Best Dialectical Materialism Podcasts (2024)

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Patreon Preview -- Voices from the Soviet Edge 17:24

6h ago17:24

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This week we discussed an excellent study of migrant workers in the Soviet Union which focused on Uzbeks, Tajiks, Georgians, Azerbaijanis who came to Leningrad and Moscow in toward the end of Union's existence. Sahadeo, Jeff. 2019. Voices From the Soviet Edge: Southern Migrants in Leningrad and Moscow. Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.…

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Walter Rodney, Marxism, and Underdevelopment with D. Musa Springer & Charisse Burden-Stelly 1:22:42

7h ago1:22:42

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Pan-African Marxist, underdevelopment theorist, guerrilla intellectual, father, husband, radical—these are all terms that we could use to describe Walter Rodney. You may know him from his classic text, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, you may know that he was assassinated at the age of 38 for his activism, or you may not know who he was at all—eit…

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The Antifascism of Fools: Liberalism's Antifascism Without Fascism 1:12:47

21h ago1:12:47

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First off, please forgive the first few minutes of Chris' audio, we adjusted the levels during the podcast and fixed it. You won't have to bear with it all the way through. We sat down to talk about SAVING DEMOCRACY FROM TRUMPIST FASCISM, or rather, how the left has fallen into the trap of letting the Democratic Party off the hook for its crimes ag…

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Rene Girard's Violence And The Sacred 1:10:13

19m ago1:10:13

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This week Cooper and Taylor discuss the first 4 chapters of Rene Girard’s Violence and the Sacred: Sacrifice, The Sacrificial Crisis, Oedipus and the Surrogate Victim, and The Origins of Myth and Ritual.Marcel Mauss's The Gift Episode:https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/the-gift?si=75d82545bf564e358f5a22f2b59390c3&utm_source=clipboard&ut…

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[TEASER] Sex, Desire, and the Neoliberal Subject 15:48

3d ago15:48

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You can listen to the full episode "The Puritanical Eye" by subscribing to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast As a Patreon subscriber you will get access to at least one bonus episode a month (usually two or three), our entire back catalog of Patreon episodes, early access to certain episodes, and other benefits like stickers…

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Patreon Preview -- Doom 2024 (From Dawn to Decadence, Ep 1.5) 30:19

2h ago30:19

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This is an impromptu episode recorded by Jason and Varn where they discuss their dissatisfaction with the general situation of world politics. Check out Varn Vlog here: https://www.patreon.com/varnvlog/posts Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.By Chris, Kevin, Jason, & Ben

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Whither France: The New Popular Front and the French Elections 1:47:57

14d ago1:47:57

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This week we are joined by our official France correspondent, Matthew. We discuss the unique threat of the post-fascist menace and what the results and prospects are for the shaky leftist coalition. Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.By Chris, Jason, Ben, and Matthew

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93 TEASER | Charles Mills and the Racial Contract 11:06

2h ago11:06

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In this episode, we talk about the late, great Charles Mills and his landmark book The Racial Contract. Forcefully arguing that the modern discourse of egalitarianism and freedom is underwritten by a tacit commitment to global white supremacy, Mills develops an immanent criticism of liberalism that remains faithful to many of its core values. We di…

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Breaking Up with Capitalism w/ Malaika Jabali 54:46

15d ago54:46

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As socialists in the United States one of our most important tasks—at least under our current material conditions—is to raise class consciousness among the mass of people: the basic work of tuning people in to the existence of structures and systems that define and limit our lives. As much as we on the left might take these things for granted, it’s…

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Freud's Moses And Monotheism 1:29:54

28m ago1:29:54

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This week Cooper and Taylor discuss Freud's Moses and Monotheism. This builds on what Freud laid out in Totem and Taboo as well our as discussion on that text. Working through different modes of the Oedipus complex as put forth in the concept of the primal father. This relationship between law, economy and the social bond is the focus.Our episodes …

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Patreon Preview -- Boundless & Bottomless Seas: Dugin's 4th Political Theory (Part VI) 30:27

