Auxiliary Statements

By Jack & Dan

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Post-peasant commies Dan and Jack read over bits of theory each week in an effort to understand the worldwide state of socialism. Email: auxiliarystatements@gmail.com

Episode Date
162. Communism & the Family | Alexandra Kollontai
Jul 31, 2026
161. The Principle of Self-Emancipation in Marx & Engels | Hal Draper
Jul 17, 2026
160. The Republic | An Clogán
Jun 26, 2026
159. The Theory of Decline or the Decline of Theory | Aufheben
Jun 12, 2026
158. Hellworlds & Hinterlands w/ Phil Neel
May 29, 2026
157. Britain is Dead | Samuel McIlhagga
May 15, 2026
156. Theory of the Party | Phil Neel
Apr 17, 2026
155. Eugene & Howard Odum and the Limits of American Agroecology | Mark Glen Madison
Mar 20, 2026
154. The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky | Vladimir Lenin
Mar 06, 2026
153. Workers' Councils | Anton Pannekoek
Feb 20, 2026
152. The Continuing Appeal of Nationalism | Fredy Perlman
Jan 30, 2026
151. Tariff Dossier | Heatwave
Jan 16, 2026
150. The Long, Slow Death of Global Development | David Oks & Henry Williams
Jan 02, 2026
149. The Contradictions of Global Migration | Adam Hanieh
Dec 12, 2025
148. Historical Capitalism | Immanuel Wallerstein
Nov 28, 2025
147. Thoughts on the Fundamental Principles & the GIC | Angry Workers, Hermann Lueer & Ian Wright
Nov 14, 2025
146. Labour, Nationality & Religion | James Connolly
Oct 31, 2025
145. Historical Landmarks in the War on Palestine | Rashid Khalidi & Shir Hever
Oct 10, 2025
144. Communism and Strategy | Isabelle Garo
Sep 26, 2025
143. The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind | Mark Noll
Sep 12, 2025
142. Hypernormalisation | Adam Curtis
Aug 22, 2025
141. Why the American Working Class is Different | Mike Davis
Aug 08, 2025
140. An Agroecological Europe in 2050 | Xavier Poux & Pierre-Marie Aubert
Jul 25, 2025
139. Epitaph for the USSR: A clock without a spring | Christopher Arthur
Jul 11, 2025
138. The Future of Revolution | Jasper Bernes
Jun 27, 2025
137. An Inconvenient Truth | Al Gore
Jun 13, 2025
136. Toward a Marxist-Anarchist Solidarity | Michael Löwy, Olivier Besancenot & David Campbell
May 30, 2025
135. Bourgeois Revolution | Henry Heller
May 16, 2025
134. Pedagogy of the Oppressed | Paulo Freire
May 02, 2025
133. Red Dust: The Transition to Capitalism in China | Chuang
Apr 18, 2025
132. Peace for our Time | Critisticuffs
Apr 04, 2025
131. Neither Vertical Nor Horizontal | Rodrigo Nunes
Mar 21, 2025
130. Dialectical Thinking and Science | Pierfrancesco Biasetti
Mar 06, 2025
129. Antiindividualistic Individuality: Anarchism's Legacy | Gabriel Kuhn
Feb 14, 2025
128. Antifascism, Sports, Sobriety | Julius Deutsch & Gabriel Kuhn
Feb 06, 2025
127. Reform or Revolution? | Rosa Luxemburg
Jan 23, 2025
126. What is the Party? | Prometheus
Dec 16, 2024
125. The Logic of Gender | Maya Gonzalez and Jeanne Neton
Dec 10, 2024
124. Seven Theses on American Politics | Robert Brenner & Dylan Riley
Nov 27, 2024
