Class Reductionism vs. Marxism (Is there a difference?)
June 24, 2020
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as posted by the channelThis video is a response to Tatiana Cozzarelli's essay "Class Reductionism Is Real, and It’s Coming from the Jacobin Wing of the DSA," and a defense of Class Reductionism as Tatiana defines it, namely that the transformation of the class relations that set up our economic or productive activity will be enough to resolve the problem of racism. More specifically the video argues that a Marxist conception of socialism does understand ethnic, religious, legal, and political conflicts as arising out of class relations.
Along the way, an excerpt from an interview with Mark Fisher on the topic of his essay "Exiting the Vampire Castle" is revisited and his concept of Capitalist Realism is, perhaps, revised.
Relevant Writings
Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher
Class Reductionism Is Real, and It’s Coming from the Jacobin Wing of the DSA by Tatiana Cozzarelli
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Beethoven's 9th Symphony from the Youtube Audio Library
Macintosh Plus's 420
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