Podcasts about radical democracy

In this episode of the Review of Democracy Podcast, host Alexandra Medzibrodszky talks to Tejas Parasher, Assistant Professor of Political Theory at UCLA, to explore the rich and often overlooked landscape of radical democratic thought in modern India. Drawing from his award-winning book, Radical Democracy in Modern Indian Political Thought, Parasher discusses the ideas of thinkers and activists from the1910s to the 1970s who challenged the colonial legacies of liberal, representative democracy. These figures envisioned participatory, federalist models of governance that resisted elitism and corruption, offering bold alternatives to the political status quo.Join us as we reflect on the value of these "paths not taken" in anti-colonial politics and consider what lessons they might hold for today's democratic challenges. From familiar figures like Gandhi to lesser-known voices in Indian intellectual history, this conversation sheds light on a counter-tradition that critiques representative democracy and reimagines what “real” democratic participation can look like. Whether you're a student of political theory or simply curious about alternative democratic models, this episode promises fresh perspectives on both historical and contemporary governance.

This lecture was delivered at the University of St Andrews on 25 September 2024. 

In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Judith Butler – author of the new book Who's Afraid of Gender – discuss their interpretation of the anti-gender ideology movement and what makes it ‘inadvertently confessional'; explain why we should think about the material and the social as intertwined also when we reflect on issues of gender; show what a broader, more global discussion of such issues could yield; and illuminate how they think about radical democracy. Judith Butler are among the best known and most discussed philosophers, gender scholars, and cultural critics in our age. They have exerted a major influence on a host of fields, perhaps most evidently on feminist and queer scholarship. They act as Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Who's Afraid of Gender has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.   The conversation was conducted by Ferenc Laczó. Lucie Hunter edited the recording.

In the realm of really bad history, this opinion piece at the Washington Post might "trump" them all. But it is par for the course from the "proposition nation" mythologists. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brion-mcclanahan/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brion-mcclanahan/support

Can we stop talking about growth and mediate an environmental crisis through the structures of capitalism?In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu speaks with Japanese scholar Kohei Saito, whose book, Marx in the Anthropocene sold over half a million copies. In it, Saito shows how late in life Marx came to a richer sense of production when he released that there was a law above the economic as he had conceived it—it was the law of Nature. Marx saw how disturbing Nature's metabolism could bring about a “rift” that sent destructive ripples across human life. Today we make the connection between that scholarly book and Kohei's new book, Slow Down!!, which has just come out in English translation. Here he offers a sharp critique of liberal and socialist attempts to “sustain”—like the Green New Deal, and argues for a radical form of degrowth communism that de-celerates our compulsion to add more stuff into the world, in whatever form, and derails our compulsion to sustain, rather than revolutionize. Saito argues that we can lead much happier, and more healthy lives, if we emphasize use value, and revitalize democracy so we all have a hand in deciding what is valuable.“The Green New Deal presents itself as a kind of radical policy. If you look at the content, it's just simply the continuation of what capitalism wants to do. It's a massive investment in new, allegedly green industries, with the creation of more jobs with higher wages, but these are not the things that socialists or any environmentalists should be actually seeking because we recognize that capitalism is basically the root cause of the climate crisis and the misery of the workers. If so, I think it is high time to imagine something radically very different from business-as-usual capitalism.”Kohei Saito as an Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo. He completed his doctorate at the Humboldt University in Berlin. In 2018 he won the prestigious Deutscher Memorial Prize for Marxist research—becoming the first Japanese, and the youngest person, ever to win that prize. His books include: Slow Down! How Degrowth Communism Can Save the World (2023); Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism (2022), Karl Marx's Ecosocialism: Capital, Nature, and the Unfinished Critique of Political Economy (2017).https://researchmap.jp/7000022985?lang=enhttps://www.hachette.com.au/kohei-saito/slow-down-how-degrowth-communism-can-save-the-earthwww.palumbo-liu.com https://speakingoutofplace.comhttps://twitter.com/palumboliu?s=20

Can we stop talking about growth and mediate an environmental crisis through the structures of capitalism?In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu speaks with Japanese scholar Kohei Saito, whose book, Marx in the Anthropocene sold over half a million copies. In it, Saito shows how late in life Marx came to a richer sense of production when he released that there was a law above the economic as he had conceived it—it was the law of Nature. Marx saw how disturbing Nature's metabolism could bring about a “rift” that sent destructive ripples across human life. Today we make the connection between that scholarly book and Kohei's new book, Slow Down!!, which has just come out in English translation. Here he offers a sharp critique of liberal and socialist attempts to “sustain”—like the Green New Deal, and argues for a radical form of degrowth communism that de-celerates our compulsion to add more stuff into the world, in whatever form, and derails our compulsion to sustain, rather than revolutionize. Saito argues that we can lead much happier, and more healthy lives, if we emphasize use value, and revitalize democracy so we all have a hand in deciding what is valuable.“The Green New Deal presents itself as a kind of radical policy. If you look at the content, it's just simply the continuation of what capitalism wants to do. It's a massive investment in new, allegedly green industries, with the creation of more jobs with higher wages, but these are not the things that socialists or any environmentalists should be actually seeking because we recognize that capitalism is basically the root cause of the climate crisis and the misery of the workers. If so, I think it is high time to imagine something radically very different from business-as-usual capitalism.”Kohei Saito as an Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo. He completed his doctorate at the Humboldt University in Berlin. In 2018 he won the prestigious Deutscher Memorial Prize for Marxist research—becoming the first Japanese, and the youngest person, ever to win that prize. His books include: Slow Down! How Degrowth Communism Can Save the World (2023); Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism (2022), Karl Marx's Ecosocialism: Capital, Nature, and the Unfinished Critique of Political Economy (2017).https://researchmap.jp/7000022985?lang=enhttps://www.hachette.com.au/kohei-saito/slow-down-how-degrowth-communism-can-save-the-earthwww.palumbo-liu.com https://speakingoutofplace.comhttps://twitter.com/palumboliu?s=20

