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Revol Press present a conversation and metal and the left. They will publish a compendium entitled What's Left of Metal? in late 2025. Editors: David Burke, Mike Watson Authors: Ben Burgis, Thomas Cardwell, Tee Coles, Chris DeMarcus, Holly Royle, Lars Lindemann, Daniel Lukes, Evan Martin-Casler, Ignacio Moreno Fluxà, Jason Myles, Alessandro Rolandi, Jen Sicka, Eric Smialek, Melissa Vincent, Clara Wanning

Matt McManus talks to Bram E. Gieben on liberal Socialism in illiberal times. Matt's The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism is out now: https://www.routledge.com/The-Political-Theory-of-Liberal-Socialism/McManus/p/book/9781032647234 Support Revol Press at: https://www.revolpress.com/ And: https://www.patreon.com/c/revolpress

In this engaging discussion, psychotherapist Eliot Rosenstock tackles the intersections of addiction and capitalism. He reveals how digital interactions can be profoundly addictive, questioning modern therapy's limits while exploring deeper psychological methods. The conversation critiques the commodification of wellness, contrasting genuine spirituality with superficial engagement. Rosenstock also delves into psychedelics and their therapeutic potential, urging a societal shift to address existential fears and self-destructive behaviors.

Mike Watson and Bram E. Gieben talk to Rob Faure Walker, author of Love and the Market: How to Recover from the Enlightenment and Survive the Current Crisis. Buy Love and the Market from Bristol University Press here: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/love-and-the-market Pre-order Bram and Mike's books here: https://www.revolpress.com/ Follow Revol Press on Instagram: @revol_press About Rob Faure Walker Formerly a teacher in North and East London, Rob was drawn into politics as a teachers' union rep. He has since worked to oppose the Government's promotion of Islamophobia via the Prevent Counter Terrorism Strategy. A process described in his first book The Emergence of "Extremism" (Bloomsbury 2021). In recent years, he has worked at SOAS and at UCL to develop strategies to oppose the propagation of anti-intellectual faux-research by Government aligned think tanks. This has involved developing communications training for academics and designing communications strategies to deliver genuine academic research to Westminster. His latest book Love and the Market develops a post-Marxist 'loving critique' of the market economy. He now works as an ecotherapist, developing people's loving connection with nature as a way of healing us and nature from the multiple crises of modernity.

Mike Watson and Bram Gieben interview Adam Turl, writer of the forthcoming Gothic Futurism: And the Working Class (2025, from Revol Press). See details on that book here: https://www.revolpress.com/gothic-futurism See Locus Review here: https://www.locustreview.com Support Revol Press at our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/revolpress Adam Turl is an artist and writer living in southern Illinois in the United States. They are an editor at Locust Review, a co-host of the Locust Radio podcast, and are working on an ongoing visual and conceptual art project, the Born Again Labor Museum, with their partner Tish Turl. They are a member of the Southern Illinois Democratic Socialists of America (SIDSA). In the 2010s, they were part of the editorial collective for Red Wedge Magazine.

We spoke to Matt McManus about the dangers of the Radical right wing, covering Trumpianism, Dostoyevsky, Nietzsche, and much more along the way. We also asked Matt about his writing process, gaining valuable insights into his approach. You can find his book The Political Right and Equality (Routledge) here: https://www.routledge.com/The-Political-Right-and-Equality-Turning-Back-the-Tide-of-Egalitarian-Modernity/McManus/p/book/9781032310831 Matt McManus is a Lecturer at the University of Michigan and the author of The Political Right and Equality (Routledge), The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism, a How Too Guide to Cosmopolitan Socialism, amongst other books. Subscribe to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/104060602 Check out our books here: www.revolpress.com

We talk to Emma Stamm about Mark Fisher, the Limit Experience, Digital Capitalism, internet culture and more. Here are the links to the articles discussed: https://reallifemag.com/who-can-it-be-now/ https://social-epistemology.com/2022/04/18/curiosity-and-anti-economy-a-response-to-florian-jaton-emma-stamm/ http://www.ladeleuziana.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Stamm.pdf Subscribe to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/104060602Check out our books here: www.revolopress.com Emma Stamm is an Assistant Professor of Science and technology studies at Farmingdale State College-SUNY. Her fields are Critical Theory and Science and Technology Studies. Her research comprises integrative analyses of digitally mediated communication and psychedelic drug experience as catalysts of knowledge about human life.

Revol Books launch their Theorize and be Damned podcast with a chat with Bram E. Gieben about his forthcoming book The Darkest Timeline. Preorder Bram's book here: https://linktr.ee/thedarkesttimeline Subscribe to the Revol Press Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/revolpress Revol's Instagram: revol_press Portrait of Bram E. Gieben in thumbnail by Lucy Cheyne

We talk with Adam and Tish Turl from the Locust Review quarterly. We  discuss the founding and purpose of Locust Review, the theory of  Critical Irrealism, and their ever-growing installation in The Born  Again Labor Museum. Adam and Tish are longtime friends of the acid left  so this is a fun episode filled with laughs. We also speculate what a  left wing response to Q might be,  talk fan fiction, share fever dreams  and tips for agitating at the workplace. Support The Acid Left  https://www.patreon.com/acidleft  https://www.instagram.com/theacidleft   https://m.facebook.com/theacidleft Locust Review  https://www.locustreview.com/ Call For Submissions!!  https://www.locustreview.com/editorial/locust-7-missing-days-call-for-submissions Outro Music by Made in 1985  https://madein1985.bandcamp.com/

In the third in this series Mike Watson talks to Max Ryynänen asking if  the Frankfurt School are too Bourgeois.   Max is a tenured Professor at Aalto University in Helsinki and theorist  of Aesthetics, where he focuses on excluded and outsider practices. He published On the Philosophy of Central European Art (2020), in which he  proposes Nobrow art production as a response to the dichotomy between High and Low brow and the way in which the former co-opts the latter.    You can preorder Mike Watson's The Memeing of Mark Fisher: How the  Frankfurt School Foresaw Capitalist Realism --  https://www.waterstones.com/book/memeing-of-mark-fisher-the/mike-watson//9781789049336 Follow us:  insta:  @The Acid Left   twitter: @acid_left patreon.com/acidleft