Chris Cutrone

Chris Cutrone is a college educator, writer, and media artist, committed to critical thinking and artistic practice and the politics of social emancipation. ( . . . )

Articles by month

Article dates

November 2025
S M T W T F S
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30  

Chris Cutrone lectures on Lukacs and Korsch on Marxism, reification, the proletariat and philosophy

Chris Cutrone’s academic lectures contextualize and explain George Lukacs’s “The phenomenon of reification” and “The standpoint of the proletariat,” parts 1 and 3 of “Reification and the consciousness of the proletariat” from History and Class Consciousness (1923) and Karl Korsch’s 1923 essay on “Marxism and philosophy.” From Cutrone’s Summer 2024 course on Marx and Marxism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Part 1, on Georg Lukacs “reification” in History and Class Consciousness

Part 2, on Lukacs “standpoint of the proletariat” in History and Class Consciousness:

Part 3, on Karl Korch “Marxism and philosophy” (1923):

Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain and Ashley Frawley on the need for a new socialist party

Chris Cutrone discusses his pre-political project, the Campaign for a socialist party in the U.S., with Doug Lain and Ashley Frawley. In this week’s Sublation Media stream we re-evaluate the “culture war” as a form of “catch-all” politics, and announce our intention to create a proto-party internationally.

11 Theses on the Campaign for a socialist party in the U.S.:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/GpwweuY7da1fYvZe/

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 Tony of 1Dime on Lenin’s liberalism

In this episode of the 1Dime Radio podcast, I am joined by ⁠Chris Cutrone⁠, the provocative Marxist intellectual and founder of the ⁠Platypus Affiliated Society⁠, to discuss his older essay titled “⁠Lenin’s Liberalism.” ⁠and the history of the relationship between Marxism and Liberalism more broadly.