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Since the economic crisis of 2008, the concept of social class emerged again as central in critical theory. Temporarily eclipsed in the metropoles by the focus on other sites of oppression, the possible return of class and class struggle to the centre of academic and activist discourse brings with it the same economism that other radical conceptions of politics seemed to displace. Politics in Command seeks to understand what economism is, how it is deployed through socialist analyses, and the ways in which various categories (economy, politics, class, practice, revolution, etc.) are mobilized and classified according to its imaginary.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/foreign-languages-press/support

Since the economic crisis of 2008, the concept of social class emerged again as central in critical theory. Temporarily eclipsed in the metropoles by the focus on other sites of oppression, the possible return of class and class struggle to the centre of academic and activist discourse brings with it the same economism that other radical conceptions of politics seemed to displace. Politics in Command seeks to understand what economism is, how it is deployed through socialist analyses, and the ways in which various categories (economy, politics, class, practice, revolution, etc.) are mobilized and classified according to its imaginary. --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/foreign-languages-press/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/foreign-languages-press/support</a>

Politics in Command: A Taxonomy of Economism – J. Moufawad Paul

Alyson Escalante

Devin Zane Shaw

This is part two of our two part episode with three of the contributors to On Necrocapitalism: A Plague Journal, which is available from Kersplebedeb and you can find that at leftwingbooks.net.  On Necrocapitalism was collectively authored by a writing group known as M.I. Asma which included J. Moufawad-Paul, Devin Zane Shaw, Mateo Andante, Johannah May Black, Alyson Escalante, and D.W. Fairlane.  In this conversation we speak with Alyson Escalante, J. Moufawad Paul and Devin Zane Shaw.  In part two we continue our discussion of pacification and capture in response the historic rebellions of 2020 and the related crisis in the ruling class. We also get into some discussion of unequal exchange, the ongoing climate crisis, and settler colonialism as a material relation of capitalism in the US &amp; Canada, rather than just as a moral wrong. Along the way we get into some of the nuanced differences in the racial regimes in the US and Canada. We talk about some events since the Biden election, from liberal pacification, to the declining ranks in movement work, and the ongoing danger posed state support for settler vigilantism among the far right. And we ask the authors if they predicted the weird re-emergence of so-called proletarian patriotism in the imperial core. As we wrap up the end of the year at Millennials Are Killing Capitalism, we just wanted to note that we’ve put out 48 episodes this year. That’s 4 episodes each month. We read all the books, do the research, develop the questions, record, edit and release these ourselves with no ad revenue, no pay per click revenue and no sponsorships, just the support of the many great folks who donate to our patreon. And we’re approaching 300,000 downloads for this year alone.  So please if you’re able to contribute even a small amount to our patreon, it helps us make this show possible and ensures that all our content stays free, even for the folks who can’t afford to give anything. Link to Part 1 (and links to more work from Alyson Escalante, J. Moufawad Paul and Devin Z. Shaw)

This is part two of our two part episode with three of the contributors to On Necrocapitalism: A Plague Journal, which is available from Kersplebedeb and you can find that at <a href="http://leftwingbooks.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">leftwingbooks.net</a>.  On Necrocapitalism was collectively authored by a writing group known as M.I. Asma which included J. Moufawad-Paul, Devin Zane Shaw, Mateo Andante, Johannah May Black, Alyson Escalante, and D.W. Fairlane.  In this conversation we speak with Alyson Escalante, J. Moufawad Paul and Devin Zane Shaw.  In part two we continue our discussion of pacification and capture in response the historic rebellions of 2020 and the related crisis in the ruling class. We also get into some discussion of unequal exchange, the ongoing climate crisis, and settler colonialism as a material relation of capitalism in the US &amp; Canada, rather than just as a moral wrong. Along the way we get into some of the nuanced differences in the racial regimes in the US and Canada. We talk about some events since the Biden election, from liberal pacification, to the declining ranks in movement work, and the ongoing danger posed state support for settler vigilantism among the far right. And we ask the authors if they predicted the weird re-emergence of so-called proletarian patriotism in the imperial core. As we wrap up the end of the year at Millennials Are Killing Capitalism, we just wanted to note that we’ve put out 48 episodes this year. That’s 4 episodes each month. We read all the books, do the research, develop the questions, record, edit and release these ourselves with no ad revenue, no pay per click revenue and no sponsorships, just the support of the many great folks who donate to our patreon. And we’re approaching 300,000 downloads for this year alone.  So please if you’re able to contribute even a small amount to our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">patreon</a>, it helps us make this show possible and ensures that all our content stays free, even for the folks who can’t afford to give anything. <a href="https://millennialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/capitalism-generates-death-worlds-on-necrocapitalism-with-alyson-escalante-j-moufawad-paul-and-devin-zane-shaw" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Link to Part 1 (and links to more work from Alyson Escalante, J. Moufawad Paul and Devin Z. Shaw)</a>

