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| The AI Race, & Iran War Fail, & US-Canada Fallout (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker) | 23 oct. 2026 | 01:39:45 | |
Get access to The Backroom, with 100+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio, on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by political theorist Benjamin Studebaker to discuss Trump's failures, Canada's trade war with the US, and whether Mark Carney deserves the hype. We debate the limits of American power, Europe's supposedly revolutionary right, Fukuyama's end of history, the fallout from the Iran war, and what AI's military applications reveal about its capabilities. In the Patreon-exclusive Backroom, we discuss how AI safety panic can function as AI marketing, my experience with an AI safety sponsorship offer, AI's uses and limits in research, and the strange ideologies of Silicon Valley. You can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts. Timestamps: GUEST:
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| The Post-Left Frontier (Ft. Theory Underground) | 16 oct. 2026 | 00:57:17 | |
OUR NEW BOOK, POST-LEFT THEORY: https://a.co/d/0fEeLK5w Get access to The Backroom, with 100+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio, on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by my co-author David McKerracher (Dave) of Theory Underground to celebrate the release of our new book, Post-Left Theory: Beyond Marxism, Anarchism, and Vibes. We preview some of our spiciest essays, challenging the sacred cows of the contemporary left, from Marxism and anarchism to wokeism, feminism, gender relations, and the limits of left-wing politics. We also reflect on our experience at TUCON and CanonFest, discuss the crisis of modern intellectual culture, and introduce Dave’s new philosophy trading card game, Canon: TCG, including my adventures collecting and trading rare Hegel, Freud, and Leo Strauss cards. In the Patreon-exclusive Backroom, Dave and I get even spicier with an uncensored discussion of modern dating, sexuality, relationships, and the battle between the sexes, featuring some of our most controversial hot takes yet. Become a patron to hear the full conversation and get access to over 100 exclusive episodes! You can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts. Timestamps: 0:00 Cold Open: Previewing Our New Book 3:02 1Dime Radio Intro 4:00 Announcing Post-Left Theory 7:26 TUCON and CanonFest: Theory Beyond the Internet 9:00 Canon: TCG, Philosophy Cards, and the Hunt for Leo Strauss 13:18 Making Philosophy Fun and Family-Friendly 19:43 Why We Need to Think Beyond Left and Right 23:28 The Left’s Culture War Problem 29:28 The DSA, Wokeism, and the Health Fascism Controversy 37:11 Masculinity, Gender Norms, and Lacanian Psychoanalysis 41:20 The Forbidden Topics of Post-Left Theory 43:09 The Cornell Seven, Frat Culture, and the Sexual Revolution 47:45 Why Consent Alone Is Not Enough 51:19 The Gender War, Dating Culture, and the Red Pill 57:39 Inside Our Book: Marxism, Anarchism, and Our Spiciest Essays 1:03:59 Canon: TCG Kickstarter and the Future of the Game 1:06:09 Why You Should Read Post-Left Theory GUEST: David McKerracher (Dave), founder of Theory Underground, author of Timenergy, co-author of Post-Left Theory, and creator of Canon: TCG.
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| Nationalist Internationalism: Theses on Nationalism | 12 oct. 2026 | 01:11:59 | |
A voice over for an essay I spent a lot of time on, originally published on my Substack: https://1dimereview.substack.com/p/nationalist-internationalism?r=2sschq&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer Support 1Dime on Patreon to get access to over 100 exclusive episodes of the 1Dime Radio podcast and private Discord access: https://www.patreon.com/c/OneDime Timestamps for this Essay: 0:00 Nationalist internationalism 0:04 Nationalism's progressive role in history 2:28 Who's afraid of nationalism? 3:47 Do people still identify with the nation? 6:10 Patriotism versus nationalism 16:39 Anti-patriotism on the left 20:40 Oppressor nations versus oppressed nations 25:09 Ethnonationalism versus civic nationalism 29:56 Nationalism and democracy 34:33 National class consciousness 37:35 Do workers of the world have no homeland? 43:56 The only alternative to nationalism is more local tribalisms 50:01 There is no internationalist politics 1:00:22 Internationalism versus globalism 1:03:17 Am I a nationalist? 1:08:44 Conclusion: The Dialectic of Historical Progress 1:11:49 Footnotes / works cited More stuff like this to come in my forthcoming book, Post-Left Theory: Beyond Marxism, Anarchism, and Vibes, written with David McKerracher of Theory Underground and out October 15, 2026. If you enjoyed this and want to read the many essays in the book that have never been made public, or you simply want to support my written work, I would be grateful if you checked it out. | |||
| The Haz Al-Din Interview (ft. Infrared Haz) | 09 oct. 2026 | 01:54:48 | |