123. Socialist Planning Panels at the 2024 Historical Materialism Conference
Nov 12, 2024
122. Riot. Strike. Riot. | Joshua Clover
Oct 31, 2024
121. Demographic Decline in the Twenty-First Century | Jason E. Smith
Oct 18, 2024
III. Jerusalem - Book Three: Vernall's Inquest & Afterlude | Alan Moore
Oct 07, 2024
120. The Capitalist Nature of the "Socialist" Countries | L.L. Men
Oct 04, 2024
119. Anton Pannekoek and the Theory of the Transition | Bob Shepard
Sep 20, 2024
118. Marxism and Psychology | Anton Pannekoek
Aug 09, 2024
117. Essays on Marx's Theory of Value, Pt. 4 (FINALE) | Isaak Illich Rubin
Jul 26, 2024
116. The State and Revolution | Vladimir Lenin
Jul 12, 2024
115. Marxism and Revolutionary Strategy as Science | w/ Viv Soni
Jun 28, 2024
114. Essays on Marx's Theory of Value, Pt. 3 | Isaak Illich Rubin
Jun 14, 2024
113. Reflections on the Economics of Socialism | Nick Rogers
May 31, 2024
II. Jerusalem - Book Two: Mansoul | Alan Moore
May 22, 2024
112. Philosophy of the Urban Guerrilla | Abraham Guillén
May 17, 2024
111. Essays on Marx's Theory of Value, Pt. 2 | Isaak Illich Rubin
May 03, 2024
110. The Spanish Revolution: The Grandeur & Poverty of Anarchism | Loren Goldner
Apr 19, 2024
I. Jerusalem - Prelude & Book One: The Boroughs | Alan Moore
Apr 09, 2024
109. Essays on Marx's Theory of Value, Pt. 1 | Isaak Illich Rubin
Apr 05, 2024
108. Hinterland | Phil Neel
Mar 22, 2024
107. Towards a Liberatory Technology | Murray Bookchin
Mar 08, 2024
106. The Crisis In Physics w/ Viv | Christopher Caudwell
Feb 23, 2024
105. Structural Antisemitism & Commodity Fetishism | Moishe Postone
Feb 09, 2024
104. Capital, Section 8: The So-Called Primitive Accumulation | Karl Marx
Jan 26, 2024
103. A Companion to David Harvey's Companion to Marx's Capital w/ Mark | Critisticuffs
Jan 12, 2024
102. To Abolish the Family | M.E. O'Brien
Dec 22, 2023
101. Japanese Feudalism & the Transition to Capitalism | Perry Anderson
Dec 08, 2023
100. Critique of the Gotha Program | Karl Marx
Nov 24, 2023
99. Religion and Politics Today From a Marxian Perspective | Gilbert Achcar
Nov 10, 2023
98. How Europe Underdeveloped Africa | Walter Rodney
Oct 27, 2023
97. The Problem of the Capitalist State | Ralph Miliband & Nicos Poulantzas
Oct 13, 2023
96. The Political Economy of Agricultural Research | Lewontin & Levins
Sep 29, 2023
95. The Bourgeois(ie) as Concept and Reality | Immanuel Wallerstein
Sep 15, 2023
94. The Origins of Reactionary Anti-Imperialism | Loren Goldner
Aug 18, 2023
93. Planned Degrowth | Monthly Review
Aug 04, 2023
92. Revolutionary Motives | Jasper Bernes
Jul 21, 2023
91. Karl Marx and Radical Indigenous Critiques of Capitalism | Nodrada
Jul 07, 2023
90. Sorghum & Steel: The Socialist Developmental Regime & the Forging of China | Chuang
Jun 23, 2023
89. Alternatives to the VSM and Work Linked Democracy w/ Donal & Roger Arevalo
Jun 09, 2023
88. Party Organization in Lenin’s Comintern | John Riddell
May 26, 2023
III. Agroindustrial Society & its Future | Marx, Economic Planning, and Sustainable Industry
May 17, 2023
