Mark and Alex take turns explaining famous works of Leftist political theory to each other and to their audience in simple, understandable terms
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 26: Rudolf Rocker's Anarcho-Syndicalism
1:16:02
1:16:02
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:16:02
Theory is BACK! In this one, Alex leads Mark on a journey through the philosophy and practice of Anarcho-Syndicalism as told by Rudolf Rocker.
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 25: Socialist Leaders 1. Thomas Sankara
57:16
57:16
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
57:16
Mark and Alex investigate the first in a (non-continuous) series of socialist leaders from the 20th century and beyond. This week, Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso!
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 24: Kropotkin Returns!!! Human Nature is Good Actually
1:11:01
1:11:01
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:11:01
Mark and Alex celebrate a year of theory by returning to the bearded chad that started it all. In this second installment of the Kropotkin Saga, the boys discuss the various ways in which mutual aid, rather than competition, has defined our social lives throughout history. Follow us on Twitter: @wereadtheorypod Subscribe to our Subreddit: r/wereadt…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 23: I Was NOT Impressed With Murray Rothbard
54:03
54:03
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
54:03
This time the boys don't just read theory, they roast it. Mark and Alex explore the need for material analysis, what it means for an ideology to be incoherent, and why many definitions of freedom are misleading. And what better ideology to examine for this purpose than Libertarianism?
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 22: Errico Malatesta, 19th Century Debate Bro
1:07:33
1:07:33
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:07:33
Mark and Alex run through Errico Malatesta's cafe dialogues, in which based and breadpilled anarchism enjoyer crushes small-brained conservatives in the arena of ideas Follow us on Twitter: @wereadtheorypod Subscribe to our subreddit: r/wereadtheorypod Sources used in this episode: "At the Cafe" by Errico Malatesta https://theanarchistlibrary.org/l…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 21: Why the Government Will Never Run out of Money
1:08:40
1:08:40
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:08:40
Mark and Alex embark on the perilous journey of attempting to talk about economics without boring everyone to death. In particular, the boys investigate Modern Monetary Theory, a radical and relatively new perspective on money and the state. Follow us on Twitter: @wereadtheorypod Subscribe to our subreddit: r/wereadtheorypod Sources used in this ep…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 20: I Hate Talking About the Soviet Union
1:07:57
1:07:57
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:07:57
Mark and Alex take a look at Michael Parenti's "Blackshirts and Reds" Follow us on Twitter : @wereadtheorypod Reach out to us on Reddit: r/wereadtheorypod Sources Referenced in this episode: "Blackshirts and Reds" by Michael Parenti "How Journalists Covered the Rise of Mussolini and Hitler" by John Broich https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 19: Gramsci, the Political Party, and the Relevance of Machiavelli in the Modern Day
45:26
45:26
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
45:26
Mark and Alex cover Antonio Gramsci's advice for political parties and defend the legacy of Machiavelli Follow us on Twitter: @wereadtheorypod Come chat with us at r/wereadtheorypod Works referenced in this episode: All by Antonio Gramsci "Brief Notes on Machiavelli’s Politics" "Machiavelli and Marx" "Politics as an Autonomous Science" "Elements of…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 18: Mental Health and Colonialism
42:40
42:40
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
42:40
Mark and Alex take a look at some of the ways in which our mainstream understanding of mental health fails to combat the legacy of colonialism and its effects on the mental health of Indigenous communities Follow us on Twitter: @wereadtheorypod Talk with us about the Episode at r/wereadtheorypod Sources discussed in this episode: "Patients' Diversi…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 17: Frantz Fanon's "The Wretched of the Earth"
36:50
36:50
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
36:50
Mark and Alex follow Fanon through a decolonial dialectic Follow us on Twitter: @wereadtheorypod
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 16: Angela Davis' "Lectures on Liberation"
38:55
38:55
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
38:55
Alex stops shitposting for a while to read and discuss Angela Davis' thoughts on freedom with Mark. Twitter: @WeReadTheoryPod Link to literature: https://archive.org/details/AngelaDavis-LecturesOnLiberation/page/n1/mode/2up
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 15: WTF is Dialectical Materialism?
