Category: podcast
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The Weight of the Printed Word
In this episode we have a conversation with Steve Wright, about his book The Weight of the Printed Word: Text, Context and Militancy in Operaismo. In it we discuss the role of print production and document work in the history of Italian operaismo and autonomist Marxism. What role did the production of various forms of…
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Surrealism and the War on Work
In this episode we have a conversation with Abigail Susik, about her book Surrealist Sabotage and the War on Work. We cover a range of topics including the centrality of work refusal to the history of Surrealism, automatist practices and aesthetic sabotage, the class composition of labor that influenced the beginning of Surrealism, why relationships…
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Football and Radical Politics
For this episode, as a preview for the publication of Paolo Sollier’s book Kicks, Spits, and Headers. The Autobiographical Reflections of an Accidental Footballer we have a conversation with Gabriel Kuhn about the relationship between radical politics and sports, particularly focusing on his book Soccer Vs. the State: Tackling Football and Radical Politics. Topics covered…
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Communizing Publishing
For this first episode we have a conversation with Nick Thoburn about politics and aesthetics of experimental publishing, drawing largely from his book Anti-Book: On the Art and Politics of Radical Publishing (2016). Topics covered include print politics and materiality, communizing and media forms, and the changing position of experimental media production.
