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Zero Squared #134: Sci-Fi Utopias and the Far Right
David Auerbach is an American writer with a background in software engineering. He has written on a variety of subjects, including social issues and popular culture, the environment, computer games and literature.
Alternatives #2: Matt Taibbi
J.G. Michael and C Derick Varn have a new podcast called "Alternatives" which will be featured monthly on either the member's only Inside Zero Books feed page or here on the Zero Squared feed. Alternatives is a podcast about culture,
Zero Squared #133: The Anti-Politics of the Present
C Derick Varn is the ranting voice behind Symptomatic Redness and a reader at Zero Books. This week he rants on the topic of antipolitics while touching upon self-care politics, Angela Nagle and the reaction to her work, Bordiga, and so on.
Zero Squared #132: Lenin and Brexit
Philip Cunliffe is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent. He joined the university in 2009 after completing his doctoral studies at King's College London. His book “Lenin Lives” was published in September b...
Zero Squared #131: Fire Hides Everywhere
Julian Feelds is a Swiss novelist, filmmaker, and visual artist. Throughout his life, Julian has lived across South America, Europe, and the United States He currently works and lives in Los Angeles, California.
Zero Squared #130: Education, Identity, and Taxi
David Blacker is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Delaware. He is the author of the Falling Rate of Learning and the Neoliberal end game which came out from Zero Books in 2013 and a returning guest. I want to remind you that we’ve moved.
Zero Squared #129: Value, Crisis, and the Writing on the Wall
Anselm Jappe is the author of several major works of critical theory, most famously a book entitled simply “Guy Debord” which is a critical biography of the famous leader of the Situationist International, and is a contributor to the German ‘critique o...
Inside Zero Books #51: Occupy, the Left, and Generation X
David Blacker is Professor of Philosophy of Education and Legal Studies at the University of Delaware. He is the author of the Falling Rate of Learning, a book that came out from Zero Books in 2013. He is also a returning guest,
Zero Squared #128: Antisemitism as a Symptom of Capitalism
Moishe Postone is a Western Marxist and a Professor of History at the University of Chicago and he is the author of the book Time, Labor and Social Domination a book that won the American Sociological Association’s prize in theory.
Symptomatic Redness: A Critique of Pankaj Mishra’s Age of Anger
The Symptomatic Redness podcast presents conversations on political economy and history. Hosted by C. Derick Varn and Amogh Sahu, the program was an independent project for several years but is now hosted by Zero Books on the Zero Squared podcast feed....