Can we stop talking about growth and mediate an environmental crisis through the structures of capitalism?In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu speaks with Japanese scholar Kohei Saito, whose book, Marx in the Anthropocene sold over half a million copies. In it, Saito shows how late in life Marx came to a richer sense of production when he released that there was a law above the economic as he had conceived it—it was the law of Nature. Marx saw how disturbing Nature's metabolism could bring about a “rift” that sent destructive ripples across human life. Today we make the connection between that scholarly book and Kohei's new book, Slow Down!!, which has just come out in English translation. Here he offers a sharp critique of liberal and socialist attempts to “sustain”—like the Green New Deal, and argues for a radical form of degrowth communism that de-celerates our compulsion to add more stuff into the world, in whatever form, and derails our compulsion to sustain, rather than revolutionize. Saito argues that we can lead much happier, and more healthy lives, if we emphasize use value, and revitalize democracy so we all have a hand in deciding what is valuable.“The Green New Deal presents itself as a kind of radical policy. If you look at the content, it's just simply the continuation of what capitalism wants to do. It's a massive investment in new, allegedly green industries, with the creation of more jobs with higher wages, but these are not the things that socialists or any environmentalists should be actually seeking because we recognize that capitalism is basically the root cause of the climate crisis and the misery of the workers. If so, I think it is high time to imagine something radically very different from business-as-usual capitalism.”Kohei Saito as an Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo. He completed his doctorate at the Humboldt University in Berlin. In 2018 he won the prestigious Deutscher Memorial Prize for Marxist research—becoming the first Japanese, and the youngest person, ever to win that prize. His books include: Slow Down! How Degrowth Communism Can Save the World (2023); Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism (2022), Karl Marx's Ecosocialism: Capital, Nature, and the Unfinished Critique of Political Economy (2017).https://researchmap.jp/7000022985?lang=enhttps://www.hachette.com.au/kohei-saito/slow-down-how-degrowth-communism-can-save-the-earthwww.palumbo-liu.com https://speakingoutofplace.comhttps://twitter.com/palumboliu?s=20

Can we stop talking about growth and mediate an environmental crisis through the structures of capitalism?In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu speaks with Japanese scholar Kohei Saito, whose book, Marx in the Anthropocene sold over half a million copies. In it, Saito shows how late in life Marx came to a richer sense of production when he released that there was a law above the economic as he had conceived it—it was the law of Nature. Marx saw how disturbing Nature's metabolism could bring about a “rift” that sent destructive ripples across human life. Today we make the connection between that scholarly book and Kohei's new book, Slow Down!!, which has just come out in English translation. Here he offers a sharp critique of liberal and socialist attempts to “sustain”—like the Green New Deal, and argues for a radical form of degrowth communism that de-celerates our compulsion to add more stuff into the world, in whatever form, and derails our compulsion to sustain, rather than revolutionize. Saito argues that we can lead much happier, and more healthy lives, if we emphasize use value, and revitalize democracy so we all have a hand in deciding what is valuable.“The Green New Deal presents itself as a kind of radical policy. If you look at the content, it's just simply the continuation of what capitalism wants to do. It's a massive investment in new, allegedly green industries, with the creation of more jobs with higher wages, but these are not the things that socialists or any environmentalists should be actually seeking because we recognize that capitalism is basically the root cause of the climate crisis and the misery of the workers. If so, I think it is high time to imagine something radically very different from business-as-usual capitalism.”Kohei Saito as an Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo. He completed his doctorate at the Humboldt University in Berlin. In 2018 he won the prestigious Deutscher Memorial Prize for Marxist research—becoming the first Japanese, and the youngest person, ever to win that prize. His books include: Slow Down! How Degrowth Communism Can Save the World (2023); Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism (2022), Karl Marx's Ecosocialism: Capital, Nature, and the Unfinished Critique of Political Economy (2017).https://researchmap.jp/7000022985?lang=enhttps://www.hachette.com.au/kohei-saito/slow-down-how-degrowth-communism-can-save-the-earthwww.palumbo-liu.com https://speakingoutofplace.comhttps://twitter.com/palumboliu?s=20

