhail Bakunin and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, both of whom we’ll explore more fully in Part Four. Not gonna lie, this series may never end. But this is a critical piece of the puzzle that we’re calling the “Critique Period,” lasting from 1825 to around 1870. This era is punctuated by widespread revolts in 1848 that inform some of the new thinking around capitalism and the plight of the working class—all leading into the explosion of socialist philosophy that hits the mainstream consciousness following the events of 1870 (again, for Part Four).

Chapters

Intro: 00:01:07

Chapter Six: Revolutionary Conditions. 00:07:54

Chapter Seven: Marx and Mill. 00:18:42

Post Show Musings: 00:38:17

Book Love: 00:38:44

Outro: 00:53:41

Book Love

Joseph A. Schumpeter: Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

John M. Thompson: Revolutionary Russia, 1917

Bernard Harcourt: Critique and Praxis

Ray Ginger: The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene Victor Debs

Karl Marx: The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx: Das Kapital

Michael Harrington: Socialism: Past and Future

Victor Serge + Natalia Ivanovna Sedova: Life and Death of Leon Trotsky

Anne Sebba: Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy

Resources

The Collector: What do Hegel and Marx Have in Common?

Socialist Alternative: Robert Owen and Utopian Socialism

Marxists.org: Encyclopedia of Marxism: Events

Washington State University: Introduction to 19th-Century Socialism

Howard Zinn: Commemorating Emma Goldman: 'Living My Life'

Stanford: Hegel's Dialectics

The History of Economic Thought: Cesare Beccaria

Stanford: Jeremy Bentham

Foundation for Economic Education: Robert Owen: The Woolly-Minded Cotton Spinner

Stanford: Karl Marx

Central European Economic and Social History: Economic Development In Europe In The 19th Century

Marxists.org: Encyclopedia of Marxism

The New Yorker: Karl Marx, Yesterday and Today

Marxists.org: Glossary of Organisations

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