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The Measures Taken

By: Stephan Matthew and Nathan
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  • The Measures Taken is a project to survey and reconstruct the history of Marxism from the development of mass Social Democracy to our own moment.

    Recognizing that Bolshevism has lapsed as a living political tendency, those of us who remain committed to revolutionary communist politics and convinced by the Marxist critique of political economy are left searching for a past capable of orienting us in the present. Mindful of the threat of eclecticism and all too cognizant of the infelicities of sectarianism, the hosts of this podcast embrace a non-denominational Marxism.

    Our purpose is self-education, never the display of expertise. We hope that our listeners extend to us the same principled courtesy we do our forebears: not to judge too harshly.

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Episodes
  • Beach Read #1: Bukharin's 'Historical Materialism'

    Beach Read #1: Bukharin's 'Historical Materialism'
    May 1 2024

    We kick off our new 'beach reads' series with a discussion of Bukharin's 1921 text, Historical Materialism: A System of Sociology.
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    43 mins
  • 'The World According to...' Episode 1

    'The World According to...' Episode 1
    Apr 10 2024

    We are changing things up here at Measures Taken HQ! In this new series (which will supplement but not replace our former episode track) we discuss what's being talked about on the contemporary left.
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    55 mins
  • 2.02: 'Left-Wing' Communism

    2.02: 'Left-Wing' Communism
    Feb 15 2024

    We discuss Lenin's "'Left-Wing' Communism: An Infantile Disorder" as well as the responses and political positions of some of the pamphlet's main targets. We also examine the concept of left-wing communism itself, asking whether or not it is a category that can clarify our political lives today.
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    1 hr and 1 min
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