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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The viability of socialist planning depends on changing social relations rather than on faster computers. Our video of the week explores how socialism can coordinate production when no central authority can grasp its full complexity. Featuring @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social buff.ly/etWEHQC

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INDEP @lndep.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Our next online talk will be happening on Tuesday 28th July from 6PM UTC+0, where @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social of will discuss the implications of Fordism, modern budget management, and the Toyota Production System for socialist planning. www.indep.network/event/indep-...

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INDEP online Event with Tom O’Brien - Variety and Planning

This event is part of the INDEPxMetaphorum Online Talk Series for Stafford Beer’s Centennial. This event will take place in English. To participate, please register here. This talk will analyse the…

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Tom O'Brien @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

New Episode now out - Donal and myself give a critique of Wallace J. Hopp's Supply Chain Science. Enjoy!

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#228 Supply Chain Science w/ Donal

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Tom O'Brien @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Part 2 of my conversation with Ferdia O'Driscoll about Self Determination Theory and why it matters for socialists out now! Enjoy :)

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#225 Self Determination Theory w/ Ferdia O'Driscoll Part 2 | From Alpha To Omega

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Tom O'Brien @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Latest Episode now out! We talk with David Camfield about his recent Book, Red Flags: A Reckoning With Communism For The Future Of The Left. Enjoy :)

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#223 Red Flags w/ David Camfield | From Alpha To Omega

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Tom O'Brien @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Hey Everybody. My co-author Donal is now on Blue Sky. Go give him a follow: @donaloc91.bsky.social

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Tom O'Brien @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Going to try one of those Youtube premiere things today @ 2pm London time, answering your questions about Unifying Marxism and Cybernetics. Come join me in the chat :)

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#222 Unifying Cybernetics & Marxism - Your Questions Answered

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Tom O'Brien @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Going to do a Q&A video on the latest 'Unifying Marxism and Cybernetics' video this week. If you have any questions you'd like me to discuss, DM me or reply to this thread! For those that haven't watched the video yet, here it is on youtube:

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Unifying Marxism & Cybernetics

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Tom O'Brien @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Just released a talk I gave on 'Unifying Marxism and Cybernetics' at the Complex Anarchism Symposium in Brussels, Belgium earlier this year. It's a monster! If you have any questions, just reply here and I will answer them in a serparate Q&A video.

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Tom O'Brien @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

I don't think planned obscelence has anything really to do with technical complexity though. Just the profit motive. There is no technical reason why all these devices can't be made easier to repair. Or to be built to minimum lifespan standards. P.O. is purely caused by production for profit.

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Tom O'Brien @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Sure - not everyone can be an expert, division of labour and all that. But consumers don't have control over the range of goods they are offered. I've just tried to buy a phone holder for my car. The first one lasted 2 years. All the available models are useless, but what choice do I have. None.

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Tom O'Brien @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Governments role is to maintain the capitalist mode of production. Ie. maintain profitability. So captialist governments will never do anything that would seriously effect profits. Hence why you gotta get rid of capitalism. It's not that consumers are dummies - they got no control over production.

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Tom O'Brien @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Planned obsolescence only exists because of the pursuit of profit. Why produce a fridge that will last 60 years, when you can sell three that last 20 years each, and triple your profits. It is built into captialist class relations. If you want rid of it, you gotta get rid of capitalism.

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Tom O'Brien @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

New Episode with Paul S. Adler where we discuss his 2019 book: "The 99% Economy: How Democratic Socialism Can Overcome the Crises of Capitalism". Enjoy! www.patreon.com/posts/134950...

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#220 Is Capitalism Giving Birth To Socialism w/ Paul S. Adler | From Alpha To Omega

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Tom O'Brien @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

New episode just released with Prof. Paul S. Adler on his 1990 paper 'Marx, Machines, and Skill'. Enjoy! youtu.be/PMAMY8jEqaU

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Does Capitalism Deskill Workers?

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Tom O'Brien @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

New Episode now out! Part 2 of our conversation with Anna Fielder on her analysis of childbirth in capitalism. Enjoy!

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#218 Going Into Labour w/ Anna Fielder - Part 2 | From Alpha To Omega

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Tom O'Brien @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

New Episode now out! Part 1 of an interview with Anna Fielder about recent book "Going Into Labour: Childbirth In Capitalism". Enjoy!

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Maurice J. Casey @mauricejcasey.com · 13/05/2025

I came across an 1887 account of Dublin by a veteran of the Paris Commune and wow he did not like the food:

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Tom O'Brien @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Latest episode now out! Part 2 of our discussion with Roger Arevalo on the Vanguard Method and its implications for socialism. Enjoy :) www.patreon.com/posts/216-va...

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#216 The Vanguard Method w/ Roger Arevalo Part 2 | From Alpha To Omega

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Tom O'Brien @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

New Episode out with Roger Arevalo on the The Vanguard Method - TPS for services and its implications for Socialism. Enjoy! www.patreon.com/posts/215-va...

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#215 The Vanguard Method w/ Roger Arevalo - Part 1 | From Alpha To Omega

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matt vidal @chukker.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Really enjoyed being interviewed by Tom for his From Alpha to Omega podcast. We discussed my book, Management Divided, where I present a classical Marxist analysis of lean production, which grapples with it as a contradictory development, not simply a more refined system of mgt control + deskilling

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Tom O'Brien @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Here is the Q&A from the talk I recently gave on "Cybernetic Socialism for the 21st Century" to the Dutch socialist group De Socialisten. This talk was in conjunction with INDEP, the Independent Network for Democratic Economic Planning (www.indep.network): youtu.be/GWgBdhQOvfs

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Cybernetic Socialism Talk Q and A

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Tom O'Brien @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I recently gave a talk on 'Cybernetic Socialism for the 21st Century' for the Dutch marxist group De Socialisten (socialisten.org), inconjunction with INDEP(www.indep.network). You can check out the presentation here: youtu.be/vHDM775B0nI

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Cybernetic Socialism In The 21st Century

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Tom O'Brien @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Giving an on-line talk to the Dutch De Socialisten party, titled 'Cybernetic Economics for the 21st Century' on wednesday evening. 7pm London, 8pm Amsterdam time. You can find the details here: www.indep.network/event/cybern...

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Cybernetic economics for the 21st century, with Tom O’Brien

On Wednesday 12 February at 20:00 CET the Cybernetic Economy theme group of the Socialists (Netherlands) will be hosting its first digital meeting with an international speaker, Tom O’Brien. We are no...

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Portrait of ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social: jewishcurrents.org/portrait-of-...

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Raphael Arar @rarar.com · 29/12/2024

Very excited about Long Haul, a quarterly magazine of worker writing and organization. Great to see more voices from workers themselves in leftist publishing 🙏 (ht @itsmccarthy.bsky.social ) longhaulmag.com/about/

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Long-Haul is a quarterly magazine of worker writing and organization on and off the shop floor, past and present, in and outside of unions. Dylan Davis and Jane Komori are managing editors of Long-…

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Pavlos Roufos @proufos.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Henri Simon has died today. A militant marxist and proponent of council communism, Henri was a founding member of Socialisme ou Barbarie. He was also a good friend and a comrade with an unsurpassed history of experience and struggles. Goodbye friend ✊

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Tom O'Brien @fromalpha2omega.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Once these platforms reach saturation point, the growth model dies, and they need to finally produce some profit. Enshittification of online spaces is baked into the capitalist cake. The golden era of the internet is gone, never to return.

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