J-Moufawad Paul returns to Rev Left Radio, this time to discuss his book "Austerity Apparatus". Topics include: Fascism as capitalism-in-crisis, accelerationism and its misconceptions about contradictions, bourgeois philosophers John Stuart Mill and Thomas Hobbes, the Vanguard Party as a partisan war machine, the inevitable next recession, and much more!

Learn about and find JMP's work here: http://moufawad-paul.blogspot.com/

Here is JMP's article on the theories of sovereign power, which is referenced during the discussion: http://www.abstraktdergi.net/the-transplanting-of-heaven-to-earth-below/

Here are previous episodes of Rev Left that JMP has been on:

- "This Ruthless Criticism of All That Exists - Marxism as Science"

https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/this-ruthless-criticism-of-all-that-exists-marxism-as-science

- "Continuity & Rupture: Maoism and the Science of Revolutionary Communism"

https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/continuity-rupture-maoism-and-the-science-of-revolutionary-communism

- "Methods Devour Themselves: Science Fiction & Political Philosophy"

https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/politreks-colab

Outro Music: "Day One" by Bambu

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