31. Collapse and the Communist Core w/ Richard Hames of Novara Media

Stepping away for a moment from his Novara Media series, Do Your Own Research, Richard Hames joins Fritz to explain the study of "Critical Collapsology" and what exactly 'collapse' really means. Richard talks about the limits of past studies of collapse, the problem of historical scales and comparisons (Indigenous America, the Roman Empire, the Bronze Age, etc.), and need to understand the "communist core" at the heart of our contest for the future. Check out Richard Hames' Do Your Own Research on Novara Media here (https://novaramedia.com/category/vide...) or on YouTube! (   • How China Wins The Resource War | Richard ...  ) Like it? Share it! Connect to The State Between Us at patreon.com/TheStateBetweenUs (  / thestatebetweenus  ) for more episodes, exclusive content, and live events. Bluesky: @thestatebetweenus.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/thestatebetw...) ‬ Instagram: thestatebetweenuspod (  / thestatebetweenuspod  ) Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) YouTube:    / @thestatebetweenuspod   Key readings: "Our Theory of Collapse" (https://crudefutures.substack.com/p/o...) by Richard Hames and Beau-Caprice Vetch. Crude Futures, 2025. Grove, Jarius Victor. Savage Ecology: War and Geopolitics at the End of the World (https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/boo...) . Duke UP, 2019. Books co-authored by Richard as "Sam Moore" with Alex Roberts of 12 Rules for What: Post-Internet Far Right. Dog Section Press. 2022. (https://www.dogsection.org/product/po...) The Rise of Ecofascism: Climate Change and the Far Right. Polity. 2022. (https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetai...) Join Richard's Substack (with links to his lectures and other essays) https://crudefutures.substack.com/ Opening song: "So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh" by Woody Guthrie (1940) Closing song: " The Praties They Grow Small" performed by Carolyn Hester (1963) Also featuring music from koleso neštastia (https://kolesonestastia666.bandcamp.c...) . Check out their new album on Bandcamp (https://kolesonestastia666.bandcamp.c...) ! #podcast #novara #collapse #RichardHames #CriticalTheory #marxism #ecology #anthropology #society