Podcasts From Nowhere: William Morris’ Romantic Marxism

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Half a Revolution: The Pink Tide and 21st Century Socialism

This week, we get together to talk through a sort of brief overview of the era of the Pink Tide in Latin America and try to draw out some of the lessons and implications for the future of Socialism for the 21st Century...What Happened to the Pink Tide? https://jacobin.com/2016/07 ...  Show more

Patron Preview: Patron Q&A IV

Here it is comrades, the long-awaited fourth patron Q&A. We answer questions about America's humiliation, Chinese communism, AI in schools, and our favorite revolutionary books and/or pamphlets. This is only half the questions we received this time, the second half will be posted ...  Show more

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Long Reads: William Morris, Romantic Revolutionary w/ Matthew Beaumont
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William Morris is renowned for his work as an artist and designer. But he was also one of Britain's greatest socialist thinkers. Morris combined his opposition to capitalism with a deep understanding of environmental questions that was rare in his own time.


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The Abduction of William Morgan, Part 2
Stuff You Missed in History Class

When William Morgan's manuscript "Illustrations of Masonry" was finally published, it was really kind of boring. So why were people so eager to suppress it, and what truly happened to him after his abduction?

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The Abduction of William Morgan, Part 1
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In 1826, William Morgan, who lived in Batavia, New York, advertised that he was writing a book that would expose the secrets of the Freemasons. And then he vanished.

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of William Morris, known in his lifetime for his poetry and then his contribution to the Arts and Crafts movement, and increasingly for his political activism. He felt the world had given in to drudgery and ugliness and he found inspirati ...  Show more