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This week we discuss "No Shortcuts: The Struggle for the Revolutionary Party" by Szamuely https://www.sublationmag.com/post/no-shortcuts-the-struggle-for-the-revolutionary-party I wrote up my criticisms into a response article, "How to Rebuild the Party?" https://www.sublationmag.com/post/how-to-rebuild-the-party Join us streaming live every Tuesday night at 5pm Eastern on the @Sublation Media with Douglas Lain Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/sublationmedia Join the Socialist Legacy Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Jrnnuh9ABU You can support Socialist Legacy on Patreon: Socialist Legacy: https://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy These recordings are also available as a podcast: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:151083608/sounds.rss

In this episode we discuss this article: https://cosmonautmag.com/2022/07/state-democracy-and-transition-is-there-a-democratic-road-to-socialism/ Join us streaming live every Tuesday night at 5pm Eastern on the @Sublation Media with Douglas Lain Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/sublationmedia You can support Socialist Legacy on Patreon: Socialist Legacy: https://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy These recordings are also available as a podcast: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:151083608/sounds.rss

In this episode we discuss the role of reforms in the struggle for socialism, specifically in relation to these articles: - "Wrong Life and Abortion" by Ethan Linehan: https://www.sublationmag.com/post/wrong-life-and-abortion - "Abortion and Bad Critique" by Conrad Hamilton: https://www.sublationmag.com/post/abortion-and-bad-critique Also mentioned: - Engels on the independence of law, in a letter to Conrad Schmidt: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1890/letters/90_10_27.htm - Engels on historical materialism, in a letter to Joseph Bloch: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1890/letters/90_09_21.htm - Engels on the relation of the socialist party to reform laws, in a letter to August Bebel: https://wikirouge.net/texts/en/Letter_to_August_Bebel,_November_24,_1879 Join us streaming live every Tuesday night at 5pm Eastern on the Sublation Media Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/sublationmedia You can support Socialist Legacy on Patreon: Socialist Legacy: https://www.patreon.com/socialis

This week we discuss Hal Draper's critique of sectarian organization and his alternative approach to promoting socialist ideas, the "political center", and reflect on the Jacobin/DSA strategy in light of this critique. - Hal Draper's "Anatomy of the Micro-Sect": https://www.marxists.org/archive/draper/1973/xx/microsect.htm - Hal Draper's "Toward a New Beginning – On Another Road: The Alternative to the Micro_Sect": https://www.marxists.org/archive/draper/1971/alt/alt.htm - Bhaskar Sunkara's interview with Doug Lain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbQTRkEGj2Q - Panel discussion with Sunkara, Mike Macnair, and Seth Ackerman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJobDfA5-9Q - Ackerman's "A Blueprint for a New Party": https://jacobin.com/2016/11/bernie-sanders-democratic-labor-party-ackerman - Monty Johnstone's "Marx and Engels and the Concept of the Party": https://www.marxists.org/archive/johnstone/1967/xx/me-party.htm Join us streaming live every Tuesday night at 5pm Eastern on the Sublation Media Twitch channe

This week we finish discussing Seth Ackerman's "A Blueprint for a New Party" and its differences from the Marxist concept of the party, and why any of this matters today. Join us streaming live every Tuesday night at 5pm Eastern on the Sublation Media Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/sublationmedia You can support Sublation Media and Socialist Legacy on Patreon: Sublation Media: https://www.patreon.com/dietsoap Socialist Legacy: https://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy These recordings are also available as a podcast: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:151083608/sounds.rss Seth Ackerman's "A Blueprint for a New Party": https://jacobin.com/2016/11/bernie-sanders-democratic-labor-party-ackerman Monty Johnstone: "Marx and Engels and the Concept of the Party": https://www.marxists.org/archive/johnstone/1967/xx/me-party.htm My interview on the Sublation Magazine Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uk2zR5H1p0&t=1760s

This we begin discussing Seth Ackerman's "A Blueprint for a New Party" and the political independence of the working class. Join us streaming live every Tuesday night at 5pm Eastern on the Sublation Media Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/sublationmedia You can support Sublation Media and Socialist Legacy on Patreon: Sublation Media: https://www.patreon.com/dietsoap Socialist Legacy: https://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy These recordings are also available as a podcast: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:151083608/sounds.rss Seth Ackerman's "A Blueprint for a New Party": https://jacobin.com/2016/11/bernie-sanders-democratic-labor-party-ackerman

