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Robert C. Hockett Discusses Money and How It Works pt.2

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 63:47


Robert C. Hockett, Professor of law at Cornell law school, joins Class Unity for part 2 of the discussion on money: how it works and how it relates to banking, capital, and investment. He makes the case for a new set of reforms designed to socialize investment. His research lies in the fields of organizational […]

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Robert C. Hockett Discusses Money and How It Works pt.1

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 68:40


Robert C. Hockett, Professor of law at Cornell law school, joins Class Unity to discuss money: how it works and how it relates to banking, capital, and investment. He makes the case for a new set of reforms designed to socialize investment. His research lies in the fields of organizational financial, and monetary law, and […]

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Transmissions Ep. 1 7 w/ Ben Thomason

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025


In this episode, Jamal, Heph, Daniel, and Martin speak with Ben Thomason on USAID, the Middle East, the new Trump administration, tariffs and more. Ben Arthur Thomason is an expert on twentieth and twenty-first century US empire and international relations and completed his PhD in American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University in 2024. […]

FTC Manning Talks to Class Unity about Rent, Land, Class, and Politics.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025


FTC Manning Talks to Class Unity about Rent, Land, Class, and Politics. Support Class Unity by making a donation today: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?h… You can find the essay we discussed at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/… You can find their work at: https://independent.academia.edu… https://academicworks.cuny.edu/c… You can find us at: https://classunity.org Join us, subscribe, and donate today!

Transmissions Ep. 16: Election Autopsy 2024

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 94:22


Class Unity members cover the reaction of the Democratic Party to Kamala Harris' loss and discuss what we can expect in Donald Trump's next presidency.

Transmissions Ep. 15: Elections Special 2024

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 114:20


Class Unity members discuss the upcoming U.S. presidential elections, the state of the U.S. politics and the economy, and how they relate to global geopolitical developments.

PoliEdPod12: Geopolitical Economy (w/ Radhika Desai)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024


Radhika Desai talks with Class Unity about geopolitical economy, imperialism, realism, the state of the left, and and dollar hegemony. She is the author of “Geopolitical Economy: After US Hegemony, Globalization and Empire” (2013) and “Capitalism, Coronavirus and War” (2022). You can find Class Unity here: https://classunity.org Please consider making a donation or joining today!

PoliEdPod 11: American Imperialism & “Democracy Promotion” (w/ Ben Thomason)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 105:30


In this episode, Jamal, Heph and Daniel speak to Ben Thomason, an expert on American culture and politics, on so-called “democracy promotion,” and the way in which the US uses media and civil society to manipulate other countries in furtherance of corporate interests. Here is some of Thomason's recent work: References: Thomason can be followed […]

PoliEdPod 10: The Cargo Cult of Woke (w/ Christian Parenti)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024


Christian Parenti talks with Class Unity about the “compatible left”, so-called Wokeness, contemporary politics, and institutions like the CIA. Parenti is the author of “Radical Hamilton” (2020) and “Tropic of Chaos” (2011). You can find his article here: https://catalyst-journal.com/2024/06/… You can find Class Unity here: https://classunity.org Please consider making a donation or joining today!

PoliEdPod 9: Michael Heinrich on Reading Marx

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024


Michael Heinrich talks to Class Unity about Marx's Capital, Politics, and the contemporary Left.

Transmissions Ep. 14: George Galloway, the Workers Party, and Joti Brar

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2024 75:48


Welcome to Transmissions Episode 14! In this episode, Jamal, Heph, and Daniel discuss the recent political victory of George Galloway, the Workers Party, and Joti Brar on “Class Unity”, and the prospects for class politics at present. On the Class Unity podcast channel you can find Transmissions, our podcast for topical discussions and interviews, and PoliEdPod, […]

PoliEdPod 8: Beyond the Duopoly? Parties, Unions, and Labor (w/ Catherine Liu)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 90:01


