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Phil Neel joins the Party Girls to discuss his essays on the party and the importance of organizational forms for communists.

Communist geographer Phil Neel, author of ' Hinterland: America's New Landscape of Class and Conflict ' and ' Hellworld: The Human Species and the Planetary Factory ,' joins us to discuss his latest essays on the party, ' Theory of the Party ,' published in Ill Will Editions, and 'What May Come' from the forthcoming issue of Heatwave. How should communists think about organizational forms in this tumultuous age? What is revolutionary subjectivity, and why is it important? How should we be organizing, both in between moments of rupture and during the moment of truth, and who even are "we"? One thing's for certain: communists need to get hobbies. A brain-expanding conversation, if we do say so ourselves. Check out Phil's article in the forthcoming edition of Heatwave: https://heatwavemag.info/ SIGN UP NOW at https://patreon.com/partygirls to get all of our bonus content, Discord access, and a shout out on the pod! Follow us on ALL the Socials: Instagram: @party.girls.pod TikTok: @party.girls.pod Twitter: @partygirlspod BlueSky: @partygirls.bsky.social Leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify if you feel so inclined…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jamie Peck, Sam Beard

Guest: Phil Neel

Topics covered

• communism
• organizational forms
• revolutionary subjectivity
• political theory
• hobbies
• class conflict

Keywords

• Phil Neel
• Theory of the Party
• communism
• political organization
• class conflict
• revolutionary subjectivity
• Heatwave

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ill Will Editions, Heatwave

Books & works: Hinterland: America's New Landscape of Class and Conflict, Hellworld: The Human Species and the Planetary Factory, Theory of the Party, What May Come

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