173. From William Morris to Bauhaus to Midcentury Modern -- Robin Schuldenfrei

173. From William Morris to Bauhaus to Midcentury Modern -- Robin Schuldenfrei

Robin Schuldenfrei rejoins me to talk more Bauhaus! In this episode, we discuss her book Luxury and Modernism, covering the complexities of the Bauhaus, which had a leftwing ethos but produced luxury objects, and made them by hand to appear machine made. Robin talks us through how the contradiction between luxury and egalitarianism ran from Morris's arts and crafts movement to the Bauhaus, and modernism only became a truly "everyday" part of life during the colossal expansion of middle-class wealth in the midcentury, as celebrated by Life magazine and recreated in the show Mad Men

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147. Luigi Mangione and Anarchist Terrorism -- Constance Bantman

147. Luigi Mangione and Anarchist Terrorism -- Constance Bantman

Constance Bantman joins me to discuss the history of anarchist political violence through the prism of Luigi Mangione - and vice versa. Some of the questions we cover include:Can the history of ninete...

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146. James C. Scott's Two Cheers for Anarchism -- Luke Kemp

146. James C. Scott's Two Cheers for Anarchism -- Luke Kemp

Luke Kemp returns to the show to discuss Two Cheers for Anarchism, James C. Scott's six essays or "fragments" applying an anarchist squint to the world. Luke and I discuss the joy of Scott's book, it'...

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145. Debt Discussion 11, The Great Divergence with Christopher Isett

145. Debt Discussion 11, The Great Divergence with Christopher Isett

Christopher Isett joins me to discuss the rise of capitalism and "The Great Divergence," in which Christendom transformed itself from an obscure corner of the world into the dominant global power. Jus...

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144. Victor Serge, Anarchist Bolshevik -- Mitchell Abidor

144. Victor Serge, Anarchist Bolshevik -- Mitchell Abidor

Today Mitch Abidor joins me to discuss Victor Serge: acclaimed novelist, anarchist, Bolshevik, anticommunist, and all-around 20th century contradiction. Mitch and I discuss the legend of Serge, what's...

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143. Graeber's Debt Chapter 11: Age of Great Capitalist Empires

143. Graeber's Debt Chapter 11: Age of Great Capitalist Empires

What is capitalism?It's not efficient markets, factories, and free labor.It's the financialization of empire and slavery, using greed, shame, indignation, and debt.And that means the first great capit...

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142. Green Earth -- Kim Stanley Robinson

142. Green Earth -- Kim Stanley Robinson

Kim Stanley Robinson returns to discuss his novel Green Earth, a technothriller about a near future world in which scientists work to solve the global climate crisis. Stan and I discuss how the book w...

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141. A New Model for Food and Politics -- Mark Bittman

141. A New Model for Food and Politics -- Mark Bittman

Mark Bittman returns to Everyday Anarchism to discuss Community Kitchen, his new model for how we can do restaurant food better by running nonprofit restaurants rooted in their communities.But we also...

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140. Graeber's Hidden Truth of the World -- Shawn from SRSLY Wrong

140. Graeber's Hidden Truth of the World -- Shawn from SRSLY Wrong

Shawn Vulliez from SRSLY Wrong joins me to discuss the new collection of David Graeber essays, The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World. Shawn and I talk about the tyranny of economics and how Graeber g...

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