Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain discuss Benjamin Studebaker's essay for Sublation Magazine entitled "The Left Cannot Make Use of the Gaza War" and Doug reads the opening remarks he gave at the Platypus panel "From Politics to Protest" last week.The Left Cannot Make Use of the Gaza War https://sublationmedia.com/the-left-cannot-make-use-of-the-gaza-war/Join Us For a Second Hourhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/from-politics-to-103343741Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

Chris Cutrone and Douglas Lain discuss the essay "Do We Need Adorno?"  The essay was published in Nonsite in 2012 and is included in Cutrone's upcoming book "Marxism and Politics." Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

Peter Coffin joins Douglas Lain to discuss his book "Woke Ouroboros: Segregation and Essentialism" and the Breadtube controversy regarding plagiarism. Peter's Book "Woke Ouroboros" on Amazonhttps://www.amazon.com/Woke-Ouroboros-Essentialism-Peter-Coffin-ebook/dp/B0BQ3XR447Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

In this episode of the Sublation Magazine Show Ashley and Doug will discuss the 15 hour anniversary stream that we ran last week, tell you how you can still get access to the whole stream, and go over some of the highlights from those 15 hours including the argument Doug had with Ben Burgis. 

Fabio Vighi joins the Malinformation channel as Sublation Media prepares to publish his next book: Emergency Capitalism: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy this year. In this episode Fabio critiques Slavoj Zizek's Capitalist Realism and describes how Blackrock is controlling and destroying the economy.Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

Jack Ross, author of "The Strange Death of American Exceptionalism," discusses the ideas in his book with Ashley Frawley. Jack goes slowly through the history and his own influences and antecdents as he explains how he's dropped the idea that "before their can be a decent left we need a decent right" and has instead embraced the more pessimistic notion that we have to start by rebuilding the "concept of the left." Preorder the Death of American...

Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain respond to Midwestern Marxism's criticisms of the Frankfurt School and discuss Briahna Joy Gray's misstatements regarding the Twitter Files.Join us for a Second Hour on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/102008116Support Us on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

Chris Cutrone discusses the third essay in his "Why Not Trump" series in the context of a US election wherein all sides are abandoning the constitutional order. Lawfare, the power of the executive, impeachments, and a many other topics are discussed in this episode of the Cutronezone. Buy The Death of the Millennial Lefthttps://sublationmedia.com/product/the-death-of-the-millennial-left-interventions-2006-2022/Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

Kyle Baasch is a doctoral candidate in comparative literature at the University of Minnesota and the author of the essay “Too Late for ‘Late Capitalism’” for Compact Magazine. In this episode of Diet Soap we discuss how the idea of "Late Capitalism" has changed and perhaps been emptied out of content over time. Too Late for Late Capitalism by Kyle Baaschhttps://www.compactmag.com/article/too-late-for-late-capitalism/Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain discuss how postmodernism lingers on in a political form, and how the remnants of the socialist left might find its way back to politics. Topics included: David Shields' documentary, the 2024 US election and Trump, the Strange Death of the American Creed, and can we feel good when things are this bad? Join Us for a Second Hour on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/more-fake-101568924Support Us on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

Fabio Vighi joins the Sublation channel as we are publishing his next book: Emergency Capitalism: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy this year. In this new series Fabio will help viewers keep track of the underlying economic conditions that are shaping our world in a time of emergency. Given the nature of these conversations only the first half of these shows will be available on YouTube. This podcast version of the show includes the entire conversation.

Arturo Desimone writings on politics and culture has appeared in CounterPunch, Compact, openDemocracy, the Fortnightly Review, and Sublation Magazine. From 2018 to 2021 he was a co-founding member of the "Peace and International Policy" a subdivision of the "Democracy in Europe Movement" which concerned itself with the movement's critiques of EU foreign policy and security issues. In this episode of Diet Soap Arturo discusses the meaning of Yanis Varoufakis. 

This interview with Volodymyr Ishchenko explores the fate of the left in Ukraine. Ishchenko was born in Ukraine in 1982. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, Al Jazeera, Jacobin and the New Left Review. His book "Towards the Abyss: Ukraine from Maidan to War" was published by Verso in February of 2024. Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain discuss criticisms of the WPATH files and the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (the TikTok ban). Join us for a Second Hour in the Parrot Room on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/more-on-tik-tok-100665450Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

Ron Kelch and Urszula Wislanka are members of the Marxist Humanist group News and Letters. In this episode of Diet Soap they discuss Franklin Dmitryev's essay Israel’s war and Hamas attack stoke retrogression.Essay "Israel’s war and Hamas attack stoke retrogression" by Franklin Dmitryevhttps://newsandletters.org/israels-war-and-hamas-attack-stoke-retrogression/Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain discuss the struggle for civil liberties after the WPATH (World Professional Association of Transgender Health) document leak. How do we defend our civil rights and civil liberties even as we address the revelations that "gender affirming care" is more dangerous than previously believed and may amount to medical malpractice? This podcast features Meghan Murphy and Andrew Doyle as guests.

The Last Marxist Chris Cutrone discusses the meaning of the American Revolution, Trump remaining on the ballot, the branches of government, and the meaning of socialism. Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

Conrad Hamilton explores the anti-imperialist quasi Fascism in Dugin's thought and the history that shaped "Putin's Brain."Support Us on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoapRead an Excerpt from Hamilton's Essayhttps://www.sublationmag.com/post/dugin-s-postmodern-denial-of-realityPurchase Conrad Hamiilton's Full Essay/Pamphlethttps://www.sublationmedia.com/product-page/research-project-pamphlet-10-the-apostate-fascism-of-alexander-dugin

Originally Uploaded October 21, 2021Sean Sayers is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kent. He has written extensively on Hegelian and Marxist philosophy from a Hegelian Marxist perspective. In April of 2020, he appeared on the Zero Books channel in order to discuss his criticism of GA Cohen, an analytic philosopher, and Marxist. Since then Steve Paxton, who is the author of Unlearning Marx (a book that came out in January of 2021 from Zero Books), has made it known...

David McKerracher from Theory Underground describes his book "TIMEENERGY: Why You Have No Time or Energy" and discusses left philosophy with Douglas LainSupport Us on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoapTIMENERGY on Amazonhttps://www.amazon.com/TIMENERGY-Why-Have-Time-Energy/dp/B0CH28JL4NTIMENERGY on TheoryUndergroundhttps://theoryunderground.com/product/timenergy-bulk/

Chris Cutrone returns for another Cutronezone, this time to explain what it means to live through the highest stage of capitalism. Support Us on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

David Shields's upcoming book "How We Got Here" explores how we've lost sight of the concept of the truth. It walks the reader through the history of Western Epistemology. This video offers up Columbo as one of remaining cultural icons that still stands for truth, even after the postmodern turn.Support Sublation Media on Patreon?https://patreon.com/dietsoap

In this week's Sublation Magazine Show Doug presents a pre-recorded conversation between Ashley Frawley and Caleb Maupin. In the second hour the patrons will join the conversation to discuss what was said.Join the Second "Parrot Room" Stream On Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/98831338Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

Douglas Lain and Reid Kane Kotlas discuss Tucker Carlson's interview with Putin and the revelations from Special Prosecutor Rober Hur's report on Biden's classified documents scandal. The question for this channel is "how should the left think through this moment of crisis for the democratic party?" Join Us for the Second Hour in the Parrot Roomhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/reid-kane-in-98401863Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap