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Owen Hatherley: Walking the Streets/Walking the Projects: Adventures in Social Democracy in NYC & DC
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Spirit Behind the Lens Episode 3: Photography and the Black Atlantic with Jermaine Francis
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Connect: https://otchere.shop/ In this episode, Eddie speaks to photographer Jermaine Francis about his style of "Post-Documentary" photography, representation, capturing the landscape of Black life across the diaspora, and their collective experiences of practicing the craft throughout their long and vibrant careers. Links for Jermaine: https://ww…
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Spirit Behind the Lens Episode 2: Narcissus and the History of the Selfie
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Connect: https://otchere.shop/ Eddie is joined by fellow Repeater author Mattie Colquhoun, writer of Narcissus in Bloom, to discuss photography as a site of self imagination and self transformation through the icon and the image. Mattie's links blog: xenogothic.com book: https://repeaterbooks.com/product/narcissus-in-bloom/ Support Zer0 Books and R…
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Spirit Behind the Lens Episode 1: Photography and Vertical Warfare w/ Giles Price
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Connect: https://otchere.shop/ In the first episode of Spirit Behind the Lens: The Conversations, Eddie Otchere is joined by Giles Price to discuss his beginnings in photography whilst serving in the Armed Forces, his post-service career in fashion and the arts, and his work in drone photography, covering the impact of the civil war in Syria and be…
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A Crisis of Elite Reproduction: The Decline of Tory Britain with Phil Burton-Cartledge
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Adam from Acid Horizon joins Phil Burton-Cartledge to discus 'The Party's Over: The Rise and Fall of the Conservatives from Thatcher to Sunak' out on Verso Books. Buy the book: https://www.versobooks.com/products/2630-falling-down?_pos=1&_psq=party&_ss=e&_v=1.0 The Fall of the Tory Party - from Thatcher to Sunak Today, it is not a question of if, b…
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Now That's What I Call Marxism! Mixing Pop and Politics: A Marxist History of Music w/ Toby Manning
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The Searchers: Five Rebels, Their Dream of a Different Britain, and Their Many Enemies
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A Thousand Little Machines: Berardi and A/traverso with Kenny Novis, Jamila Squire and Seth Wheeler
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The book: https://agitpress.net/books/p/a-thousand-little-machines Digitised copies of A/traverso: https://archive.leftove.rs/documents/grid/title/A/traverso In 1977 youth revolts spectacular in their intensity, creativity and violence would send shockwaves throughout Italian society. These rebellions, belonging to the autonomia movement, were char…
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Technic and Magic: Politics, Neoplatonism, and the Limits of Language with Federico Campagna
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Federico's 'The Last Night' on Zer0 Books: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/last-night Technic and Magic: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/technic-and-magic-9781350044036/ We take for granted that only certain kind of things exist – electrons but not angels, passports but not nymphs. This is what we understand as 'reality'. But …
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QUIT EVERYTHING with Franco "Bifo" Berardi, Acid Horizon, and Kenny Novis
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Pre-Order Here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761928/quit-everything-by-franco-berardi/ In Quit Everything, Franco Berardi argues that this "depression" is actually conscious or unconscious withdrawal of psychological energy and a dis-investment of desire that he defines instead as "desertion". A desertion from political participation, f…
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Ernst Bloch's Utopian Marxism: A New Hope with Jon Greenaway
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Buy the Book: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/primer-utopian-philosophy-ernst-bloch The utopian project lies in ruins, but perhaps in our present moment, there are elements from the history of thought that can provide fresh resources for utopianism. In this groundbreaking introduction, Jon Greenaway explores the work of Germ…
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Welcome to the Collapse: Evan Calder Williams 'Combined and Uneven Apocalypse' (Zer0 Books Archive)
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WORK WILL NOT SAVE YOU: Federico Campagna's 'The Last Night: Anti-Work, Atheism, Adventure'
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Buy the book: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/last-night Our secular society seems to have finally found its new God: Work. As technological progress makes human labour superfluous, and over-production destroys both the economy and the planet, Work remains stronger than ever as a mantra of universal submission. This book dev…
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The Anti-Capitalism of the Underworld: James Hillman, Mark Fisher, and Fulcanelli with Andy Sharp
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Lacan, Genre, and the Enjoyment of Music with David Burke and Acid Horizon
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Absent Signifier (David's free metal band): https://www.instagram.com/absentsignifierband?igsh=ZzhvbWpvczg5aWkw Can Lacanian theory explain our enjoyment of musical genres? Adam and Craig of Acid Horizon sit down with musicologist David Burke to discuss what makes metal phallic, why dance music is akin to the Other's jouissance, and more. Support Z…
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Against the Vortex: Zardoz and Degrowth Utopias in the Seventies and Today with Anthony Galluzzo
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We're All Running from The Terminator: The Radical Left Versus Capitalism
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Adam of Acid Horizon dives into the work of Carl Neville to explore the Terminator series as a parable of radicalization, how struggles in the present show the future of our current predicament, and how to fight back. Books by Carl Neville: Eminent Domain (Repeater): https://repeaterbooks.com/product/eminent-domain/ Classless: Recent Essays on Brit…
