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From Alpha To Omega

Tom O'Brien

What is happening to our economy and our politics? Are we stuck forever in this corporate dystopia? What can we learn from the failures of radical politics over the last 100 years? Tom O'Brien talks in depth to experts from the fields of Political Economy, Politics, Science, Philosophy, Complexity, Mathematics, Music, and the Environment.

  • 56 minutes 55 seconds
    Episode 319: #206 Reflections on Socialism w/ Nick Rogers

    This week I am delighted to welcome Nick Rogers to the podcast to talk about his recent paper “Reflections on the Economics of Socialism” that he wrote for a recent special issue of the Journal of Global Faultlines. 

    Nicks Paper: https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/jglobfaul.9.2.0138

    Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Omega

    Book Project: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

    7 May 2024, 6:59 pm
  • 48 minutes 57 seconds
    Episode 318: #032 Understanding Class Series

    We finish our discussion of Chapter 9 - “Is the Precariat a Class''.


    Da Slides:

    https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oNY1SPxFk0Xg-NndRJPh0l_cOWyLMOGY6rFhC0zGIyc/edit?usp=share_link

    Book Project:

    https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/
    Patreon:
    https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Omega

    26 February 2024, 8:53 pm
  • 1 hour 49 minutes
    Episode 317: #205 Book Update Livestream

    Donal and I host a livestream where we talk all about the progress of our socialist planning book.


    https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

    8 January 2024, 7:14 pm
  • 6 minutes 52 seconds
    Episode 316: #204 The Twilight of Unionism w/ Geoffrey Bell - Part 2 TEASER

    We continue our discussion with Geoffrey Bell about his book ‘The Twilight of Unionism: Ulster and Future of Northern Ireland’.

    11 December 2023, 7:56 pm
  • 44 minutes 30 seconds
    Episode 315: #203 The Twilight of Unionism w/ Geoffrey Bell - Part 1

    This week I am delighted to welcome Geoffrey Bell to the show, to discuss his book ‘The Twilight of Unionism: Ulster and Future of Northern Ireland’.

    Book Project:
    https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

    10 December 2023, 9:55 pm
  • 1 hour 8 minutes
    Episode 314: #202 Rivalry & Central Planning w/ Donal

    This week Donal  and myself discuss a really excellent book we recently read on the socialist calculation debate. The book is called Rivalry and Central Planning, and is written by the Austrian economist Don Lavoie.


    The Book Project:

    https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

    Patreon:
    https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Omega

    13 November 2023, 6:39 pm
  • 55 minutes 2 seconds
    Episode 313: #201 From the Commodity to Communism w/ Peter Åström

    We welcome Peter Åström to the podcast, to discuss an article he recently wrote for the Riff-Raff journal. Riff-raff describes itself as a ‘journal for a theoretical discussion of communism as a real movement’.

    The article: 

    http://www.riff-raff.se/texts/en/the-commodity-and-communism


    The book project:

    https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

    12 October 2023, 7:00 pm
  • 42 minutes 47 seconds
    Episode 312: #031 Understanding Class Series

    We continue our discussion of Chapter 9 - “Is the Precariat a Class''. 

    Our socialist planning book project: theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com

    13 September 2023, 6:20 pm
  • 4 minutes 41 seconds
    Episode 311: #200 LL Men w/ Donal - Part 2 TEASER

    We continue our discussion of LL Mens "The Capitalist Nature of the 'Socialist' Countries: A Politico-Economic Analysis"

    23 August 2023, 12:00 pm
  • 42 minutes
    Episode 310: #199 LL Men w/ Donal - Part 1

    Today Donal and myself discuss an amazing text by the little known Hong Kong based Left Communist L.L. Men.

    You can download the text from libcom.org here:
    https://libcom.org/article/ll-men-two-texts-defining-communist-programme

    The self-publishing friendly version of the pdf:
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jQYDzqw_dLIDYc1zt8B9tRdE-DvCXLsQ/view?usp=sharing

    Book Project:
    https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

    20 August 2023, 7:06 pm
  • 43 minutes 42 seconds
    Episode 309: #030 Understanding Class Series

    We start our discussion of  Chapter 9 - “Is the Precariat a Class''. 

    Book Project:  theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com. 

    The slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oNY1SPxFk0Xg-NndRJPh0l_cOWyLMOGY6rFhC0zGIyc/edit?usp=share_link

    6 August 2023, 1:27 pm
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