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Red Book Club

A group of comrades from around the world, learning and growing together through marxist literature.

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Combat Liberalism - Mao

Combat Liberalism - Mao

Join the Proles as we read through Mao's deeply insightful pamphlet 'Combat Liberalism' from 1937.We look at how these i... Read more

5 Aug 2019

1hr 7mins

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Capital #7 - The Buying and Selling of Labour-Power (ch. 6)

Capital #7 - The Buying and Selling of Labour-Power (ch. 6)

Wanna see how the free man converts himself into a slave for a fixed amount of time in exchange for a living wage? Join ... Read more

20 Aug 2019

29mins

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Capital #8 - The Labour Process and the Valorization Process (ch. 7)

Capital #8 - The Labour Process and the Valorization Process (ch. 7)

The workers built the world! Join us in our lengthy discussion on how human beings impose their will on the natural worl... Read more

29 Aug 2019

1hr 34mins

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My Answer to an American Questionnaire - Pasha Angelina

My Answer to an American Questionnaire - Pasha Angelina

“How did you become what you are, Pasha?”   Praskovya Angelina, affectionately known as Pasha Angelina, takes issue with... Read more

3 Apr 2020

1hr 11mins

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Capital #7 - Bonus

Capital #7 - Bonus

Like (almost) always, there's some bonus talk in this session. Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter at @prolesbookclub and shoot ... Read more

22 Aug 2019

26mins

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Caliban and the Witch (Chapter 4 - The Great Witch-Hunt in Europe) - Silvia Federici

Caliban and the Witch (Chapter 4 - The Great Witch-Hunt in Europe) - Silvia Federici

As we delve deepter into Silvia Federici's 'Caliban and the Witch', we learn about the origins of the banning of reprodu... Read more

11 Apr 2020

52mins

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Caliban and the Witch - Federici (Chapter 2 - The Accumulation of Labor and Degradation of Women)

Caliban and the Witch - Federici (Chapter 2 - The Accumulation of Labor and Degradation of Women)

In this incredibly dense chapter we take a deep dive into topics such as women's bodily autonomy, economic abuse, the we... Read more

17 Mar 2020

2hr 7mins

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Communism and the Family - Alexandra Kollontai

Communism and the Family - Alexandra Kollontai

'Capitalism has placed a crushing burden on women's shoulders.' In this piece by one of the towering figures of the work... Read more

5 Mar 2020

50mins

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Caliban and the Witch - Silvia Federici (Chapter 3 - The Great Caliban: The Struggle Against The Rebel Body)

Caliban and the Witch - Silvia Federici (Chapter 3 - The Great Caliban: The Struggle Against The Rebel Body)

How were we transformed from humans into machines? In this third installement of Silvia Federici's 'Caliban and the Witc... Read more

27 Mar 2020

43mins

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Caliban and the Witch (Chapter 5 - Colonisation and Christianisation) - Silvia Federici

Caliban and the Witch (Chapter 5 - Colonisation and Christianisation) - Silvia Federici

In our fifth and final installment of our readings from Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici we focus on 'Chapter 5 ... Read more

18 Apr 2020

49mins

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Capital #5 - Money continued (ch. 3)

Capital #5 - Money continued (ch. 3)

The Proles finally finish up the notorious behemoth that is Chapter 3: Money, or the circulation of commodities.Have fai... Read more

30 Jul 2019

46mins

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Capital #5 - Bonus

Capital #5 - Bonus

Like always, there's some bonus talk in this session. Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter at @prolesbookclub, and shoot us a DM ... Read more

30 Jul 2019

24mins

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Capital #6 - The General Formula for Capital (ch. 4-5)

Capital #6 - The General Formula for Capital (ch. 4-5)

M-C-M? C-M-C? Join us as we learn how money becomes capital!In this episode we continue on our journey through Karl Marx... Read more

11 Aug 2019

36mins

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Caliban and the Witch - Silvia Federici (Chapter I - All the World Needs a Jolt)

Caliban and the Witch - Silvia Federici (Chapter I - All the World Needs a Jolt)

Women, the body and 'primitive accumulation'. In just the first chapter of this essential work, Silvia Federici wrestles... Read more

23 Feb 2020

1hr 26mins

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How Lenin Studied Marx - Nadezhda Krupskaya

How Lenin Studied Marx - Nadezhda Krupskaya

"In moments of greatest difficulty and danger, when many stronger comrades lost heart and succumbed to doubt, Nadezhda K... Read more

16 Feb 2020

46mins

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Reform or Revolution - Rosa Luxemburg

Reform or Revolution - Rosa Luxemburg

Reform or Revolution? Why is one doomed to fail while the other is the only path capable of delivering us from capitalis... Read more

6 Feb 2020

1hr 18mins

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Capital #16 - Primitive Accumulation (ch. 26-33)

Capital #16 - Primitive Accumulation (ch. 26-33)

This time we learn how the enclosure of the commons, the centralisation of the land and the privatisation of the product... Read more

28 Jan 2020

1hr 15mins

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Capital #15 - The Process of Accumulation of Capital (ch. 23-25)

Capital #15 - The Process of Accumulation of Capital (ch. 23-25)

How do the rich become rich? In another wide-ranging episode we cover topics including how being rich leads to being ric... Read more

18 Jan 2020

1hr 50mins

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Capital #14 - Production of Absolute and Relative Surplus-Value; and Wages (ch. 16-22)

Capital #14 - Production of Absolute and Relative Surplus-Value; and Wages (ch. 16-22)

In this episode we're covering the two types of surplus-value and how they are produced; as well as wages, what they are... Read more

20 Dec 2019

1hr 24mins

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Capital #13 Bonus

Capital #13 Bonus

Like (almost) always, there's some bonus talk in this session. Enjoy!  Follow us on Twitter at @prolesbookclub and shoot... Read more

16 Dec 2019

24mins

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