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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 26
- Years Active
- 2021
The Futurist Manifesto
Futurism fuelled Italian Fascism, aesthetically; its Russian variant inspired a worker’s revolution and then ameliorated the early years of communism for an erstwhile bourgeois class that then had to…
The Italian Fascist Manifesto (1919)
Marinetti’s Call from The Summit
Demands of the Futurist Manifesto
Marinetti’s Car Crash
it could be argued that prior to 1909, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti was a failed writer, and that the Futurist Manifesto was something of a publicity stunt. He had had little success with a drama for th…
The Futurist Manifestos (Italy and Russia: 1909 and 1912)
Futurism fuelled Italian Fascism, aesthetically; its Russian variant inspired a worker’s revolution and then ameliorated the early years of communism for an erstwhile bourgeois class that then had to…
The Communist Manifesto (1848)
The claim that Capitalism is subject to periodic crises, with each in turn making life worse for the proletariat, has been central to Marxist thought since 1848, when the manifesto was published more…
Extract from Chapter 3 of the Communist Manifesto
Here, Marx and Engels, discuss three kinds of socialism: Feudal Socialism, Petty-Bourgeois Socialism, and German or "True," Socialism. They talk about each as a stepping-stone to Communism. Each a pe…
Extract from Chapter 2 of the Communist Manifesto
Extract from Chapter 1 of the Communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto (1848)
The German Communist Party (the DKP), campaigning in this year’s German elections had a banner proclaiming Die Krise heißt Kapitalismus! A Crisis Called Capitalism.
This claim has been central to Marx…
On Liberty
This issue remains all over the media.
Wearing a mask to abide by the law based on the principle of protecting others is an example of negative freedom; choosing to wear a mask based on a concern for …
On Liberty (Extract from Chapter 4)
On Liberty (Further extract from Chapter 3)
On Liberty (Extract from Chapter 3)
Here, Mill bemoans the lack of strong will among the men of his day, comparing them to the kings of Holy Roman Empire who resisted the Popes. He then goes on to dismiss the Protestant mind-set, which…
On Liberty
This issue remains all over the media.
Wearing a mask to abide by the law based on the principle of protecting others is an example of negative freedom; choosing to wear a mask based on a concern for …
The Monroe Doctrine
The fifth President of the United States, James Monroe, proclaimed in 1823 that the New World, the Western Hemisphere, was closed to further colonization; and that any attempt by the European powers …
The Lodge Reservations over U.S. Membership of the League of Nations
The Lodge Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine of 1912
It was not mentioned explicitly in the analysis that Lodge had earlier stated his position in a corollary to the Monroe Doctrine following the recent opening of the Panama canal, which was expected e…
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine of 1904
The Roosevelt Corollary of December 1904 was made as part this President’s state of the Union address that year. It asserted that the United States would intervene as a last resort to ensure that oth…