Chris Cutrone of Platypus joins Aufhebunga Bunga, Philip Cunliffe, George Hoare, and Alex Hochuli, to talk about his collection of essays, The Death of the Millennial Left. We discuss: Why define it as the “Millennial” Left? Was the anti-Stalinism of leaderless protests a good thing? Did the talk of “winning” from 2015 onwards represent maturity? Should the turn to a more public, statist capitalism make us more optimistic? How will the ‘lawfare’ used against Trump play out?
Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on origins of modernism in art and Marxism
Chris Cutrone walks Doug Lain through the history of bourgeois and modernist art from Eugène Delacroix to Eduard Manet and the Impressionists and its relation to Marxism.
Chris Cutrone and Doug Lain post-discussion of the “Left” and Israel-Palestine
Chris Cutrone and Doug Lain have a year-end wrap-up discussion of Israel-Palestine, Hamas, the “Left” and Marxist approaches to politics.
Chris Cutrone with Theory Underground on Marxism
Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on the missed opportunity of the Millennial Left
Chris Cutrone and Douglas Lain discuss the impact and importance of the Death of the Millennial Left. Along the way they also discuss the true meaning of Thanksgiving. Chris and Doug debate the fine points of Marx’s theory of value and the commodity before returning to general agreement.
Benjamin Studebaker on the end of U.S. democracy with Chris Cutrone, Geoff Schullenberger, Alex Hochuli and Alfie Bown
Benjamin Studebaker joins us to discuss his new book The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy: The Way Is Shut, with responses from Chris Cutrone, Alex Hochuli and Geoff Schullenberger.
Chris Cutrone and David Kunsman on The Death of the Millennial Left
Chris Cutrone on modern vs. ancient freedom and Israel-Palestine
Chris Cutrone discusses the current political moment with Douglas Lain. Topics include dialectics, the superiority of Brave New World to 1984, the Palestinian struggle, and why it is that Doug lets Chris get away with murder. Chris and Doug discuss the revival of Osama bin Laden, Marxian value-theory and the state of the Left.
Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on Palestine protests and the “Left”
Chris Cutrone, author of The Death of the Millennial Left, discusses the left’s embrace of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict as the new center of its political project. Chris Cutrone and Doug continue to discuss the way the American Left has taken up the conflict in Israel as the centerpiece of its political project.
Chris Cutrone with Cadell Last on The Death of the Millennial Left
A discussion with Cadell Last of Philosophy Portal on Chris Cutrone’s book The Death of the Millennial Left.
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