This week we discuss the class independence of the proletarian party. Join us streaming live every Tuesday night at 5pm Eastern on the Sublation Media Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/sublationmedia You can support Sublation Media and Socialist Legacy on Patreon: Sublation Media: https://www.patreon.com/dietsoap Socialist Legacy: https://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy These recordings are also available as a podcast: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:151083608/sounds.rss Monty Johnstone's "Marx and Engels and the Concept of the Party": https://www.marxists.org/archive/johnstone/1967/xx/me-party.htm

In our first livestream for the Sublation Media Twitch channel, we discuss the Marxist concept of the proletarian party as elaborated by Monty Johnstone. We will be streaming every Tuesday night at 5pm Eastern. Join us here: https://www.twitch.tv/sublationmedia You can support Sublation Media and Socialist Legacy on Patreon: Sublation Media: https://www.patreon.com/dietsoap Socialist Legacy: https://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy These recordings are also available as a podcast: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:151083608/sounds.rss Monty Johnstone's "Marx and Engels and the Concept of the Party": https://www.marxists.org/archive/johnstone/1967/xx/me-party.htm

Reflections on the reasons behind contempt for socialism and its potential significance. If you enjoyed this episode, consider supporting Socialist Legacy on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy

This lecture sets up the reading for our second session, Karl Kautsky's "The Class Struggle" aka "The Erfurt Program". Reading Group Syllabus: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fn9DrqQmK_25yOoxLH-DyzSo15KN3IOumwF59AFLQAA/edit?usp=sharing The Socialist Legacy: socialistlegacy.com Contact: contact@socialistlegacy.com

What is a socialist party? Lecture 1: Introducing the reading group About the Campaign for a Socialist Party: campaignforasocialistparty.com Contact the campaign: campaignforasocialistparty@gmail.com Reading group syllabus: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fn9DrqQmK_25yOoxLH-DyzSo15KN3IOumwF59AFLQAA/edit?usp=sharing The Socialist Legacy: socialistlegacy.com Contact: contact@socialistlegacy.com

The tenth installment in a series in which I read Julius Braunthal's 1961 book, History of the International, 1864-1914. In this episode, I read chapter fourteen, "The Crusade against the International". If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at http://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy​

The ninth installment in a series in which I read Julius Braunthal's 1961 book, History of the International, 1864-1914. In this episode, I read chapter thirteen, "The International in the Franco-German War and in the Paris Commune". If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at http://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy​

Another episode of extemporaneous reflections, summarizing and building upon the previous episode on Marx's contribution to socialism If you've enjoyed this video, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at http://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy​​

In this episode, I talk extemporaneously about Karl Marx's contribution to the socialist movement, and what defined "Marxism" as a distinctive tendency within that movement. Mentioned in this video: - Marx to J. Weydemeyer in New York: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/letters/52_03_05-ab.htm - Forgetting Mark Fisher? A discussion with Efraim Carlebach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-aOATKC4J0 - Platypus Affiliated Society http://platypus1917.org​ If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at http://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy​

The eighth installment in a series in which I read Julius Braunthal's 1961 book, History of the International, 1864-1914. In this episode, I read chapter twelve, "Ideological and Political Problems of the International", dealing with the struggle Marx and Engels waged within the international against other political tendencies, particularly the anarchist followers of Proudhon and the faction organized around Mikhail Bakunin. If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at http://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy​

The seventh installment in a series in which I read Julius Braunthal's 1961 book, History of the International, 1864-1914. In this episode, I read chapter eleven, "The Strength of the International—Legend and Reality". If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at http://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy

The sixth installment in a series in which I read Julius Braunthal's 1961 book, History of the International, 1864-1914. In this episode, I read chapters nine, "The Founding of the Historic International", and ten, "The Principles and Statutes of the First International", on the birth of the International Working Men's Association. If you've enjoyed this video, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at http://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy​​

The fifth installment in a series in which I read Julius Braunthal's 1961 book, History of the International, 1864-1914. In this episode, I read chapters seven, "The Society of Fraternal Democrats", and eight, "The International Association", on the relation between the socialist movement and the international struggle for democracy before, during, and immediately after the revolutions of 1848. If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at http://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy​​

The fourth installment in a series in which I read Julius Braunthal's 1961 book, History of the International, 1864-1914. In this episode, I read chapter six, "The Communist League", covering the history of the infamous organization for which Marx and Engels authored "The Manifesto of the Communist Party." If you've enjoyed this recording, please consider supporting the Socialist Legacy on Patreon, at http://www.patreon.com/socialistlegacy​​