The Regrettable Century
The old forms of the left are moribund and the new forms are stupid. We're making a podcast that discusses the need to organize a dialectical pessimism and develop a salvage project capable of sparking a new workers' movement for socialism. A clean, honest, and unsentimental melancholy is required; we are cultivating one and would like to share it with you.
The Regrettable Century
UNLOCKED: Everything Is Recuperated
April 28, 2021
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Chris, Kevin, and Jason
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Season 3
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Episode 17
Last year during the unrest after George Floyd's murder, we read an article about recuperation and talked about the concept within the context of then unfolding paroxysms of rage against police brutality.
Does every movement for social change eventually get recuperated? Yes. Is it still worth engaging in social movements? Also yes.
The Recuperation of Authentic Outrage