6: "What If We Selected Our Leaders by Lottery?" by Alpa Shah, Part 1
New co-host Red joins Shaunsky and Sasha to review the first section of Alpa Shah's article "What If We Selected Our Leaders by Lottery? Democracy by Sortition, Liberal Elections, and Communist Revolu...
7 Sep 20241h 14min
Episode 5: "Democracy Without Elections" by Brian Martin, Part 3
Sasha finishes reading Brian Martin's "Democracy Without Elections." Apologies for the echo/reverb in a few places. I was trying to bring in a better microphone, but I obviously don't know enough abou...
26 Aug 202456min
Episode 4: "Democracy Without Elections" by Brian Martin, Part 2
Shaunsky and Sasha read and discuss section 2 of Brian Martin's essay "Democracy Without Elections." If you would like to contribute to the project, or have questions, criticisms, comments, or suggest...
24 Jun 202456min
Episode 3: "Democracy Without Elections" by Brian Martin, Part 1
Recorded June 2, 2024 Published June 19, 2024 Shaunsky and Sasha read and discuss the first section of Brian Martin's 1995 essay "Democracy Without Elections." If you'd like to get involved with th...
20 Jun 20241h 2min
Episode 2: 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮, Introduction & Chapter 13 "On Democracy" - Discussion
Sasha and Shaunsky review the reading of the Introduction & Chapter 13 "On Democracy" of Cockshott & Cottrell's 1993 book Towards a New Socialism which was read in Episode 1A. To send us questions, c...
2 Jun 20241h 49min
Episode 1: 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮, Introduction & Chapter 13 "On Democracy" - Reading
Sasha reads the Introduction and Chapter 13 "On Democracy" of 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 by Cockshott and Cottrell (1993). Full text of 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 a...
5 Mai 20241h 13min
Episode 0: Introducing the Demarchic Communism Podcast
Sasha briefly discusses what Demarchic Communism is, what the show will be about, how it will be formatted, and asks for volunteers interested in being part of making it a collective effort. To get i...
14 Mar 202440min