Can we stop talking about growth and mediate an environmental crisis through the structures of capitalism?In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu speaks with Japanese scholar Kohei Saito, whose book, Marx in the Anthropocene sold over half a million copies. In it, Saito shows how late in life Marx came to a richer sense of production when he released that there was a law above the economic as he had conceived it—it was the law of Nature. Marx saw how disturbing Nature's metabolism could bring about a “rift” that sent destructive ripples across human life. Today we make the connection between that scholarly book and Kohei's new book, Slow Down!!, which has just come out in English translation. Here he offers a sharp critique of liberal and socialist attempts to “sustain”—like the Green New Deal, and argues for a radical form of degrowth communism that de-celerates our compulsion to add more stuff into the world, in whatever form, and derails our compulsion to sustain, rather than revolutionize. Saito argues that we can lead much happier, and more healthy lives, if we emphasize use value, and revitalize democracy so we all have a hand in deciding what is valuable.“The Green New Deal presents itself as a kind of radical policy. If you look at the content, it's just simply the continuation of what capitalism wants to do. It's a massive investment in new, allegedly green industries, with the creation of more jobs with higher wages, but these are not the things that socialists or any environmentalists should be actually seeking because we recognize that capitalism is basically the root cause of the climate crisis and the misery of the workers. If so, I think it is high time to imagine something radically very different from business-as-usual capitalism.”Kohei Saito as an Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo. He completed his doctorate at the Humboldt University in Berlin. In 2018 he won the prestigious Deutscher Memorial Prize for Marxist research—becoming the first Japanese, and the youngest person, ever to win that prize. His books include: Slow Down! How Degrowth Communism Can Save the World (2023); Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism (2022), Karl Marx's Ecosocialism: Capital, Nature, and the Unfinished Critique of Political Economy (2017).https://researchmap.jp/7000022985?lang=enhttps://www.hachette.com.au/kohei-saito/slow-down-how-degrowth-communism-can-save-the-earthwww.palumbo-liu.com https://speakingoutofplace.comhttps://twitter.com/palumboliu?s=20

Can we stop talking about growth and mediate an environmental crisis through the structures of capitalism?In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu speaks with Japanese scholar Kohei Saito, whose book, Marx in the Anthropocene sold over half a million copies. In it, Saito shows how late in life Marx came to a richer sense of production when he released that there was a law above the economic as he had conceived it—it was the law of Nature. Marx saw how disturbing Nature's metabolism could bring about a “rift” that sent destructive ripples across human life. Today we make the connection between that scholarly book and Kohei's new book, Slow Down!!, which has just come out in English translation. Here he offers a sharp critique of liberal and socialist attempts to “sustain”—like the Green New Deal, and argues for a radical form of degrowth communism that de-celerates our compulsion to add more stuff into the world, in whatever form, and derails our compulsion to sustain, rather than revolutionize. Saito argues that we can lead much happier, and more healthy lives, if we emphasize use value, and revitalize democracy so we all have a hand in deciding what is valuable.“The Green New Deal presents itself as a kind of radical policy. If you look at the content, it's just simply the continuation of what capitalism wants to do. It's a massive investment in new, allegedly green industries, with the creation of more jobs with higher wages, but these are not the things that socialists or any environmentalists should be actually seeking because we recognize that capitalism is basically the root cause of the climate crisis and the misery of the workers. If so, I think it is high time to imagine something radically very different from business-as-usual capitalism.”Kohei Saito as an Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo. He completed his doctorate at the Humboldt University in Berlin. In 2018 he won the prestigious Deutscher Memorial Prize for Marxist research—becoming the first Japanese, and the youngest person, ever to win that prize. His books include: Slow Down! How Degrowth Communism Can Save the World (2023); Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism (2022), Karl Marx's Ecosocialism: Capital, Nature, and the Unfinished Critique of Political Economy (2017).https://researchmap.jp/7000022985?lang=enhttps://www.hachette.com.au/kohei-saito/slow-down-how-degrowth-communism-can-save-the-earthwww.palumbo-liu.com https://speakingoutofplace.comhttps://twitter.com/palumboliu?s=20

Today we speak with Japanese philosopher Kohei Saito, whose book, Marx in the Anthropocene , sold over half a million copies. In it, Saito shows how late in life Marx came to a richer sense of production when he realized that there was a law above the economic as he had conceived it—it was the law of Nature. Marx saw how disturbing Nature's metabolism could bring about a “rift” that sent destructive ripples across human life.  Today we make the connection between that scholarly book and Kohei's new book, Slow Down!!, which has just come out in English translation. Here he offers a sharp critique of liberal and socialist attempts to “sustain”—like the Green New Deal, and argues for a radical form of degrowth communism that de-celerates our compulsion to add more stuff into the world, in whatever form, and derails our compulsion to sustain, rather than revolutionize. Saito argues that we can lead much happier, and more healthy lives, if we emphasize use value, and revitalize democracy so we all have a hand in deciding what is valuable. Bio Kohei Saito is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tokyo. He completed his doctorate at the Humboldt University in Berlin. In 2018 he won the prestigious Deutscher Memorial Prize for Marxist research—becoming the first Japanese, and the youngest person, ever to win that prize. His books include: Slow Down! How Degrowth Communism Can Save the World (2023); Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism (2022), Karl Marx's Ecosocialism: Capital, Nature, and the Unfinished Critique of Political Economy (2017).

