Diet Soap - a podcast

Douglas Lain and Freddie deBoer discuss his new book "How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement."  They explore why left movements fail. In the digital age, social movements flare up but then lose steam through a lack of tangible goals, the inherent moderating effects of our established institutions and political parties, and the lack of any real grassroots movement in contemporary America.

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How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement by Fredrik deBoer
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-Elites-Ate-the-Social-Justice-Movement/Fredrik-deBoer/9781668016015

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Chris Cutrone's "Cutronezone" featuring a conversation about his 2018 essay "The future of socialism: What kind of illness is capitalism?" 

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Benjamin Studebaker's book "The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy: The Way Is Shut" argues that American democracy is in crisis. The economic system is slowly subjecting Americans of nearly all income levels and backgrounds to enormous amounts of stress. The United States lacks the state capacity required to alleviate this stress, and politicians increasingly find that if they promise to solve economic problems, they are likely to disappoint voters. Instead, they encourage voters to blame each other. 

The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy by Benjamin Studebaker
https://www.amazon.com/Chronic-Crisis-American-Democracy-Shut/dp/3031282094
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Robert Kurz was a German Marxist philosopher, social critic, journalist and editor of the journal Exit! He was one of Germany's most prominent theorists of value criticism. Nick Gruber joins Douglas Lain to discuss Kurz's legacy.

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Chris Cutrone, author of "The Death of the Millennial Left," former president of the Platypus Affiliated Society, professor of critical theory and art, continues to reign in the CUTRONEZONE. Enjoy!

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Doug and Derick discuss Lukacs in the latest episode of Pop the Left. Can we escape reificiation? Will the left recover from the latest attempt at social democracy? Where do we go from here? 

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Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain evaluate the allegation that RFK Jr. is anti-semitic and attempt to determine why even smart people can find racist conspiracy theories to be attractive and compelling. 

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CyberDandy is a youtuber and anarchist and in this video he discusses Marcuse's Heideggerian origins, the concept of Repressive Tolerance, and how to create a radical or revolutionary subjectivity.  

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Ben Burgis discusses his essay for Jacobin "Cornel West Should Challenge Biden in the Democratic Primaries" with Douglas Lain in this episode of Diet Soap.

Radhika Desai is Professor in the Department of Political Studies and Director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group at the University of Manitoba, Canada, and Convenor of the International Manifesto Group.
Capitalism, Coronavirus and War investigates the decay of neoliberal financialised capitalism as revealed in the crisis the novel coronavirus triggered but did not cause, a crisis that has been deepened by the conflict over Ukraine and its repercussions across the globe.

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