6d ago30:27

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Wake up babe, new Dugin Time just dropped. The boys are back and discussing Dugin's understanding of processes and, now that they're about halfway done with the book, begin to ask the question "What is the Fourth Political Theory?" Check out Varn Vlog here: https://www.patreon.com/varnvlog/posts Check out Antifada here: https://www.patreon.com/thea…

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[TEASER] Capitalism and the Weight Loss Industry w/ Johann Hari 18:19

5d ago18:19

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Listen to the full episode by subscribing to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast As a Patreon subscriber you will get access to at least one bonus episode a month (usually two or three), our entire back catalog of Patreon episodes, early access to certain episodes, and other benefits like stickers and bumper stickers—depending…

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Kara Kennedy - Dune: A Critical Companion 1:21:32

6d ago1:21:32

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This week Cooper and Taylor spoke with Dr. Kara Kennedy about her book, Frank Herbert's Dune: A Critical Companion. Dr. Kennedy's publications include the books Adaptations of Dune: Frank Herbert’s Story on Screen, Frank Herbert’s Dune: A Critical Companion and Women’s Agency in the Dune Universe: Tracing Women’s Liberation through Science Fiction …

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Righteous Indignation, Love, and Running for President w/ Dr. Cornel West 1:20:51

28d ago1:20:51

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Righteous indignation, truth, justice, and, maybe most important, love. These are some of the pillars that support the work that Dr. Cornel West, today’s guest, has been committed to throughout his entire life. Dr. West, as you may likely already know, is a longtime political activist, philosopher, theologian, and public intellectual. He is the Die…

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Gilbert Simondon - On The Mode Of Existence Of Technical Objects 1:19:06

12d ago1:19:06

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This week Cooper and Taylor tackle the introduction and chapter 1 of Gilbert Simondon’s On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects. Chapter 1 Genesis of the technical object: the process of concretization.PDF:https://monoskop.org/images/2/20/Simondon_Gilbert_On_the_Mode_of_Existence_of_Technical_Objects_Part_I_alt.pdfSupport us on Patreon:https:…

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92 | What is Liberalism? Part V. Robert Nozick’s Libertarian Reveries 1:02:05

12d ago1:02:05

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In this episode, we discuss Robert Nozick’s libertarian political philosophy as presented in his 1974 book Anarchy, State, and Utopia. We consider his challenges to leftist thought, especially the sort of left liberalism championed by the likes of John Rawls. We take seriously his demand for an argument for egalitarianism and his critique of patter…

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Patreon Preview -- From Dawn to Decadence (Part I): With Varn Vlog 29:14

20d ago29:14

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This week we sat down with C. Derick Varn to talk about "decadence theory," "crisis theory," and "breakdown theory." This is a special episode, mostly because it wasn't supposed to come out until August, but Varn accidentally released it early so y'all get a bonus episode. We discussed the following materials: Morley, Neville. "Decadence as a Theor…

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[TEASER] Palestine Pt. 11: Israel and the U.S. Empire w/ Max Ajl 14:32

19d ago14:32

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You can listen to the full episode "Israel and the U.S. Empire w/ Max Ajl" by subscribing to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast As a Patreon subscriber you will get access to at least one bonus episode a month (usually two or three), our entire back catalog of Patreon episodes, early access to certain episodes, and other bene…

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Civic Socialism: The New Zealand Federation of Socialist Societies 1:47:15

22d ago1:47:15

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This week we sat down with members of the New Zealand Federation of Socialist Societies to discuss their efforts to revitalize the socialist project and to build a basis for future socialist struggles. NZFSS Website https://www.socialistsocieties.org.nz/ Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.By Chris and Jason

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Amy Ireland & Maya B. Kronic - Cute Accelarationism 1:48:23

1M ago1:48:23

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This week Amy Ireland and Maya B. Kronic joined Cooper and Taylor to discuss their collaborative project, Cute Accelerationism.Amy Ireland is a theorist and experimental writer based in Melbourne, Australia. Her research focuses on questions of agency and technology in modernity, and she is a member of the techno-materialist trans-feminist collecti…

