Chris Cutrone and Douglas Lain discuss the old Marxist idea of “The Dictatorship of the Proletariat” in this episode of the Cutrone Zone. Is it a scary phrase? Can we trust everyday people to self-govern? What is socialism anyhow?
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 AcuĂąa.
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 with Doug Lain on origins of modernism in art and Marxism
Chris Cutrone walks Doug Lain through the history of bourgeois and modernist art from Eugène Delacroix to Eduard Manet and the Impressionists and its relation to Marxism.
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.
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.
Benjamin Studebaker on the end of U.S. democracy with Chris Cutrone, Geoff Schullenberger, Alex Hochuli and Alfie Bown
Benjamin Studebaker joins us to discuss his new book The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy: The Way Is Shut, with responses from Chris Cutrone, Alex Hochuli and Geoff Schullenberger.