Living the Dream

From Liberation to Human Rights - changes in the language of critique

Today Jon (@JonPiccini) and Dave (@withsobersenses) will be talking about two recent articles by Jon that trace the changes in key concepts in the languages of activism and the Left (for lack of better terms) and the reasons for and the potential costs of these changes.

 

The articles discussed are: Human Rights and the Left and Damned Whores and God’s Police, liberation and the power of activist language: A guest post by Jon Piccini

Everything You Know Is Wrong -Conspiracy Theory

After months of silence Living the Dream podcasts are back.

Here we look at the prominence of conspiracy theories, what it is about contemporary capitalism that gives rise to them and what this means for anti-capitalist politics.

Music from Chumbawamba, Total Control, Voight-Kampff, Belgrado, Grey Places and Downtown Boys