“We have to understand what we’re dealing with” On Necrocapitalism with Alyson Escalante, J. Moufawad Paul, and Devin Zane Shaw

In this episode we speak to three of the contributors to On Necrocapitalism: A Plague Journal, which is available from Kersplebedeb and you can find that at leftwingbooks.net.  On Necrocapitalism was collectively authored by a writing group known as M.I. Asma which included J. Moufawad-Paul, Devin Zane Shaw, Mateo Andante, Johannah May Black, Alyson Escalante, and D.W. Fairlane. In this conversation we speak with Alyson Escalante, J. Moufawad Paul and Devin Zane Shaw.  The authors introduce themselves in a little more detail in the episode, but Alyson Escalante you probably know as the co-host of Red Menace Podcast and J. Moufawad Paul and Devin Zane Shaw have both written multiple books.  First written in blog form, On Necrocapitalism was written through weekly entries throughout the first year of the pandemic.  The authors approached the pandemic as an occasion to think capitalism according to what it always has been, what the pandemic reveals about its current ideological deployment, and how we can think about a communist alternative in the face of exterminism. As we deal with the omicron surge and in the US as we deal with dimensions of capitalism that have only continued to become more necrotic after the pacification of the electoral process. This two part conversation and the book On Necrocapitalism are as timely as ever. Reminding us of the death worlds of the pandemic we’re still in, the possibilities of rebellion and the ways in which our uprisings can ultimately be pacified.  By the end of the year, we will have put out 49 episodes of Millennials Are Killing Capitalism this year.  With all of the planning, outreach, reading, editing, and recording time we put into this it has become a full-time endeavor for us. A reminder that if you enjoy these conversations, and can afford to give even $1 a month towards our patreon, it all adds up and goes a long way towards sustaining the level of output we’ve been able to maintain this year. In this part we talk about the origin of the On Necrocapitalism project. Discussing the necrosis that is always within capitalism. The bad bourgeois and “left pundit” frames that were trotted out in the beginning of the pandemic. The way the pandemic most impacted groups of people on specific margins of bourgeois society. We touch on the authors’ use of proletarian feminism and social reproduction theory. We talk about how the pandemic shifted amid rebellion, talk about the entry of abolitionist demands into the mainstream and begin to discuss the onset of pacification - an issue we will delve into more deeply in part 2. Links to some (not all) of the work of our guests, beyond On Necrocapitalism: Alyson Escalante - Red Menace Podcast Some of Alyson's writings at Cosmonaut and Regeneration Beyond Negativity: What Comes After Gender Nihilism? J. Mouwafad-Paul - MLM Mayhem Blog A Communist Necessity Continuity and Rupture Critique of Maoist Reason Demarcation and Demystification Methods Devour Themselves Austerity Apparatus Devin Zane Shaw Politics of the Blockade  Philosophy of Antifascism Egalitarian Moments We also had a conversation with Devin Zane Shaw on Philosophy of Antifascism earlier this year.

