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Episode 47 - "Critique of the Gotha Programme"

Will and Aaron return to the work of Dr. Karl Marx through "Critique of the Gotha Programme", discussing the role of critique, the distinction between pedantry and principle, and how Marx knows how to hold a grudge.   All music by Sisyphus Happy.

Episode 46 - The Communist Necessity

Will and Aaron read J. Moufawad-Paul's The Communist Necessity and discuss the vanguard of the 21st century, "the left talking to the left about the left", and the depressing reality of movementism.   All music by Sisyphus Happy.

Episode 45 - Soledad Brother

Will and Aaron return to the great George L. Jackson to read Soledad Brother, where they discuss self-determination, blindspots in leftist movements in history, and how MLK was a Gonzaloist.   All music by Sisyphus Happy.

Episode 44 - Democracy for the Few

Will and Aaron return to the great Michael Parenti's Democracy of the Few, discussing how democratic the US truly was at its founding, how everything good in the US came from struggle, and how Parenti is an old man at heart.   All music by Sisyphus Happy.

Episode 43 - Caliban and the Witch

Will and Aaron read Silvia Federici's Caliban and the Witch and discuss primitive accumulation, the body as the first machine of capital, and the poophole loophole.   All music by Sisyphus Happy.