From July 26-29, Eastern Kentucky was hit with a one-in-a-thousand-year flood, wreaking carnage on a region already devastated from decades of intense extractive capitalism and poverty. Jamie and Aaron are joined by Tarence Ray (@tarenceray) from the Trill...
2022-09-29 15:40:58 +0000 UTC View Post
M.E. O'Brien (@genderhorizon) sticks around to chat some more with the ELC crew about her speculative fiction novel, "Everything For Everyone: An Oral History of t...
2022-09-23 10:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
M.E. O'Brien (@genderhorizon) and Eman Abdelhadi (@emanabdelhadi) join the ELC crew to talk about their speculative fiction novel, "2022-09-21 10:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
The ELC crew discusses the Biden administration's student debt relief plan, contextualizing the current debate around who deserves to go to college with a memo from 1971 laying out the right's plan for a long march through the institutions.
Re: Brandon's reiterated commitment to law and order, is there any overarc...
2022-09-07 10:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie, Aaron and Jorge give their takes on writer/director Jordan Peele's latest film, "Nope." What does it all mean?! Spoilers, obvi.
2022-08-26 17:39:02 +0000 UTC View Post
In this debut episode of our newest series on science fiction and futurism, the gang is joined by editor at Blood Knife Magazine and host of the Podside Picnic podcast, Kurt Schiller (@mechanicalkurt), for a discussion about Ursula K. Le Guin's rather ...
2022-08-17 15:36:27 +0000 UTC View Post
In the third and final edition of their Alexandra Kollontai mini-series, ELC presents her 1921 work, 'The Labour of Women in the Evolution of the Economy.' In addition to elaborating on the Soviet Republic's plans to support women in their dual roles as workers and mothers, she lays out her opinions on abortion, which the Sov...
2022-08-03 10:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode of our series on Socialist Feminism, the gang continues our Alexandra Kollontai mini-series and discuss her 1920 work Communism and the Family, where she argues the family has been eroded under capitalism and how socialism can solve the problems surrounding marriage, children, and the role of women in society....
2022-07-27 17:50:48 +0000 UTC View Post
In this debut episode of our new theory and history series on Socialist Feminism, the gang begins with an introduction on Russian socialist revolutionary, politician, diplomat, Marxist theoretician, and overall badass Alexandra Kollontai. There is a brief discussion of her incredible life and we also discuss her 1909 work The...
2022-07-20 16:39:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a chill news ep where the gang talks about the SCOTUS decision overturning the rights of half the population and why it's time for a new constitution...and a social revolution, obvi.
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We have all heard much talk about cryptocurrencies and NFT's. We also heard how it totally collapsed and crypto bros are shaking in their boots. Aaron and Jorge are joined by Edward Ongweso Jr (@bigblackjacobin) from Vice Motherboard and the This Mach...
2022-06-29 16:21:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Jorge and Aaron are joined by guests Liv (@Liv_Agar) and Juniper(@JUNlPER) to discuss the cinematic masterpiece and cultural phenomena Morbius.
Check out Liv's podcast QAnon Anonymo...
2022-06-22 04:55:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Despite the GOP not having power in the White House or Congress, the American Right still have tremendous power and appear to be ascendent once again. The ELC crew is joined by Sam Adler-Bell and Matthew Sitman from the Know Your Enemy podcast to talk about the current state of the Right in America. Sam is a writer and co-hos...
2022-06-15 14:32:44 +0000 UTC View Post
In this first episode of interviewing socialist politicians, Jorge interviews Stephanie Gallardo, a Democratic Socialist running for U.S. Congress in Washington's 9th Congressional District. Stephanie is a Seattle native who is a teacher, union leader, and a DSA endorsed candidate for office. Stephanie's campaign is distinct ...
2022-06-08 04:29:44 +0000 UTC View Post
In light of the current impasse and recent events in America, the ELC crew is joined by Marvin Gonzalez to talk about his new essay about how to think about our current "conjuncture". Marvin is the newest member of the National Political Committee of DSA, which is the highest national body of the organization. He is also the ...
