At his book launch in London, Chris Nineham talks about the challenges Corbyn would face from the establishment should he win government in the upcoming general election. He argues that the Corbyn will have to rely on extra-parliamentary movements from the masses if he's to implement any part of his 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.
During Douglas Lain's interview with Chris Nineham in London, Chris talks about the need for extra-parliamentary movements from the masses to support Corbyn if he wins after discussing Corbyn's prospects in the general election.
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The second episode of our second attempt to read Capital, Volume 1. If you're interested then read Capital, Volume One, Chapter 1, sections 1-4 and then join us.
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In this week's Theorizing with a Hammer, Derick Varn lays out the ways in which Marxists have used the term "ideology." He focuses on the theory as stated in The German Ideology. He discusses some of the different ways Marx uses the term. In upcoming episodes, he will discuss the various ways other Marxists have attempted to further develop Marx's theory.
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Steven Shaviro’s Post-Cinematic Affect is about what it feels like to live in the affluent West in the early 21st century, specifically, it explores the structure of feeling that is emerging today in tandem with new digital technologies. In this video, we consider Shaviro’s book as it relates to Spinoza’s philosophy of Affect and in relation to the films of Stan Brakhage.
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Book and Works Cited
Post-Cinematic Affect by Steven Shaviro
https://www.amazon.com/Post-Cinematic-Affect-Steven-Shaviro/dp/1846944317
Featuring clips from the Films of Stan Brakhage
Moth Light
https://youtu.be/Yt3nDgnC7M8
The Dante Quartet
https://youtu.be/7VI2U3K-gBk
I Dreaming
https://youtu.be/lkJK01toHww
Music Used
Satie’s Gnossienne
Mid Air Machine Breathing Out
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ask%20Again/Arena_Electronic_Music/Breathing_Out_1636
Iyanetha by John Bartmann
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/John_Bartmann/Public_Domain_Soundtrack_Music_Album_One/iyanetha
Macintosh Plus 420 on Guitar by The Guests
https://theguests000.bandcamp.com/
Along with Music from Jukedeck
https://www.jukedeck.com/
Negativland Track 2
https://youtu.be/DV08nrktjlI
And Clips from Cameron Rogers
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Why we need a materialist spirituality for the secular left, and how to build one.
The left commonly rejects religion and spirituality as counter-revolutionary forces, citing Marx’s famous dictum that “religion is the opium of the people.” Yet forms of spirituality have motivated struggles throughout history, ranging from medieval peasant uprisings and colonial slave revolts, to South American liberation theology and the US civil rights movement. And in a world where religion is growing, and political movements are ridden with conflict, burnout, and failure, what can the left learn from religion?
Red Enlightenment argues not only for a deepened understanding of religious matters, but calls for the secular left to develop its own spiritual perspectives. It proposes a materialist spirituality built from socialist and scientific sources, finding points of contact with the global history of philosophy and religion.
From cybernetics to liberation theology, from ancient Indian and Chinese philosophy to Marxist dialectical materialism, from traditional religious practices to contemporary art, music, and film, Red Enlightenment sets out a plausible secular spirituality, a new socialist praxis, and a utopian vision.
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Acid Horizon
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The Horror Vanguard
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/horror-vanguard/id1445594437
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Buddies Without Organs
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Xenogothic: https://xenogothic.com/
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In this episode of Pop the Left Douglas Lain and Derick Varn discuss Chris Cutrone's teach-in on Lukacs entitled "CPGB contra Lukacs." Cutrone's lecture was uploaded to the Platypus Affiliated Society's youtube page on Jan 14, 2014 and was a response to Mike McNair's Essay "Lukács: The philosophy trap" which was published in the Weekly Worker in November of 2013.
The Teach-In from 2014
CPGB contra Lukacs teach-in by Chris Cutrone of Platypus
https://youtu.be/FyAx32lzC0U
Why still read Lukács? The place of “philosophical” questions in Marxism
https://platypus1917.org/2014/02/01/why-still-read-lukacs-the-place-of-philosophical-questions-in-marxism
Relevant Essays:
Mike Macnair, "The philosophy trap" 11/21/13
https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/987/lukacs-the-philosophy-trap/
Chris Cutrone, "Defending Marxist Hegelianism against a Marxist critique" 8/11/11
https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/878/defending-marxist-hegelianism-against-a-marxist-cr/
Georg Lukacs, Original Preface (1922) to History and Class Consciousness (1923)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lukacs/works/history/preface-1922.htm
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According to the New York Times, Bill Murray has become a secular saint. Douglas Lain flirts with the idea of joining the Cult of Murray in this video while working to rehabilitate Hegel’s notion of Spirit or Geist. Can we overcome ourselves by embracing the contradiction of modern life?
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Book featured:
Dispirited by David Webster
http://www.zero-books.net/books/dispirited
Music in this Video
Ping Island performed by Dede Alder
https://youtu.be/ZnNUcm6kAyM
Air - Alone In Kyoto (Cover by Rahul Nair)
https://youtu.be/dBxoFL1U4PI
Macintosh Plus - リサフランク420 / 現代のコンピュー (8-bit Master System / Game Gear)
https://youtu.be/C5kiTxb_J4M
I Am God by Negativland
https://youtu.be/_h9X9IqZvi0
Enjoy Yourself by Saint Pepsi
https://youtu.be/qzj4gHuH2LA
Special Thanks to Bob Dobbs and the Church of the Subgenius
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We return to chapter one and discuss Marx's Hegelianism in this continuation of the Capital Reading group.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CowYpsNpaLo
This video we'll discuss Angela Nagle's Kill All Normies, Josie Appleton's Officious and the Marxist notion of the negation of the negation. We'll also cover nihilism, death, annihilation and the end of the world.
Kill All Normies
http://www.zero-books.net/books/kill-all-normies
Officious
http://www.zero-books.net/books/officious
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VObVj_Rlec