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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.
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 on Common Ruin podcast on Zoomer Leftism
Chris Cutrone returns to Common Ruin podcast to discuss the potential political trajectory of Generation Z with Michael AcuƱa.
Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on Davos, freedom, socialism and the state
Chris Cutrone discusses the rational kernel in Javier Milei’s recent speech at Davos and explains how socialists should take up capitalism in order to transform it. Chris and Doug discuss how to understand the legal system and the problem of mob rule. How do we know what we know?
Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on Western Maoism
Chris Cutrone and Douglas Lain discuss how Maoism came to define the ideology of the American Left as the CutroneZone returns in 2024. Doug and Chris continue to discuss Maoism and its aftermath in the Parrot Room, and touch upon the “Left” on Israel-Palestine.
Chris Cutrone with Aufhebunga Bunga on The Death of the Millennial Left
Chris Cutrone of Platypus joins Aufhebunga Bunga, Philip Cunliffe, George Hoare, and Alex Hochuli, to talk about his collection of essays, The Death of the Millennial Left. We discuss: Why define it as the “Millennial” Left? Was the anti-Stalinism of leaderless protests a good thing? Did the talk of “winning” from 2015 onwards represent maturity? Should the turn to a more public, statist capitalism make us more optimistic? How will the ‘lawfare’ used against Trump play out?
Chris Cutrone and Doug Lain post-discussion of the “Left” and Israel-Palestine
Chris Cutrone and Doug Lain have a year-end wrap-up discussion of Israel-Palestine, Hamas, the “Left” and Marxist approaches to politics.