Canceling comedians while the world burns A critique of the contemporary Left
Book - 2021
"Between the decline of the labor movement, the aftershocks of the falls of so-called "actually existing socialism," and the long exile of even social democrats from the levers of real power, we have gotten far too used to thinking of leftism as a performative exercise in expressing our political commitments rather than a serious effort to achieve left-wing goals in the real world. Cancelling Comedians While the World Burns calls for a smarter, funnier, more strategic left."--Publisher's description.
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- Published
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Winchester, UK :
Zero Books
2021.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- xii, 117 pages ; 22 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 9781789045475
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Lenny Bruce Can't Save Us
- 2. Scenes from a DSA Convention
- 3. Decision Theory for the Left
- 4. Antifa and the Pathologies of Powerlessness
- 5. Tankies are Wreckers
- 6. Neo-Anarchy in the UK (and in the United States)
- 7. "No One Is Ever Really Canceled"
- 8. The Genealogy of Left Moralism
- Links to Some of the Articles Discussed in This Book
- Appendix: NYC-DSA Cancels Adolph Reed as Police Stations Burn
- Bonus Essay on Jacobin and Quillette: The Ballad of Archie Carter