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"The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and The State" by Friedrich Engels (Pt. 2)

May 25, 2023

In this second installment of our three-part series on Friedrich Engels' famous work "The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State", Alyson and Breht discuss chapters 4, 5, and 6 titled "The Greek Gens", "The Rise of the Athenian State", and "the Gens and the State in Rome" respectively. Together they...

"The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and The State" by Friedrich Engels (Pt. 1)

Mar 23, 2023

In this episode of Red Menace, Alyson and Breht summarize and discuss the first three chapters of Friedrich Engel's important work of historical materialism, "The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State". Together they discuss the core arguments of the text, the anthropological science behind it, why this...

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Feb 1, 2023

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"Desert" by Anonymous (Anarchism)

Dec 15, 2022

Alyson and Breht summarize, discuss, and critique "Desert", an anarchist text by an anonymous author.

Summary:

start 7:20

Discussion & Critique:

start 45:06

"The Conquest of Bread" by Peter Kropotkin

Nov 7, 2022

Alyson and Breht summarize and reflect on the famous "Bread Book" by Peter Kropotkin: The Conquest of Bread.

After summarizing the text and its main arguments, Alyson and Breht discuss the similarities and differences between Marxism and Anarchism, and both applaud and criticize elements of the text in the process.