Le Bon’s Nightmare: Activism and Social Movements
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EP85: Mutual Aid & the Anarchist Radical Imagination (ft. Elif Genc, Payton McDonald, Max Haiven, & Alex Khasnabish)
There's a story you can tell about the post-Occupy left gravitating towards a more state-oriented kind of politics. However, this misses strong autonomous and anarchist-inflected social movements. In this episode, we examine the theory and practice of anti-statist organizing, including the Kurds within the area formerly known as Rojava.Listen now -
EP75: The Hippie High-Rise
From 1968 to 1975, one eighteen story high-rise was the heart of Canada's counterculture. Rochdale College in Toronto was jammed full with leftist organizers, hippies, draft dodgers, students, artists, and others just looking for a good time. Rochdale wasn't really a "college." It was something much bigger: it was a radical experiment. However, was this an experiment worth doing? We investigate.Listen now -
EP72.1 BONUS: Kino Lefter & Darts on Discordia (2004) and Student Activism
Our host Gordon and producer Marc join Evan MacDonald of Kino Lefter to discuss our latest episode - a retrospective on the 2004 documentary "Discordia".Listen now -
EP68: Science Against the People (ft. Charles Schwartz & Sigrid Schmalzer)
The right attacks science, liberals uncritically defend it. But there are other ways to see scientific authority. Scientists have always served capitalism, patriarchy, and empire. So say Science for the People, a radical movement of scientists. So, they are fighting to change it. We tell the story of the groups Vietnam-era origins, and explore why it's having a resurgence today.Listen now -
EP63: Who Researches the Researchers?
Researchers with the best of intentions still get things wrong. So what does it look like when the old paternalistic ways are dispensed of? We talk to Garth Mullins, who is both researcher and subject in Vancouver's downtown east side and also to Michelle Fine, a leading proponent of critical participatory action research.Listen now