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The War On Gaza, Hamas and Political Islam feat. Mohammed Sulaiman
Season 1 Episode 1
Our guest Mohammed Sulaiman was raised in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza strip. He has survived multiple Israeli bombings of Gaza over the las…
2 years, 9 months ago
Marx and Critical Social Ontology: Learning from the Later Lukács feat. Michael J. Thompson
Season 1 Episode 1
The purpose of Marxist theory is not only to diagnose the negative forces and effects of capitalist society; emphasis must also be placed on the need…
2 years, 10 months ago
Palestine: Understanding the War on Gaza feat. Anita Zsurzsán and Jamil Khader
We are joined by philosopher Anita Zsurzsán and Jamil Khader, the Dean of Research at Bethlehem University in Palestine for a roundtable on the war o…
2 years, 10 months ago
What is the Warm-Stream of Marxism? feat. Tijana Okić
Season 1 Episode 1
We welcome Tijana Okić back to the show for a discussion on the Marxist philosopher Ernst Bloch's idea of the warm and cold stream in Marxism. How ar…
2 years, 11 months ago
Understanding Class Politics: Bourdieu with Marx feat. Lisa Mckenzie
Season 1 Episode 1
What are the best theoretical frameworks for understanding class politics? Marx offers an understanding of class as tied to relations of productive l…
2 years, 11 months ago
Daniel Bensaïd and the Renewal of Marxism feat. Darren Roso
Season 1 Episode 1
We are joined by socialist author Darren Roso to discuss his forthcoming book Daniel Bensaid: From the Actuality of Revolution to the Melancholic Wag…
2 years, 11 months ago
In Defense of Žižek? A Discussion with Matthew Flisfeder
Season 1 Episode 1
Slavoj Žižek is a provocative intellectual, constantly taking positions on social and political issues that upset convention and lead him to face der…
3 years ago
On the Meaning of Revolution feat. C. Derick Varn (Part II)
Season 1 Episode 1
We continue our conversation on the meaning of revolution with C. Derick Varn, by turning to the theoretical basis of "post" Marxist thinkers from th…
3 years, 1 month ago
On the Meaning of Revolution feat. C. Derick Varn (Part I)
Is revolution dead? The left is divided over how to make revolution, and many Marxist and post-Marxist theorists have developed radically new concept…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Story of Agnes Smedley: From Peasant to Socialist Heroine feat. Stephen MacKinnon
Season 1 Episode 1
Agnes Smedley is an American writer and socialist heroine born in 1892 in Missouri. Her family relocated all across the American west including near …
3 years, 2 months ago