Chris Cutrone discusses Marxism today, defending the Frankfurt School against Gabriel Rockhill and Domenico Losurdo’s Stalinist accusations, with Dave McKerracher and Mikey Downs of Theory Underground.
Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on Marxism and philosophy and the 2024 election Kamala-Trump debate
Chris Cutrone discusses Hegel and Marx’s philosophical import. Does abstract labor-time create a historical ontology? Does the working class need another chicken? Doug and Chris discuss the U.S. Presidential election and the recent debate in the Parrot Room.
Chris Cutrone on Theory Underground with Nina Power on Left and Right
Conversation between Chris Cutrone and Nina Power on the Left and Right, with Dave McKerracher of Theory Underground.Ā
Chris Cutrone with Jack Ross and Doug Lain on the 2024 election
Chris Cutrone and Jack Ross join Douglas Lain to discuss the political realignment occurring through the 2024 election. Chris Cutrone is the author of Marxism and Politics, and Jack Ross is the author of The Strange Death of American Exceptionalism.
Chris Cutrone vs. Alex Grant on the ir/relevance of Marxism today
Chris Cutrone and Alex Grant debate the ir/relevance of Marxism today, the history of proletarian socialism, the need for independent working class organization, and the role of theory, moderated by Eamon Stephen AKA Swoletariat.Ā
Chris Cutrone lectures on the Philosophy of Modernism
Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on the DNC and the capitalist parties in the 2024 election
Chris Cutrone discusses the meaning of the 2024 election and his feelings after attending the DNC. In the second half Doug and Chris continue to explore the Campaign for a New Socialist Party.
Chris Cutrone with Swoletariat on Marxism and a new socialist movement
Should we ease off the Marxism in a new socialist movement? Chris Cutrone in conversation with Eamon Stephen.
Chris Cutrone in Braver Angels debate on Progressivism
Join the Braver Angels National Debates Team on August 22nd for a Coliseum Debate, a panel chaired by parliamentary procedure, on the resolution: “Resolved: Progressivism is a Force for Good in American Democracy.”
This event will take place in person at Chicago’s Sulzer Regional Library and will also beĀ livestreamed via our Youtube Channel. To join the livestream on Thursday, August 22nd at 5pm Eastern Time, please click theĀ link!
This will be a thoughtful and eloquent conversation, featuring the expertise and insight of a unique mix of local leaders and national thinkers from the friends of the Braver Angels community, with the perspectives of civic activism, political journalism, and historical reflection on the phenomenon of progressivism in America in 2024. Themes will include the DNC’s being held in Chicago, the future of the party system and especially the Democratic Party, the styles of progressivism in their red and blue forms, and the Upper Midwest’s unique role in political movements in American history.
Braver Angels Debates, in all their forms, including the Coliseum style, are meant to bring out the highest versions of arguments for as many sides of a question, and from as many modes of understanding, as possible, and to place them in productive conflict with each other. At best they become microcosms of the national discourse, in all its complexity and contradiction, but leavened and enlightened by goodwill, curiosity, and courage.
Luke Nathan Phillips of Braver Angels will serve as chair. The speakers include:
Osita Nwanevu, Contributing Editor at The New Republic
James Cappleman, Former Member of the Chicago City Council
Jessica Motsinger, former grassroots organizer for Indivisible Illinois
Lauren Harper Pope, Co-Founder, The Welcome PAC
Benjamin Studebaker, author of “The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy”
Chris Cutrone, former organizer for the Platypus Affiliated Society
Frank DiStefano, author of “The Next Realignment”
Jessie Mannisto, former organizer for the Democratic Socialists of America
Audience members will be encouraged to ask questions, along with the speakers.
This debate will be held in-person at the Chicago Public Library’s Sulzer Regional Library’s Large Community Room, from 4-6pm on August 22nd. It will also be livestreamed via the Braver Angels YouTube channel. Guests are encouraged to register ahead of time, and the Braver Angels Illinois and Chicago leaders will host a nominee speech watch party after the debate ends.