Excerpt: /120/ Damaged Beyond Repair ft. Anton Jäger

On the end of Left Populism.

 

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Friend of the podcast Anton Jäger joins us to discuss the fate of Left Populism, investigate the response of the Left to the ongoing Coronacrisis, and question whether we're really witnessing the end of neoliberalism. We refer to his recent piece in Damage magazine, in the readings below.

 

Did Left populism ask the right questions but get the wrong answers? Are the next three years going to see the blossoming of the 'Well, Actually' Left? Or is the stage set for the triumph of covid corporatism?

 

Readings:

• It might take a while before history starts again, Anton Jäger, Damage
• Are we all covid communists now?, Philip Cunliffe, Medium