Chris Cutrone and Doug Lain on Marxism as a religion

This week’s Cutrone Zone takes up the claim that Marxism is a religion and Marx is the Pope. Can we demonstrate that Marx’s thought and Marxism are something more than noble lies told to prop up what is, ultimately, an absurd existence?

Chris and Doug continue to discuss the current political moment in the Parrot Room.

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

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Chris Cutrone on Common Ruin podcast on the Left and Marxism (audio recordings)

Chris Cutrone joins host Michael Acuña to analyze Marxism’s place within the broader Left-wing movement historically, as well as themes from Cutrone’s latest work The Death of the Millennial Left.

In the second half of their exchange, Michael Acuña and Chris Cutrone continue to examine Marxism’s relationship to the Left. Virtue ethics, liberalism, and the question of immigration are also given consideration.

Chris Cutrone with KMO on C-Realm about Trump and The Death of the Millennial Left (audio recordings)

Chris Cutrone is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Departments of Art History, Theory and Criticism and Visual and Critical Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is the author of a trio of infamous essays published on the Platypus Affiliated Society that begins with “Why not Trump?” (https://platypus1917.org/2016/09/06/w…) He is also the author of The Death of the Millennial Left, published by Sublation (https://www.sublationmedia.com/books/…) . Episode link: https://play.headliner.app/episode/15… (video made with https://www.headliner.app) The mentioned debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley Jr can be found here:    ‱ James Baldwin vs …   (I’ve cued it up for you to skip the long-winded introductions.)