https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-sdcxc-11da437 On the Freedom Convoy, the indigenous question, and 'anti-socialist socialism'(?) Sociologist and commentator Ashley Frawley is back on the pod to talk about the situation in Canada. With family members involved in the protests, we asked her what she…
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Excerpt: /248/ Aufhebonus Bonus
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-229tn-11d06e8 In which we respond to listener questions & criticisms. A bumper episode, featuring plenty on Canadian truckers, Swedish populists, ideas of justice, hyperpolitics and much more. The full episode is for subscribers only. Sign up at patreon.com/bungacast
/246/ Why Isn’t There Revolution? ft. Vivek Chibber
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jvx2i-11c5896 On class & material self-interest. We talk to Vivek Chibber about his new book, The Class Matrix: Social Theory After the Cultural Turn, which seeks to answer why capitalism has proven remarkably stable. Vivek explains why classical Marxism does…
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Excerpt: /245/ Reading Club: Emergency Politics II – Agamben
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mrumt-11c5623 On Giorgio Agamben's State of Exception (2005). How did a darling of the left during the War on Terror become a resource for the right during Covid? Is Agamben right to blur the boundary between fascism and liberal democracy?…
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/244/ Bunga NYC: Live Debate ft. Adam Tooze
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-38u9i-11bcfb8 On The End of the End of History On 22 February 2022, at The People's Forum in Manhattan, Alex Hochuli and Adam Tooze were in conversation on the themes of the Bunga book and what comes next. The event was…
/236/ Green Nazi Paedos ft. Lily Lynch (UNLOCKED)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-zsj88-11bceae On the German Greens' shady history. Journalist Lily Lynch, editor of Balkanist, joins us to talk about her recent investigations into the Green Party, who are now back in power in Germany. The 68ers attempted to combat authoritarianism…
/242/ Bureaucracy Rules OK ft. Michael Lind
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-yrmqi-11b2dba On class wars, new and old. Michael Lind, Professor of Practice at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, joins us to talk about what it might take to restore working class power in Western states. He explains…
Excerpt: /241/ Three Articles: Peace & Social War in North America
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jes4m-11a95d4 On dovish conservatives, Trumpist coup-mongers and Canadian truckers. - - - Live debate/book launch in NYC, Feb 22nd: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/live-debate-book-launch-the-end-of-the-end-of-history-tickets-261000468427 - - - We examine what arguments 'pro-worker conservatives' are making in an aim to rid the GOP of warmongers…
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/240/ Populist Interventions: Örebro Party ft. Malcolm Kyeyune
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-e4bny-119e8fc The first in an occasional series on new initiatives. We speak to Malcolm Kyeyune of Sweden's Örebro Party about its origins, analysis and goals. Is a new working class politics to be found in direct opposition to the PMC…
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/239/ Against Justice ft. Ross Wolfe
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-fzq3t-1194308 On the critique of egalitarian ideology. We talk to writer Ross Wolfe about his essay "Marxism Contra Justice". Given that struggles for justice have been central to all sorts of radical movements, why is it important to cleave Marxist…
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