Ben Burgis is a philosophy professor, a logic nerd, a columnist for Jacobin, and the author of Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left. This conversation on the podcast came out of a twitter battle Burgis and I engaged in on the topic of the State Capitalist theory and the question of whether the Soviet Union was State Capitalist. This is the second half of a two-part conversation. This week’s podcast is available for everyone. Our patrons get access to two podcasts every week: Symptomatic Redness and Zero Squared, but if you’re listening on our free feed you’ll always be able to access one or the other podcasts each week. Patrons also receive access to our new video series called The History of Communism and get access to the Capital Reading group. Book Club members receive electronic copies of new Zero Book titles every month and are invited to an online discussion group. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g52htIs_msA

Zer0 Books is proud to present the release of 'Ugly Beauty: Jazz in the 21st Century', a book by Phil Freeman. What does jazz “mean” 20 years into the 21st century? Has streaming culture rendered music literally meaningless, thanks to the removal of all context beyond the playlist? Are there any traditions left to explore? Has the destruction of the apprenticeship model (young musicians learning from their elders) changed the music irrevocably? Are any sounds off limits? How far out can you go and still call it “jazz”? Or should the term be retired? These questions, and many more, are answered in Ugly Beauty, as Phil Freeman digs through his own experiences and conversations with present-day players. Jazz has never seemed as vital as it does right now, and has a genuine role to play in 21st-century culture, particularly in the US and the UK. Stewart Smith (interviewer) is a music writer and academic with a particular interest in jazz and improvised music. A regular contributor to The Wire, Bandcamp Daily, The Quietus and Tribune, he also presents Jazz Police and Radical Scotland on Repeater Radio. He recently curated Jazz At The Third Eye, an archival project exploring the legacy of Glasgow’s pioneering multi-arts space. 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 ______________________________________________________________________ Check out the projects of some of the new contributors to Zer0 Books: Acid Horizon Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpo... iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/acidhorizon Profane Illuminations Twitter: https://twitter.com/profaneshow The Horror Vanguard Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Buddies Without Organs Website: https://buddieswithout.org/ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Xeongothic: https://xenogothic.com/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9bgUYxGm8A