Get access to The Backroom, with 100+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio, on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Haz Al-Din, Chairman of the American Communist Party and host of Infrared, a long-requested and highly controversial guest. We get into why Infrared broke with the American left, MAGA Communism and patriotic socialism, China and the limits of liberal democracy, what socialism with American characteristics could actually mean, the failures of Soviet socialism, markets vs. planning, and whether AI and cybernetics are pushing us toward a radically different economic system. In the Patreon-exclusive Backroom, I press Haz harder on whether he is really a Marxist or closer to what I call a national-conservative socialist. We also get more personal about our shared Lebanese heritage and experiences growing up in Lebanese immigrant families, along with Islam, Christianity, socialism, culture, and the strange overlap between our backgrounds despite our political disagreements. You can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts. Timestamps: 0:00 The Backroom Preview: Is Haz Really a Marxist? 3:09 1Dime Radio Intro 4:07 Who Is Haz Al-Din and Why Is the ACP So Controversial? 14:01 MAGA Communism, Nationalism, and Conservatism 23:12 China, Liberal Democracy, and Party Dictatorship 27:41 Socialism With American Characteristics 35:07 What MAGA Communism Was Really About 43:24 Is Liberal Democracy Dying? 49:42 Is American Patriotism Dead? 55:53 The Lost Socialist History of America 1:03:19 The Soviet Union, Stalin, 1:12:37 The American Communist Party, AI and Economic Planning 1:19:27 “Actually Existing Socialism” and Marxism-Leninism debate 1:27:52 1:32:19 Markets vs. Planning 1:40:52 Do Markets Even Exist Anymore? 1:48:39 AI, Desire, and Cybernetics 1:51:55 Why I Finally Interviewed Haz GUEST: Haz Al-Din: Chairman of the American Communist Party and host of Infrared
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| The Machine in Us: Thoughts on AI | 28 sept. 2026 | 00:15:37 | |
What you are about to listen to is a short essay I posted on Substack a while ago that was originally a speech that I presented at my friend Greg Guevara’s (the YouTuber known as Jreg) “Anti-Clanker” rally back in September. It was an event about critiques of AI, featuring other guest speakers such as YouTube creators Gokanaru, Art Chad, Duncan Clarke, Were in Hell, and Cricket Guest. I didn’t publish my speech because I had not launched my Substack yet, but I figured I might as well put this article out now before someone else writes something that says more or less the same thing (maybe someone already has, but alas). Enjoy! | |||
| Did The Left Get COVID Wrong? (Ft. Christian Parenti) | 25 sept. 2026 | 00:59:49 | |
Get access to The Backroom ( 100+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio like this) on Patreon: BONUS EPISODE: This conversation with Christian Parenti was originally released as a Patreon-exclusive episode of The Backroom, recorded well over a year ago. In light of recent disclosures and renewed scrutiny surrounding Dr. Anthony Fauci, the origins of COVID-19, and U.S.-funded coronavirus research, many of the questions raised in this discussion have become newly relevant, which is why I think it is worth releasing publicly now. In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Christian Parenti, professor of economics at John Jay College, contributor to Compact, author of books including Radical Hamilton, Tropic of Chaos, and Lockdown America, and son of the late Michael Parenti. Parenti argues that much of the left abandoned its traditional skepticism of state and corporate power during COVID, embracing lockdowns, censorship, vaccine mandates, and what he describes as “scientism.” We discuss school closures and class, the Canadian trucker convoy, Big Pharma and Big Tech, vaccine mandates and civil liberties, biodefense and gain-of-function research, the professional-managerial left, and why Parenti came out of the pandemic identifying as both a classical Marxist and a classical liberal. You can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts. Timestamps: 0:00 Cold Open: How the Left Got COVID Wrong GUEST: Christian Parenti Compact: John Jay College: “How the Organized Left Got COVID Wrong, Learned to Love Lockdowns and Lost Its Mind: An Autopsy”: FOLLOW 1Dime: 1Dime Radio YouTube: Substack: X/Twitter: Instagram: Main 1Dime YouTube Channel: Leave a like, comment, and subscribe. Give 1Dime Radio a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. | |||
| The Left's Civil War (Ft. Daniel from What Is Politics?) | 18 sept. 2026 | 01:53:38 | |
Get access to The Backroom, with 100+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio, on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In The Backroom, we discuss the topic of dating, Socialism & civilization, and debate whether libertarian socialism can scale. In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Daniel from the YouTube channel What Is Politics? to unpack what we call the “Lizard Left”: the use of egalitarian and left-wing language to reproduce hierarchy, status competition, and social control. We discuss wokeism and the Socialism Conference, the DSA and the “rebel priest class,” why the left struggles to connect with ordinary people, what socialism actually means beyond the Soviet legacy, whether socialism can scale, and what dating apps, social clubs, tribalism, civilization, birth rates, and immigration reveal about the deeper problem of rebuilding a viable left. The second half of the conversation continues in the Patreon-exclusive Backroom. You can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts. Timestamps: 00:00 Woke 2.0 & The Socialism Conference (The Backroom Preview) 05:29 Daniel Returns 08:52 The Lizard Left 16:55 The Socialism Conference & “Fitness Is Fascism?” 30:34 The Rebel Priest Class & the Working Class 38:17 Feminism, Immigration & “Actually Existing” Ideology 43:17 What Is Socialism? Markets, Democracy & the Soviet Legacy 49:08 The Two Lefts & Culture War 55:03 Woke Resentment, the PMC & Lumpenization 1:07:14 Socialist Dating Apps, Social Media & Nonprofit Alternatives 1:11:02 Rebuilding Socialist Social Clubs 1:21:06 Tribalism, Hunter-Gatherers & Human Nature 1:25:01 Democracy, Socialism & Civilization 1:35:04 Egalitarianism, Difference & Group Conflict 1:39:23 Birth Rates, Immigration & Civilizational Decline 1:51:29 The Conversation Continues in the Backroom The Backroom GUEST: FOLLOW 1Dime:
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| Spain's "Socialist" Government (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker) | 11 sept. 2026 | 01:18:06 | |
Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive podcast episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime This is an older bonus episode originally released exclusively in The Backroom. I’m releasing it publicly in part as a reminder of the kind of longer, less filtered conversations Patreon supporters get access to. In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by political theorist Benjamin Studebaker to revisit the idea of the “neo-left” and ask whether Pedro Sánchez and Spain’s Socialist Workers’ Party represent an alternative to neoliberalism or a left-wing way of administering it. We discuss immigration and labor power, borders and imperialism, the constraints imposed by the European Union, Spain’s tourism and property-driven growth, and why the Spanish model may not be the blueprint for the left that some imagine it to be. You can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts. Timestamps: GUEST:
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| On Left-Liberal Conformism | 10 sept. 2026 | 00:37:43 | |
This is a voice-over of an Essay I published on Substack, which will be part of my Post-Left Theory book with Dave McKarikker of Theory Underground coming out this October. | |||
| The Forgotten Left Economics Tradition (Ft. Peter Ryan) | 04 sept. 2026 | 01:37:44 | |
Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Peter Ryan, founder of Ryan Research, to recover a forgotten tradition of political economy that refuses the usual choice between Marxism and free-market liberalism. We contrast Karl Marx with Friedrich List and Matthew and Henry Carey, trace economic nationalism from the American System to MMT and Ha-Joon Chang, and ask whether national sovereignty, protectionism, and state capacity offer a more practical path to development and anti-imperialism. In The Backroom, the Patreon-exclusive segment, we expand this conversation across three additional episodes with Peter Ryan. We discuss nationalist internationalism and Arnold Toynbee’s theory of civilizational cycles; Henry Carey, rentierism, Marxism, and the Irish struggle for national liberation; and, in a nearly three-hour finale, the post-left/post-right convergence, the moral limits of markets, immigration, industrial policy, class coalitions, empire, and whether any populist project can escape establishment capture. You can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts. Timestamps: 0:00 The Backroom Preview: Nationalism Against Imperialism 3:52 1Dime Radio Intro 4:50 Peter Ryan and the Forgotten Economic Tradition 15:07 Karl Marx Versus Friedrich List 22:57 MMT and the Forgotten History of Monetary Sovereignty 34:05 Beyond Libertarianism: Why State Capacity Matters 46:43 Who Controls the State? 57:02 Friedrich List and the Carey School 1:07:26 War, Industry, and America’s Protectionist Turn 1:15:50 Matthew and Henry Carey 1:27:27 Henry Carey, Lincoln, and Marx 1:34:06 Nationalist Internationalism and The Backroom GUEST: Peter Ryan is the founder of Ryan Research, where he writes and consults on economics, history, technology, and business strategy. His work has appeared in Compact, UnHerd, Gript, and other publications. * Ryan Research YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfRArvBl7O7AuQFtTTKaUCw * Ryan Research Substack: https://ryanresearch.substack.com/ * Ryan Research website: https://www.ryanresearch.co/ * Our previous conversation, “Critiquing Left and Right”: https://ryanresearch.substack.com/p/critiquing-left-and-right-tony-chamas BOOKS DISCUSSED: * Roman Szporluk, Communism and Nationalism: Karl Marx Versus Friedrich List https://books.google.com/books?id=8BfoCwAAQBAJ * Friedrich List, The National System of Political Economy https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/lloyd-the-national-system-of-political-economy * Ha-Joon Chang, Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective https://anthempress.com/books/kicking-away-the-ladder-pb * Ha-Joon Chang, Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism https://hajoonchang.net/writings PETER RYAN ON THE CAREY SCHOOL: * “The Carey Project Launch” https://ryanresearch.substack.com/p/the-carey-project-launch-partnered * “Rent Is a Symptom, Not the Disease: A Careyist Review of Economic Rents” https://ryanresearch.substack.com/p/rent-is-a-symptom-not-the-disease RELATED ESSAY: * “Nationalist Internationalism: The Case for Nationalism Beyond the Nation-State” https://1dimereview.substack.com/p/nationalist-internationalism FOLLOW 1Dime: * 1Dime Radio YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@1dimeradio * Substack: https://1dimereview.substack.com/ * X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/ * Main 1Dime YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, comment, and subscribe. Give 1Dime Radio a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. | |||
| The American Revolution: A Revolution Unfinished | 31 août 2026 | 00:33:30 | |
This episode is an ElevenLabs voice-over of “The American Revolution: A Revolution Unfinished,” an essay I originally published on the Fourth of July on my Substack, 1Dime Review. Get access to The Backroom, with 100+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio, on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this essay, I examine the contradictory legacy of 1776 and argue that the American Revolution was both a genuinely radical democratic transformation and a project complicit in slavery, racial domination, and Native dispossession. Rather than abandoning the language of liberty and popular sovereignty to the right, I argue that the left should reclaim the unfinished democratic tradition running from Paine and Jefferson through abolition, labor, and civil rights, and complete the promises that America’s managed political system was designed to contain. Read the written essay: https://1dimereview.substack.com/p/the-american-revolution-a-revolution You can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts. Timestamps: FOLLOW 1Dime:
