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From Alpha To Omega

Tom O'Brien

What is happening to our economy and our politics? Are we stuck forever in this corporate dystopia? What can we learn from the failures of radical politics over the last 100 years? Commandante Alpha talks in depth to experts from the fields of Political Economy, Politics, Science, Philosophy, Complexity, Mathematics, Music, and the Environment.

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We welcome Peter Åström to the podcast, to discuss an article he recently wrote for the Riff-Raff journal. Riff-raff describes itself as a ‘journal for a theoretical discussion of communism as a real movement’.

The article:

http://www.riff-raff.se/texts/en/the-commodity-and-communism

The book project:

https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

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10/12/23 • 55 min

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09/13/23 • 42 min

We continue our discussion of Chapter 9 - “Is the Precariat a Class''.

Our socialist planning book project: theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com

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09/13/23 • 42 min

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08/23/23 • 4 min

We continue our discussion of LL Mens "The Capitalist Nature of the 'Socialist' Countries: A Politico-Economic Analysis"

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08/23/23 • 4 min

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08/20/23 • 42 min

Today Donal and myself discuss an amazing text by the little known Hong Kong based Left Communist L.L. Men.

You can download the text from libcom.org here:
https://libcom.org/article/ll-men-two-texts-defining-communist-programme

The self-publishing friendly version of the pdf:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jQYDzqw_dLIDYc1zt8B9tRdE-DvCXLsQ/view?usp=sharing

Book Project:
https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

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08/20/23 • 42 min

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08/06/23 • 43 min

We start our discussion of Chapter 9 - “Is the Precariat a Class''.

Book Project: theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com.

The slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oNY1SPxFk0Xg-NndRJPh0l_cOWyLMOGY6rFhC0zGIyc/edit?usp=share_link

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08/06/23 • 43 min

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07/20/23 • 55 min

We continue our discussion of Chapter 8 - “The Death of Class Debate''.
Drunken Russian Miners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgnmWYy-9ds&ab_channel=JustBenii

Socialist planning book: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oNY1SPxFk0Xg-NndRJPh0l_cOWyLMOGY6rFhC0zGIyc/edit?usp=share_link

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07/20/23 • 55 min

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We are delighted welcome back Prof. Peter Hudis to the show to talk about the introduction he wrote for the new edition of the Critique of the Gotha Program by PM Press.
Critique of the Gotha Program (PM Press):
https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1241
Book Project:
https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

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07/04/23 • 65 min

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We welcome back Donal to the show, to talk about a paper he wrote for the new radical journal - The Black Lamp. The paper is called:
‘Viability Guided Decision Making: Modelling organisations using Viability Guided Decision Making’
It’s a very interesting paper which proposes a novel approach to fairly recent developments in cybernetic theory, and applying them to complex social systems. Donal, on top of the book project we are working on, has just completed a masters in System Engineering & Engineering Cybernetics in the Kazan National Research University over in Russia.
The paper:
https://www.black-lamp.com/posts/modelling-organisations-using-viability-guided-decision-making
The Socialist Planning Book Project:
https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

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06/08/23 • 49 min

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05/22/23 • 58 min

We continue our discussion of Chapter 8 - “The Death of Class Debate''.

The Slides:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oNY1SPxFk0Xg-NndRJPh0l_cOWyLMOGY6rFhC0zGIyc/edit?usp=share_link

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05/22/23 • 58 min

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11/13/23 • 68 min

This week Donal and myself discuss a really excellent book we recently read on the socialist calculation debate. The book is called Rivalry and Central Planning, and is written by the Austrian economist Don Lavoie.

The Book Project:

https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Omega

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11/13/23 • 68 min

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How many episodes does From Alpha To Omega have?

From Alpha To Omega currently has 343 episodes available.

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The podcast is about News, Environment, Energy, Podcasts, Economics, Philosophy and Politics.

What is the most popular episode on From Alpha To Omega?

The episode title 'Episode 313: #201 From the Commodity to Communism w/ Peter Åström' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on From Alpha To Omega is 49 minutes.

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Episodes of From Alpha To Omega are typically released every 7 days, 23 hours.

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The first episode of From Alpha To Omega was released on Apr 6, 2012.

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