The question “What would happen if every worker in America won a million dollars?” sets up a rather absurd thought experiment, but it’s one that gets to the heart of what Marx and Engels really meant when they claimed that the material basis of society determined, in the last analysis, what happens in society. Zero Books Logo Animations and other animations donated by Brian Cole https://www.instagram.com/robotbloodco/ Related Books Malibu Motel by Chaunceton Bird https://www.amazon.com/Malibu-Motel-Novel-About-Colossal/dp/1789041724 Video and Music Clips from Storyblocks and the Prelinger Archive Other Music Includes Zero Squared Theme or “Untitled” by Nik Walton Support Zero Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books Zero Books Manifesto: The modern world is at an impasse. Disasters scroll across our smartphone screens and we’re invited to like, follow or upvote, but critical thinking is harder and harder to find. Rather than connecting us in common struggle and debate, the internet has sped up and deepened a long-standing process of alienation and atomization. Zer0 Books wants to work against this trend. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2loLhIu2xo

Support Zero Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooks Joanna Demers’ essay “The Necks and Marx's Economy of Time” asks what kind of music helps us to imagine a break with capitalist logic. Her answer is simple: Minimalism. Demers’ is chair of Musicology at the USC Thornton School of Music and the author of the books Drone and Apocalypse and Anatomy of Thought Fiction. In this video essay, she explores Marxism’s commitment to the future, the teleology at work in our linear orientation, and the promise of timelessness. Books to Read Drone and Apocalypse by Joanna Demers https://joannademers.com/drone/ Anatomy of Thought Fiction https://joannademers.com/anatomy-of-thought-fiction/ Music and clips featured William Basinki’s Watter Music II https://youtu.be/pX_jySkFIK4 Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk - Suite - Orchestre de Paris/Rostropovich (2006) https://youtu.be/yHT0KFllOzY The East is Red https://youtu.be/LzMKnPtmszc 160 - Interactive Light & Sound Installation https://youtu.be/xEEKBbKvuMQ Lawrence Welk Muskrat Ramble https://youtu.be/D5EgASje8MQ Negativland’s The ABCs of Anarchism https://youtu.be/phQSGYVf6w0 8bit version of Fly Like an Eagle by the Steve Miller Band https://youtu.be/qCoManaaTu0 Satie - Socrate - III(a) - Mort De Socrate https://youtu.be/_pNmoIXlx6U 8bit version of Pink Floyd’s Time https://youtu.be/icvJoFDMVKQ Sonny and Cher’s I Got You Babe (only slowed down) The Necks Drive By https://youtu.be/nqc0LrLq8IM The Necks Aether https://youtu.be/BMXXSBzE0NY The Necks Body https://youtu.be/qE8g2W0mWOY Steve Reich Drumming (Portland Percussion Group) https://youtu.be/doJk4yPwJDk Movie Clips Used The Clock by Christian Marclay The Future: Batteries Included by Nick Masterson Nostalgia 1971 by Hollis Frampton Sliding Doors The Dante Quartet by Stan Brakhage https://youtu.be/7VI2U3K-gBk Mothlight by Stan Brakhage https://youtu.be/Yt3nDgnC7M8 Window Water Baby Moving by Stan Brakhage https://youtu.be/7YvNVEyBNbs Support us on Patreon and get access to the Herding Cats: Capital Reading Group https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Watch the most popular Zero Books episodes: http://bit.ly/2KbC2hF Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Zero Books Manifesto: The modern world is at an impasse. Disasters scroll across our smartphone screens and we’re invited to like, follow or upvote, but critical thinking is harder and harder to find. Rather than connecting us in common struggle and debate, the internet has sped up and deepened a long-standing process of alienation and atomization. Zer0 Books wants to work against this trend. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cjkhTbxS84

From Wikipedia: Nicholas "Nick" Currie (born 11 February 1960), more popularly known under the artist name Momus (after the Greek god of mockery), is a Scottish songwriter, author, blogger, and former journalist for Wired. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP6phDk-IdM

Support Zero Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooks This video is a brief synopsis of Capital Volume One, Chapter One, Section Four. It is not meant to be a substitute for actually reading Marx’s big book, but rather it is meant to entice you to read along with our Herding Cats reading group. Discussions between members of the reading group will be appearing monthly on this channel for as long as it takes us to get through Capital, Volume 1. Read Capital, Volume One for free at marxists.org. https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ Watch the most popular Zero Books episodes: http://bit.ly/2KbC2hF Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Zero Books Manifesto: The modern world is at an impasse. Disasters scroll across our smartphone screens and we’re invited to like, follow or upvote, but critical thinking is harder and harder to find. Rather than connecting us in common struggle and debate, the internet has sped up and deepened a long-standing process of alienation and atomization. Zer0 Books wants to work against this trend. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYTz7KM7d90