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Demarchic Communism Podcast
by sashazeramesha
Studying the intersection of communist and democratic theory based on the hypothesis that they are interdependent and that demarchy is necessary to realize both communism and real democracy.
Episodes
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Episode 21-𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 by Terry Bouricius-Introduction
Sasha and new co-host Norman begin reading The Trouble with Elections: Everything We Thought We Knew About Democracy is Wrong by Terry Bouricius. Recorded July 20, 2025. The version we are reading from is at https://democracycreative.substack.com/p/the-trouble-with-elections Intro music…
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Episode 20 - Finishing Lafont's "Sticking to the Long Road of Participatory Democracy"
Shaunsky and Sasha finish discussing "Sticking to the Long Road of Participation: Replies to My Critics," an essay by Cristina Lafont in response to criticisms of her book Democracy Without Shortcuts. Recorded June 1, 2025. You can find the essay at https://krisis.eu/article/view/37053/34617.…
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Episode 19-B (Part 2 of 3) Cristina Lafont's essay "Sticking to the Long Road of Participation: Replies to My Critics"
Continuation from 19-A. Shaunsky and Sasha discuss "Sticking to the Long Road of Participation: Replies to My Critics," an essay by Cristina Lafont in response to criticisms of her book Democracy Without Shortcuts. Recorded May 4, 2025. What we were intending to call Episode 19 ran about 2 hours,...
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19A: "Sticking to the Long Road of Participation" (part 1) by Cristina Lafont
Shaunsky and Sasha begin reading our second engagement with a criticism of lottocracy. "Sticking to the Long Road of Participation: Replies to My Critics" is a response from Cristina Lafont to criticisms of her book Democracy Without Shortcuts. Recorded May 4, 2025. The discussion of what we were...
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18: "Alternatives to Democracy" Benjamin Studebaker
Shaunsky and Sasha tackle a criticism of lottocracy for the first time. "Alternatives to Democracy" is the fourth section within "What If This Book Is Wrong?" which is the final chapter of Benjamin Studebaker's book The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy: The Way Is Shut. There is no link to…
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17. Real Democracy Will Require Revolution
Shaunsky and Sasha read a short essay by Sasha: "Real Democracy Will Require Revolution." https://tinyurl.com/352md9a3 If you would like to contribute to the project, or have questions, criticisms, comments, or suggestions, contact us at [email protected]. Contact Sasha directly on...
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16: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 by David Graeber, chapter 3, part 4
Shaunsky and Sasha finish reading chapter 3 of David Graeber's The Democracy Project, "The Mob Begin to Think and to Reason: The Covert History of Democracy." https://astudygroup.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/the-democracy-project.pdf If you would like to contribute to the project, or...
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15: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 by David Graeber, chapter 3, part 3
Red, Shaunsky, and Sasha continue reading in David Graeber's The Democracy Project, chapter 3 "The Mob Begin to Think and to Reason: The Covert History of Democracy." https://astudygroup.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/the-democracy-project.pdf If you would like to contribute to the...
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14: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 by David Graeber, Chapter 3, Part 2
Shaunsky and Sasha continue reading in David Graeber's The Democracy Project, chapter 3 "The Mob Begin to Think and to Reason: The Covert History of Democracy." https://astudygroup.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/the-democracy-project.pdf If you would like to contribute to the project…
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13: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 by David Graeber, Chapter 3, Part 1
Shaunsky, Red, and Sasha begin reading David Graeber's The Democracy Project. https://astudygroup.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/the-democracy-project.pdf If you would like to contribute to the project, or have questions, criticisms, comments, or suggestions, contact us at...
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12: "Can We Go Forward If We Fear To Advance Towards Socialism?" -Lenin
Shaunsky and Sasha read "Can We Go Forward If We Fear To Advance Towards Socialism?" which is the 11th chapter (of 13) of Lenin's pamphlet The Impending Catastrophe and How to Combat It. Text available at Marxists Internet Archive at...
