Happy Easter! We really appreciate all of y'all and are excited to launch Our Radical Tradition series, the first one is on the Irish revolutionary James Connolly, available only to patrons!
Paul O'Connell guides Matt & David through James Connolly's life and why his thought is important today. You can find the text below.
Socialism Made Easy:
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Tomorrow at 1 ET / 12 CT we will be releasing our first installment of Our Radical Tradition, deep dives into monumental and influential thinkers on the left. The first conversation will be with Paul O'Connell on the radical legacy of the Irish revolutionary James Connolly.
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Hey y'all,
This weekend we are going to be premiering our first installment of our thinker series, with the great Paul O'Connell. We will be looking at the legacy and the work of the revolutionary Irishman James Connolly. So for this week's theory reading, we have a pamphlet by the great James Connolly, Socialism Made Easy.
Plus an investigation of Piketty & Marx, and more great lessons from Leo Panitch.
- David
Reading:
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- David
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Greg Gianforte is a big freak who should stop the demonization of trans athletes and corporatization of marijuana legalization.
Also a big boat is stuck.
And your discord questions.
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Then, Wosny Lambre (@BigWos) joins us to ta...
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thanks, patrons
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Tonight we will be talking to Seattle councilmember Kshama Sawant on building worker power in Seattle and the the anti-democratic big money movement aiming to subvert democracy. After that we will be joined by Wosny Lambre to talk basketball, the left, and sleepy Joe.
Come by!
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Going live now!
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2021-03-23 21:03:07 +0000 UTC View PostHey y'all,
I'll be doing a Griscom stream tomorrow afternoon at 4 CT. Let me know if there are any topics you would like covered in advance!
- David
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live a little after 8 et
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This should be a good one, catch it live Brazilian journalist Victor Pougy joins us to break down Lula's return and what that means for the PT in Brazil.
After that for patrons only the postgame, be sure to get your questions into the discord, if you need any help setting that up let me know.
See y'all tomorrow
David & Matt
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2021-03-17 23:08:26 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
Some really interesting pieces in today's readings. First up is a piece by the great Marxist James Connolly on class war and the state. We are hoping to do a lot more regarding his work in the future so be on the lookout for that. Next up are two sections on reform v. revolution question. First is Rosa Luxemburg's analysis of the reformist movement - familiarity with her work on reformism is critical for how we analyze. Panitch has criticisms of this framing especial...
2021-03-15 18:47:39 +0000 UTC View PostHey y'all,
I'll be doing a Griscom stream tomorrow at 6:30 EST - 5:30 CST. I'll be taking questions from the chat but am happy to take any topics from patrons ahead of time. Looking forward to it.
Also excited to announce that we will be joined this Thursday by Victor Pougy, who was an integral part of the Intercept's Brazil team that exposed the scandal around Lavo Jato. Look out for that on LR this Thursday.
As always reach out anytime if you've any quest...
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Also, Lula is cleared to run again next year.
live shortly
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