The Acid Horizon crew are joined by Ray Brassier to discuss the new edition of Marcuse's 5 Lectures, out on Repeater Books as 'Psychoanalysis, Politics, and Utopia', which he wrote the introduction for. We discuss Marcuse's influence on accelerationism, his historical materialist take on Freudian psychoanalysis, and the function of repression and enjoyment in a capitalist landscape where scarcity appears increasingly artificial in light of technological and cybernetic advances in production. Purchase '5 Lectures: Psychoanalysis, Politics, and Utopia' on Repeater Books: https://repeaterbooks.com/product/psychoanalysis-politics-and-utopia-five-lectures/ Support Zer0 Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books ----- Other links: Check out the projects of some of the new contributors to Zer0 Books: Acid Horizon Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/acidhorizon Merch: crit-drip.com The Philosopher’s Tarot from Repeater Books: https://repeaterbooks.com/product/the-philosophers-tarot/ The Horror Vanguard Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/horror-vanguard/id1445594437 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard Buddies Without Organs Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/buddies-without-organs/id1543289939 Website: https://buddieswithout.org/ Xenogothic: https://xenogothic.com/ Support Daniel Tutt's work by visiting the Torsion Groups Patreon account: https://patreon.com/torsiongroups ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip2rqdsA4NY

Political scientist Norman Finkelstein has been an active critique of how the Holocaust is used to protect the abuses of the state of Israel. His work and advocacy have made him perhaps one of the most canceled intellectuals in recent American history. Finklestein in fact is currently writing a book on the cancel culture phenomenon. We will ask Finkelstein about how criticism of Israel gets one canceled in America and how the nature of ruling class discourse helps facilitate that About Mr. Finkelstein (from http://normanfinkelstein.com/) Norman G Finkelstein received his Ph.D. from the Princeton University Politics Department in 1988. He is the author of ten books that have been translated into 50 foreign editions, including THE HOLOCAUST INDUSTRY: Reflections on the exploitation of Jewish suffering and, most recently, GAZA: An inquest into its martyrdom. GAZA: An inquest into its martyrdom (University of California: 2018); Method and Madness: the hidden story of Israel’s assaults on Gaza (OR Books: 2014); Old Wine, Broken Bottle: Ari Shavit’s Promised Land (OR Books: 2014); Knowing Too Much: Why the American Jewish romance with Israel is coming to an end (OR Books: 2012); What Gandhi Says, About Nonviolence, Resistance and Courage (OR BOOKS: 2012); “This Time We Went Too Far”: Truth and consequences of the Gaza invasion(OR Books, 2010; expanded paperback version, 2011); Beyond Chutzpah: On the misuse of anti-Semitism and the abuse of history (University of California Press, 2005; expanded paperback edition, 2008); The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the exploitation of Jewish suffering (Verso, 2000; expanded paperback edition, 2003); Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict (Verso, 1995; expanded paperback edition, 2003); A Nation on Trial: The Goldhagen thesis and historical truth (with Ruth Bettina Birn) (Henry Holt, 1998); The Rise and Fall of Palestine: A personal account of the intifada years (University of Minnesota, 1996). Finkelstein has also published several pamphlets, most recently, Goldstone Recants: Richard Goldstone renews Israel’s license to kill (OR Books, 2011). Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and every one of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron-only programming, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH! Become a patron now https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents? ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebvodCx-_VA

Ben Burgis is the author of Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left, and the upcoming book Cancelling Comedians. In this video he explores how the right smears leftists like Corbyn and Bernie, and how the left smears itself through cancel culture. Relevant Book Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left https://www.amazon.com/Give-Them-Argu... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Give-Them-Ar... Support Zero Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books Zero Books Manifesto: The modern world is at an impasse. Disasters scroll across our smartphone screens and we’re invited to like, follow or upvote, but critical thinking is harder and harder to find. Rather than connecting us in common struggle and debate, the internet has sped up and deepened a long-standing process of alienation and atomization. Zer0 Books wants to work against this trend. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6M9xrQJYrY

This video explains how it is that progressive attempts to contain and sometimes even remedy poverty often end up deepening, institutionalizing, human suffering. It includes an excerpt from Mark Fisher’s classic book “Capitalist Realism" and features a short interview with a first responder on Skid Row named Lavit Maas. Relevant Book Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/capitalist-realism Support Zero Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books Zero Books Manifesto: The modern world is at an impasse. Disasters scroll across our smartphone screens and we’re invited to like, follow or upvote, but critical thinking is harder and harder to find. Rather than connecting us in common struggle and debate, the internet has sped up and deepened a long-standing process of alienation and atomization. Zero Books aims to work against this trend. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9tS_D1nqPw