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Ian Svenonius is a rock singer (Nation of Ulysses, The Make-Up, Chain and the Gang) now turned Marxist polemicist with his new book Against the Written Word.
We discuss his theory of literacy as a tool of the bourgeoisie and how rock n' roll reeducation camps might be the antidote, and why that might not go far enough for as to completely devolve to our neanderthal origins.
Buy Against the Written Word from Akashic Books
Interview with Ian about being the "sassiest boy in America" and why the workers are rock-and-roll
Read John Zerzan on The Failure of Symbolic Thought
Check out his film The Lost Record
Opening song: Nation of Ulysses - Aspirin Kid
Closing song: The Make-Up - I am Pentagon

Ep 203 - Literacy is Overrated w/ Ian Svenonius (preview)

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Ep 203 - Literacy is Overrated w/ Ian Svenonius (preview)

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