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Ep. 28: On Cuties, Polanski & the "Pope of Marxism"


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In this episode of SPS, Sophia and Pamela discuss the moral panic surrounding Netflix's new film, Cuties (2020), and take up the responses by Spiked Online and Jacobin magazine. Platypus members Marco Torres and David Faes join us to reflect on Polanski's critically-acclaimed J'Accuse (2019)and how it speaks to the present. In the final segment, Sophia interviews Jack Conrad from the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). They consider how the 'Left' uses and abuses Karl Kautsky's legacy in order to avoid Kautsky's Marxism and discuss what the CPGB is up to.
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Mentioned:
(0) Theodor W. Adorno, "Sexual Taboos and the Law Today" (1963)
https://platypus1917.org/wp-content/uploads/readings/adorno_sexualtaboostoday.pdf
(1) Brendan O'Neill, Cuties Review
https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/09/15/in-defence-of-cuties/
(2) Eileen Jones, Cuties Review
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/09/cuties-scandal-netflix-controversy-french-movie
(3) The Spartacist League on Polanski, “Stop the Puritan Witchhunt Against Roman Polanski!” printed in the Workers Vanguard, No. 192, 10 February 1978
https://www.icl-fi.org/english/wv/944/polanski.html
(4) Platypus' 'Kautsky in the 21st Century' Panel (2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL2TWNd1ntc
(5) Communist Party of Great Britain's website
https://communistparty.co.uk
(6) The CPGB's Weekly Worker website
https://weeklyworker.co.uk
(7) The CPGB's Communist University 2020
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOkaFWQNpCTrQfT65UszE4A
Hosted by Pamela C., Sophia F., with editing assistance by Michael Woodson, Audrey Crescenti and music from Tamas Vilaghy.
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