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Prefigurative Futures is an Urdu-language podcast exploring transformative and restorative justice, nonviolent politics, and community power from below. Each episode covers one chapter, weaving critiques of authoritarian systems with visions of ground-up, pacifist, and libertarian municipalist change.

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Communalist Guide Ep 2: Dialectics of Individual and Collective Autonomy | Discussion | Urdu

2025/09/14

Communalist Guide Ep 2: Dialectics of Individual and Collective Autonomy | discussion | Urdu

Communalist Guide Ep 1: Four Types of Property | Discussion | Urdu

2025/09/14

This is a deep discussion on four types of properties in a communalist commune.

Communalism Ep 3: The Emergence of Hierarchy | Urdu

2025/09/14

This discussion is based on core text: Ecology of Freedom by Murray Bookchin

Communalism Ep 2: The Outlook of Organic Society | Urdu

2025/09/13

This discussion is based on source text: Ecology of Freedom by Murray Bookchin

Communalism Ep 1: Concept of Social Ecology | Urdu

2025/09/13

This discussion is based on source text: Ecology of Freedom by Murray Bookchin

Pacifist Communal Socialism: From Friendship to Communes| Urdu

2025/09/13

how to build ground up communes

Pacifism Ep 2: Conquest of Violence | Urdu

2025/09/13

This discussion is based on the text: Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict by Joan Valerie Bondurant

Pacifism Ep 1: Nonviolent Communal Socialism | Urdu

2025/09/12

Nonviolent socialism

Marxism Ep 6: Lenin's Bloody Mass Terror | Urdu

2025/09/12

All references to claims made during discussion can be found in the source text: Guillotine at Work by Maximov

Marxism Ep 5: The Bolshevik Counter-Revolution of 1918 | Urdu

2025/09/12

References to all claims made within discussion can be found in the source text: Guillotine at Work by Maximov

Marxism Ep 4: Lenin's Preparatory Period | Urdu

2025/09/12

All references to the claims can be found within source text used for this discussion: Guillotine at Work by Maximov

Marxism Ep 3: Leninism and Totalitarianism | Urdu

2025/09/12

The source text is Guillotine at Work by Maximov References and citations for all claims can be found within the source book.

Marxism Ep 2: Lenin's Road to Power | Urdu

2025/09/12

The source text for this discussion is Guillotine at Work by Maximov References to all claims made can be found within the book!

Marxism Ep 1: Introduction to Soviet Revolution | Urdu Hindi

2025/09/12

Source text is Guillotine at Work by Maximov

Ep 2: From Punitive to Restorative and Transformative Justice

2025/09/12

The source "Re-Imagining Justice: From Punitive to Transformative" by Pranav Jeevan P critiques India's current punitive justice system, highlighting its overcrowding, high number of undertrial prisoners, and disproportionate impact on marginalized communities. The author argues that this system perpetuates social inequities rather than resolving them. Instead, the paper advocates for a shift towards restorative and transformative justice models. While restorative justice focuses on victim needs and repairing harm, transformative justice aims to address the systemic and structural causes of violence, such as patriarchy, caste oppression, and capitalism, advocating for prison abolition through community investment and addressing root causes rather than simply punishment. Ultimately, the text proposes that genuine justice requires dismantling coercive systems and investing in alternatives that foster healing and prevent harm.