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Over time I've sent a series of articles, essays and videos on leftist theory and matters that might be of interest for leftists. I fear that new "entries" might skip on these invaluable sources, so I decided to compile what is hopefully a concise list, so as to be always easily accessible. Enjoy!
https://telegra.ph/Musts-from-Pantopia-Daily-01-24
p.s: the list itself is a work in progress, it will be expanded over time
p.p.s: I updated the list with some other stuff at the end, for 'beginners'
https://telegra.ph/Musts-from-Pantopia-Daily-01-24
p.s: the list itself is a work in progress, it will be expanded over time
p.p.s: I updated the list with some other stuff at the end, for 'beginners'
Telegraph
Musts from Pantopia Daily
The following list is organized only in chronological order and is a constant work in progress. Rick Roderick, The Self Under Siege A series of lectures on the most important Philosophers from the 19th and 20th Century, from Marx to Heidegger, from Nietzsche…
you can listen this article ^^
"The Democratic Party of the 1950s and 1960s was probably much more corrupt and inept than the Democratic Party of today—but back then it lived in the neighborhood, as it no longer does today. Now the Democratic Party relies on think tanks in elite universities to find out what people back in those neighborhoods are thinking."
https://newrepublic.com/article/156000/educated-fools-democrats-misunderstand-politics-social-class
"The Democratic Party of the 1950s and 1960s was probably much more corrupt and inept than the Democratic Party of today—but back then it lived in the neighborhood, as it no longer does today. Now the Democratic Party relies on think tanks in elite universities to find out what people back in those neighborhoods are thinking."
https://newrepublic.com/article/156000/educated-fools-democrats-misunderstand-politics-social-class
The New Republic
Educated Fools
Why Democratic leaders still misunderstand the politics of social class
"The idea of prefigurativism is to understand and practise the behaviours and relationships we want to see as mainstream in the future; to experiment with, learn and retrain ourselves into new and better behaviours and organisational structures"
"For prefigurative politics this means that many important aspects of power and decision-making fall outside of the formal policies and structures of a party or a community group. For example, what happens during tea break, in small talk, or to the dirty dishes at the end of a meeting is as much a part of politics as the written agenda or the rules on how decisions are made."
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/transformation/could-pre-figurative-politics-provide-way-forward-left/
"For prefigurative politics this means that many important aspects of power and decision-making fall outside of the formal policies and structures of a party or a community group. For example, what happens during tea break, in small talk, or to the dirty dishes at the end of a meeting is as much a part of politics as the written agenda or the rules on how decisions are made."
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/transformation/could-pre-figurative-politics-provide-way-forward-left/
openDemocracy
Could pre-figurative politics provide a way forward for the left?
We’ll never be able to live in a better world if we don’t start practicing what such a world would be.
#books
Critical Theory and Authoritarian Populism, by Jeremiah Morelock
marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/17653_critical-theory-and-authoritarian-populism-by-jeremiah-morelock-ed-reviewed-by-j-d-evans/
The Idea of Socialism: Towards a Renewal, by Axel Honneth
https://marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/17622_the-idea-of-socialism-towards-a-renewal-by-axel-honneth-reviewed-by-amogh-sahu-dave-schafer-ross-wolfe/
Authoritarian Neoliberalism: Philosophies, Practices, Contestations, by Ian Bruff and Cemal Burak Tansel
https://marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/17675_authoritarian-neoliberalism-philosophies-practices-contestations-by-ian-bruff-and-cemal-burak-tansel-eds-reviewed-by-lars-cornelissen/
Considering Class: Theory, Culture and the Media in the 21st Century, by Mike Wayne and Deirdre O'Neill
https://marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/17681_considering-class-theory-culture-and-the-media-in-the-21st-century-by-mike-wayne-and-deirdre-oneill-eds-reviewed-by-ufuk-gurbuzdal/
Capitalism, Alone. By Branko Milanovic
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/01/branko-milanovic-capitalism-alone-review/
Critical Theory and Authoritarian Populism, by Jeremiah Morelock
marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/17653_critical-theory-and-authoritarian-populism-by-jeremiah-morelock-ed-reviewed-by-j-d-evans/
The Idea of Socialism: Towards a Renewal, by Axel Honneth