Welcome to Episode 8 or CU's PoliEdPod series! In this episode, Catherine Liu joins us for a discussion of recent debates about the relation between Republican and Democratic parties and labor. For background, listeners may want to check out the articles which initiated this debate, by Sorab Amari and Dustin Guastella, along with a contribution […]

PoliEdPod 7: The Cost of Living Crisis and the State of Capitalism (w/ Costas Lapavitsas)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024


One of the worlds leading Marxist economists talks to us about the recent problems of inflation, class politics, and the global economy. Check out Lapavitsas's latest collaborative efforts here: You can listen to the audio-only version of this event in our podcast feed, or you can watch the livestream via YouTube, below:

Transmissions Ep. 13: James A. Smith of The Popular Show

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2024


Hello friends! Welcome to another episode of Class Unity ‘Transmissions'!  Our guest for this episode is none other than James A. Smith, co-host with David Slavick of The Popular Show. Smith is also the author of Other People's Politics: Populism to Corbynism (Zer0 Books, 2019) and coauthor with Mareile Pfannebecker of Work Want Work: Labour […]

Transmissions Ep. 12: Leftoid Busywork

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2024 131:29


Welcome to Episode 12 ‘Transmissions,' a Class Unity podcast. In this lighthearted episode we discuss the question of Leftoid Busywork. We open with an except from The Phantom Tollbooth (1970), an animated adaptation of the novel by the same name, by Norton Juster. In the clip, the young protagonist Milo meets a character named the […]

Transmissions Ep. 11: Exiting the Vampire Castle – 10-Year Anniversary (w/ Efraim Carlebach)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2023 85:23


Welcome to Episode 11 of Class Unity Transmissions! In this episode, we are joined by Efraim Carlebach to discuss the 10-year anniversary of the publication of Mark Fisher's seminal essay, Exiting the Vampire Castle.  Published on November 24, 2013, Fisher's essay is remembered today as a powerful shot across the bows of what was known […]

PoliEdPod 6: Marx and the American Civil War

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2023 48:53


If Marxism is a theory of history grounded in economics, how should Americans understand our own history from a Marxist perspective? What can the critique of political economy tell us about the major events of American life from the Revolution to the World Wars to today? What are the class dynamics animating the most crucial […]

Transmissions Ep. 10: Gaza (w/ Jamal and Mehmed)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2023 110:55


Hello friends! In this episode of Transmissions, we discuss the recent events unfolding in the Israel-Palestine conflict. In typical Class Unity spirit, we try to focus on the question of what it might mean to approach this conflict from a class first perspective. A central theme of the episode is the question of how the […]

PoliEdPod 5: Our Lives in their Portfolios (w/ Brett Christophers)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 92:18


Welcome to episode 5, of PoliEdPod. In this episode, we present our interview with author Prof. Brett Christophers, on his book Our Lives in their Portfolios; Why Asset Managers Own the World (Verso 2023). Our conversation covers the contemporary asset market, the rentier economy, and the changing nature of ruling class control over nearly all aspects […]

Transmissions Ep. 9: The DSA Union and the Online Millennial Left

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2023


Hello friends! Welcome to this special episode of Class Unity: Transmissions. In this episode, we present you a discussion addressing two topics. First, the recent “statement from the DSA union,” complaining about how staffers are going to be laid off because of a lack of money (i.e., membership dues), whilst couching as a labor issue […]

Transmissions Ep. 8: No Home for You Here (w/ Adam Theron-Lee Rensch)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2023


This episode features an interview with the writer Adam Theron-Lee Rensch on his book No Home For You Here: A Memoir on Class and Culture. The memoir tells the story of Rensch's life growing up in a working class family in rural Ohio. Rensch combines social and political commentary along with vivid depictions of the struggles that face […]

