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Black Marxism, Class Politics, and the Questions We Cannot Avoid with August Nimtz (opens the original)
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In this episode, we welcome political scientist and longtime University of Minnesota professor August H. Nimtz to discuss his book, “Black Marxism: A Marxist Critique.” Nimtz revisits Cedric J. Robinson’s 1983 influential “Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition” and explains why he believes Robinson’s account of the Black radical tradition downplays class struggle, revolutionary politics, and the significance of figures such as Malcolm X. Drawing on his own experiences in the B
"Requiem for French Theory: Transatlantic Funeral Dirge in a Marxist Key” with Gabriel Rockhill (opens the original)
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In this episode of Coming From Left Field, philosopher and cultural critic Gabriel Rockhill joins us to discuss “Requiem for French Theory: Transatlantic Funeral Dirge in a Marxist Key,” his new book co-written with Aymeric Monville. Rockhill examines how postwar French Theory—associated with thinkers such as Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, and others—was received, promoted, and institutionalized in the United States during the Cold War. He argues that the rise of postmodern an
“Can Grand Strategy Save the Left?” (Backbone Campaign / Solutionary Rail) with Bill Moyer (opens the original)
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Bill Moyer has spent over two decades turning protest into an art form — literally. As co-founder and executive director of the Backbone Campaign, he's behind the giant "We the People" banners, the overpass bannering, the light projections, and the inflatables that have shown up at marches from Seattle to Washington D.C. In this conversation, he joins us to talk about where that all started, the "grand strategy" framework that guides Backbone's tactics, and how a dare from a rail-industry labor
“Everything the West Gets Wrong About Vietnam” with Luna Oi (opens the original)
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Communist writer, educator, creator, and translator Luna Oi (Luna Nguyen) joins us from her home in Vietnam for a conversation that dismantles just about everything the West thinks it knows about her country. Luna has spent six years translating Vietnam's official university Marxism-Leninism curriculum into English — an annotated, diagram-rich series with contributions from Vijay Prashad, Gerald Horne, and Taimur Rahman. We dig into why dialectical materialism is taught to every Vietnamese colle
“Illinois Coal Country: Immigrants, Unions & the Fight for Justice” with Jackie Dana (opens the original)
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In this episode, we talk with St. Louis historian Jackie Dana, author of “The Unseen History of St. Louis,” about the hidden history of central and southern Illinois coal mining. Jackie traces how immigrant workers and their families, including her own Croatian relatives in Benld, Illinois, were drawn to the mines that helped power St. Louis industry and the American economy. We explore the rich ethnic communities that grew around the mines, the realities of company power and debt, child labor,
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