102. To Abolish the Family | M.E. O'Brien

In which recently departed podcast favorite Loren Goldner discusses the immense promises and successes of the anarchists in Spain, as well as their eventual (and perhaps inevitable) defeat. Reading: "The Spanish revolution, past and future: grandeur and poverty of anarchism; how the working class takes over (or doesn't), then and now" from Revolution, Defeat & Theoretical Underdevelopment (2016) by Loren Goldner Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com DISCORD: https://discord.gg/BBFGvD89

Well here it is, the episode no one asked for. A three hour plunge into the first section of Alan Moore's masterpiece Jerusalem. Reading: Prelude "A Work in Progress" & Book One: The Boroughs from Jerusalem (2016) by Alan Moore Chapter discussion timestamps: Prelude - 12:03 A Host of Angles - 36:00 ASBOs of Desire - 50:48 Rough Sleepers - 1:14:10 X Marks the Spot - 1:32:56 Modern Times - 1:49:34 Blind, but Now I See - 1:59:50 Atlantis - 2:15:28 Do as You Darn Well Pleasey - 2:27:18 The Breeze That Plucks Her Apron - 2:38:47 Hark! The Glad Sound! - 2:52:28 Choking on a Tune - 3:01:05 Resources: Jerusalem Annotated - https://alanmoorejerusalem.wordpress.com/alan-moore-annotations-index/ Matthew Kirshenblatt essays - http://sequart.org/magazine/64975/a-journey-through-alan-moores-jerusalem-work-in-progress/ Songs: "And Did Those Feet In Ancient Time" "Hark! The Glad Sound!" "Amazing Grace" "Do As You Darn Well Please-y" "Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)" Send a question, comment or concern to auxiliarystatements (at) gmail (dot) com DISCORD: discord.gg/YkEg2Xad

Value theory?? On auxiliary statements??? Reading: Essays on Marx's Theory of Value, Section One - Marx's Theory of Commodity Fetishism (1923) by I. I. Rubin Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com DISCORD: discord.gg/YkEg2Xad

Back on our ultra-left bs. If we don't read some Lenin soon, people will begin to talk... Reading: Hinterland (2018) by Phil A. Neel Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com DISCORD: https://discord.gg/YkEg2Xad

In an effort to understand the philosophy of technology and our relationship to it as humans, we turn to a 60 year old essay by Murray Bookchin. Reading: Towards a Liberatory Technology (1965) by Murray Bookchin Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com DISCORD: https://discord.gg/YpmDM5Sd

We finally decided it would be best if we solved quantum mechanics. Big thanks to Viv for coming on and helping us out. Find his work at The Black Lamp: www.black-lamp.com Reading: The Crisis in Physics (1937) by Christopher Caudwell Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com DISCORD: https://discord.gg/gGh5Xe8k

This episode we a classic Moishe Postone essay in an attempt to further our understanding of the abstract domination of capital, and how misunderstandings of it tend to very often manifest themselves in violent and unspeakable ways. Reading: "Anti-semitism and National Socialism" (1980) by Moishe Postone Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com DISCORD: https://discord.gg/a4ZpAg4G

Auxiliary Statements is back to reading Capital?!? Well, just the last section. We had to go back to our origin of capitalism bugbear sometime, after all. And maybe we should have just read this first. Reading: Capital, Section 8: The So-Called Primitive Accumulation (1867) by Karl Marx Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com DISCORD: https://discord.gg/vfDswHX6

Well folks, here it is. Our big value theory episode. In this ep we discuss what it is that most people get wrong about value theory, and why using the David Harvey companion may not be the best idea for first time readers of Capital. Huge thanks to Mark again for coming on and setting us straight. Reading: A Companion to David Harvey's Companion to Marx's Capital (2014) by Critisticuffs The Harvey article can be found at critisticuffs.org, and if you want to ask about or challenge anything in the article, or what Mark said in the podcast, you can email [email protected]. Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com DISCORD: https://discord.gg/D3GJb2SU

If you aren't sure what family abolition means...you are not alone. In fact, its meaning has changed drastically over the course of capitalism's development. So what could it mean today? Reading: "To Abolish the Family" (2018) by M.E. O'Brien from endnotes 5 https://endnotes.org.uk/articles/to-abolish-the-family.pdf Send us a question, comment or valid concern: auxiliarystatements(at)gmail.com DISCORD: https://discord.gg/D9GMkz6F