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| The Post-Woke Age?: Mamdani, AI Job Loss, & the "Vibe Shift" | 25 août 2026 | 02:12:06 | |
Get access to The Backroom, with 100+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio, on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime This is an Elleven Labs voice-over of an essay I released a while ago on my Substack titled "The Post-Woke Age: Making Sense of Mamdani, AI Job Loss and the 'Vibe Shift“ A Post-Woke Age,” (Part 3 of my Genealogy of Wokeism series). In this essay, I argue that the Fourth Awokening is exhausting itself while AI-driven white-collar displacement could produce a Fifth Awokening through a broader crisis of elite overproduction. I also examine the return of class politics, the appeal of neoreaction, whether a “woke right” really exists, Zohran Mamdani’s rise, the left’s inability to learn from defeat, and the political trajectory of the Palestine movement. Read the written essay: https://1dimereview.substack.com/p/the-next-awokening You can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts. Timestamps: FOLLOW 1Dime:
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| Marxism vs Elite Theory (Ft. Chris Cutrone) | 21 août 2026 | 01:27:49 | |
Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: [https://www.patreon.com/OneDime](https://www.patreon.com/OneDime) In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Chris Cutrone, founder of the Platypus Affiliated Society, to debate the professional-managerial class, elite theory, and whether either offers a better explanation of today’s left than Marxism. Taking Cutrone’s essay “Was Lenin PMC?” as our starting point, we clash over the 20% versus 80% framework, liberal democracy, managerialism, the role of intellectuals in socialist politics, and what Marxism is actually for in the absence of a proletarian socialist movement. In the Patreon-exclusive Backroom, we move from history into strategy: whether a viable class coalition must extend beyond the proletariat, why Marxism still matters, whether Cutrone is really as Marxist as he claims, and why most self-described Marxists have no real commitment to communism. We also turn to the Graham Platner fiasco, the culture of #MeToo, and some characteristically hot takes from Cutrone. You can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts. Timestamps: 0:00 The Backroom Preview: Graham Platner and #MeToo 4:12 1Dime Radio Intro 5:10 Marxism vs. Elite Theory 13:42 The 20% vs. the 80% 18:15 Is the Left Actually Left? 22:50 Marxism and Liberal Democracy 30:01 What Elite Theory Explains 36:34 Theory, Strategy, and Practice 41:03 The Synthetic Left and Family Abolition 51:26 Marxism as the Critique of Socialism 59:20 Intellectuals, Class, and the PMC 66:15 Elite Overproduction and Academia 74:16 What Is Marxism For? 78:28 In What Sense Is Cutrone a Marxist? 1:25:48 Join Us in The Backroom GUEST: Chris Cutrone | Founder of the Platypus Affiliated Society * Chris Cutrone’s website: [https://chriscutrone.platypus1917.org/](https://chriscutrone.platypus1917.org/) * Platypus Affiliated Society: [https://platypus1917.org/](https://platypus1917.org/) * “Was Lenin PMC?”: [https://www.sublationmag.com/post/was-lenin-pmc-how-elite-theory-doesn-t-fit-the-movement-for-socialism](https://www.sublationmag.com/post/was-lenin-pmc-how-elite-theory-doesn-t-fit-the-movement-for-socialism) FOLLOW 1Dime: * 1Dime Radio YouTube channel: [https://youtube.com/@1dimeradio](https://youtube.com/@1dimeradio) * Substack: [https://1dimereview.substack.com/](https://1dimereview.substack.com/) * X/Twitter: [https://x.com/1DimeOfficial](https://x.com/1DimeOfficial) * Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/](https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/) * Main 1Dime YouTube channel: [https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee](https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee) Leave a like, comment, and subscribe. Give 1Dime Radio a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. | |||
| The Culture War is The Class War: A Theory of the Two Lefts | 19 août 2026 | 01:49:45 | |
Get access to The Backroom, with 100+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio, on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime This episode is an ElevenLabs voice-over of my essay “The Culture War IS the Class War: A Theory of the Two Lefts,” the fourth and final essay in my Genealogy of Wokeism series, originally published on my Substack. The essay challenges the familiar claim that the culture war is merely a distraction from the class war. Instead, I argue that the culture war is one arena of class conflict, driven by elite overproduction and an internal division between two increasingly incompatible lefts: a class-first left committed to universal economic transformation and a woke cultural left rooted in the professional-managerial class. Using the Bernie Sanders campaigns of 2016 and 2020—including the defining confrontation at his 2015 Seattle rally—as case studies, I examine the left-unity trap, pseudo-radicalism, institutional capture, K–12 education, gender politics, and the tendency of post-woke leftists to dismiss live cultural conflicts as fringe distractions. The essay argues that a serious working-class politics cannot succeed by ignoring these conflicts or indefinitely accommodating the faction that dominates the left’s institutional terrain. You can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts. Timestamps: 0:00 The Culture War IS the Class War: A Theory of the Two Lefts FOLLOW 1Dime: 1Dime Radio YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@1dimeradio Leave a like, comment, and subscribe. Give 1Dime Radio a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. | |||
