Spencer Leonard follows up on the recent discussion of Proudhon that featured Ben Burgis, Cyber Dandy, and Douglas Lain. What was Marx's critique of Proudhon's dialectic? What can the left still learn from Proudhon. Support Us on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap

Ashley Frawley interviews Spencer Leonard and discusses the meaning of Karl Marx's "The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte."  Read Spencer Leonard's Book Marx and Engels on Imperialism: Selected Journalism, 1856–62 https://www.amazon.com/Marx-Engels-Imperialism-Selected-Journalism/dp/1498559239 Support Us on Patreo

Spencer Leonard of the Platypus Affiliated Societ joins Doug to discuss Lenin's "State and Revolution." What would Lenin do about today's technocratic capitalism? Support Us on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap

 In this episode, Spencer and Doug talk about the neo-social democracy of Jacobin and Compact, the crisis of neoliberalism, and the Left's need for political independence. 

This conversation with Spencer Leonard on the depoliticization of the left was originally released as a patron-only "parrot room" podcast.  I'm releasing it to the public today because I believe the conversation deserves a wider audience, especially in the context of today's Imperialist conflict in Ukraine.  Patrons ge