Podcasts by Red Plateaus

Marx 101: Dialectical Laws and Logic from 2021-05-09T08:10:04

If we think about the world in terms of lots of things constantly reciprocally determining each other, how do we study and understand them? That's the subject of this episode.

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Marx 101: Dialectics of Contradiction and Revolution from 2020-12-09T17:44:23

In this episode we introduce the core concepts of dialectical materialism: the interpenetration of opposites, transformation of quantity into quality and negation of negation, before seeing the ...

Marx 101: Introduction to Dialectical Materialism from 2020-09-13T15:10:03

In this video we introduce the general idea of dialectical materialism, before moving on to more specific aspects in the next video.  Since the footnotes way excede the YouTube video descri...

PragerU’s 4 Worst Lies about Marx from 2020-07-05T10:55:45

In this episode, we respond to PragerU's video "Who Is Karl Marx?" (https://youtu.be/UhEkJ4noN68)

Part 1: Karl Marx on Why Capitalism is not Unjust
Part 2: Karl Marx on Justice, Freed...

What is DIRECT ACTION? from 2020-05-16T17:24:38

In this episode we discuss direct action in brief.

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Should Socialists Take State Power? from 2020-04-12T09:09:38

In this video we discuss some common arguments for and against taking state power as a strategy for achieving free socialism.  

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Everything You Wanted to Ask About Marxism but Were Too Afraid to Ask | Southpaw ep. 57 from 2020-03-07T20:07:18

Our resident Paul chats with Sam about Karl Marx, his enduring ideas, and their connections to things like democratic socialism and prefigurative politics – suitable for absolute beginners and v...

What is Prefigurative Politics? from 2020-02-15T06:00

This episode is about how we might create the social change we want through the movements we develop.

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Graeber and Wengrow on the Myth of the Stupid Savage from 2019-12-22T11:31:03

We're proud to present this talk by David Graeber and David Wengrow, entitled The Myth of the Stupid Savage: Rousseau's Ghost and the Future of Political Anthropology.

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Why UK Universities are Striking from 2019-11-26T07:41:01

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What is Democratic Socialism? from 2019-11-21T09:47:51

We explore the role of democracy in socialism historically, and take a look at the self-identified democratic socialist movement today.

Marx Season 1 QnA from 2019-11-21T09:40:43

The QnA of season 1 of our series on the thought of Karl Marx.

Learning about Marx with Jordan Peterson (feat. Cuck Philosophy and Anarchopac) [Mirror] from 2019-11-21T09:38:59

Exploring Jordan B. Peterson's misconceptions and misrepresentations of Marxism.

Alienation - Early vs. Later Marx from 2019-11-21T09:33

Episode 6, season 1 of our series on the thought of Karl Marx.

Marx on Communism from 2019-11-21T09:27

Episode 5, season 1 of our series on the thought of Karl Marx.

Marx on Alienation from Labour from 2019-11-21T09:21:51

Episode 4, season 1 of our series on the thought of Karl Marx.

Marx on the Impersonal Domination of Capitalism from 2019-11-21T09:16:58

Episode 3, season 1 of our series on the thought of Karl Marx.

Why Strikes Work from 2019-11-21T09:11:17

Why strikes work.

Marx on Freedom and Human Nature from 2019-11-21T09:07:03

Episode 2, season 1 of our series on the thought of Karl Marx.

Marx on Human Development - The Root of Socialism from 2019-11-21T09:00:52

Episode 1, season 1 of our series on the thought of Karl Marx.