Left Reckoning

Episode 28 - Lessons from Michael Brooks & The Problem with ‘Post-Marxism’ ft. Lillian Cicerchia

Jul 22, 2021 · 1 hr 50 min · 47.3 MB
0:00-1:50:39

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Lillian Cicerchia (@LILCICERCHIA) of What's Left of Philosophy joins to discuss how a 1985 book, Laclau & Mouffe's "Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical Democratic Politics," exemplified the ideological emphasis on labor.

Also, Michael Brooks' posthumous piece on poverty:

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/07/michael-brooks-food-stamps-one-year-tribute

And talk about the Frito-Lay strike in the context of billionaires in space.

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