2022-06-03 04:22:18 +0000 UTC View Post
In this collaboration with Radio Free Amanda, we discuss the new book from 7 Stories Press: 634 Ways to Kill Fidel. The book was written by Fabian Es...
2022-05-25 17:50:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In this exciting conclusion to our series on State and Revolution, the ELC crew engages with Chapter 6, which is Lenin's summary of different arguments had by his contemporaries. Lenin dissects arguments made by reformist Marxists like Georgi Plekhanov and Karl Kautsky, contemporary anarchist thought, and "left Radicals" like...
2022-05-13 19:52:41 +0000 UTC View Post
In this EXCITING and HOTLY DEBATED passage, Lenin lays out his plan for transitioning from capitalism to communism via a transitional phase of "lower stage communism." In this phase, you still have to go to work and earn money but now your boss is the state, albeit a state whose foundational goal is its own death-by-withering...
2022-05-04 20:13:58 +0000 UTC View Post
In their first ever CURRENT EVENTS episode, the ELC crew of Jamie, Aaron and Jorge take on various topics of the day, including Peter Thiel's Bitcoin meltdown and NYC mayor Eric Adams' love of crypto. Okay, so it's mostly about Bitcoin. What does it mean that various capitalists are having it out over this dumb new commodity?...
2022-04-20 19:18:08 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! Now that Jamie is back from vacation (and recovered from being sick) we have a few episodes in the works. Be sure to stay tuned for the continuation of State and Revolution (two more episodes left) as well as our first news episode. We also are announcing the official return of Aaron Thorpe as co-host. This po...
2022-04-04 16:58:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is a preview of Jorge, Aaron and Cheryl Rivera discussing the movie "The Batman".
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Jorge and Aaron are joined by guest Cheryl Rivera (@girlcloudnine) to discuss the one, the only THE BATMAN. Tune in to hear what we think about the new Emo Batman and how it fits into the canon of Gotham's masked vigilante! Should we feel sympathetic to...
2022-03-28 01:56:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie and Jorge are joined by guest Edward Ongweso Jr (@bigblackjacobin) and RETURNING HOST Aaron Thorpe (@paradoomer) to discuss the science fiction epic and pop culture phenomeno...
2022-03-02 20:41:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie and Jorge discuss the first half of State & Revolution Chapter 5, "The Economic Basis of the Withering Away of the State." In this chapter, Lenin does the Full Monty and tells us how he believes the transition from capitalism to communism is likely to go, drawing from his interpretation of Marx and Engels. He insist...
2022-02-23 11:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is a preview of Jamie, Jorge, and Leslie Lee discussing the movie "Being the Ricardos".
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Jamie and Jorge are joined by their pal Leslie Lee (@leslieleeiii) for a discussion of the snooze-fest "Being the Ricardos" directed AND written by Aaron Sorkin. Is the movie actually about McCarthyism or is it just The West Wing in a writer's room? Does...
2022-02-14 14:50:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Building on the discussions of the State in Chapter Two and Three, Lenin further interrogates the relationship of the State with socialist revolution. Unlike previous chapters, Lenin decides to draw from Engels rather than Marx for a variety of topics regarding the State, such as the "planlessness" of capitalism, how socialis...
2022-02-08 23:31:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Building on the discussions of the State in Chapter Two and Three, Lenin further interrogates the relationship of the State with socialist revolution. Unlike previous chapters, Lenin decides to draw from Engels rather than Marx for a variety of topics regarding the State, such as how to house workers under a dictatorship of t...
2022-01-25 00:42:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is a preview of Jamie, Jorge, and Jake Flores discussing the movie "Don't Look Up". To listen to the full episode, be sure to subscribe on our fans.fm (https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism) or our Patreon (2022-01-17 21:03:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie and Jorge are joined by their pal Jake Flores (@feraljokes) for a discussion of ~divisive~ apocalypse movie 'Don't Look Up,' written/directed/produced by Adam McKay ('Succession') with story co-written by David Sirota (formerly of the Bernie Sanders ...
2022-01-11 18:53:51 +0000 UTC View Post
