Auxiliary Statements

DISCORD: discord.gg/bJtAEbFS LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast Here we are rounding out our unofficial/official 'Bad Man Trilogy' of Errol Morris films about, well, bad white guys. This time we take on Trump aide Steve Bannon in an attempt to answer the question tragedy, farce, or something much, much stupider?

DISCORD: discord.gg/bJtAEbFS LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast We are back on our ecology bs. But this week it isn't all doom and gloom as we tackle the first part of Jason Moore's Capitalism in the Web of Life, a D I A L E C T I C A L contribution to the Marxist ecology debates. This one tested us, but maybe we came out the other side better off? Reading: Capitalism in the Web of Life (2015) by Jason W. Moore

DISCORD: discord.gg/bJtAEbFS LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast This week Jack and Dan explore the history of the inception of the US constitution. A text that is sold to us as being an abstract work of pure political theory, inspired by high minded ideals and revolutionary intent; a work with semi-divine provenance. Instead it is discovered it is in fact a document that finds its origin in the corruption, venality and self serving nature of the founders and one that was ratified under circumstances that amount to a de facto coup d'etat. Reading: An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States by Charles A. Beard (1913)

DISCORD: discord.gg/bJtAEbFS LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast I ask you, humble listener, does it get any better than this? Reading Murray Bookchin on a Wednesday afternoon. No it does not. This week the fellas discuss the influence of systems theory, Marxism & anthropology on the ecotopian ideas of none other than the man himself...Murray Bookchin. Reading: "The Power to Create, The Power to Destroy" (1979) & "Toward an Ecological Society" (1975) by Murray Bookchin.

DISCORD: discord.gg/bJtAEbFS LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast VSM Explainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPnWVg7CSIg We are back in business with an ep re-discussing Stafford Beer's Viable System Model. We even spitball about how it could be applied to some kindaaaaaaa left wing political project. And I know what you're thinking...socialists being organized?! Stranger things have happened!! Reading: Diagnosing the System for Organizations (1985) by Stafford Beer

DISCORD: discord.gg/bJtAEbFS LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast This week we learned all about the global, existential, horrifying threat of avian flus and their relationship to the capitalist mode of production. Then we learned all about the Chinese state. Then we had a breakdown. This is also now a xXstraightXedgeXx vegan podcast now. Reading: Social Contagion (2021) by Chuang https://chuangcn.org/2020/02/social-contagion/ Bonus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI-bXCJOTBs

DISCORD: discord.gg/bJtAEbFS LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast Well folks, the lads finally did it. They finished End Notes #1. And all it took was their sanity. Reading, Endnotes 1 (2008) endnotes.org.uk/issues/1

DISCORD: discord.gg/bJtAEbFS LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast Reading, Endnotes 1 (2008) - Intro and Chapter 1 https://endnotes.org.uk/issues/1

DISCORD: https://discord.gg/JGGu5MGN LINKTREE: linktr.ee/AuxiliaryStatementsPodcast Well well well, look who it is, back again. You! The dear listener. God bless you. This week the lads attempt to untangle the mess of ideas that always seem to assert themselves under the banner of being 'anti work.' What does that mean? Is it viable as a movement? Whether it's Tang ping or r/antiwork, we're here to figure it alllllll out. Reading: The Tangpingist Manifesto - https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-tangpingist-manifesto

This week Dan & Jack return from their COVID hiatus to finish up Perry Anderson's C L A S S I C text and talk feudalism. Specifically, what was it, where did it come from, how did it differ from place to place and what caused its seemingly inevitable crisis and collapse. Reading - Part 2 - ''Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism'' (1974) by Perry Anderson