58:26
58:26
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
58:26
Mark and Alex attempt at great pain to explain one of the most opaque concepts in Marxism and its implications Follow us on Twitter @wereadtheorypod Works Referenced in this Episode: Socialism: Utopian and Scientific, Frederick Engels Dialectics of Nature, Frederick Engels Dialectical and Historical Materialism, J V Stalin The Materialist Conceptio…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 14: J Sakai's "Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat"
53:44
53:44
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
53:44
Mark and Alex take a walk through American history and learn some interesting lessons about race and class along the way. Follow us on Twitter @wereadtheorypod
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 13.2: Alex Vitale's "The End of Policing" Part 2
1:03:41
1:03:41
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:03:41
Mark and Alex finish their discussion of Alex Vitale's "The End of Policing," covering the drug war, gang suppression, border policing, and political policing. Follow us on Twitter: @wereadtheorypod
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 13.1: Alex Vitale's "The End of Policing" Part 1
43:14
43:14
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
43:14
Mark and Alex begin their discussion of defunding police, covering the policing of schools, mental illness, homelessness, and sex work GO FUND ME LINK: gofundme.com/f/heritagetonsorial Follow us on Twitter @wereadtheorypod
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode (Fuck) 12: Abdullah Öcalan's "Democratic Confederalism"
43:16
43:16
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
43:16
Mark and Alex examine the goals and expectations of a communal society as described by Abdullah Öcalan
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 11: Murray Bookchin's "The Ecology of Freedom"
54:02
54:02
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
54:02
Mark and Alex discuss how our worldview affects our ability to build fair institutions and combat climate catastrophe. Later, the boys put forth a mildly passionate defense of astrology.
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 10: Michel Foucault's "Discipline and Punish"
36:10
36:10
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
36:10
Mark and Alex discuss the disciplinary society described by Michel Foucault and explore its implications. Contact us on Twitter: @wereadtheorypod Listen to our shows on Youtube: wereadtheorypod
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 9: Karl Marx's "Critique of the Gotha Programme"
36:53
36:53
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
36:53
Picking up where they left off last time, Mark and Alex explore Marx's famous critique step by step Contact us on Twitter: @wereadtheorypod Listen to our shows on Youtube: wereadtheorypod
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 8: A (Very) Brief Overview of Marxism
40:06
40:06
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
40:06
We all know Marxism is a thing and it's important but what is it exactly? Mark and Alex attempt to answer this question as concisely as possible. Follow us on Twitter @wereadtheorypod
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Manufacturing Consent Bonus: The KGB Bulgarian Plot to Kill the Pope
17:31
17:31
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
17:31
Mark explores the 1981 attempt on the life of Pope John Paul II and the media narratives that formed around it.
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 7: Rosa Luxemburg's "Reform or Revolution?"
42:39
42:39
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
42:39
Mark and Alex bridge the social distance to discuss the various shortcomings of a reform-based approach to Socialism.
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 6: Various Definitions of Fascism
41:56
41:56
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
41:56
Mark and Alex explore a number of ways Fascism has been defined over time and consider each definition's usefulness in describing and combating Fascism Follow us on Twitter @wereadtheorypod
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 5: Edward S Herman and Noam Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent"
43:43
43:43
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
43:43
Mark takes Alex through the first half of Herman and Chomsky's analysis of the mass media, covering the five filters of media content and their effect on coverage of Latin American elections in the 1980s.
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 4: Mark Fischer's "Capitalist Realism"
29:15
29:15
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
29:15
Mark and Alex discuss the various methods by which Capitalism asserts itself as fact rather than ideology and the effects of those methods on our mental well-being.
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 3: Martin Luther King Jr's "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
20:18
20:18
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
20:18
Mark teaches Alex about the stages of non-violent resistance and white moderates using one of Martin Luther King Jr's most famous texts
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 2: Vladimir Lenin's "The State and Revolution"
23:11
23:11
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
23:11
Mark teaches Alex about the role of the state in the revolution.
…
continue reading
Introducing We Read Theory, a new podcast for anyone interested in gaining familiarity with the most famous and somewhat niche voices of leftist theory across the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 1: Peter Kropotkin's "A Conquest of Bread"
42:22
42:22
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
42:22
Mark reads "A Conquest of Bread" to teach Alex about Anarcho-Communism.
…
continue reading