Josiah is joined by Jesse Goodman (@platofan402, Post-Cultural Amnesiac) to discuss 2023. Beginning with a focus on 2023 in personal media consumption, the conversation evolves into a broader discuss of the anecdotal "vibe shift," the sense of living in a hyperpolitical age, and the difficulty of talking about film or art while genocide and war unfolds in the background. Correction: I (Josiah) briefly discuss the strange Osama Bin Laden going viral on TikTok situation and suggest that we will eventually find out who is behind that. We already have. It was Yashar Ali who platformed it. Follow today's guest on Twitter @platofan402Check out Jesse's Substack, Post-Cultural Amnesiac, here: https://jessedgoodman.substack.com.Some of Jesse's poetry can be found in issues 17 and 24 of Wild Roof: https://wildroofjournal.com.An essay by Jesse in Litro US: https://www.litromagazine.com/usa/2023/06/baltimore-by-the-mid-morning-light.Become a Fruitless Patron here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141Check out Fruitless on YouTubeFind more of Josiah's work here: https://linktr.ee/josiahwsuttonFollow Josiah on Twitter & Bluesky @josiahwsuttonReferencesPoor Things (2023), directed by Yorgos Lanthimos."Everyone Is Beautiful and No One Is Horny," R.S. Benedict in Blood Knife, https://bloodknife.com/everyone-beautiful-no-one-horny."The Strange Undeath of Middlebrow," Phil Christman in The Hedgehog Review, https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/who-do-we-think-we-are/articles/the-strange-undeath-of-middlebrow. An edited version of this essay appears in his collection, How to Be Normal."Everything is Hyperpolitical," Anton Jäger in The Point, https://thepointmag.com/politics/everything-is-hyperpolitical.If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution by Vincent Bevins"An Issue of Concern," John Ganz in Unpopular Front, https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/an-issue-of-concern."Eyeless in Gaza," Death Is Just Around the Corner, https://www.patreon.com/posts/199-eyeless-in-90901189.Tweet Josiah paraphrased: https://twitter.com/LukewSavage/status/1270048044881502209."Salvador Allende's Brief Experiment in Radical Democracy in Chile 50 Years Ago Today," Interview with Marian Schlotterbeck in Jacobin, https://jacobin.com/2020/09/salvador-allende-chile-coup-pinochet.MusicYesterday – bloom.In My Dreams – bloom.

Tejas Parasher, Assistant Professor of Political Theory, UCLA

Globally, contemporary cities face seemingly insurmountable challenges such as urban inequality, inadequate infrastructure, climate crisis, and increasingly, threats to democracy. In the face of such challenges, the Dr. Aseem Inam introduces the concept of "co-designing publics" by examining what lies at the potent intersection of the public realm and informal urbanisms. He defines the public realm as interconnected spatial and political networks of public spaces that weave a city together, while informal urbanisms are the transactional conditions of ambiguity that exist between what is acceptable and what is unacceptable in cities.   At their intersection are publics, who never simply exist because they are always created. In fact, publics are co-designed [i.e. co-created in inventive and multifarious ways] around common concerns or desire through volitional inquiry and action. He contextualizes these discussions by paying particular attention to the cities of the global south, because place matters in shaping urban thinking and practice. There is an increasing interest in thinking and practicing from cities of the global south rather than just about them. He then describes how these ideas are being further investigated through case studies in cites around the world and articulated through interactive events in the Co-Designing Publics International Research Network. He concludes with thoughts on the profound implications of co-designing publics for radical democracy and transformative urbanisms. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their presentation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. This is the last episode of this semester — but don't fear, in the break we'll be sharing a new series focused on The Imaginal Cells of the Solidarity Economy which will showcase the myriad ways that solidarity economy practices are providing models and pathways to build a more cooperative, democratic, equitable, and sustainable world--one in which many worlds fit.   This series is co-presented by the Resist & Build's SE Narrative Circle, the U.S. Solidarity Economy Network, the New Economy Coalition, and Shareable — the first event focusing on Community Ownership is happening live on Wednesday, May 17th at 2pm EST. Click here to register for a free ticket. We'll also share the recording of the live event here on this feed — so stay tuned if you miss the event or want to listen to it again. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Deandra Boyle and Caitlin McLennan. Roame Jasmin is our producer, Robert Raymond is our audio editor, the original portrain of Aseem Inaam was illustrated by Caitlin McLennan, the graphic recording was illustrated by Anke Dregnet, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.  “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song and Caitlin McLennon created this episode's graphic.

This episode discusses the work of the influential American political thinker, Sheldon Wolin. Wolin is one of the foremost theorists of radical democracy. His insights are also extremely helpful in naming the contemporary forces and dynamics that undermine and subvert democracy - all in the name of being democratic. Like other figures discussed in this series he writes in a compelling way, drawing on a diverse range of sources including  historical examples, the Bible, and contemporary culture to explain his ideas. His work has been important in helping to frame and make sense of on the ground democratic organizing. While giving an overview of his life and work, the key text of Wolin's I focus on is his essay “Contract and Birthright” from his essay collection entitled The Presence of the Past. I  discuss Sheldon Wolin with Laura Grattan, a political theorist at Wellesely College. As well as being a scholar, Laura has also been involved in grassroots democratic politics over many years, so combines theory and practice in her work.GuestLaura Grattan is Associate Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College. She researches and teaches political theory, with a focus on grassroots organizing and the politics of race, ethnicity, and culture. Her books include Populism's Power: Radical Grassroots Democracy in America, which analyzes populist rhetoric and organizing in historical and contemporary social movements (including the nineteenth-century People's Party, the Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street, and DREAM Act and UndocuQueer organizing). Her new project investigates movements such as the Movement for Black Lives, prison abolition, and #Not1More Deportation and the ways they generate alternatives to the colorblind ideology and practices that have produced and sustained the carceral state in the U.S. She is also co-editor of Deliberation and the Work of Higher Education: Innovations for the Classroom, Campus, and Community, which explores issues and practices of civic engagement among college students. At Wellesley, she co-directs the Project on Public Leadership and Action, an initiative led by faculty who are committed to action-oriented and public facing research that builds civic agency among students and in the surrounding community.Resources for Going Deeper Sheldon Wolin, ‘Contract and Birthright,' in Presence of the Past: Essays on the State and the Constitution (Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1990), 137-150.Sheldon Wolin, Politics and Vision: Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought - Expanded Edition (Princeton University Press, 2004) For more information & relevant updates follow me on Twitter: @WestLondonMan For readings to download relevant to or discussed in an episode visit: https://ormondcenter.com/listen-organize-act-podcast