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Patreon Preview -- The Question of Nationalities and Social Democracy by Otto Bauer: Regrettable Book Club (Episode II) 7:27

1M ago7:27

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Back at it again with the national question and soldiering on through chapter 1... A link to the PDF: https://libcom.org/article/question-nationalities-and-social-democracy-otto-bauer Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.By Ben, Jason, & Patrons

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Palestine Pt. 10: Healing from Zionism w/ Meital Yaniv 1:02:39

1M ago1:02:39

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"What Israel is doing right now has nothing to do with antisemitism. What Israel is doing right now is a genocide. What Israel has been doing for the past 75 years is apartheid, is occupation. There is no need for any one of us to serve in the IDF. The IDF should not exist. The state of Israel should not exist." These are the words of a former Isra…

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[UNLOCKED] How the North Plunders the South w/ Jason Hickel 56:59

2M ago56:59

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The imperial core—which is comprised of settler-colonial states like those in Western Europe, as well as states like the United States, Canada and Australia—have been stealing the resources and labor of the Global South—or the periphery—for centuries. It started with the direct colonial violence and resource exploitation that marked much of the las…

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91 | Fanon’s Dialectic of Violence 1:01:03

1M ago1:01:03

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In this episode, we tackle the concept of violence as it appears in the revolutionary and anticolonial work of Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth. Throughout the episode we link together Fanon’s endorsement of revolutionary violence against colonial domination with his work as a psychiatrist. How could Fanon argue for the necessity of violenc…

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[TEASER] Suburban Hell and Ugly Cities 11:32

2M ago11:32

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You can listen to the full episode "Suburban Hell and Ugly Cities" by subscribing to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast As a Patreon subscriber, not only will you get access to at least one bonus episode a month, usually two or three, as well as early access to certain episodes and other benefits like stickers and bumper stic…

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It Sucks Out There: Hyper-Individualization, Tiktok, and the Terminal Decline of American Society 1:17:05

2M ago1:17:05

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We invited podcast alumnus, Jess, back to talk about how terrible everything is. We touch on Tiktok houses, literature, and the death of the future. The End of The Future https://jacobin.com/2024/03/left-politics-future-history-capitalism-progress Why Is Our Culture So Obsessed With Individual Experience https://jacobin.com/2024/03/anna-kornbluh-im…

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Adrian Johnston - Infinite Greed 1:30:26

1M ago1:30:26

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This week Coop and Taylor had the pleasure of hosting Adrian Johnston. Adrian is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque. He is the author of many books, including Time Driven: Metapsychology and the Splitting of the Drive; Irrepressible Truth: On Lacan’s “The Freudian Thing”; and A New…

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Patreon Preview -- Boundless and Bottomless Seas: Dugin's 4th Political Theory (Part V) 30:32

2M ago30:32

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Jason, Varn, and Sean KB continue the forced march through the Aleksander Dugin's Fourth Political Theory. Check out Varn Vlog here: https://www.patreon.com/varnvlog/posts Check out Antifada here: https://www.patreon.com/theantifada Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.By Jason, Varn, & Sean KB

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Dialectical Materialism w/ Josh Sykes 1:21:38

2M ago1:21:38

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Contradiction is one of the most important concepts in Marxist philosophy. When we think about Marxism, we typically think about the contributions that Marx, Engels, Lenin (and many others since) have made specifically to the study of political economy—but there are also deep philosophical underpinnings that form the foundation of Marxist political…

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Bradley Mclean - Deleuze, Guattari and the Machine in Early Christianity 1:34:55

1M ago1:34:55

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This week Cooper and Taylor spoke to Bradley McClean about his book, Deleuze, Guattari and the Machine in Early Christianity Schizoanalysis, Affect and Multiplicity.Dr. Bradley H. McLean is the Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Knox College. He is the author of seven books including Biblical Interpretation and Philosophical Herm…

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