Chris Cutrone discusses the Norman Finkelstein vs. Destiny debate on the Lex Fridman show. How did the framing of this debate accept the very conditions that need to be overcome as immutable and permanent. How might socialists work to overcome these conditions? Chris Cutrone continues to discuss the Finkelstein debate, but we move on to discuss Frederic Jameson, the meaning of Academic Marxism, and what it is to be “pre-canceled” on the Left as a Marxist.
Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on imperialism and the “Left”
Chris Cutrone returns for another CutroneZone, this time to explain what it means to live through “imperialism as the highest stage of capitalism.”
Chris Cutrone with Theory Underground on Marx’s critique of bourgeois political economy
How to read Das Kapital, value-form debates, and the “Left”? Cutrone visits the Capital Mondays crew for this special episode!
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 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.
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 on The Death of the Millennial Left with Dustbowl Diatribes
Chris Cutrone discusses his book The Death of the Millennial Left on Dustbowl Diatribes with Laurie Johnson.
Chris Cutrone with Theory Underground in Chicago (video and audio recordings)
Chris Cutrone and the Platypus Affiliated Society meet Theory Underground on its book tour of the United States for Underground Theory, in which Cutrone’s essay on “The negative dialectic of Marxism” is included.