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Friday Apr 26, 2024
Friday Apr 26, 2024
On saving society from the antisocial-ists. In partnership with Damage magazine.
Trade unionist and researcher Dustin "Dino" Guastella joins us to talk about the deficiencies of a libertarian or antinomian approach to social problems. We start off with Dino telling us about the Teamsters union, before moving on to:
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How have American cities developed such problems?
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What are the pros and cons of the 'Portuguese Model' of drug decriminalization?
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What is the problem with harm reduction, and how does it connect to notions of 'bare life'?
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How are insecurity and precarity changing people's political demands and expectations?
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Is there something to be learned from the Christian tradition? Should we all be reading Alasdair MacIntyre?
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How do we build a politics of human flourishing?
Links:
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Making the Present the Enemy of the Future, Dino Guastella, Damage
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Anti-Social Socialism Club, Dino Guastella, Damage
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Christianity, Morality, and Socialism, Dino Guastella, Jacobin
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The left must embrace law and order, Slavoj Zizek, New Statesman
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After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory, Alasdair MacIntyre
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