In this episode of the CutroneZone, the Last Marxist responds to Benjamin Studebaker’s essay, “Beyond Bonapartism: Breaking statephobic thought taboos.” Does Marxism’s political theory hold water?
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.
Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain in response to critics of “The Alternative to Genocide”
Chris Cutrone returns to discuss the reaction to his essay “The Alternative to Genocide” and to discuss how and why Leftists are, in reality, Right-wing. Chris Cutrone discusses Alain Badiou and the Left’s Maoism/Stalinism in the Parrot Room.
Why not Trump, again?
Liberal democracy in crisis?
Article available at:
https://platypus1917.org/2024/05/01/why-not-trump-again-2/
Chris Cutrone with Todd McGowan on Marx, Hegel, Adorno, Freud and Lacan
Chris Cutrone debates Todd McGowan on Hegelian dialectics and Freudian theory through Marx, Lenin, Adorno and Lacan.
Chris Cutrone with Nicholas Kiersey on The Death of the Millennial Left and Marxism and Politics
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Chris Cutrone discussed his books The Death of the Millennial Left and Marxism and Politics with Nicholas Kiersey in the Department of Political Science at the University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley.
Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on Finkelstein Vs. Destiny debate on Israel-Palestine
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 the American Revolution and Trump
The Last Marxist Chris Cutrone discusses the meaning of the American Revolution, Trump remaining on the ballot, the branches of government, and the meaning of socialism.