In this week's Inside Zero Books podcast C Derick Varn returns to discuss IdPol and workerism. Topics covered include the rise of the DSA, the failure of the left in the 20th century, the problem of capitalism, and how and why we're seeing a turn to the right. Varn also discusses Mark Fisher's essay "Exiting the Vampire Castle."

Here's an excerpt from Fisher's Essay:

‘Left-wing’ Twitter can often be a miserable, dispiriting zone. Earlier this year, there were some high-profile twitterstorms, in which particular left-identifying figures were ‘called out’ and condemned. What these figures had said was sometimes objectionable; but nevertheless, the way in which they were personally vilified and hounded left a horrible residue: the stench of bad conscience and witch-hunting moralism. The reason I didn’t speak out on any of these incidents, I’m ashamed to say, was fear. The bullies were in another part of the playground. I didn’t want to attract their attention to me.