Long time leading Socialist Alliance member Peter Boyle joins the Green Left Show to discuss the manufacturing outpouring of pro-monarchist propaganda, the push for a republic and what real democratic change is needed in Australia. View this episode as a video online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/green-left-show-28-republic-royal-succession-and-radical-democracy We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our respects to Elders past and present. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/greenleft Green Left online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenLeftOnline/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/greenleftonline YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/greenleftonline TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greenleftonline Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenleftonline/ Podbean: https://greenleftonline.podbean.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/greenleftonline Podcast also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Antennapod, Itunes and PodcastAddict.

The Visit Bentonville team sits down with Austen Barron Bailey, Cheif Curator at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art to discuss We the People: The Radical Notion of Democracy. Listen now to learn more about the obtainment of the rare, original print of the US Constitution, the additional documents and artwork on display, and the upcoming events for this exhibition!

Professor David Matijasevich, author of Radical Democracy and Its Limits, joins Matt and Victor to discuss the limits of radical democracy and the aesthetic ideal of protest politics, and how they are often the luxury of those who are already cozy in a political system wherein are not threatened by existing power structures. He contends that our understanding of political action should be broadened to include that which does not occur against the backdrop of liberal democracy, including his case studies in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Link to Radical Democracy and Its Limits https://amzn.to/3wNU1lg

On this episode, the It Can Be Done crew (@hshs_miller, @grilled_peppers, @meatshowerky) invites on Austin Gonzalez, Democratic Socialists of America steering member and one of three hosts of our cousin pod Machete Y Mate, to talk George Ciccarello-Maher's Building the Commune and Venezuela's communes, an under discussed project in the US Left. You can find Austin online @Gaius_Gracchus_ and Machete Y Mate wherever you get It Can Be Done. Outro music: PSUV - Chavez Vive! La Lucha Sigue! Text: Building the Commune Radical Democracy in Venezuela Photo by Eduardo Acevedo

Glen Weyl speaks to Forum Fellow Nicolas Wittstock about his work with RadicalXchange and the reform agenda they propose. In his 2018 book with Eric Posner, Glen Weyl suggests radical reforms to private property, the voting system, immigration, antitrust policy, and the way that technology companies handle data. In this podcast, Glen reflects on the motivations behind the reform agenda laid out, the effects that the policy ideas have had thus far, and how his thinking has evolved.

Clarence Lusane, Professor of Political History at Howard University and author of numerous books including “Black History of White Change”, “$20 and Change: Harriet Tubman, Andrew Jackson, on the Struggle for a Radical Democracy”, gives his take on the recent Jericho March with stabbings and beatings by Proud Boys, and also talks about Trump’s recent […] The post Trump’s Mail-in voting attack aimed to suppress Black Votes: Cla... appeared first on WORT 89.9 FM.

A quick review of the important takeaways from my discussion with Prof. Lewis Gordon.Deeyah Khan, White Right: Meeting the Enemy:https://youtu.be/rxP4B374Os8The Guardian, “‘It’s not fair, not right’: How America treats its black farmers”: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/30/america-black-farmers-louisiana-sugarcaneNew York Times 1619 Podcast:“Land of Our Fathers, Part 1”: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/podcasts/1619-slavery-sugar-farm-land.html“Land of Our Fathers, Part 2”: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/11/podcasts/1619-slavery-farm-loan-discrimination.htmlRobert Evans, “Behind the Police” podcast: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-behind-the-police-63877803/Louisville Courier-Journal, "Three Percenters plan 'boots on the ground' in Louisville to counter black militia":https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2020/07/23/three-percenters-plan-response-nfac-march-louisville/5491690002/NPR, "CAHOOTS: How Social Workers and Police Share Responsibilities in Eugene, Oregon":https://www.npr.org/2020/06/10/874339977/cahoots-how-social-workers-and-police-share-responsibilities-in-eugene-oregonDemocracy May Not Exist, But We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone, by Astra Taylor:https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250179845Red Pepper, interview with Chantal Mouffe and Ernesto Laclau, “Heats, Minds and Radical Democracy”: https://www.redpepper.org.uk/hearts-minds-and-radical-democracy/The Guardian, “Human brain is predisposed to negative stereotypes, study finds”:https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/01/human-brain-is-predisposed-to-negative-stereotypes-new-study-suggestsThe American Conservative, “How Police Became A Standing Army”:https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/how-police-became-a-standing-army/Ibram X. Kendi on DemocracyNow:https://youtu.be/_oQXki0hG9wJeff Schoep at NYU, The Veritas Forum:https://youtu.be/xP8bP4hs1p0Music by Chafouin, licensed through Creative Commons:https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chafouin/a_suffa_comme_i/Chafouin_-_a_suffa_comme_i_-_01_Jessica_92Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/PoliteiaPod

