Bad Trot Takes w/ Marxist-Leninist Alexander Mckay:

Alexander Mckay returns for another installment of 'Bad Trot Takes.' This episode delves into the recent article and podcasts of Chris Cutrone, a critic of the contemporary left who calls himself "the last Marxist. We critique Cutrone's call for socialist unity, pre-political organizing, and his anti-Communist/pro-imperialist stance. The discussion expands into the roles of NGOs, churches, and civil society in socialist movements, as well as the Green Party and Your Party spectacle in the UK.

20:30 Welcome
22:39 Intro to Cutrone's Socialist Unity
27:59 Comparing Historical and Modern Socialist Movements
44:27 NGOs and the Professional Left
55:42 Immigration and Labor Politics
1:04:14 The Evolution of Political Projects
1:11:10 Critique of Social Democratic Politics
1:17:28 Antifa: Origins and Modern Perception
01:23:11 Trump's Spectacle Politics
01:25:57 Economic Realities of Late-Stage Imperialism
01:27:23 The Left's Response to Economic Challenges
01:30:59 Critical Theory and Political Economy
01:39:25 American Capitalism and Imperialism
01:41:26 NATO
01:47:30 Critique of the Institutional Left
01:50:56 Lefty of Season: UK Green Party's Zack Polanski
02:00:28 Final thoughts on the dying postwar left and its morbid symptoms