Joining me this week to talk about Marxian and Neo-Marxian State Theory is Rafael Khachaturian, a scholar and research associate at the University of Pittsburgh. We argue for the centrality of the capitalist state in our approach to achieving Socialism for Regular-Ass People, and we break down the concept of the state from Marx to Gramsci.

What is the State? Why does it matter? What did Marx, Lenin, and others have to say about it? Tune in to find out.

Check out Rafael’s article that I mention early in the show here: “On Thinking With and Against the State,” http://logosjournal.com/2016/khachaturian-2/

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