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - Episode 55 "RADICAL RECIPROCITY" "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country". The Final Episode. Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - Episode 54 "RADICAL RESILIENCE 2" Stand Up, Speak Up, Woman Up! with Special Guest, Debbie Montgomery-Johnson. Founder of "The Woman Behind The Smile" and Dating Scam Survivor. Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - Episode 53 "RADICAL RESILIENCE" The Transformative Power Of Pain with Special Guest, Jaclyn Rinaldi, Empowerment Coach, Lyme Disease and Breast Implant Illness Survior. Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - Episode 52 "RADICAL MASCULINITY" Preparing Marginalized Men To Face Today's Challenges. With Special Guest, Phil MacRauari, Behavioral Consultant. Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - Episode 51 "RADICAL BOOMERS: Women's Wisdom Solutions" With Special Guests: Hannah Starobim, Co-Founder of Twisting the Plot, and Marianne Franzese, Author and Playwright. Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - Episode 50 "RADICAL RENEWAL - Part 2". Navigating Through The Dark And Troubled Times, with Special Guest, Anthropologist, Robert Vetter. Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - Episode 49 "RADICAL RENEWAL". Restoring the Original Instructions with Special guest Anthropologist,Robert Vetter.- Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - Episode 48 "RADICAL FATHERHOOD". Special guest Keith Jowers, MA, PhD, Founder of Dads4life. Helping divorced and single dads remain in the lives of their kids.- Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - Episode 47 "RADICAL REVIEWS". Queen And Slim & Frozen 2 with Jayden Oliver, Edwidge Constant, and Harper Henry. We're Multi Generational.- Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - Episode 45 "RADICAL GRATITUDE": The Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address: The Gateway to Peace.- Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - Episode 44 "RADICAL WOMANHOOD: Gender Neutrality and The ERAsure of The Divine Feminine, with Special Guest Carolina Allen, Founder of Big Ocean Women.- Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - Episode 43 "RADICAL MOTHERHOOD: Living On The Edge". With Special Guest, Maggie Graham of Maggie Graham Solutions and mother of 11 children.- Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - Episode 42 "RADICALLY RE-EXAMINING MENTAL HEALTH". Crazywise: Indigenous Cultures, Psychosis, and Spiritual Awakening with Special Guest Director Phil Borges, Documentary Filmaker.- Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY

Dr. Manali Desai is a Reader in Comparative and Historical Sociology at the University of Cambridge. Her work focuses on the areas of state formation, political parties, social movements, development, ethnic violence, gender and post-colonial studies. In this conversation, we spoke about gendered violence in India in general and Manali's related research in particular. Manali brought along her expertise of post-colonial India and used her sociological lens to dissect the institutional conditions that normalise violence, neoliberalism and how that relates to sexual violence, white feminist gaze and more. Article that we discussed: Desai, M. 2016. ‘Gendered Violence and the Body Politic in India', New Left Review, May/June. Manali's Books: DeLeon, C., M. Desai and C. Tugal (eds.). 2015. Building Blocs: How Parties Organize Society. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press. (ASA Political Sociology Section: Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship (Article or Book Chapter) Award (Honorable Mention) Chatterjee, P., M. Desai and P. Roy (eds.). 2009. States of Trauma: Gender and Violence in South Asia. New Delhi: Zubaan and Cambridge University Press. Desai, M. 2007. State Formation and Radical Democracy in India, 1860-1990. [Studies in Asia's Transformations Series]. London and New York: Routledge.

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - Episode 41 "RADICALLY RE-EXAMINING CANNABIS".Ancient Medicine vs. Modern Commodity with Special Guest Emma Chasen, Cannabis Educator and Consultant..- Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - Episode 40 "RADICAL EMPOWERMENT"Rescuing Democracy from "Panic Politics": The Indigenous Solutions, with Special Guest Anthropologist Robert Vetter.- Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - Episode 39 "RADICAL OPTIMISM”: Choosing the Positive Inside the Negative. With Special Guest Chrissy Velez, Founder of The Viberise Movement .- Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - Episode 38 "RADICAL RE-THINKING"The Consistent Life Ethic with Special Guest Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa,founder of New Wave Feminists.- Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - This Weeks Topic is RADICAL GIVING Remembering the Spirit of 9/12 With Special Guest Host Marianne Franzese Chasen, Author, Educator, Creative Arts Therapist..- Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - This Weeks Topic is RADICAL PARENTING Part 3Keeping Kids Comfortable in a Chaotic World With Special Guest Celia Kibler, Family Empowerment Coach, Founder Of Pumped Up Parenting, Mom And Grandmom.- Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - This Weeks Topic is RADICAL REIMAGINING: Manifesting Change Through Thought and Action with Special Guests: Marianne Franzese, Creative Arts Therapist and Robert Vetter, Cultural Anthropologist.- Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - This Weeks Topic is RADICAL REUNION:A Philosophy of Reuniting Women in an Age of Divisiveness with Special Guest Carolina Allen, Founder of Big Ocean Women.- Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - This Weeks Topic is RADICAL RISK-TAKING:Having Faith in the Possibilities of the Unknown. With Special Guest Jayden Oliver, Aspiring Motivational Speaker, MNU Grad, and WBB Alum..- Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson candidate joins Larry Lessig this week to talk about why she’s running and how she would restore our democracy by making every voice equal and reducing the influence of big money and big corporations.