| Beyond Left Populism (Ft. Daniel Tutt) | 07 août 2026 | 01:04:20 | |
Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by philosopher and writer Daniel Tutt, who recently co-authored the book The People Are Not One: Socialist Strategy After Left Populism. We discuss why left populism failed, whether socialism can avoid populism, Bernie Sanders and the problem of recuperation, Trump and Bonapartism, the difference between populism and democracy, working-class “common sense,” Gramsci vs. Machiavelli, and the widening class divide between the contemporary left and the people it claims to represent. There are two Patreon-exclusive Backroom episodes this week: one titled“Strategizing the Class War” and one titled“Culture War As Class War,”Daniel and I continue the debate over what a serious class politics would actually look like. We get into the PMC and the “cultural apartheid” between classes, immigration, welfare and lumpenization, rentierism and private property, Christopher Lasch, DSA and woke politics, and whether the contemporary left can be reformed from within or is already locked in a civil war over what socialism is supposed to be. You can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts. Timestamps: 16:51 Populism As a Style Vs as an Ideology GUEST:
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| Why Not Marxism? (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker) | 31 juil. 2026 | 01:45:24 | |
Get access to The Backroom, with 100+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio, on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime This special bonus episode of 1Dime Radio is a rare public release of a conversation previously available only through The Backroom, my Patreon-exclusive podcast. I sit down with political theorist Benjamin Studebaker to challenge assumptions on the far left about Marxism, communism, class, and revolution, from the decline of the organized working class and the rise of rentier capitalism to Marxism’s missing theory of politics, the failures of one-party states, China’s relationship to the world system, and the fantasy of world revolution. This public release contains the first half of our three-and-a-half-hour conversation and ends just as we turn to the dictatorship of the proletariat. Patrons can hear the full discussion in The Backroom. You can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts. Timestamps: GUEST:
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| The Geneology of Wokeism by Tony of 1Dime | 28 juil. 2026 | 01:58:42 | |
This is a complete audio voiceover recording of my essay on “The Genealogy of Wokeism.” The essay provides a complete history of what people call "wokeness" and develops a new theory of how to define it. The original essay was first published on my Substack, 1Dime Review: It was also published by the New Centre for Research & Practice: https://tripleampersand.org/the-genealogy-of-wokeism/ Part Two of “The Genealogy of Wokeism” has also been published on my Substack the New Centre for Research & Practice. This recording is presented as a long-form audio essay for those who prefer to listen rather than read. Subscribe for more audio essays, political theory, intellectual history, cultural criticism, and long-form analysis. Timestamps: 0:00 The Genealogy of Wokeism, Part One 5:59 The Etymology of Wokeism 8:01 Defining Wokeism 20:00 Who Are the Woke People and Where Did They Come From? 21:35 The Professional Managerial Class and the Symbolic Capitalists 28:37 The Symbolic Capitalists 32:59 Wokeism Beyond the Professional Managerial Class 35:19 Totemic Capital, Victimhood as Status Currency 40:47 Leftist versus Liberal Wokeism 45:49 Elite Overproduction: The Economics of Wokeism 46:36 What Changed? Since 2010? 49:37 The First Awokening, 1920s to 1930s 56:36 The Second Awokening, 1960s to 1970s 59:14 The Civil Rights Movement Was Not Woke 1:02:59 Wokeism versus the Silent Majority 1:07:42 The Third Awokening and the '80s Culture Wars 1:11:06 The Origin of Political Correctness 1:17:00 Action Precedes Reaction: What Liberals and Leftists Don't Get About Culture Wars 1:21:10 The Fourth Awokening, 2011 to 2020s 1:23:10 The Missing Piece: What My Theory Adds 1:27:25 The Connection Between Wokeism, Political Correctness, and Cancel Culture 1:30:31 Wokeism and Narcissism 1:34:23 Typical Examples of Wokeism 1:37:01 Are Identity Politics Always Woke? 1:43:25 Was Woke Co-opted? The Elite Capture Excuse 1:45:31 Wokeism's Anti-Political Character 1:48:50 From Hyperpolarization to Depoliticization 1:55:07 Footnotes/Sources Cited FOLLOW 1Dime:
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| The Old Left vs The DSA Today (Ft Jack Ross) | 24 juil. 2026 | 01:02:12 | |
Get access to The Backroom, with 100+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio, on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Jack Ross, an independent historian, acquisitions editor at Sublation Media, and author of The Socialist Party of America: A Complete History and The Strange Death of American Exceptionalism. We compare today’s DSA with America’s Old Left, recovering the forgotten non-communist and anti-communist socialist tradition of Norman Thomas, A. Philip Randolph, and Bayard Rustin while discussing DSA 2.0, Zohran Mamdani, the Old Left–New Left rupture, the Popular Front, Cold War liberalism, Stalinism, the CCP, Hasan Piker, and the crisis of the contemporary online left. In the Patreon-exclusive Backroom, we discuss Jack’s theses on Trotskyism and neoconservatism, the infamous Trotskyist-to-neoconservative pipeline, and the complicated history of Jewish anti-Zionism, American Zionism, and Zionism more broadly. You can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts. Timestamps: GUEST:
