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To help work out the dialectic of national self-determination in the face of Trump’s imperialist aggression against Venezuela, Greenland, Canada, etc., Andrew and Gabriel revisit 1914-16 writings of V.I. Lenin on Ireland’s struggle for independence from England. They discuss Lenin’s response to Rosa Luxemburg, who thought that national self-determination is impossible, and his defense of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. In addition, they discuss why it was Marx’s custom to “sound out” acquaintances about their attitudes to national self-determination. (See episode page for links to writings.) In the episode’s current-events segment, the co-hosts discuss the fightback against the Trump regime’s aggression against Greenland and Minneapolis, as two facets of one struggle. Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

Radio Free Humanity celebrated its 150th episode on Jan. 12, 2026  with a two-hour Zoom chat between participants and its co-hosts. In this wide-ranging chat, the co-hosts and participants discuss a variety of political and philosophical topics. They first consider the question, “Why does the ‘left’ put so much emphasis on ‘getting organized’?  Why does this fall short of what is needed?” They then discuss the new US war against Venezuela, ICE killing a protestor in Minneapolis, Trumpism, and the explanatory power of Marx’s economic thought and its relation to neoclassical economics. You can listen to the audio version of ChatRFH broadcast here. The video version is on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/By2xT9Hk4Aw Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

Gabriel Donnelly interviews Andrew Kliman, regarding Marx’s concept of “intrinsic value”—value as distinct from exchange-value. Andrew clarifies the distinction and talks about how it became increasingly important to Marx. He and Gabriel discuss the significance of the concept of intrinsic value, Andrew’s contention that Marx was proving the existence of intrinsic value at the start of “Capital,” and the import of Jamie Edwards & Brian Leiter’s failure to recognize that this is what Marx was doing. (See full description of ep. for links to works cited and quoted.) Plus current-events segment: Lame, Sitting, Dead—the 3 Stages of Donald’s Duckness. The co-hosts discuss the growing consensus that Trump is a “lame duck” and prospects for moving forward to Stages 2 and 3. ChatRFH 3.0 Coming Soon! Sunday, January 11, starting at 1 pm EST. Chat with Gabriel and Andrew in a live videocast ep. of RFH. Check MHI’s website for Zoom link and details (also coming soon). Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

Radio Free Humanity: “Episode 148: Brian Leiter & Jamie Edwards on Marx’s Economic Thought: Knowing What Ain’t So.” On Andrew’s commentary. Current-events segment: Dem. lawmakers’ video on refusing illegal orders & the attack on the Venezuelan boat.

RFH 147: The Fight to Defend Free Speech at Ball State University (Interview with Sarah Vitale) by MHI

RFH 146: Live from the No Kings 2 Protest (Interviews with Protesters) by MHI

Co-hosts Andrew Kliman and Gabriel Donnelly speak with guest Gavin Mueller, an assistant professor of New Media and Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam. Mueller researches the politics of digital culture and much of our discussion centers on the realities of artificial intelligence in our time. They consider the huge amount of money being spent on Large Language Models, how they work, and what they can actually do as opposed to what all the hype says that they can (or will be able to???) do. Additionally the discussants consider how workers can fight the encroachment of this new, automated technology into the workplace. Our discussion leans on parts of Gavin’s book Breaking Things at Work: The Luddites Are Right About Why You Hate Your Job. They consider what Marx said about technology and automation, and how it applies to this situation. Plus current-events segment: the co-hosts discuss the political indictments handed down from the Trumpist Department of Justice that have targeted personal foes of Trump-James Comey, Leticia James, and John Bolton. Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).

Radio Free Humanity: “Episode 144: The Roots of Bolshevik Debates (interview with Erik Van Ree)” The co-hosts welcome their special guest to discuss the history of contested ideas in the socialist movement. Current events segment: updates on the resistance to Trumpism.

RFH Ep. 143: The Gerry Healy Scandal and “Democratic Centralism” (interview with Aidan Beatty) by MHI

RFH 142 Ukraine’s Resistance to Putin’s Invasion in 2025 by MHI

Radio Free Humanity: “Episode 141: Rallo’s “Negative Marginal Utility.”” The co-hosts discuss Andrew’s article “The Negative Marginal Utility of Rallo’s ‘Reply to Andrew Kliman.’” Current-events segment: Grim macroeconomic trends as a fallout of Trump’s economic chaos.

Radio Free Humanity : “Episode 140: Reading Dunayevskaya’s “Form and Plan” in 2025 (Part II).” The co-hosts continue to discuss Dunayevskaya’s 1949-50 text, “Form and Plan.” Current-events segment: on Mamdani’s unexpected victory in the New York mayoral Democratic primary.

RFH Episode 139: The Israel-Hamas War and National Self-Determination by MHI

Radio Free Humanity Ep. 138: “Episode 138: Confronting the Paranormal Fringe (with Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling).” The co-hosts welcome author Hongoltz-Hetling to discuss his latest book. Current-events segment: Xi outmaneuvers Trump. Radio Free Humanity is a podcast covering news, politics and philosophy from a Marxist-Humanist perspective. It is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman. We intend to release new episodes every two weeks. Radio Free Humanity is sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (MHI), but the views expressed by the hosts and guests of Radio Free Humanity are their own. They do not necessarily reflect the views and positions of MHI.

Co-hosts Andrew Kliman and Gabriel Donnelly dive into the archives! This is the first of a two-part discussion of the text of a presentation that Raya Dunayevskaya gave in the early 1950s, titled “Form and Plan.” She argues that the alternatives are not whether or not to plan, but the “despotic” plan of capital vs. the cooperative plan of “freely associated men.” The despotic plan is a form of capitalism that reveals its despotic essence. Thus, Dunayevskaya sees “form” in a new light, not as something opposed to and less important than “essence,” but as something that forms and reveals essence. This insight gives her a new appreciation of volume 3 of Capital, which deals with the forms that capitalism takes in the market and in thought. She argues that “we” (the Johnson-Forest Tendency) “have greatly underestimated” that volume, because the JFT focused on counterposing form and essence in order to combat opponents who regard private property and markets, not capitalist production, as capitalism’s distinctive feature. Plus current-events segment: On Josh Marshall’s Talking Points Memo piece, “Trump’s Already Lost.” The co- hosts discuss the kind of loss that Marshall has in mind, and the great distance between it and the total, thoroughgoing loss that is needed, They also discuss the Canadian election results, and the fact that Polievre’s loss does not equate to an outright rejection of Canadian Trumpism. Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ).