I am nothing but the a priori objective necessity of communism
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the socialist position is that most of those other things you (we!) care about -- life chances, possibility of comfort or flourishing, capacity for meaningful participation in civic life -- is downstream of and irredeemably informed by the private ownership of means of production
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Happy I can finally announce that my book won one of the Canadian Philosophical Association’s book prizes!
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new episode out today! professor Luke Ferguson joins us to talk about the history of constitutional law, how the Supreme Court gutted the project of reconstruction, and why the left should treat the law as a site of struggle 👇
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new episode out today! we discuss Glen Coulthard's book Red Skin, White Masks, talking through land back as the normative basis of radical indigenous struggles and the inadequacy of recognitive politics in settler colonial states. stay vigilant, comrades ❤️
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new episode out today! we talk about Brandon Terry's case for a tragic vision of the Black Civil Rights Movement, in search of a realist political orientation that avoids romantic optimism and ironic pessimism. the struggle continues!
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new episode out today! we discuss Horkheimer's essay "Traditional and Critical Theory", asking what actually makes critical theory critical, and whether there's any genuinely critical theory going on right now. the social totality causing all kinds of problems rn fr
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This episode is really so beautiful. Especially in light of the past few weeks in Minnesota. We reflect on King’s meaning of love, political praxis and spirituality, and what it means to take seriously King as both a socialist *and* religious actor. Hope y’all enjoy it!
IQ has a storied history but every single one of these kinds of takes assumes genetic determinism which is neither supported by the evidence nor the intention of its inventors. pseudoscientific racism never dies
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uh oh someone is having the difficult realization that the democratic party's core agenda has been procapitalist imperialist nationalism for decades
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wrote about my fav children's book for the new yorker and learned that each bobble of a raspberry is officially called a "drupelet" newyorker.com/a-childrens-bo…
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Our live show is next week in Chicago! Come through and see us in person!
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New episode out now! The crew learns critical theory for the “3rd” time!
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So here’s the big news if you’re in Chicago on August 7th! Our next live show on The Communist Manifesto! Come meet us!!
(Link below for tix)