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11: 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺, Part 2, Lesson 4 (cont'd)
Shaunsky, Red, and Sasha finish up Lesson 4 of Araling Aktibista. If you would like to contribute to the project, or have questions, criticisms, comments, or suggestions, contact us at [email protected]. Activist Study (Araling Aktibista) can be found at...
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10: 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺, Part 1, Lessons 3 & 4
Red and Sasha discuss Activist Study from the Communist Party of the Philippines, Lesson 3, "The Mass Line" and the first part of Lesson 4, "Democratic Centralism." If you would like to contribute to the project, or have questions, criticisms, comments, or suggestions, contact us at...
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9: "What If We Selected Our Leaders By Lottery?" by Alpa Shah, Part 4
Red, Shaunsky, and Sasha finish reading Alpa Shah's article "What If We Selected Our Leaders by Lottery? Democracy by Sortition, Liberal Elections, and Communist Revolutionaries." Article available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/dech.12651. If you would like to...
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8: "What If We Selected Our Leaders By Lottery?" by Alpa Shah, Part 3
Red, Shaunsky, and Sasha continue with part 3 of Alpa Shah's article "What If We Selected Our Leaders by Lottery? Democracy by Sortition, Liberal Elections, and Communist Revolutionaries." Article available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/dech.12651. If you would like…
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7: "What if We Selected Our Leaders By Lottery?" by Alpa Shah, Part 2
Shaunsky and Sasha continue with part 2 of Alpa Shah's article "What If We Selected Our Leaders by Lottery? Democracy by Sortition, Liberal Elections, and Communist Revolutionaries." Article available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/dech.12651. If you would like to...
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6: "What If We Selected Our Leaders by Lottery?" by Alpa Shah, Part 1
New co-host Red joins Shaunsky and Sasha to review the first section of Alpa Shah's article "What If We Selected Our Leaders by Lottery? Democracy by Sortition, Liberal Elections, and Communist Revolutionaries." Article available online at...
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Episode 5: "Democracy Without Elections" by Brian Martin, Part 3
Sasha finishes reading Brian Martin's "Democracy Without Elections." Apologies for the echo/reverb in a few places. I was trying to bring in a better microphone, but I obviously don't know enough about audio to get that right. If you would like to contribute to the project, or have questions,...
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Episode 4: "Democracy Without Elections" by Brian Martin, Part 2
Shaunsky and Sasha read and discuss section 2 of Brian Martin's essay "Democracy Without Elections." If you would like to contribute to the project, or have questions, criticisms, comments, or suggestions, contact us at [email protected]. The essay can be found on Brian Martin's…
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Episode 3: "Democracy Without Elections" by Brian Martin, Part 1
Recorded June 2, 2024 Published June 19, 2024 Shaunsky and Sasha read and discuss the first section of Brian Martin's 1995 essay "Democracy Without Elections." If you'd like to get involved with the podcast, email us at [email protected], or send us a message on twitter…
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Episode 2: 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮, Introduction & Chapter 13 "On Democracy" - Discussion
Sasha and Shaunsky review the reading of the Introduction & Chapter 13 "On Democracy" of Cockshott & Cottrell's 1993 book Towards a New Socialism which was read in Episode 1A. To send us questions, comments, or to get involved in the project, email us at [email protected]
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Episode 1: 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮, Introduction & Chapter 13 "On Democracy" - Reading
Sasha reads the Introduction and Chapter 13 "On Democracy" of 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 by Cockshott and Cottrell (1993). Full text of 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 at https://users.wfu.edu/cottrell/socialism_book/new_socialism.pdf link to The Trouble with…
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Episode 0: Introducing the Demarchic Communism Podcast
Sasha briefly discusses what Demarchic Communism is, what the show will be about, how it will be formatted, and asks for volunteers interested in being part of making it a collective effort. To get involved with the podcast, email [email protected]. transcript:...
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Studying the intersection of communist and democratic theory based on the hypothesis that they are interdependent and that demarchy is necessary to realize both communism and real democracy.
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