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| The Post-Left (Ft. Theory Underground) | 17 juil. 2026 | 01:23:54 | |
Get access to The Backroom, with 100+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio, on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by David McKerracher, founder of @theory_underground and author of *Timenergy*, to ask whether the post-left can finally be theorized beyond a dead internet scene, a vague political identity, or a euphemism for moving right. We discuss our upcoming book *Post-Left Theory*, the left as a master signifier, the post-left as a frontier rather than an ideology, the leftist industrial complex, the limits of anti-woke and PMC critique, why Marxism does not resolve the left’s impasse, and the possibility of recovering community and the good life beyond the political duopoly. We also preview TUCON 2026 and CanonFest, taking place at McKerracher Family Farm in Northern Idaho from August 26–31. Get tickets and see the full schedule here: https://canontcg.com/canonfest In the Patreon-exclusive Backroom, we ask why not move right, explain why neither Dave nor I are right-wingers, and discuss why recognizing the post-left impasse does not require joining the political right. You can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts. Timestamps: 0:00 Backroom Preview: Why Post-Left Does Not Mean Right 2:56 Intro 3:53 TUCON 2026 and Post-Left Theory 16:50 What Is the Post-Left? 25:55 The Post-Left Is not an Ideology 39:34 The Leftist Industrial Complex 51:00 Where Anti-Woke Critiques Fall Short 1:05:21 Why Not Just Marxism? 1:21:31 Why We Aren't Rightists (Continued in The Backroom, on Patreon) GUEST: David McKerracher, founder of Theory Underground, author of *Timenergy*, and chief editor of *Underground Theory* * Theory Underground: https://theoryunderground.com/ * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theory_underground * Substack: https://theoryunderground.substack.com/ * Underground Theory, Volume 2, featuring essays by Tony and Dave: https://www.amazon.ca/Underground-Theory-TIMENERGY-I-EDUCATION-ebook/dp/B0G19L25B4 * TUCON 2026 / CanonFest TICKETS: https://canontcg.com/canonfest FOLLOW 1Dime: * Substack: https://1dimereview.substack.com/ * X: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/ * Main 1Dime YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, comment, and subscribe. Give 1Dime Radio a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. | |||
| Human Nature and The Left (Ft. What is Politics?) | 10 juil. 2026 | 01:20:13 | |
Get access to The Backroom, with 100+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio, on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Daniel Bitton from the YouTube channel What Is Politics?, a YouTube channel that uses anthropology, political theory, and evolutionary psychology to explain the basic questions most political discourse skips over: what is politics, what are left and right, where does hierarchy come from, and what does human nature actually tell us about socialism? We discuss David Graeber and David Wengrow’s The Dawn of Everything, the “noble savage” myth, hunter-gatherer egalitarianism, why human beings are neither angels nor devils, how material conditions shape power, the difference between democratic hierarchy and domination, why Leninism failed, how left-wing ideas get captured by a new clergy class, and why the terms “left” and “right” have become so confused that they may now obscure more than they reveal. There are two Backroom episodes from this conversation this week. In Part 1, we get into Canadian immigration, the new clergy, socially conservative leftism, wokeism and cancel culture, Iran, Zionism, Palestinian history, and the way anti-imperialism can collapse into third-world campism. In Part 2, we go deeper into desire, decay, democracy, dating apps, monogamy, the family, IQ, education, Enlightenment racism, political theology, property, and the limits of far-left projects. Timestamps: 0:00 The Backroom Preview 03:16 Introduction 07:50 Graeber & Anthropology on The Left 21:58 Egalitarianism vs Hierarchy, Communism, Cults & Charismatic Authority 42:36 Delegated Power and Equality 47:46 What Is Politics? 50:39 The Distribution of Power 54:17 The New Clergy Class 01:05:40 Conservative vs Liberal is not Left vs Right 01:13:24 The Backroom Preview GUEST: Daniel / What Is Politics? YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WHATISPOLITICS69 FOLLOW 1Dime: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime Substack: https://1dimereview.substack.com/ X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/ Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, comment your thoughts, and subscribe to 1Dime Radio. | |||
| AI Girlfriends, Sex Robots, and the Future of Love (Ft. Isabel Millar) | 03 juil. 2026 | 01:09:07 | |
