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 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 and David Kunsman on The Death of the Millennial Left
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 with Cadell Last on The Death of the Millennial Left
A discussion with Cadell Last of Philosophy Portal on Chris Cutrone’s book The Death of the Millennial Left.Â
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Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on Israel-Palestine, Marxism and socialism
Chris Cutrone addresses his critics and returns to the need to develop a socialist politics as opposed to an ethno-nationalist Wilsonian utopian politics in the Cutrone Zone. Chris Cutrone continues to discuss the Israel/Palestine conflict and the need for socialism in the Parrot Room.
Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on Hamas, Israel, the Left and socialism
The Last Marxist Chris Cutrone discusses the situation in Israel and Gaza, explains his own controversial understanding of what’s necessary for the emancipation of the Palestinians, and discusses what he calls “reformism with bombs.” Chris and Doug continue their discussion of how the Left’s understanding of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict is broken.
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.