PoliEdPod 4: Reading Alfred Sohn-Rethel on Fascism, Today

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2023 97:28


The Class Unity Political Education Committee is proud to present a discussion exploring how Marxist theory understands modern history. To grasp the rise of fascism in 20th century Europe, we discuss and analyze Alfred Sohn-Rethel's 1973 text, Economy and Class Structure of German Fascism. According to theorists like Sohn-Rethel and Michal Kalecki, the Nazi policy […]

Transmissions Ep. 7: Three Priorities for an Independent Left, Today (w/ Doug Lain)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2023 84:58


Welcome to Episode 7 of Class Unity “Transmissions.” In this episode we are joined by Doug Lain, Commissioning Editor at Sublation Media. Lain is a real veteran of the left podcast scene. From his old philosophy podcast “Diet Soap,” which ran from 2009 through 2014, to his work as host of the Zero Books podcast, […]

PoliEdPod 2: ‘Diversity’ is a Ruling-Class Ideology (w/ Christian Parenti)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2023 109:15


“Those who own the country ought to govern it.” (John Jay) “…if elections were open to all classes of people, the property of the landed proprietors would be insecure. […] our government ought to secure the permanent interests of the country against innovation. […] [it] ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority […]

Transmissions Ep. 6: Gay Particularity (w/ Armand M); Labor Strikes in France (w/ Jamal)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2023 94:02


Hello comrades! Welcome to our sixth episode of Class Unity Transmissions. In this episode, we open with a quick check-in with our comrade Jamal, from CU Chicago, who has been studying the recent strikes in France. Then we move to our interview recorded earlier this year with Armand M, one of the authors of our […]

Transmissions Ep. 5: Rail Workers Betrayed; Time to Break w/ the DSA?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2023 93:42


Greetings, listeners! Welcome to another episode of Class Unity Transmissions. In this episode I am joined by Class Unity members Heph, Sarah R, Julie S, Daniel B, and Jamal. We have two big and closely interrelated topics on the table in this episode. First up is the December 1, 2022, vote by Congress to impose […]

Transmissions Ep. 4: An Organizer's Life (w/ Danny Fetonte)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022 101:37


In this very special episode of Class Unity Transmissions, we bring you the last interview ever recorded with Danny Fetonte. Danny was a well-known labor organizer in Texas, with over 30 years of experience. He worked at Bethlehem Steel for 4 years, and spent a decade working in a variety of other industrial jobs. He […]

PoliEdPod 1: Marx and Political Economy (Introduction to Class Unity #1)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022 95:09 Transcription Available


Welcome to Class Unity's Political Education Podcast. This is a new series which we are running on the stream in parallel to other Class Unity programing that you might already be familiar with, such as our “Transmissions” podcast. The goal of our new series is to present material from our Political Education Committee's ongoing education […]

Transmissions Episode 3: Class Collective (w/ Alex Shah)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 64:14


On May Day, we had the great pleasure of interviewing Alex Shah, Co-Founder and Staff Writer with the Toronto-based Class Collective magazine. Class Collective describes itself as “an annual literary magazine that illuminates the class struggle(s) hidden in the shadows of our culture.”   We start the conversation by inviting Shah to reflect on Class Collective's […]

Transmissions Episode 2: Ukraine, NOBS, and the End of the End of History (w/ George Hoare)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 66:48


Welcome to Episode 2, of Class Unity Transmissions! Our guest for this episode is George Hoare, co-host of the Bungacast (neé Aufebunga Bunga) podcast, and co-author along with Alex Hochuli and Philip Cunliffe, of The End of the End of History (Zero Books, 2021). In this episode, we begin with a discussion of Francis Fukuyama's […]

Transmissions Episode 1: Childcare for All (w/ Sarah R), Panel on Hal Draper’s Anatomy of the Micro-Sect

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 119:36


Hello comrades! Welcome to our first ever episode of Transmissions, the official podcast of the Class Unity caucus of the Democratic Socialists of America. In this episode, we bring you first of all an interview segment on DSA's Childcare for All campaign, with CU member Sarah R. Sarah was heavily involved in the Childcare for […]

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