Jack Ross joins Chris Cutrone and Douglas Lain for a special edition of the CutroneZone on Israeli politics.
Chris Cutrone on Theory Underground on Israel-Palestine, Marxism and the “Left”
This was going to be a conversation mainly about Cutrone’s new book and course, but after a certain point pretty early in, the focus became Palestine-Israel, Hamas, what a “real Marxist” position would mean, why anti-imperialism ain’t it. Gabriel Rockhill kept coming up because he’s big on that anti-imperialism is the Real Left Solution To The Riddle Of History or whatever, but TU does not necessarily endorse that view, knowing very little about Rockhill’s actual positions. This was not about Rockhill so much as Cutrone’s take on him and that tendency of the Left, which is interesting on its own.
Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on neo-Stalinism and 2024 U.S. elections
The CutroneZone in the Parrot Room: Chris Cutrone and Douglas Lain discuss neo-Stalinism, MAGA Communism, Carlos Garrido of Midwestern Marx, and Doug’s conversation with Caleb Maupin and Peter Coffin. Public segment: Chris Cutrone and Douglas Lain discuss their plans to make a film about the 2024 Democratic and Republican Party conventions. They discuss the films Medium Cool (1969) and Robert Downey Jr.’s The Last Party (1992) as potential influences.
Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on the Trump verdict and the “Left”
This week’s CutroneZone includes his interpretation of the Trump verdict and how we should understand bourgeois law and the rights of the accused.