/231/ New Class Analysis ft. Catherine Liu
On Thursday 9 November, George Hoare and Alex Hochuli took part in a conversation with Catherine Liu about their recent books – The End of the End of History and Virtue Hoarders, respectively. The foc...
14 Joulu 20211h 28min
Excerpt: /230/ Repetition Compulsion ft. Doug Lain, pt. 2
On the left outflanked. We continue our discussion with Douglas Lain, formerly of Zer0 Books and now of Diet Soap Media. Has the left been overtaken by events - yet again? And we propose a typolog...
14 Joulu 20212min
/229/ Repetition Compulsion ft. Doug Lain, pt. 1
On branding and the left. Douglas Lain, until recently publisher of Zer0 Books and now of Diet Soap Media, joins us to talk about what happened with Zer0. Mainly, we discuss the left at the End of Hi...
7 Joulu 202156min
/228/ Three Articles: Popular Backlash in Chile, India, Europe
On people power on three continents. We discuss Chile's landmark elections, the first after the uprising of 2019-20, which see a face-off between left and far-right; Modi's repeal of controversial law...
30 Marras 20211h 5min
Excerpt: /227/ Reading Club: All That Is Solid
On modernity's contradictions. In this month's Reading Club, we discuss the introduction to Marshall Berman's marvellous All That Is Solid Melts Into Air. This is an excerpt. For the full episod...
29 Marras 202111min
Excerpt: /226/ Science Says: No Woke
On the Jacobin & YouGov survey of the US working class. A study (pdf) carried out by YouGov on behalf of Jacobin magazine and the Center for Working-Class Politics has learned that "working-class ...
23 Marras 20216min
/225/ Wokeistan & Lebanonworld ft. Karl Sharro
On sectarianism & identitarianism. Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) is back on Bunga to talk to us about his essay "The Retreat from Universalism in the Middle East and the World". Lebanon has been used as...
16 Marras 20211h 12min
Excerpt: /224/ Three Articles: Labour Revolts?
On rising wages after the pandemic. Workers are quitting their jobs and not going back. Restricted supply is seeing wages go up. Does this signal a new militancy, or are workers just deciding to mak...
9 Marras 20216min