In this episode we speak to three of the contributors to On Necrocapitalism: A Plague Journal, which is available from Kersplebedeb and you can find that at <a href="https://www.leftwingbooks.net/book/content/necrocapitalism-plague-journal" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">leftwingbooks.net</a>.  On Necrocapitalism was collectively authored by a writing group known as M.I. Asma which included J. Moufawad-Paul, Devin Zane Shaw, Mateo Andante, Johannah May Black, Alyson Escalante, and D.W. Fairlane. In this conversation we speak with Alyson Escalante, J. Moufawad Paul and Devin Zane Shaw.  The authors introduce themselves in a little more detail in the episode, but Alyson Escalante you probably know as the co-host of Red Menace Podcast and J. Moufawad Paul and Devin Zane Shaw have both written multiple books.  <a href="https://necrocapitalism.wordpress.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">First written in blog form</a>, On Necrocapitalism was written through weekly entries throughout the first year of the pandemic.  The authors approached the pandemic as an occasion to think capitalism according to what it always has been, what the pandemic reveals about its current ideological deployment, and how we can think about a communist alternative in the face of exterminism. As we deal with the omicron surge and in the US as we deal with dimensions of capitalism that have only continued to become more necrotic after the pacification of the electoral process. This two part conversation and the book On Necrocapitalism are as timely as ever. Reminding us of the death worlds of the pandemic we’re still in, the possibilities of rebellion and the ways in which our uprisings can ultimately be pacified.  By the end of the year, we will have put out 49 episodes of Millennials Are Killing Capitalism this year.  With all of the planning, outreach, reading, editing, and recording time we put into this it has become a full-time endeavor for us. A reminder that if you enjoy these conversations, and can afford to give even $1 a month towards our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">patreon</a>, it all adds up and goes a long way towards sustaining the level of output we’ve been able to maintain this year. In this part we talk about the origin of the On Necrocapitalism project. Discussing the necrosis that is always within capitalism. The bad bourgeois and “left pundit” frames that were trotted out in the beginning of the pandemic. The way the pandemic most impacted groups of people on specific margins of bourgeois society. We touch on the authors’ use of proletarian feminism and social reproduction theory. We talk about how the pandemic shifted amid rebellion, talk about the entry of abolitionist demands into the mainstream and begin to discuss the onset of pacification - an issue we will delve into more deeply in part 2. Links to some (not all) of the work of our guests, beyond On Necrocapitalism: Alyson Escalante - <a href="https://redmenace.libsyn.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Red Menace Podcast</a> Some of <a href="https://cosmonautmag.com/tag/alyson-escalante/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Alyson's writings at Cosmonaut</a> and <a href="https://regenerationmag.org/author/alyson-escalante/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Regeneration</a> <a href="https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/alyson-escalante-beyond-negativity-what-comes-after-gender" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Beyond Negativity: What Comes After Gender Nihilism</a>? J. Mouwafad-Paul - <a href="http://moufawad-paul.blogspot.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">MLM Mayhem Blog</a> <a href="https://www.leftwingbooks.net/book/content/communist-necessity-2nd-ed" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">A Communist Necessity</a> <a href="https://www.leftwingbooks.net/book/content/continuity-and-rupture-philosophy-maoist-terrain" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Continuity and Rupture</a> <a href="https://flpress.storenvy.com/products/30380752-critique-of-maoist-reason-j-moufawad-paul" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Critique of Maoist Reason</a> <a href="https://www.leftwingbooks.net/book/content/demarcation-and-demystification-philosophy-and-its-limits" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Demarcation and Demystification</a> <a href="https://www.leftwingbooks.net/book/content/methods-devour-themselves-conversation" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Methods Devour Themselves</a> <a href="https://www.leftwingbooks.net/book/content/austerity-apparatus" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Austerity Apparatus</a> Devin Zane Shaw <a href="https://www.leftwingbooks.net/book/content/politics-blockade" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Politics of the Blockade</a> <a href="https://www.leftwingbooks.net/book/content/philosophy-antifascism-punching-nazis-and-fighting-white-supremacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Philosophy of Antifascism</a> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22895560-egalitarian-moments" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Egalitarian Moments</a> We also had a conversation with <a href="https://millennialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/devin-z-shaw-on-a-philosophy-of-antifascism-in-a-settler-society" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Devin Zane Shaw on Philosophy of Antifascism earlier this year.</a>