This is part one of our ‘reporting from CHOP’ series. We get a feel for the CHOP here in interviewing it’s participants and volunteers and by probing into the ideological motives that bring these people together. We ask them about what they hope and expect in occupying this place, and where it can go from […]
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This week, we talk about the various challenges and opportunities to starting a cooperative. We get into how cooperatives are organized, some history on the Mondragon corporation and its spin-offs, receive practical insight into starting a cooperative, and touch on 3d printing and zero marginal cost production along the way. Patrick Conlon is the director
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This week, we present Part 3 of the prologue to a new series – “Transcend”.On this episode, we talk about the false choice overlooked in the liberal democratic calculus of progress, how it’s achieved for workers, and the problems encountered now that Biden is in office. We touch on the potential for civil war amidst
This week, we present Part 2 of the prologue to a new series – “Transcend”.On this episode, we talk about capitalist and liberal cooptation of movements that are the last defense of the oppressed. We touch on the sanitized, neoliberal repackaging of sex work, left infighting over transgender identity, and the importance of class unity
This week we present Part 1 of the prologue to a new series – “Transcend”.On this episode, we talk about the problem of false solutions to problems created by capitalism. In our conversation we touch on Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party, anti-semitism, and the takeover of identity politics in leftist and Marxist culture and its
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This week we talk about the history of Xinjiang and it’s relevance in the Biden era policy on China. Silk and steel podcast ( also available wherever you download podcasts): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/silk…st/id1451115518 Carl Zha’s Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/user/CarlZha MTT Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCLmWCo0scKeHd1mrZGhYmZg Don’t forget to support us on Patreon:www.patreon.com/MarxistThinkTank?…OCX7pNZcQT6j2_BM4Or you can buy us a coffee here:www.buymeacoffee.com/MarxThinkTank To submit a news
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This week we talk about all things working class America with Dust James. Unions, trump supporters, and Tesla automating semi trucks all come up in this conversation.Check out Dust James on youtube as well,www.youtube.com/channel/UCDNHJl25rBnhIu9UsrSlQ0Q MTT Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCLmWCo0scKeHd1mrZGhYmZg Don’t forget to support us on Patreon:www.patreon.com/MarxistThinkTank?…OCX7pNZcQT6j2_BM4Or you can buy us a coffee here:www.buymeacoffee.com/MarxThinkTank To submit a news
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This week we talk about exploitation in Australias past and present. We also touch on unionizing and motivating younger people to join in those efforts. Check out David Fox on youtube as well, www.youtube.com/channel/UCXIyfBLk…q1PjstnQ/featured MTT Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCLmWCo0scKeHd1mrZGhYmZg Don’t forget to support us on Patreon:www.patreon.com/MarxistThinkTank?…OCX7pNZcQT6j2_BM4Or you can buy us a coffee here:www.buymeacoffee.com/MarxThinkTank To submit a news tip
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This week we host part two of a two part series on “Hauntology”. This episode is a discussion with MTT member, organizer, composer, and contributor to previous episodes, Zhen Wei. We dig into the inevitable decoupling of cultural innovation and the long plateau of innovation due to late stage capitalism. Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCLmWCo0scKeHd1mrZGhYmZg Don’t forget to
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This week we present part one of a two part artist series with Mark Levine. Mark Levine is a Foreign Expert at Minzu University of China and a singer / Songwriter. This episode we discuss why mark stayed in china to teach and what inspired him in his songwriting. Don’t forget to support us on
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