Class Unity

Vivek Chibber discusses his latest book, “The Class Matrix” (2022), as well as the so-called “cultural turn”, with Class Unity. You can find his book here: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674245136 And you can find Class Unity here: https://classunity.org

Gary Roth talks to Class Unity about class, higher education, and consciousness. Gary teaches Sociology at Rutgers University. He is the author of “The Educated Underclass” (Pluto, 2019) and “Marxism in a Lost Century: A Biography of Paul Mattick” (Brill/Haymarket Books, 2015). For a sample of his work, see his essay “The Overproduction of Intelligence” at the Brooklyn Rail (https://brooklynrail.org/2015/10/field-notes/the-overproduction-of-intelligence-the-reshaping-of-social-classes-in-the-united-states) Consider making a donation to Class Unity to support original content like this here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=74NKWLLEEJTLW https://classunity.org

Paul Mattick Jr. talks with Class Unity about his new book, “The Return of Inflation” (2023), about money, capital, capitalism, class, politics, and inflation. See the following interview for details about his latest book: https://brooklynrail.org/2024/02/field-notes/Understanding-Inflation-Friends-of-the-Classless-Society-speak-with-Paul-Mattick

Sarah Knuth talks to Class Unity about rentiers, the political economy of green energy, neoliberalism, and capitalism. You can find her essay here: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1215052 And here: https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/current/thought-leadership/renewable-energy-us-tax-credits-for-wind-and-solar-mostly-benefit-big-banks/ Check out our website at: https://classunity.org

Thomas Fazi talks with Class Unity about the politics and economics as well as the problems of the European Union and issues with the contemporary left. He is the author of: “The Covid Consensus: The Global Assault on Democracy and the Poor: A Critique from the Left”, with Toby Green. Hurst. (2023)“Reclaiming the State: A Progressive Vision of Sovereignty for a Post-Neoliberal World”. Pluto. (2017)“The Battle for Europe: How an Elite Hijacked a Continent and How we Can Take it Back”. Pluto. (2014) You can find his work at:https://thomasfazi.nethttps://www.thomasfazi.comhttps://www.compactmag.com/contributor/thomas-fazi/https://unherd.com/author/thomas-fazi/https://x.com/battleforeurope?lang=en You can find Class Unity here: https://classunity.org Please consider making a donation or joining today!

In this episode, we discuss geopolitics and the emerging age of multipolarity with Dr. Christopher Mott, Research Fellow at the Institute for Peace & Diplomacy. Dr. Mott is an international relations scholar specializing in historical geopolitics, grand strategy, and the intersection of defensive realism and sovereignty in an increasingly multipolar world. Previously, he served as a fellow at Defense Priorities in Washington, D.C., and as a researcher at the U.S. Department of State. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews and is the author of The Formless Empire: A Short History of Diplomacy and Warfare in Central Asia, which explores the rise of indigenous geopolitical strategies on the Eurasian steppe. We discuss Dr. Mott’s analysis of contemporary geopolitics, focusing on how the American empire often cloaks its foreign policy objectives in the rhetoric of social justice—a theme he explores in his article “Woke Imperium: The Coming Confluence Between Social Justice and Neoconservatism.” Dr. Mott’s work has appeared in The National Interest, The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, Agonmag, India’s World, and UnHerd.Follow him on X (Twitter) @chrisdmott and on Substack @chrismott296764. Articles discussed in this episode:https://peacediplomacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Woke-Imperium.pdfhttps://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-moralistic-risk-for-trumps-foreign-policy/https://indiasworld.in/the-global-ngo-complex-fades-but-do-the-missionaries-remain/https://unherd.com/2025/06/regime-change-wont-neuter-iran/?us=1https://www.agonmag.com/p/modus-vivendi-realisms-missing-link For membership inquiries, educational programs, and donations visit: http://classunity.org

Prof. Steve Keen talks with Class Unity about the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-8, the problems with mainstream understandings of it, and the contemporary situation. He is the author of:The New Economics. A manifesto. Polity. (2021)Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? Polity. (2017)Developing an economics for the post-crisis world. World Economics Association and College Publications. (2015)Debunking Economics. Zed Books. (2011) Check out: Debunking Economics Podcast: with Phil Dobbie and Prof. Steve Keen (http://debunkingeconomics.com) You can find his work at:https://profstevekeen.substack.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@profstevekeenhttps://profstevekeen.substack.com/p/ravel-a-thank-you-to-my-supportershttps://www.patreon.com/posts/introducing-c-tm-49053513https://www.debtdeflation.com/blogs/2009/01/31/therovingcavaliersofcredit/ See also Blaire Fix’s page: https://economicsfromthetopdown.com You can find Class Unity here: https://classunity.org Please consider making a donation or joining today!

Walter Benn Michaels talks about the present political moment with Class Unity. You can find one of our favorite essays by him here: https://nonsite.org/the-political-economy-of-anti-racism/ And you can find his most recent book with Adolph Reed Jr. here: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/no-politics-but-class-politics/9781912475575 Consider joining or making a donation today: https://classunity.org

Joel Kotkin is a writer on urban affairs and a fellow in urban studies at Chapman University in Orange, California. He is a regular contributor to The Daily Beast and the conservative magazine The Spectator, as well as the author of several books. In 2020, he published The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class, which is the topic we’ll be discussing with him today. Reading list for the event:https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-new-green-feudalism/ https://quillette.com/2024/06/19/the-road-to-neo-feudalism https://nypost.com/2019/12/25/how-america-is-reverting-back-to-the-feudal-age https://firstthings.com/our-neo-feudal-future https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/10/07/gavin-newsoms-american-dystopia/ For membership inquiries, educational programs, and donations visit: http://classunity.org

Costas Lapavitsas Joined Class Unity for a discussion about the 2007-9 Global Financial Crisis. We recently reviewed his works, which you can find here in our study group here: https://classunity.org/2024/04/25/the-2008-financial-crisis/ You can find him and his work here: https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/costas-lapavitsas And you can find us here: https://classunity.org Like, subscribe, join, and make a donation for class unity today! Statement of Principles