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Who Was Errico Malatesta? with Davide Turcato
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Many leftists today know the name of the Italian anarchist Errico Malatesta, but few know much about him. In this conversation, one of the foremost scholars on his life and ideas, Davide Turcato, discusses Malatesta’s activities during his long London exile from 1900-1913, his revolutionary theory of the armed strike, and his complicated relation t…
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Wales, Colonialism, and the Landscape of History: "Of Talons and Teeth" w/Niall Griffiths
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Buy the book: https://repeaterbooks.com/product/of-talons-and-teeth-a-novel/ February 2024 event with Niall: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/niall-griffiths-of-talons-and-teeth-tickets-804928511847?aff=ebdsoporgprofile An historical novel set Wales before the Industrial Revolution, as human love tries to flower amidst squalor and serfdom. Wales, a m…
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'How to Read Like a Parasite: Why the Left Got High on Nietzsche' with Daniel Tutt
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Who Was Wilhelm Reich? The Theory and Practice of Reichian Therapy with Dan Lowe and Acid Horizon
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Acid Horizon is joined by Dan Lowe, a London-based therapist and counselor trained in Reichian therapy to discuss the work of Wilhelm Reich. In focus is Reich's concept of emotional armoring, the scientific basis of Reich's work, and legacy of 'functional orgonomics'. Various references in the episode are linked below: Dan's info: https://www.couns…
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Interventions - "Identity Politics: The Uses and Abuses of a Term"
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'Interventions' is a new series on Zer0 Books and Repeater Media which explores important philosophical concepts and political terms in short form. Bill Cashmore kicks off the series with a discussion of identity, identity politics, and the history surrounding relevant debates. Support Zer0 Books and Repeater Media on Patreon: https://www.patreon.c…
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Is Social Media Capitalism's Postmodern Pleasure Trap? 'Filling the Void' w/ Marcus Gilroy-Ware
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Anti-Oculus x We Hear Only Ourselves Live at Tenderbooks in London, UK 11.21.23
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Beyond the Politics of the Rural and Urban Divide: Vron Ware's 'Return of a Native'
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Do We Need A "Revolution from Below"?: Anton Pannekoek and Council Communism
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(music free version here: https://youtu.be/OqNbsO4xdxc) Is "revolution from below" an antidote to the missteps of real-existing socialisms from the past? Can council communism help us orchestrate an escape from capitalism? Do the workers need leaders or intellectuals to foster class consciousness? This video provides a thumbnail sketch of the work …
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What is 'Collapse Feminism"? with Alice Cappelle
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Buy the book: https://repeaterbooks.com/product/collapse-feminism/ Alice's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AliceCappelle We’re doomed. We hear this phrase more and more frequently. Collapse has become the framework through which we write, debate, theorise, and therefore make society. In such times of crisis, women are more likely to see their rig…
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Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It with Joshua Dávila
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A How To Guide to Cosmopolitan Socialism with Matt McManus
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Buy the book: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/how-to-guide-cosmopolitan-socialism Socialism has always had internationalist ambitions, but what those ambitions should be and how to rethink them in the 21st century remain open questions. Before his tragic passing in 2020, Michael Brooks talked about a new kind of cosmopolitan…
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No Platform for Fascists: Tactics and History of British Antifascism w/ Evan Smith
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Do We Need More or Less Law? David Renton's 'Against the Law'
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Slashers, Serial Killers, and Deconstructing the 'Final Girl': The Graveyard Shift with Maria Lewis
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At Zer0 Books, we're inaugurating the spooky season with a slasher special courtesy of screenwriter and curator Maria Lewis and her latest novel 'The Graveyard Shift'. We get into the history of the slasher genre, deconstructing the horror of the knife-wielding killer from Jack the Ripper to Jason Voorhees. We interrogate the central trope of the '…
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Utopia, Resistance, and the Black Panthers: We Hear Only Ourselves w/ Bill Cashmore
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Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/We-Hear-Only-Ourselves-Resistance-ebook/dp/B0CFGB916M We Hear Only Ourselves is a study of utopia and its contradictions. If a future beyond capitalism cannot be imagined, what is the place of utopia today? The answer, Cashmore argues, lies beyond either idle speculation or merely hopeful optimism. We Hear Only …
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Are We Narcissistic Enough? 'Narcissus in Bloom' and The History of the Selfie with Matt Colquhoun
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Marx and Spinoza on the Ideology of Work Under Capitalism: Jason Read's 'The Double Shift'
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Coming to Verso Books February 2024: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741197/the-double-shift-by-jason-read/ ABOUT THE DOUBLE SHIFT “Why do people fight for their exploitation as if it was liberation?” How Marx and Spinoza can explain our attachment to work, and what we can do about it In a world of declining wages, working conditions, and …
