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A new format where top scholars and commentators respond to our biggest interviews! In TPS166 THE TWO EXES, we spoke to socialist feminist Nancy Fraser about her groundbreaking new work of Marxist theory Cannibal Capitalism. In the inaugural TPS ROUNDTABLE, friends of TPS Jilly Boyce Kay, Olly Haynes, and Mareile Pfannebecker convene to debate Fraser's significance for protest, political movements, and political theory. SUBSCRIBE now at Patreon.com/ThePopularPod for the full interview with Nancy Fraser, or check out this taster @ the Popularity Media YouTube channel: 'A Defeated Left is a Dangerous Thing'. Help us develop The Popular Show and get extra shows at https://www.patreon.com/thepopularpod More ways to help us continue: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thepopularshow  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thepopularshow https://cash.app/£ThePopularShow

The passage from expropriation to exploitation - the seizing of value by force, to its being drawn from nominally freely offered paid labour - is, for Marx, the passage to capitalism. Yet the first of the "exes" never quite goes away. Legendary socialist feminist and Marxist theorist Nancy Fraser joins TPS to discuss how this core insight can offer an overdue reassessment of the left's current canards on the family, race, the environment, and 'the political'. This is a big one! Subscribe now on Patreon for audio and video versions of the full interview! Help us develop The Popular Show and get extra shows at https://www.patreon.com/thepopularpod More ways to help us continue: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thepopularshow  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thepopularshow https://cash.app/£ThePopularShow

Subscribe on Patreon NOW for the complete video versions of the #TPSRaceReckoning series and more. Remi Adekoya, a former journalist and academic whose working life has spanned Nigeria, Poland, and the UK, joins #TPSRaceReckoning to discuss his provocative new book. It's Not About Whiteness, It's About Wealth argues that the focus of current antiracist projects on personal bias (still more the cultural baggage of 'whiteness') is wrongheaded, and that racism will remain until the wealth discrepancy and underdevelopment of the countries in which most black people reside is overcome.

Walter Benn Michaels and Adolph Reed Jr., both prominent theorists of race and co-authors of 'No Politics But Class Politics,' dive into the interconnections of race and class. They tackle controversial views on anti-discrimination campaigns, revealing their alignment with elite interests. The duo reflects on the shortcomings of movements like BLM and discusses the implications of transracialism through the lens of Rachael Dolezal. Their conversation emphasizes the necessity of prioritizing class struggle to achieve true social justice.

Legendary historian Harvey J. Kaye returns to TPS to make the case for a Marianne Williamson Presidency: the second in our 'cases for' 2024 Presidential candidates series. David asks Harvey about his work as Williamson's unofficial adviser, her past as a spirituality and self help author and speaker, how her relationship to America's radical history differs from that of Bernie Sanders, how 'Medicare for All' fell off the map of progressive politics. Complete video for this and all new episodes is exclusive to Patreon subscribers. Help us develop The Popular Show and get extra shows at https://www.patreon.com/thepopularpod More ways to help us continue: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thepopularshow  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thepopularshow https://cash.app/£ThePopularShow

Subscribe on Patreon NOW for more #TPSRaceReckoning with Remi Adekoya, Adolph Reed jr and Walter Benn Michaels, plus video versions of this and all our recent episodes. Kenan Malik is a writer and commentator on race, a columnist for the Observer newspaper, and most recently author of Not So Black and White: A History of Race from White Supremacy to Identity Politics. In the second of our 'Race Reckoning' interviews, Kenan discusses the recent history of antiracism and identity politics, the logic antiracists risk having in common with the racists they abhor, and the political significance of 'left antisemitism'. Help us develop The Popular Show and get extra shows at https://www.patreon.com/thepopularpod More ways to help us continue: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thepopularshow  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thepopularshow https://cash.app/£ThePopularShow

The first of our 'cases for' the US presidential candidates seeking to replace Joe Biden in 2024! Aaron Good, author of American Exception: Hegemony and the Tripartite State, answers questions on the importance of the assassinations of RFK jnr's father and uncle to the subsequent course of US politics, why he thinks RFK jnr is a bigger opportunity for the left than Bernie was, and RFK's controversial positions on vaccination and Israel. Help us develop The Popular Show and get extra shows at https://www.patreon.com/thepopularpod More ways to help us continue: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thepopularshow  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thepopularshow https://cash.app/£ThePopularShow

TPS RACE RECKONING is a new miniseries featuring Remi Adekoya, Kenan Malik, Walter Benn Michaels, and Adolph Reed jnr. Full video of all three shows is streaming on Patreon.com/ThePopularPod now. Adolph Reed jnr and Walter Benn Michaels have waded through every accusation under the sun to commit to a class-first analysis of race and racism. They join TPS 'Race Reckoning' to discuss everything from why anti-discrimination campaigns are right wing, the legacy of Charles Murray and scientific racism, Adolph's work on the Bernie Sanders campaigns, and the failure of BLM, through to the significance of Rachel Dolezal and 'transracialism'. Their new book is No Politics But Class Politics. Help us develop The Popular Show and get extra shows at https://www.patreon.com/thepopularpod More ways to help us continue: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thepopularshow  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thepopularshow https://cash.app/£ThePopularShow

Economist and 'lockdown sceptic' Thomas Fazi returns to the show to tackle inflation, the departure of Boris Johnson, ex-chancellor George Osborne's defence of austerity at the UK's COVID inquiry, RFK jnr's bringing Ukraine and COVID scepticism into mainstream US politics, and the reassesssment of Silvio Berlusconi after his death last week. Help us develop The Popular Show and get extra shows PLUS FULL VIDEO FOR THIS SHOW at https://www.patreon.com/thepopularpod More ways to help us continue: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thepopularshow  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thepopularshow https://cash.app/£ThePopularShow

Full video streaming now at Patreon.com/ThePopularPod. TPS RACE RECKONING is a new miniseries featuring Remi Adekoya, Kenan Malik, Walter Benn Michaels, and Adolph Reed jnr. Kenan Malik is a writer and commentator on race, a columnist for the Observer newspaper, and most recently author of Not So Black and White: A History of Race from White Supremacy to Identity Politics. In the second of our 'Race Reckoning' interviews, Kenan discusses the recent history of antiracism and identity politics, the logic antiracists risk having in common with the racists they abhor, and the political significance of 'left antisemitism'. Help us develop The Popular Show and get this and many more extra shows at https://www.patreon.com/thepopularpod More ways to help us continue: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thepopularshow  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thepopularshow https://cash.app/£ThePopularShow