Chris Cutrone joins the Sublation Media Halloween stream with Doug Lain and Aflie Bown at 55:00 and talk about film and psychoanalysis for 15 minutes and then the Ukraine war, economics, politics, and a Marxist perspective for 45 minutes, based on Cutrone’s article in The Platypus Review from earlier this year:
https://platypus1917.org/2022/04/01/ukraine-more-of-the-same/
Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on defending traditional Marxism (video and audio recordings)
Chris Cutrone of the Platypus Affiliated Society returns in order to both defend and transcend what Moishe Postone called “Traditional Marxism.” The conversation is, as always, freewheeling and covers a variety of topics. Watch Doug try to keep up as Cutrone gallops ahead.
Cutrone’s articles on Postone, “When was the crisis of capitalism?” and “Paths to Marxism” serve as background reference:
https://platypus1917.org/2014/10/18/crisis-capitalism-moishe-postone-legacy-1960s-new-left/
Chris Cutrone on Dustbowl Diatribes / Political Philosophy (video and audio recordings)
Spencer and Laurie interviewed the Platypus Society’s Chris Cutrone, “the last Marxist” and our favorite contemporary Marxist, on Wednesday, October 12, 2022. The first half covers Cutrone’s life. He explains how he went from a working class, Catholic Reagan-style conservative family to a Marxist, and his journey through education. One element in his journey of particular interest to us is his exposure to Catholic Worker-style Christians at an early age, and what impression that left on him. We get into his thoughts on what constitutes a good education, and whether or not education ought to differ depending on who is receiving it. The second half of the interview delves further into why leftists have a hard time dealing with the working class, whether it’s because of their (now) Trumpian conservatism or their religiosity, the future of capitalism, how the environment might fare in a turn toward socialism, and why and how socialists and religious believers might be able to cooperate.
“Paths to Marxism” (2021)