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Can Workers Take Back The World They Made Under Capitalism?: Dig Where You Stand
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Buy the book: https://repeaterbooks.com/product/dig-where-you-stand/ On the 45th anniversary of its initial publication in Swedish, Sven Lindqvist’s polemic on history, politics and power is finally available in English for the first time. This volume brings Dig Where You Stand, Sven Lindqvist’s classic text on history, power and politics, to Engli…
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Critical Theory Goes Supernatural! Blue Light of the Screen: Horror, Ghosts, and God w/Claire Cronin
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Buy the Book: https://repeaterbooks.com/product/blue-light-of-the-screen-on-horror-ghosts-and-god/ Blue Light of the Screen is about what it means to be afraid — about immersion, superstition, delusion, and the things that keep us up at night. A creative-critical memoir of the author’s obsession with the horror genre, Blue Light of the Screen embed…
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Disconsolate Dreamers: The Politics of Pessimism and Utopia
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Georges Bataille, Sustainability, and Climate Change with Stuart Kendall and Acid Horizon (Part 1)
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Acid Horizon Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcast Anti-Oculus: https://www.amazon.com/Anti-Oculus-Acid-Horizon/dp/1915672090 Zer0/Repeater Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zer0repeater The Acid Horizon crew are once again joined by Bataille scholar and translator Stuart Kendall to discuss his writings on General Economy, Waste, and S…
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Georges Bataille, Sustainability, and Climate Change with Stuart Kendall and Acid Horizon (Part 2)
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Acid Horizon Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcast Anti-Oculus: https://www.amazon.com/Anti-Oculus-Acid-Horizon/dp/1915672090 Zer0/Repeater Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zer0repeater The Acid Horizon crew are once again joined by Bataille scholar and translator Stuart Kendall to discuss his writings on General Economy, Waste, and S…
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Cautious, A Boat Adrift: Working Class Writing in the 21st Century with Tommy Sissons
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Buy the book: https://repeaterbooks.com/product/cautious-a-boat-adrift/ As a failing journalist cares for his alcoholic grandfather, remnants of the elderly man’s long-buried stories resurface and drive him to an obsessional search for truth. “The land of men is an untouched one. It is the companionship of quiet. It is so many darkened boats, headi…
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Lazy Politics: Lafargue, Nietzsche, and Bataille Against the Grind
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Militate against the grind. Support Zer0 Books and Repeater Media 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: http…
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Class, Race, and Gender in 'Different Class: The Untold Story of English Cricket'
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Profane Illuminations: Theology for Militants
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Profane Illuminations presents “Theology for Militants”. Support Zer0 Books and Repeater Media 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 Book…
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What is Coöperism? with Bernard Harcourt and Acid Horizon
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Bernard Harcourt sits down with Acid Horizon to discuss "coöperism", a theory of cooperation that encompasses various registers of social and socioeconomic interaction. From the publisher: "Liberal democracy is in crisis around the world, unable to address pressing problems such as climate change. There is, however, another path—cooperation democra…
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Lo-Fi Music and Escaping Capitalism: Foucault and Marx Meet Boards of Canada and Daniel Johnston
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Craig from Acid Horizon sit down with Enrico Monacelli to discuss his new book, 'The Great Psychic Outdoors: Lo-Fi Music and Escaping Capitalism'. From the book: https://repeaterbooks.com/product/the-great-psychic-outdoors/ Homemade records, tape-hiss worship and a taste for a very peculiar kind of psychedelia have carved themselves a weird niche i…
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What is "Red Enlightenment"? On Socialism, Science, and Spirituality
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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…
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Capitalism Versus the Working Class of North London: 'I Could Be So Good For You' with John Medhurst
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I Could Be So Good For You tackles head-on the pernicious and implicitly racist fiction that London, most especially north London, has no “real” working class in comparison to a more “authentic” working class in a place called “the North”. In doing so it offers a history and a portrait of north London’s working class from the 1950s to the 21st cent…
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Cybernetics and the Left: Communist Synergy or Capitalist Machines?
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Adam is joined by Dr James Fox to discuss the legacy of cybernetics and organizational theory, its Leftist critics, and the potential for a cybernetics of the commune, one which politicizes the dynamic systems of democracy at play in worker organizing. We discussed public attitudes to cyber-theory, the history of the field from Wiener to Bogdanov a…
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Sci-Fi and the Politics of the Future: An Interview with Steven Shaviro featuring Acid Horizon
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Adam and Will are joined by Professor Steven Shaviro to discuss his work on the philosophy of science fiction, developing on themes from recent texts such as Extreme Fabulations and 2016's Discognition out on Repeater Books. We asked Steven about the various techniques that writers such as Frank Herbert, Adrian Tchaikovsky, and China Mieville to un…
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