
Taught only by reality can reality be changed.
The Measures Taken is a project to survey and reconstruct the history of Marxism from the development of mass Social Democracy to our own moment.
Recognizing that Bolshevism has lapsed as a living political tendency, those of us who remain committed to revolutionary communist politics and convinced by the Marxist critique of political economy are left searching for a past capable of orienting us in the present. Mindful of the threat of eclecticism and all-too-cognizant of the infelicities of sectarianism, the hosts of this podcast embrace a non-denominational Marxism. Our purpose is self-education, never the display of expertise.
We hope that our listeners extend to us the same principled courtesy we do our forebears: not to judge too harshly.
Our Latest Episode
We have just kicked off Season Two. The topic: Red Terror.
Season One
Episodes:
The New Moment in Marxism
The Many Lives of Marx’s Capital
The Invention of Marxism
The Revisionist Controversy
Early Debates on Imperialism
The National Question
The Woman Question
The Question of the State
The Question of the Party
The Agrarian Question
The World Revolution
The Invention of Communis
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