Revolution and Ideology

Revolution and Ideology


Latest Episodes

The Social Ideology of the Motorcar
December 21, 2022

We discuss the 1973 article "The Ideology of the Motorcar" by Andre Gorz.

Is Union Membership Worth More Than Going to College?
November 15, 2022

We discuss an article titled "The Cumulative Advantage of a Unionized Career for Lifetime Earnings" and discover whether or not you should join a union or go to college (or both!).

Quiet Quitting – Hegelian or Marxist?
October 21, 2022

Where does the act of quiet quitting fit into the context of a larger movement? Does it have the potential to make a real impact? Is it Marxist or Hegelian?

Is Every Act a Political Act?
September 12, 2022

As a short follow-up to our previous episode, we discuss whether or not every act is a political act. We briefly mention commodification, socialization, industrialization, technology, capitalism, reli

You Can’t Blame Everything on Capitalism
September 05, 2022

We loosely discuss a Gawker article by Clare Coffey titled "Failure to Cope Under Capitalism".

Are Labor Strikes Illegal in the United States? The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947
August 12, 2022

We discuss a short history of labor strikes in the United States and how the federal government dramatically reduced the power of labor with the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947.

Black Wars in Tasmania – Genocide by Definition
July 19, 2022

We discuss the genocide of the Tasmanian Aboriginals in the nineteenth century.

2022 Report on Indian Board Schools – U.S. Department of Interior
June 20, 2022

We discuss the recently published United States Department of the Interior Report on Native American Boarding Schools which discovered 431 Federal Indian Boarding Schools and discusses many of the atr

Inspirations of the Harlem Renaissance
June 03, 2022

We sit down with musician and graduate student Ashley Ellis to discuss the Harlem Renaissance and its significance including artists such as Aaron Douglas, Archibald Motley, Langston Hughes, Zora Neal

Prison – Can the System be Changed from the Inside?
May 19, 2022

Our friend and prison abolitionist Donte Young got a job at a youth detention facility and tried to change things from the inside. He provides an insightful, emotional, and at times chilling account o