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In the fourth in this series Mike Watson talks to Matt McManus asking if  Adorno's criticism of Existentialism in the 'Jargon of Authenticity'  was fair.  Matt McManus is a Professor of Law and Society at The University of Calgary.   He is also the author of...  The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism (Palgrave), AND co author of What  Is Post-Modern Conservatism?, Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of  Jordan Peterson, both from Zero Books AND A Critical Legal Examination  of Liberalism and Liberal Rights (Palgrave 2020). You can preorder Mike Watson's The Memeing of Mark Fisher: How the  Frankfurt School Foresaw Capitalist Realism -- https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/memeing-mark-fisher Follow us:  insta:  @The Acid Left   twitter: @acid_left patreon.com/acidleft

The Acid Left talk to Marshall Roderick, son of Rick Roderick. As well  as following up our campaign to get Roderick republished, we ask what  the man was like, what he would have made of Biden and Trump, Lefttube  and much more ! You can read Max Roderick's text on Rick Roderick here: http://rickroderick.org/max-roderick/ Subscribe to the Acid Left's Patreon: patreon.com/acidfleft You can find more from the Acid Left here: twitter: @theacidleft insta: @theacidleft facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theacidleft

In the second in this series Mike Watson talks to Douglas Kellner,   author of several books on Critical Theory including Herbert Marcuse and  the Crisis of Marxism, Jean Baudrillard: From Marxism to Postmodernism  and Beyond, and American Nightmare Donald Trump, Media Spectacle, and  Authoritarian Populism. Martin Jay is George Kneller Chair in the Philosophy of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. In September Springer publish Kellner's Technology and Democracy: Toward  A Critical Theory of Digital Technologies, Technopolitics, and  Technocapitalism. 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

In this new series Mike Watson talks to Martin Jay, Historian of  philosophy and author of several books on the Frankfurt School including  the Dialectical Imagination and the recent essay collection Splinters in your Eye.    Martin Jay is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.   Books and Essays Discussed:   Martin Jay, Splinters in You Eye -- https://www.versobooks.com/books/3183-splinters-in-your-eye    Martin Jay, Trump, Scorsese and the Frankfurt School's theory of the Racket Society --  https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/trump-scorsese-and-the-frankfurt-schools-theory-of-racket-society/    Mike Watson, 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   

We talk to Graham Jones about his podcast Red Enlightenment hosted on  Repeater Radio. Red Enlightenment is an 8 part series about science,  socialism, and spirituality that draws influence from Spinoza and Marx to Michael Brooks and Mark Fisher while asking questions of metaphysics,  ethics, and embodiment in order to move into a Materialist Spirituality. Contains remixes and samples from the following songs.   Broke for Free- Lonely Organ  Jose Konda- Golgotha  Lobo Loco - Bioscope  Dee Yan-Key - Go Down Moses, Moses Reprise  Farad Farhangi - Animir Roman Havasi  Marten Schellekens - The Little Match Girl  Veena Kinhal - Haratanaya Sree    Made in 1985- Imposter Syndrome    Red Enlightenment  https://www.repeater-radio.com/redenlightenment  Shock Doctrine of the left https://politybooks.com/serieslanding/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509528547&subject_id=88  Graham's YouTube https://youtube.com/c/ASMRTheory   Help Support The Acid Left https://www.patreon.com/acidleft  IG https://www.instagram.com/theacidleft/?utm_medium=copy_link  FB https://www.faceboom.com/theacidleft/

The Acid Left talk to artist and meme maker Teenage Stepdad about his  new show on Means TV called Seizing the Memes, his working process,  politics, art school and the media... and boaner jokes!   Teenage Stepdad is the person behind the hugely popular insta meme  account @teenagestepdad featuring among the best produced memes on the  internet most of which perform satirical critiques of popular brands and advertising tropes as well as the culture industry in general.   Check out Seizing the Memes on means.tv and Teenage Stepdad's website at  teenagestepdad.com   Subscribe to the Acid Left's Patreon: patreon.com/acidfleft   You can find more from the Acid Left here:   twitter: @theacidleft  insta: @theacidleft  facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theacidleft

The Acid Left talk to Admin1 of the theory collective Clandestine Unit for Imaginary Research and curated meme page @cu_media_funhouse.exe. We discuss the ongoing protest in Colombia against tax hikes, state violence, and the government's handling of the worsening health crisis.   We also discuss the disturbing conspiracy theory put forward by the right wing government of "Molecular Revolution" that denies the citizens of Colombia's collective rage by arguing that a foreign communist cabal is trying to undermine the government along with the ideas of Toni Negri, Deleuze, and Guattari.    Admin1 recommends the following Instagram accounts if you are looking for more information on the protest in Colombia:   https://instagram.com/redcondorcollective?utm_medium=copy_link  https://instagram.com/redcritica?utm_medium=copy_link https://instagram.com/desinformemonos.colombia?utm_medium=copy_link    The video contains memes from The Acid Left Instagram account,  cu_media_funhouse.exe, pages from Preliminary Assemblages by CUIR, and  the hashtag #colombiaprotesta   Contains remixes of the following songs: Audiobinger- The Upside Down Sudartha Corsus- Let Go of Time El Remolon- Cumbia Bichera Ketsa- Deep Math Sea Dragon- Cuadrados Y Puntos   Acid Left IG https://instagram.com/theacidleft?utm_medium=copy_link   Admin1 IG https://instagram.com/cu_media_funhouse.exe?utm_medium=copy_link   Preliminary Assemblages by Clandestine Unit for Imaginary Research  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-0zIJFvZVvYCXQegAAhVGleK6LKDAwWJ   Help Support The Acid Left https://www.patreon.com/acidleft

Adam Ray Adkins talks to musician and YouTuber Artin Salimi on Mark Fisher, Marxism, Hip Hop, and Islamic Philosophy    Sub to Artin Salimi: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpxTegQA3NUq9scE-XQJzww   Support the Acid Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidleft    facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theacidleft/   insta: @theacidleft   Twitch: twitch.tv/theacidleft twitter: @acid_left

The Acid Left's Mike Watson and Adam Ray Adkins speak to Art House Politics, artist and 'content' creator about memes, art, content, breatdube, politics online and much more.

The Acid Left's Mike Watson speaks to Valentina Tanni, author of Memestetica, a book on meme culture and contemporary art and society, published in Italian by Nero Editions.    https://www.neroeditions.com/product/memestetica/   Support the Acid Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidleft  facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theacidleft/  insta: @theacidleft   Twitch: twitch.tv/theacidleft