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - "RADICAL COMMITMENT". Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - "RADICAL CALLING" Part 2: The Heroic Conversation, Truth-telling in the Age of “Groupthink”. With Special Guest Marianne Franzese, Author, Poet, Playwright.- Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - "RADICAL ARTISTRY: Filmmaking as Activism" with Special Guest Campbell Dalglish, Documentary Filmmaker, Professor of Film and Video, Media Arts at City College of NY.- Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers -“RADICAL CALLING: The Hero’s Journey for Today with Special Guest Marianne Franzese, Author, Poet, Playwright.- Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - “RADICAL SELF CARE: Herbal Wisdom for Healthy Humans", With Special Guest Bernadette Torres, Master Herbalist and Meadowcine Woman.- Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers -This Weeks Topic is “RADICAL REMEMBRANCE” Returning to Wholeness after Loss With Special Guest Claudia Coenen, CGC, MTP, Author of Shattered by Grief.- Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - This weeks topic: "Will Hypocrisy Cripple the Feminist Movement?" with Special Guest Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa, founder of New Wave Feminists.- Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - This Weeks Topic is “Radical Responsibility PT. 3” Busting the Health Care Myth With Special Guest Rev. Joanne Angel Barry Colon, Personal Trainer, Intuitive Healer. - Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - This Weeks Topic is “Radical Purpose” Basketball and the Meaning of Life, With Special Guest Jayden Oliver, Aspiring motivational speaker, MNU Grad & WBB Alum. - Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - This weeks topic is “Radical Resilience”. The Struggle for Justice in Native America With Special Guest, Melissa Goodblanket - Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/radical-democracy. Liberal democracy has its problems, including the fact that in trying to build consensus, it often ends up oppressing minorities or those who dissent. Radical democracy, on the other hand, tries to build consensus around difference, and challenge oppressive power relationships. But what are the risks of radical democracy? Is it really possible to have a democratic nation state without social conformity? How do we ensure both freedom and equality for all citizens in a society? And how does the anti-colonial tradition help us rethink what a modern democracy might be like? John and Ken join the struggle with Stanford historian Aishwary Kumar, author of "Radical Equality: Ambedkar, Gandhi, and the Risk of Democracy"

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - This Weeks Topic is Radical Creativity: Writing Your Story, Telling Our Story With Special Guest Author, Linda Chambers. Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY -www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - This Weeks Topic is “Radical Responsibility Part 2” Awakening the Warrior Heart - Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers - This Weeks Topic is Radical Responsibility, The Path of the True Warrior With Guest Robert Vetter, Author and Anthropologist - Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

RADICAL DEMOCRACY with MADDI CHEERS This Weeks Topic is Radical Courage:The Most Heroic Millennial Feminist you Never Heard Of! - Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

RADICAL DEMOCRACY with MADDI CHEERS This Weeks Topic is Radically Inspiring Education: Educating Students to attain Purpose, Fulfillment, and Joy with Guest HostMarianne Franzese Chasen, Principal Spark ElementaryRadical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

RADICAL DEMOCRACY with MADDI CHEERS THIS WEEKS TOPIC: RADICAL HEALTH CARE, Caring for Yourself, Caring for Community With Special Guest Reverend Jennifer “Rev. Jenn” Cormier CMT, LMTRadical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com - This Weeks Topic: ENLIGHTENED ECONOMICS Raising Consciousness vs. Raising Taxes

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com - This Weeks Topic: INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIPThe Radical, & Almost Unimaginable Practice Of Leading By Example. With Robert Vetter, Cultural Anthropologist.

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com - This Weeks Topic: RADICAL FEMINISM Pt.3The Way of the ClanMother: Reclaiming our Feminine Power

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com - This Weeks Topic: RADICAL FEMINISM Pt. 2Cuomo’s Covert Patriarchy vs. NY’s Women and Children

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com - This Weeks Topic: RADICAL FEMINISMPRO LIFE, PRO CHOICE, PRO WOMAN with Special Guest Destiny Herndon-De LaRosa Founder of New Wave Feminists

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com - This Weeks Topic: RADICAL LITERACYCreating Conscious & Critical Readers with Guest Host Marianne Franzese, Principal of Spark Elementary

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com - This Weeks Topic: THE POWER OF STORY Iroquois Stories, Then & Now with Special Guest Kay Olan, Mohawk Storyteller

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com - This Weeks Topic: Radically Real Science with Dr. Alberto Conti, Astrophysicist

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com - This Weeks Topic is Peaceful Parenting: Positivity, Patience, Perseverance, and Play! with Special Guest Celia Kibler, Founder of Pumped Up Parenting.

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com - This week's topic is Transformation Through Trauma with Special Guest Morgan Jamie Dunbar, Founder of Birthed in Betrayal.

