Welcome to the fourth, and long-awaited (we hope) episode of Why We're Socialists, and Not Liberals. In this episode we discuss why a liberalism is simply not up to the job of responding to the far right, and why a left-wing approach is needed, and what that would look like. This is an especially theory-heavy episode in which we explore the philosophical underpinnings of far right ideology so that we can better understand how to fight it. We read well over 2,000 pages of pretty dense academic leftist theory in order to produce this episode and we hope you appreciate the effort. Here are our so ..read more

My comrade from DSA Isaac Wagnitz and I are proud to share with you our latest episode of Radio Socialist Olympia. We're extending our break here from the Why We're Socialists series to interview Billie and Nora, two of the Starbucks workers and union organizers behind the successful union campaign at the Cooper Point Starbucks in Westside Olympia. Note: we mention the Tumwater Starbucks in this episode. Since this episode was recorded the Tumwater location won their vote 12-3 ..read more

My comrade from DSA Isaac Wagnitz and I are proud to share with you our latest episode of Radio Socialist Olympia. We're taking a break here from the Why We're Socialists series to interview Michael Hines, president of UFCW 367, which represents around 8,000 grocery workers in the South Puget Sound area. I couldn't make it to record this episode, so it'll just be Isaac asking the questions. The interview covers a lot of ground about the state of the grocery industry during and after the Covid-19 pandemic, and how changes in the industry have affected workers. Next up after this will be an inte ..read more

Welcome to the third episode of Why We're Socialists (and not Liberals). In this episode we go discuss ultraleftism, where it came from, and what to do about it. As we will continue to do, we have included our sources so you can read them for yourself. The Liberal to Ultraleft Pipeline, Patrick Dalton, 2021 https://washingtonsocialist.mdcdsa.org/ws-articles/21-03-breaking-the-cycle Liberalism, Ultraleftism, or Mass Action? Peter Camejo, 1970 https://www.marxists.org/archive/camejo/1970/ultraleftismormassaction.htm Anatomy of the Micro-Sect, Hal Draper, 1973 https://www.marxists.org/archive/dra ..read more

This is the second part of our series on why we're socialist and not liberals. In this episode we give a broad overview of the historical development of liberalism and socialism as ideologies, and then use that to explain how each is a product of their respective historical and material contexts. We also compare and contrast the two ideologies and attempt to show how socialism is a distinct ideology, and not merely the left wing of liberalism or progressivism as many people seem to believe. Sources Revolutions podcast, by Mike Duncan Episode 1.12b- Supplemental The Diggers, by Mike Duncan Epis ..read more

This is the first episode in a new series we're calling "Why we're socialists (and not liberals)." In it we give definitions of liberalism and socialism, broad overviews of the philosophical and ideological distinctions between the two, and explain what motivated us to start this new series. we hope you enjoy it and find it educational ..read more