https://marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/17622_the-idea-of-socialism-towards-a-renewal-by-axel-honneth-reviewed-by-amogh-sahu-dave-schafer-ross-wolfe/
Authoritarian Neoliberalism: Philosophies, Practices, Contestations, by Ian Bruff and Cemal Burak Tansel
https://marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/17675_authoritarian-neoliberalism-philosophies-practices-contestations-by-ian-bruff-and-cemal-burak-tansel-eds-reviewed-by-lars-cornelissen/
Considering Class: Theory, Culture and the Media in the 21st Century, by Mike Wayne and Deirdre O'Neill
https://marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/17681_considering-class-theory-culture-and-the-media-in-the-21st-century-by-mike-wayne-and-deirdre-oneill-eds-reviewed-by-ufuk-gurbuzdal/
Capitalism, Alone. By Branko Milanovic
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/01/branko-milanovic-capitalism-alone-review/
marxandphilosophy.org.uk
‘Critical Theory and Authoritarian Populism’ by Jeremiah Morelock (ed) reviewed by J D Evans
This volume brings the early generation of the Institute for Social Research, or ‘Frankfurt School’, to bear on today’s authoritarian…
"In the end, Billion Dollar Brand Club is Chicken Soup for the MBA Soul, a reassuring collection of anecdotes that affirms, as the last paragraph of the book lovingly whispers, that there’s still “plenty of room for start-ups.” If the book testifies to anything, it’s that the best and brightest of our country’s business class have invested all of their available brain power into making once durable consumer goods disposable and continuing the atomization and dispossession of worker power by extending lean manufacturing to new realms."
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/convening-citizens-panel-penzance-10-things-i-learned/
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/convening-citizens-panel-penzance-10-things-i-learned/
openDemocracy
Convening a citizens panel in Penzance: 10 things I learned
“How can we as a community come together to address high housing costs, low paid insecure work, eviction and homelessness?”
"a global survey released just before Davos found that over half of respondents believe capitalism in its current form does “more harm than good.” That belief was expressed by a majority across age group, gender, and income level divides."
https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2020/01/22/stakeholder-capitalism-in-davos/
https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2020/01/22/stakeholder-capitalism-in-davos/
Michael Roberts Blog
Stakeholder capitalism in Davos
Stakeholder capitalism – that’s the way to ‘shape’ capitalism into something inclusive of all. That was the message of Klaus Schwab, the co-founder of the World Economics Forum (WEF), now in its 5…
"With such a Left absent, the Greens’ own ambitions are deeply limited. The fact that the need to make a Kurz-led government “more bearable” has become the main argument for their participation in government shows how little of an actual political vision they have."
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/01/austria-greens-peoples-party-sebastion-kurz-coalition/
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/01/austria-greens-peoples-party-sebastion-kurz-coalition/
Jacobin
How Austria’s Greens Became the Right’s Best Ally
Austria’s right-wing chancellor Sebastian Kurz promises his coalition with the Greens will “protect both the climate and the borders.” But while the Greens have accepted a right-wing agenda on immigration, the partners’ shared neoliberal assumptions will…
"Coca Cola killed trade unionists in Latin America. General Motors built vehicles known to catch fire in collisions. Tobacco companies hid the cancer-causing properties of their products for decades. The catalog of the ethical and moral crimes of corporations is impressive."
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/01/corporations-profit-values-murder-culture-boeing/
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/01/corporations-profit-values-murder-culture-boeing/
Jacobinmag
Corporations Would Literally Kill You to Turn a Profit
Coca-Cola killed trade unionists in Latin America. General Motors built vehicles known to catch fire. Tobacco companies suppressed cancer research. And Boeing knew that its planes were dangerous. Corporations don't care if they kill people — as long as it's…
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/01/ronald-reagan-october-surprise-carter-iran-hostage-crisis-conspiracy/
Jacobinmag
Ronald Reagan’s “October Surprise” Plot Was Real After All
A batch of quietly released documents confirms what many have long suspected: Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign worked behind the scenes to delay the release of US hostages in Iran, for the benefit of Reagan’s election campaign. It raises the question:…