The Dig: Against Idiocy with Kafui Attoh

<p>Car dominance, public transit austerity, and the neoliberal political-economy within which both are embedded have fomented what Marx called <i>idiocy</i>, in its classical sense of privatized social isolation. Dan talks to geographer Kafui Attoh, the author of <i>Rights in Transit: Public Transportation and the Right to the City in California's East Bay</i>, about the political-economy of public transit and why the fight for transportation justice must be part of a broader struggle for the right to the city.</p><p>André Gorz's "The social ideology of the motorcar" <a href="http://unevenearth.org/2018/08/the-social-ideology-of-the-motorcar/" rel="nofollow">unevenearth.org/2018/08/the-social-ideology-of-the-motorcar/</a></p><p>Two upcoming live Dig tapings in Providence!</p><p>April 23: Dan interviews Sam Stein on his book Capital City <a href="http://facebook.com/events/2164662790291372/" rel="nofollow">facebook.com/events/2164662790291372/</a></p><p>May 2-4: Slavery’s Hinterlands: Capitalism and bondage in Rhode Island and across the Atlantic world <a href="http://facebook.com/events/661508874305008/" rel="nofollow">facebook.com/events/661508874305008/</a></p><p>And check out the Philadelphia Socialist Feminist Convergence, April 26-28 <a href="http://socfemphilly.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">socfemphilly.wordpress.com</a></p><p>Thanks to Verso Books. Peruse their massive selection of left-wing titles at <a href="http://www.versobooks.com" rel="nofollow">www.versobooks.com</a></p>