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - Today's Topic is The Great Law of Peace 2: Wisdom Governance for the 21st CenturyWith Special Guest Robert Vetter. www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - Todays Topic is The Great Law of Peace. Radically Recreating a More Perfect Union, With Special Guest Robert Vetter. www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - Todays Topic is "Radical Creativity" The Arts as Education for the 21st Century and Beyond, with Special Guest Linda Chambers, Teacher, Director, and Writer. www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island radio from Paradise Studios NY - Todays show features special guest Robert Vetter, Anthropologist, Author, and Healer. www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - Todays Topic is “A Radical Approach to Education” with special guest Marianne Franzese, Founder of Spark Elementary. www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Radical Democracy with Maddi Cheers is aired live on Strong Island Radio from Paradise Studios NY - www.ParadiseStudiosNY.com

Abram Smith caught political fire as a radical Locofoco Democrat, a friend of working people and outsiders. Smith was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1852 after he spent some time as a notable defense attorney. Let’s not forget that in 1850 the Fugitive Slave Act was revamped in order to ensure that Northerners were not a hinderance in the capture of slaves who had escaped their southern masters. In fact, Northerners were now required to return any slaves whom they knew to be fugitives. Smith, as a judge, was in utter disagreement with this act and he made that quite apparent when he nullified the Fugitive Slave Act for his state after a slave by the name of Joshua Glover was thrown into the city jail. Sherman Booth had been helping Glover maintain his freedom. Smith decided that Glover should be liberated and Booth should be cleared of any wrongdoing.Who was Abram Smith? What was the Fugitive Slave Act and did it change during the Compromise of 1850? What did Abram Smith decide about the Fugitive Slave Act?Further Reading:Dunley, Ruth. “A.D. Smith: Knight-Errant of Radical Democracy,” (PhD Diss.). The University of Ottowa. 2008.Abram D. Smith: Nullification, from Classics of Liberty“From President of Canada to Governor of the People”Music by Kai EngelRelated Content:The Slave Trade and the Constitution, written by George H. SmithThere’s No Excuse for Slavery, Liberty Chronicles EpisodeWhy did the Southern States Secede?, written by Anthony Comegna See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Abram D. Smith is a forgotten figure in American history. Smith was born in either Lowville or Cambridge, upstate New York, in 1811, just before the post-war boom years of rapid social and economic change. As a young man, he experienced and contributed to a wave of nationalistic romanticism, enraptured with the wonders of American republicanism and democracy.  He was in these regards fairly unremarkable, and yet in September 1838, probably in some Ohio forest, surrounded by blazing torchlight, a circle of revolutionary conspirators called the Brother Hunters elected Abram D. Smith—Mr. Average American—to be President of the Republic of Canada.  Further Readings/References:“Abram D. Smith: Nullification,” on Classics of LibertyBonthius, Andrew. “The Patriot War of 1837-1838: Locofocoism With a Gun?” Labour/Le Travail 52 (Fall 2003), 9-43.Dunley, Ruth. “A.D. Smith: Knight-Errant of Radical Democracy,” (PhD Diss.). The University of Ottowa. 2008.Kinchen, Oscar. The Rise and Fall of the Patriot Hunters. New York: Bookman Associates. 1956.James Gemmel, “Two Years in Van Dieman’s Land”Benjamin Wait, Letters from Van Dieman’s LandMusic by Kai Engel See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Josef talks to theologian Jeffrey Robbins about postsecularism, democracy, movements of resistance, the American election, trauma, radical theology and much more. Support The Catacombic Machine: www.patreon.com/thecatacombicmachine

In his classic treatise, "On Liberty," JS Mill makes some very powerful claims about free speech and radical democracy. Mill argues that individuals must be absolutely free to express their opinions, no matter how obnoxious, emotionally challenging, or offensive. Only opinions that lead to direct physical harm can legitimately be censored. Mill argues that this position empowers ALL individuals and, equally important, is essential to the creation of a strong, vital democratic political space. In our most recent episode, "Mill's Philosophy of Free Speech, Radical Democracy, and Trump," we argue that the current political environment is a fascinating example of Mill's theory about free speech and the creation of an intense, combative, and reflective democratic society. Do we have the intellectual and emotional courage to enact and live through Mill's account of free speech and democracy?

What may seem surprising as you listen is the way in which Thoreau’s understanding of death and life can inform our own considerations of what it means to live by an ethics of inclusion and acceptance of differences and to eschew what is given to us politically and socially as measured, hierarchical, and standardized forms …

In this episode of Always Already, Rachel, B, and Emily attempt to de-jargonizify the concepts universal and particular as they circulate in Contingency, Hegemony, Universality by Judith Butler, Slavoj Žižek, and Ernesto Laclau.  In this discussion of Butler’s chapter “Competing Universalities” and Žižek’s chapter “Class Struggle or Postmodernism? Yes please!” the team tries to unpack what the […]

Part 1 of Michael O'Rourke's 5 part series - The Nows and Thens of Queer Theory.

Part 1 of Michael O'Rourke's 5 part series - The Nows and Thens of Queer Theory.

Humanitas Visiting Professorship Symposium on Women's Rights Professor Lois McNay (Professor of Theory of Politics and Fellow of Somerville College, University of Oxford) Political Ontologies and Radical Democracy

Mae-Wan Ho, Director of ISIS (Institute of Science and Society), gained her B.Sc. in Biology and Ph. D. in Biochemistry from Hong Kong University and began postdoctoral research in human biochemical genetics in University of California at San Diego. She soon won a competitive Fellowship of the National Genetics Foundation, USA, which enabled her to […] The post The radical democracy of organisms appeared first on Future Primitive Podcasts.