Episode 1084
Squatters in the capitalist city.
Oct 21 2019
Marx pinpointed the contradictions of the modern world, unlike any modern philosopher, unlike any philosopher, I would argue, since the 19th century. And his ideas inspired millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions of people in the 20th century to revolt against the capitalist world. I think especially in the United States, his name exudes a sense of awe, fear, disgust, all of the above, often in combination with one another.
Historian Andrew Hartman returns to This Is Hell! to discuss his new book from University of Chicago Press, Karl Marx in America. "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview.
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Here's what we read this week.
For Saturday's show:
Waste Only: How the Plastics Industry is Fighting to Keep Polluting the World - Sharon Lerner / The Intercept
Situational Breakdowns: Understanding Protest Violence and other Surprising Outcomes - Anne Nassauer / University of California Press
Law Without Future: Anti-Constitutional Politics and the American Right - Jack Jackson / University of Pennsylvania Press.
Extra Reading:
Can you hear me? - Greta Thunberg / Communists in Situ
Immigrants as a Weapon: Global Nationalism and American Power - Yasha Levine / Substack
The Reactionary Heartland Is a Myth - Matthew E. Stanley and Paul M. Renfro / Dissent
Basic income bows to the master - Ana Cecilia Dinerstein / openDemocracy
The voice from the black hole - Sam Kriss /
More Than A Wall Corporate Profiteering and the Militarization of US borders - Todd Miller / Transnational Institute
Everything Must Go - Whitney Curry Wimbish / The Baffler