"All For All" With R.J. Eskow

TESCREAL, transhumanism, effective altruism, longtermism: A lot of terms are being used to describe the new visions of the human future they’re dreaming up in the bowels of Big Tech. This week on All For All, RJ discusses what’s behind those visions and how we can resist them in the name of a beautiful future for the living world.Don't forget to check out Richard's other content at: www.rjeskow.com and www.zerohourreport.comRichard's other content at: www.rjeskow.com and www.zerohourreport.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit democracyatwork.substack.com/subscribe

This week’s briefer-than-usual commentary is a prelude to the next episode of All for All, which will explore the extreme futurist philosophies of some tech billionaires. As a preview, this week's episode argues that Elvis Presley was an avatar of radical self-transformationDon't forget to check out Richard's other content at: www.rjeskow.com and www.zerohourreport.comRichard's other content at: www.rjeskow.com and www.zerohourreport.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit democracyatwork.substack.com/subscribe

If we were superstitious, we would call it a curse. Lower Manhattan’s history of greed extends back to the Paleolithic Era. Wall Street, named for a racist colonial wall, embodies that history today. Join Rj this week on All For All as he uncovers insights from this ten-thousand-year “curse” that can help us create a human-centered economy, rather than a money-centered one.Don't forget to check out Richard's other content at: www.rjeskow.com and www.zerohourreport.comRichard's other content at: www.rjeskow.com and www.zerohourreport.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit democracyatwork.substack.com/subscribe

Part II of our discussion on the global “war complex,” which is broader and more intricate than the “military/industrial complex” as we have envisioned it. This complex encompasses media, finance, culture, and intellectual life—and it’s determined to destroy the social welfare state everywhere. The good news? We know it can be defeated. Don't miss this week's episode of All For All!Don't forget to check out Richard's other content at: www.rjeskow.com and www.zerohourreport.comRichard's other content at: www.rjeskow.com and www.zerohourreport.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit democracyatwork.substack.com/subscribe

In the first of a two-part series, we explore the matrix of forces behind America's string of seemingly senseless military decisions. We look at the profit motive, political corruption, and the co-opting of universities. We also explain why this complex can see military failure as a feature, not a bug. In Part 2 we'll explore think tanks, globalization, and the mythos of the American frontier—and we'll talk about how this system could be dismantled once and for all.Don't forget to check out Richard's other content at: www.rjeskow.com and www.zerohourreport.comRichard's other content at: www.rjeskow.com and www.zerohourreport.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit democracyatwork.substack.com/subscribe

This week’s episode of All For All with RJ Eskow discusses how Billionaires and their corporations have hijacked the American space project, with disastrous implications for this planet’s future—if not every planet’s. War, climate destruction, inequality: they’re pushing it all. We have met the alien invaders, and they are us. (Well, them.) This week on All For All, RJ explores all of this and more! Don't miss it!Don't forget to check out Richard's other content at: www.rjeskow.com and www.zerohourreport.comRichard's other content at: www.rjeskow.com and www.zerohourreport.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit democracyatwork.substack.com/subscribe

This week’s episode of All For All with RJ Eskow, we ask-It's an impossibly Utopian dream—or is it? A deep dive into the history, science, and culture of war, and our power to end it forever.Don't forget to check out Richard's other content at: www.rjeskow.com and www.zerohourreport.comRichard's other content at: www.rjeskow.com and www.zerohourreport.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit democracyatwork.substack.com/subscribe

This week’s episode of All For All with RJ Eskow, from a viewer suggestion: How tech shafts working people—and how to fight back. Topics include gig work, "1099" jobs, customer abuse, "shadow work," and internet addiction as labor. Don't forget to check out.Don't forget to check out Richard's other content at: www.rjeskow.com and www.zerohourreport.comRichard's other content at: www.rjeskow.com and www.zerohourreport.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit democracyatwork.substack.com/subscribe

This week’s episode of All For All with RJ Eskow, we discuss how Algorithmic technology has amplified the power of mass media to manipulate us—not just from the right, but from the political mainstream. Here’s how it works—and some thoughts on how to fight back. Don't forget to check out Richard's other content at: www.rjeskow.com and www.zerohourreport.comRichard's other content at: www.rjeskow.com and www.zerohourreport.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit democracyatwork.substack.com/subscribe

This week’s episode of All For All with RJ Eskow draws on literature, history, and even neuroscience, to examine the hidden truths behind folklore—even conspiracy theories—and how an understanding of ‘dual consciousness’ can raise political awareness. Don't forget to check out Richard's other content at: www.rjeskow.com and www.zerohourreport.comRichard's other content at: www.rjeskow.com and www.zerohourreport.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit democracyatwork.substack.com/subscribe

In the first part of this two-part talk, Richard (RJ) Eskow shares some of his experiences working for Bernie Sanders in 2016 and what he learned about politics, media, and the economy. The next episode will cover the end of the campaign, the backlash from elites on the left and right, and lessons to be applied going forward. "You can't have a political revolution without a media revolution," he concludes. Don't forget to check out Richard's other content at: www.rjeskow.com and www.zerohourreport.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit democracyatwork.substack.com/subscribe

The science-fiction scriptwriters got it wrong when they wrote about the Borg on Star Trek or the mind-controlling aliens in "Invaders From Mars." Collective existence isn’t something that’s alien to humanity. We're only fully human, in fact, when we're part of something greater than ourselves. In this week's episode of All For All, host Richard (RJ) Eskow discusses self-help vs. other-help and the power of collective action, drawing on diverse sources such as popular culture, Thatcherite neoliberalism, historical disasters, religion, and the communist concept of the “comrade.” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit democracyatwork.substack.com/subscribe

In this week's episode of All For All, Richard (RJ) Eskow explains why the Democratic Party's unspoken "business model" prevents it from leading the struggle for transformative change. Leftists should understand that this donkey can sometimes be led but can never lead. To expect anything else is to see it "ass backwards." This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit democracyatwork.substack.com/subscribe

So- called "A.I." is the collective product of billions of human beings over many years online. "A chatbot is a collectivity," says Richard RJ Eskow. As a result, the only ethical way to own and manage it is collectively. In this episode of "All For All," Richard explains how the technology of A.I. works and why it's not "intelligent" at all. He highlights its exploitation of low-wage workers, discusses its effect on the environment, and challenges the mythologizing of A.I. as "super-intelligence." "Whatever your economic philosophy," Richard says, "I hope to convince you that socialist governance is the only way to make sure that human rights prevail against corporate power." This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit democracyatwork.substack.com/subscribe

This is the first episode of "All for All," a commentary series from writer and journalist Richard (RJ) Eskow. It is founded on the belief that our social imaginations must meet and surpass our technological imaginations if we are to thrive. In the series premiere, Richard outlines the themes and goals of “All for All” using literary references, incidents from ancient and recent history, and personal experience. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit democracyatwork.substack.com/subscribe

“All for All” is hosted by RJ Eskow, who is also the host of the nationally syndicated radio and TV show “The Zero Hour.” Richard (RJ) Eskow is a journalist and policy consultant who was lead writer and editor for Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign. His work has been published in The Nation, the American Prospect, Salon, The Intercept, the Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere and has been anthologized three times in book form. His new show will provide incisive, in-depth commentary on a variety of topics designed to help viewers imagine and engage with real-world solutions to real-world problems by drawing on science, culture (“high” & “low”), current events, and his personal background and experience. We’re happy to have him on board as a contributor and new “Friend of d@w” and hope you all enjoy the show! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit democracyatwork.substack.com/subscribe