87. Karl Kautsky: From Marx to Hitler | Paul Mattick
May 12, 2023
II. Agroindustrial Society & its Future | System Scaling, Ley Systems, and the Ecological City
May 03, 2023
86. The Dialectical Biologist - On Evolution | Richard Lewontin & Richard Levins
Apr 28, 2023
I. Agroindustrial Society & its Future | Soil Chemistry, Ecology & Agricultural Planning
Apr 19, 2023
85. The Web of Life & the Dialectic w/ Jason W. Moore
Apr 14, 2023
84. A Short History of Reconstruction | Eric Foner
Mar 31, 2023
83. Cybernetics & Labour Time Accounting w/ Donal
Mar 17, 2023
82. Marx and the First International | George Comninel & Karl Marx
Mar 03, 2023
81. Caliban and the Witch | Silvia Federici
Feb 17, 2023
80. Fossil Capital, Part 2 | Andreas Malm
Feb 03, 2023
79. Fossil Capital, Part 1 │Andreas Malm
Jan 20, 2023
78. The Final Crisis w/ Ted Reese
Jan 06, 2023
77. Revolutionary Strategy in the Netherlands w/ Agata
Dec 15, 2022
76. Visions of the Food System to Come | B. Dale, M Dipieri, M. Frechette & H. Klemmensen
Nov 25, 2022
75. Rethinking the French Revolution | George Comninel
Nov 11, 2022
74. The Permanent Crisis | Paul Mattick on Henryk Grossman
Oct 26, 2022
73. Capitalism in the Web of Life, Part 3 (FINALE) | Jason W. Moore
Sep 30, 2022
72. Capitalism in the Web of Life, Part 2 | Jason W Moore
Sep 16, 2022
71. Steve Bannon - American Dharma | Errol Morris - (Bad Man Trilogy Pt 3)
Sep 02, 2022
70. Capitalism in the Web of Life, Part 1 | Jason W Moore
Aug 19, 2022
69. An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States | Charles A. Beard
Aug 05, 2022
68. Toward an Ecological Society | Murray Bookchin
Jul 22, 2022
67. Applying the Viable System - Diagnosing the System for Organizations | Stafford Beer
Jul 08, 2022
66. Social Contagion | Chuang
May 20, 2022
65. Gilles Dauve & Theorie Communiste Debate | End Notes #1 Pt. 2
May 06, 2022
64. When Insurrections Die │ Gilles Dauvé and Endnotes 1
Apr 22, 2022
TEASER - Antiwork & Tangping (Full Video on YouTube)
Apr 12, 2022
63. Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism Pt. 2 | Perry Anderson
Apr 01, 2022
62. Designing Freedom│Stafford Beer
Mar 04, 2022
61. Cybernetic Marxism | Interview w/ June Reith of General Intellect Unit
Feb 18, 2022
60. Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism Pt. 1 | Perry Anderson
Jan 28, 2022
59. Community Self-Defence, Guns & the Black Panthers
Jan 14, 2022
58. Old Gods, New Enigmas | Mike Davis
Dec 15, 2021
57. James Connolly & Celtic Communism | David Lloyd
Dec 03, 2021
56. Finale! Revolutionary Strategy pt.3│ Mike Macnair
Nov 19, 2021
55. World Systems Theory | Immanuel Wallerstein
Nov 12, 2021
54. Marxism, Fascism, and the Second World War │ C. L. R. James
Nov 05, 2021
53. Revolutionary Strategy pt. 2 | Mike McNair
Oct 29, 2021
52. Broad Bean Statements│ Fifty-two weeks of podcasting
Oct 22, 2021
51. The Mass Strike | Rosa Luxemburg
Oct 15, 2021
50. Open Veins of Latin America | Eduardo Galeano
Oct 08, 2021
BONUS: Unionize The Minor Leagues! w/ Bobby Wagner of Tipping Pitches (Baseball Special)
