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Professor Sean Sayers has written extensively on Hegelian and Marxist philosophy from a Hegelian Marxist perspective. His books include Marx and Alienation: Essays on Hegelian Themes (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), Marxism and Human Nature (Routledge, 1998), and Hegel, Marx and Dialectic: A Debate (with Richard Norman, Harvester, 1980). In this live stream, Douglas Lain and Sean Sayers will discuss Sayer's critique of GA Cohen and the importance of Hegel in Marx's theoretical work. Marxism and the Dialectical Method A Critique of G.A. Cohen by Sean Sayers https://www.radicalphilosophy.com/article/marxism-and-the-dialectical-method

Chris Smalls is a former Amazon warehouse worker who, after organizing a walkout to protest unsafe working conditions, was targeted by the management and terminated for "violating social distancing rules." In this episode Chris Smalls and Douglas Lain discuss what happened and the struggle of "essential workers" generally.

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William Briggs is a political economist whose special areas of interest lies in Marxist political theory. He has been, variously, a teacher, journalist, and political activist. He lived and worked in Moscow during the last years of the Soviet Union. Decades later he completed a PhD that defended classical Marxist theory. In this live stream Briggs will discuss his upcoming book "Removing The Stalin Stain" which is coming out in October from Zero Books.

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Derick Varn and Douglas Lain continue their discussion on the history of socialism. This week they consider Lasalle's influence on 19th century struggles and Marx's critique of LaSalle and the Gotha Program.

Marion Trejo and Matthew McManus jump on the live stream to discuss their new book "Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Peterson" due out on the 24th of April from Zero Books.

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In the full episode, Doug and Derick continue their discussion of tailism, with some detours into their podcasting history and Billy Wilder’s 1961 film One, Two, Three…

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The Sam Kriss essay referred to in the episode can be found here: https://samkriss.com/2020/01/05/teenage-bloodbath-the-2010s-in-review/

Michael Brooks is the host of TMBS and the author of the upcoming book "Against The Web: A Cosmpolitan Answer to the New Right." In this podcast Brooks discusses his book and the true character of these conservative online Mavericks.

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In this episode of Pop The Left, Derick and Doug discuss one of the thorniest terms in the Marxist lexicon: tailism. Join them as they attempt to cut through the weeds surrounding this most versatile and nebulous of terms.

Dr. Youssef El-Gingihy is a general practitioner at Bromley by Bow Health Centre, east London. He is author of How to Dismantle the NHS in 10 Easy Steps, published by Zero books. In this episode of the podcast, he discusses the preconditions that set up the current crisis and what people can do to help now.

This week's Zero Squared Podcast was recorded on primary day, March 10th with Chris Cutrone from the Platypus Affiliated Society. We discussed his new essay "Why Not Trump Again?", the Sanders campaign, the Coronavirus, and what is left of the left.