17. Real Democracy Will Require Revolution

About this episode

Shaunsky and Sasha discuss Sasha's essay on the necessity of revolution for achieving real democracy.

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 demarchiccommunism@proton.me. Contact Sasha directly on Bluesky @demarchicroad.bsky.socialor on twitter @demarchiccommie. Intro music: "District Four" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Outro music: "RetroFuture Nasty" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

People in this episode

Host: Sasha

Guest: Shaunsky

Topics covered

• democracy
• revolution
• political philosophy
• social change
• education

Keywords

• democracy
• revolution
• politics
• philosophy
• social change

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Demarchic Communism Podcast, Creative Commons

Books & works: Real Democracy Will Require Revolution

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