Navigating Optimism and Reality in Star Wars

Matthew continues the Antifascist Woodshed series with a two-part analysis of an extraordinary cultural event: rebellions within rebellions—or how a ragtag band of writers and worldbuilders Trojan-horsed an antifascist masterpiece into the Empire of streaming content.

Seven chapters: 

(This past Saturday, main feed:)

1. Space Wizards or Antifascism?

2. Star Wars Culture Wars

3. A Post-Fragmentary Left

(Today:)

1. Hope and Love  

2. Tony Gilroy’s Antifascist Field Manual

3. The Used Future

4. Antifascist Parents Are Better than Jedi Parents

NB: There will be spoilers for Andor!

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