https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-afq69-10e99c5 This month's Reading Club is on Mike McNair's "Intersectionalism, the highest stage of western Stalinism?" from the journal Critique (pdf attached on Patreon). How convincing is his genealogy in which he traces intersectionalism back to the 1930s Popular…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-sgbhg-10c07b0 On lockdowns, education, and the left. California middle-school teacher and social critic Alex Gutentag (@galexybrane) joins us to talk about the depredations of lockdown in California and the wider world. How has lockdown affected different segments of society, and…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jwdtt-1008d7a On cash welfarism and state investment. Plus regionalism in Belgium & the UK. Anton Jäger is back on the pod to discuss the emerging 'transfer state'. We examine Biden's massive trillion-dollar spending plans and ask if this means we're…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-fyxc4-fa8479 On the Professional-Managerial Class. Catherine Liu joins us to talk about the worst class in history (the PMC), and how and why they hoard all forms of secularised value. We discuss the development of the PMC as a…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-3cdwd-f96658 On American breakdown. Editor of Damage Magazine, Benjamin Fong, joins us to talk about the lack of shared narratives in contemporary America. We discuss QAnon and conspiracy theories, Biden's authoritarian liberalism, and "pro-worker" conservatives. We also interrogate the use…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-tqdkw-f7488d On the Biden administration and Trumpist reaction. We discuss the riot at the US Capitol and why it was not a (failed) coup attempt. How serious was the event, and what next for Trumpist reaction - will it lead…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8iaqi-f19862 On the US election, a huge turnout and the end of Trump. We survey the results of the presidential and legislative elections, peer through the exit polls and discuss some counterintuitive facts: Florida goes Trump but opts for a…
Read More /159/ Biden Time ft. Amber Frost & Alex Gourevitch
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6yc29-f11cff On why anti-fascism is a problem. The Trump presidency and the current protests in the US have led many to argue this is just like the 1930s. The implication is that fascism is rising and the Left must…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-fqu3r-f02111 On the Covid election. Trump has made himself deeply unpopular while the Democrats have tried to demobilise the electorate. What, if anything, are the two parties selling? Are they coherent entities? And what is likely to happen? Plus: we…
Read More UNLOCKED /154/ A Reasonably Important Election… Preview ft. Alex Gourevitch
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-f4fv9-efd53b Full episode is for subscribers only. Sign up at patreon.com/bungacast On the Covid election. Trump has made himself deeply unpopular while the Democrats have tried to demobilise the electorate. What, if anything, are the two parties selling? Are they coherent…
Read More Excerpt: /154/ A Reasonably Important Election ft. Alex Gourevitch
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