Oct 05, 2021
49. Revolutionary Strategy pt.1 | Mike Macnair
Oct 01, 2021
48. Anatomy of the Micro-Sect │Hal Draper
Sep 24, 2021
47. Terror: Marx on the Limits of Political Revolution | Shlomo Avineri
Sep 17, 2021
46. The JFK Assassination: Redux | The Devil's Chessboard - David Talbot Pt. 4
Sep 10, 2021
45. The JFK Assassination | The Devil's Chessboard - David Talbot Pt. 3
Sep 03, 2021
44. Cuba! Africa! Revolution!
Aug 24, 2021
43. Build a Mass Party! | Interview w/ Cliff Connolly
Aug 20, 2021
42. Labour and Democracy, Ancient and Modern│Ellen Meiksins Wood
Aug 13, 2021
41. The Original Affluent Society | Marshall Sahlins
Aug 06, 2021
40. Materializing Working Class Power | Episodes 31-39 RECAP
Jul 30, 2021
39. The Dictatorship of the Proletariat | Hal Draper
Jul 23, 2021
38. Implementation of Communism | Fundamental Principles of Communist Production/Distribution Pt. 3
Jul 16, 2021
ADJUNCT STATEMENTS | Utopian Projection in mid-20th Century Fantasy: Comparing Le Guin & Tolkien
Jul 09, 2021
37. The CIA and American Empire | The Devil's Chessboard - David Talbot Pt. 2
Jul 02, 2021
36. Donald Rumsfeld - The Unknown Known | Errol Morris (Bad Man Trilogy Pt 2)
Jun 25, 2021
35. Consumption Under Communism | Fundamental Principles of Communist Production/Distribution Pt. 2
Jun 18, 2021
34. Critique of the Gotha Program | Karl Marx
Jun 11, 2021
33. Organizing a Communist Economy | Fundamental Principles of Communist Production/Distribution Pt1
Jun 04, 2021
32. Post-Corbyn Socialism | Interview with Ex-Labour MP Thelma Walker
May 28, 2021
31. The Two Souls of Socialism | Hal Draper
May 21, 2021
30. Hope over despair│Episodes 21-29 RECAP
May 14, 2021
29. Labor & Revolution in Colonial America | Philip S. Foner
May 07, 2021
28. Nixon, Dulles & the CIA | The Devil's Chessboard - David Talbot Pt. 1
Apr 30, 2021
Capital Part 4│Chapter 1, Section 4. The Fetishism of Commodities and the Secret Thereof
Apr 27, 2021
27. Robert McNamara - The Fog of War | Errol Morris (Bad Man Trilogy Pt 1)
Apr 23, 2021
26. Council Communism │ Paul Mattick
Apr 16, 2021
25. Marxism and Politics, Pt. V - Reform and Revolution │ Ralph Miliband
Apr 09, 2021
24. The Diggers, or the True Levellers | Gerrard Winstanley
Apr 02, 2021
Capital Part 3 │Section 3. The Form of Value or Exchange Value
Mar 30, 2021
23. Preparing for Capitalist Breakdown | Interview w/ Andy & Elliot from The Poor Prole's Almanac
Mar 26, 2021
22. Metabolic Rift │ John Bellamy Foster
Mar 19, 2021
21. Social Ecology │ Murray Bookchin
Mar 12, 2021
20. This Marx Guy Was Onto Something | Episodes 11-19 RECAP
Mar 05, 2021
ADJUNCT STATEMENTS | Voice Of The Fire by Alan Moore
Mar 02, 2021
19. Class as Process and Relationship │ Ellen Meiksins Wood
Feb 26, 2021
Capital Part 2 │ Section 2. The Two-fold Character of the Labour Embodied in Commodities
Feb 23, 2021
18. Marxism and Politics, Pt. IV - Class and Party | Ralph Miliband
Feb 19, 2021
17. Problems of the German Revolution 1918-19 │ Reinhard Rürup
Feb 12, 2021
Capital Part 1 │ Section 1. The Two Factors of a Commodity
Feb 09, 2021
16. People's Republic of Wal-Mart | Leigh Phillips & Michal Rozworski
Feb 05, 2021
15. Cybernetic Revolutionaries Pt.2 | Eden Medina
Jan 29, 2021
14. From Alpha to Omega with Tom O'Brien
Jan 22, 2021
13. Cybernetic Revolutionaries Pt.1 │Eden Medina
Jan 15, 2021
12. Marxism and Politics, Pt. III - The Defence of the Old Order II | Ralph Miliband
Jan 08, 2021
11. The 'Corroboration' of Theories │ Hilary Putnam
Jan 01, 2021
ADJUNCT STATEMENTS | The Silmarilion, I: The Ainulindalë
Dec 29, 2020
10. A Very Merry Retrospective | Episodes 1-9 RECAP
Dec 25, 2020
9. The Californian Ideology│Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron
Dec 18, 2020
8. The New Right's Road to Power | Mike Davis
Dec 11, 2020
7. Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses │ Louis Althusser
Dec 04, 2020
6. Marxism and Politics, Pt. II - The Defence of the Old Order | Ralph Miliband
Nov 27, 2020
5. Why Fantasy Matters Too Much | Jack Zipes
Nov 20, 2020
4. The Origin of Capitalism Pt. II | Ellen Meiksins Wood
Nov 13, 2020
3. The Origin of Capitalism Pt. I | Ellen Meiksins Wood
Nov 06, 2020
2. A Decade on the Left | Jeremy Corbyn & Briahna Joy Gray Interviewed by Tribune
Oct 30, 2020
1. Marxism and Politics, Pt. I - Class & Class Conflict | Ralph Miliband
Oct 23, 2020
Introduction
Oct 22, 2020