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Matt McManus discusses his essay in Jabobin magazine entitled "Utopia Is a Promise Worth Fighting For." This was a review of the short book "Utopia for Our Century: A Manifesto of Hope" by David Albertson and Jason Blakely. Utopia is a Promise? https://jacobin.com/2026/08/books-utopia-more-meritocracy-communismUtopia Manifesto https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300278088/utopia-for-our-century/Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

Chris Cutrone re-evaluates his time as a Marxist pedagogue and wonders what went wrong. He's still reeling from the death of the Millennial left. Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

Jörg Pohl is an actor in Germany and a director of politically progressive plays. In this interview for Avant Art, Pohl discusses Lukacs and his criticisms of expressionism. Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

Chris Cutrone joins Douglas Lain to reexamine the meaning of "socialism" and how the term is misunderstood today. They explore the difference between anti-capitalism and socialism. Support Sublation Media:https://patreon.com/dietsoap

Ralph Leonard joins Douglas Lain to discuss Ralph's recent essay for Compact entitled:"When Britain Ended Birthright Citizenship"Link to Compact:"When Britain Ended Birthright Citizenship" by Ralph Leonardhttps://www.compactmag.com/article/when-britain-ended-birthright-citizenship/Support Sublation Media:https://patreon.com/dietsoap

Jörg Pohl is an actor and director living in Germany. He has been a member of the Thalia Theatre ensemble since 2009, and in this episode of Avant Art, he leads a discussion on the work of the Russian director Vsevolod Meyerhold. Support Sublation Media:https://patreon.com/dietsoap

In this episode of the Cutrone Zone, Chris takes on the pedagogical task of reassessing what class politics are, what they were, and what they might be. He recapitulates two essays by Theodor Adorno:Imaginative Excesses:https://platypus1917.org/wp-content/uploads/readings/adorno_imaginativeexcesses.pdfLate Capitalism or Industrial Society?https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/adorno/1968/late-capitalism.htmSupport Sublation Media:https://patreon.com/dietsoap

Chris Cutrone and Douglas Lain discuss Cutrone's essay: "Was Lenin PMC?"In this podcast, they discuss how James Burnham's work on the managerial revolution and his conservatism infected and directed left discourse.Was Lenin PMC? by Chris Cutronehttps://www.sublationmag.com/post/was-lenin-pmc-how-elite-theory-doesn-t-fit-the-movement-for-socialismSupport Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

In this episode of the Spencer Leonard Hour, the professor of Marxism discusses why commies prefer the French Revolution to the American Revolution.Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

Jim Igor, aka The Perfect Wagnerite, discusses the contradictions and revolutionary potential of Wagner's operas. He argues that Wagner represents both the ambition towards freedom and the self-defeat of the bourgeois revolution. Support Sublation Media:https://patreon.com/dietsoap

In this CutroneZone, the Last Marxist evaluates the political significance of the rise of the DSA candidates in the Democratic Party. What does this mean for the left at it's future? Support Sublation Media:https://patreon.com/dietsoap

Christopher Norris discusses his contribution to the 2007 collection "Adventures in Realism" entitled "Realism and Anti-Realism in Contemporary Philosophy: What's Truth Got to Do With It?" Rather than rehearse the philosophical arguments in the paper, Doug discusses the political import of analytic philosophy and realism. Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

In this episode of the CutroneZone, everyone's favorite contrarian discusses the meaning of the MOU, Israel's future decline, and the contemporary moment of post-neoliberalism. Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

Werner Rügemer discusses his book "Fatal Friendship: First Phase: From World War I to II." From the book jacket: Rising US capitalism presented itself to the world with freedom, democracy, and prosperity. However, the practices of America First-genocide, labor exploitation, and warlike plunder of foreign property-were merely modernized.The First World War became the first major global business venture, making allies dependent. After the war, US corporations invested in Western Europe. Mussolini was showered with loans. US corporations supplied Franco and equipped the German Wehrmacht for a war against Russia.Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

As we approach the Semiquincentennial of the American Revolution, Spencer Leonard reflects on why we seem to be forgetting what it means. Spencer is a collaborator on the Sublation Media film in production now: Forgetting The American Revolution. Support Sublation Media:https://patreon.com/dietsoap