Get access to 100+ exclusive episodes on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/OneDimeThis bonus episode of 1Dime Radio was originally released as a Patreon-only Backroom exclusive, but I decided to make it public to give listeners a taste of what patrons get access to in The Backroom.In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Isabel Millar, author of *The Psychoanalysis of Artificial Intelligence*, for a conversation about AI girlfriends, sex robots, dating apps, psychoanalysis, feminism, gender, and love in the age of artificial intelligence.We discuss why AI girlfriends and AI boyfriends are becoming more popular, why this phenomenon cannot simply be reduced to loneliness, and how digital romance exposes something strange about ordinary relationships themselves. Drawing on Lacan, Baudrillard, and Badiou, we explore fantasy, desire, the gaze, sexual difference, dysphoria, sex work, the commodification of the body, and whether AI can ever truly replace human intimacy.We also get into dating apps, algorithmic matchmaking, the fantasy of the perfect partner, Bonnie Blue, sex positivity, the disappearance of eroticism, and whether AI chatbots could ever function as therapists or psychoanalysts.Listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all podcast platforms.Timestamps:0:00 Why AI Girlfriends Are Happening So Fast2:56 OneDime Radio Intro3:54 Welcome to The Backroom5:00 Lacan, Sex, and Enjoyment11:44 Baudrillard and the Obscene15:14 Does the Female Gaze Exist?19:42 Femininity as Performance21:40 Dysphoria, Gender, and Subjectivity29:47 Motherhood and the Overcoded Body33:26 Bonnie Blue, Sex Bots, and Capitalism42:25 Sex Work and Sex Positivity46:27 AI Girlfriends and Romantic Fantasy54:09 Dating Apps and Algorithmic Arranged Marriage56:59 Badiou: Love as an Event59:08 Can AI Replace Therapy?1:06:40 Isabel’s Forthcoming WorkGUEST: Dr. Isabel MillarBook: *The Psychoanalysis of Artificial Intelligence*https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-67981-3FOLLOW 1DIME:X: https://x.com/1DimeOfficialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@1DimeeSubstack: https://1dimereview.substack.com/ | |||
| Did Trump Defy Israel? Iran, Cuba & "The Epstein Regime" (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker) | 26 juin 2026 | 01:46:15 | |
Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined once again by Benjamin Studebaker to discuss the new Iran deal, the growing rift between the United States and Israel, and what this all reveals about American power, Israeli leverage, and the limits of elite theory. We break down why the so-called Iran deal is really a memorandum of understanding, whether Trump has effectively recreated the Obama Iran deal after a disastrous war, why Israel is so angry about the terms, and whether the United States can actually discipline Israel when it comes to Lebanon, Hezbollah, and the broader regional conflict. From there, we zoom out into the realpolitik behind the U.S.-Israel alliance, the history of Israel’s strategic function in the Middle East, nuclear weapons, Palestine, the Gulf states, and the international pressure behind the Islamabad Accords. We then turn to Cuba’s sudden market reforms, the collapse of Cuba’s external support, Venezuela, China, Vietnam, North Korea, and why so many Western leftists turn foreign regimes into fantasy objects of anti-imperialist spectatorship. In The Backroom, this week’s bonus discussion is split into two exclusive episodes. In the first, Ben and I have a cordial debate about the narrative of the so-called Epstein regime, Israel, conspiracy thinking, and whether there is a rational kernel of truth in some conspiratorial interpretations of politics. In the second, we continue into elite theory, scapegoating, and why elites may not actually be as powerful, coordinated, or all-controlling as people often imagine. Timestamps: 0:00 The Backroom Preview: “The Elites” Aren’t That Smart GUEST Substack: https://substack.com/@bmstudebaker FOLLOW 1DIME #IranDeal #IsraelIranWar #USIsraelRelations Make sure to like, comment, subscribe, and hit the bell for more 1Dime Radio episodes on politics, philosophy, history, economics, and geopolitics. | |||
| Are America and Russia Losing Their Wars? (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker) | 05 juin 2026 | 01:56:34 | |
Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime Benjamin Studebaker joins me on 1Dime Radio for another episode in our regular series of wide-ranging conversations. This time we get into the geopolitical situations in Iran, Ukraine, and Cuba, asking whether the U.S. and Russia are both stuck in wars they cannot neatly win. We analyze how Iran’s power structure has changed, what Ukraine’s drone strategy signals about the war with Russia, and how North American energy business interests fit into the picture. We also touch on Cuba’s demographic pressures, the influence of the “success” of the Venezuela action, and the limits of the U.S. legislative system. In The Backroom on Patreon, Studebaker and I dig into a simple, yet highly nuanced question: what is politics, actually? What does it mean to DO politics? What makes something, or someone, political? When is something politics, and when is it not? What is the difference between Politics as usual, administration, and real politics? What differentiates Politics from social justice activism? Timestamps: 00:00:00 The Backroom Preview: A Better Future 00:03:48 Intro 00:06:07 Has Regime Change Already Occurred In Iran? 00:15:00 Will Iran Spike Oil Prices? 00:17:48 Israel vs America’s Interests 00:24:12 Trump’s Gas Price Problem 00:37:00 Iran’s Legitimacy Crisis 00:50:11 Can Cuba Survive? 01:05:42 Ukraine’s Drone War 01:11:37 The Energy Politics Behind Ukraine 01:20:00 Is America Politically Paralyzed? 01:28:37 Can Ukraine Still Negotiate? 01:35:00 Was Mearsheimer Right About NATO? 01:40:00 China, Trade, and Global Power 01:54:23 Backroom Preview: What Is Politics? GUEST: Benjamin Studebaker • Website: https://benjaminstudebaker.com/ • Substack: https://substack.com/@bmstudebaker • Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-legitimacy-in-liberal-democracies.html • Political Theory 101: https://open.spotify.com/show/3JwcqFCSwC9gwR6rUXwFFQ FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack: https://1dimereview.substack.com/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1dimeman/ • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. | |||
| Marxism in Defence of The West (Ft. Ralph Leonard) | 29 mai 2026 | 01:36:58 | |
Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime On this episode of 1Dime Radio, I sit down with British-Nigerian writer Ralph Leonard to ask what it even means to be a Marxist today, after the political fallout of the 20th century. Ralph describes himself as a “conservative Marxist,” which sounds like a contradiction until you realize that one of the core questions in this conversation is whether socialism, properly understood, is not the worship of capitalist progress but a defense of society against capital’s destructive acceleration. We get into Marxism’s roots in the Enlightenment, liberalism, and the Western political tradition, why Marxism is in many ways a radicalization of Western values rather than a rejection of them, and how Stalinism distorted Marxism into a state-worshipping ideology that dismissed freedom and democracy as “bourgeois” illusions. We also discuss race as ideology, decolonization theory, nationalism, Zionism, the USSR, and whether its failures were historically necessary or politically avoidable. In the exclusive Backroom, Ralph and I talk about whether world revolution was ever plausible and why I see Marxist internationalism as the doctrine’s fatal flaw. We explore how left-wing localism inadvertently helped create the conditions for fascism, why civic nationalism may be the only coherent path for a democratic left, and the hard limits of multiculturalism exposed by Canada’s immigration crisis. Timestamps: GUEST:
Ralph’s Twitter: https://x.com/buffsoldier_96 FOLLOW 1Dime: Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. Tags: #Marxism #Socialism #TheWest #TheEnlightenment #WesternCivilization | |||
| Castration Culture (Ft. Theory Underground) | 22 mai 2026 | 01:36:56 | |
Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime On this episode of 1Dime Radio, regular guest, David McKerracher and I talk about his new Substack article The Natality Pill. Part of this discussion includes the concepts of castration culture, and the Liberal Rumspringa. We trace how secular adolescence, PMC institutions, and marketized intimacy sever people from natality, tradition, and each other. We also touch on midwifery’s suppression and left‑wing self‑sabotage. In The Backroom on Patreon Dave and I discuss the controversial questions of Race, Sex, Gender and all of the topics woke white liberals never like to go near. Timestamps: 0:00 The Backroom Preview: The Lesson of Bernie Sanders 3:53 Introduction 06:28 Natality Pill and Wanting Kids 12:33 From Kibbutz to Liberal Rumspringa 50:24 Bernie Bends the Knee 57:10 Privilege Stack and Literalists 01:19:58 Castration Culture Explained 01:24:25 Parents, Patriarchy, and Growing Up FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://1dimereview.substack.com/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: instagram.com/1dimeman • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee GUEST: Dave — Theory Underground • Check out the Theory Underground YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@theory_underground • Check out the Underground Theory Book (Im in it too!) : https://www.amazon.com/Underground-Theory-David-McKerracher/dp/B0CH2CXSGN Checkout Dave’s Substack: https://substack.com/@theoryunderground?r=2sschq&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=stories&shareImageVariant=blur Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. | |||
| AI and The End of Capitalism (Ft. Ted Reece) | 15 mai 2026 | 01:05:31 | |
Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime On this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined once again by Marxist writer Ted Reese, author of Socialism or Extinction and Abundant Material Wealth For All, for a wide-ranging conversation on AI, automation, capitalist breakdown, Marxism, technology, falling profit rates, monopoly, food, health, and the possibility of socialism in the 21st century. Ted argues that capitalism is not simply politically or morally bad, but increasingly obsolete on its own economic terms. As automation, AI, and productivity push commodity values down, capitalism responds through monopoly, rent-seeking, militarized technology, state dependency, and new forms of social enclosure. We discuss Henryk Grossman, Marx’s theory of capitalist breakdown, whether AI makes Marxism more relevant or obsolete, why the left should not become anti-technology, and whether socialism could emerge through a more peaceful transition rather than a romanticized fantasy of violent revolution. In the Backroom episode on Patreon, Ted and I continue the conversation with a debate on immigration. I challenge the standard Marxist perspective on migration and argue that mass migration under capitalism is not a path toward international socialism, but a system tied to global capital mobility, labor discipline, brain drain, and the weakening of working-class political organization. We debate whether the current migration regime brings us closer to socialism or further away from it. Timestamps: 00:00 The Backroom Preview: How Immigration Stops Socialism 03:17 1Dime Radio Intro 04:17 Introducing Ted Reese 06:37 Abundant Material Wealth For All 09:13 Can Socialism Happen Peacefully? 14:22 International Revolution, National Politics, and Capitalist Breakdown 16:23 Automation, AI, and Why Capitalism Becomes Obsolete 23:53 Falling Profit Rates and Capitalist Decline 27:00 Monopoly, Mergers, and the “Final Merger” 30:09 AI, Robots, Neo-Feudalism, and Capitalism’s Demand Problem 36:53 Technology, Progress, and the Anti-Luddite Left 42:47 Palantir, Militarized Tech, and State-Capitalist Dependency 49:01 Why AI Will Get More Expensive 55:46 Is Marxism Obsolete in the Age of AI? 58:21 Capitalism, Food, Health, and Human Decay 01:03:50 Get the Second Half in The Backroom GUEST: Ted Reese • X/Twitter: https://x.com/Grossmanite • Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/grossmanite • Linktree: https://linktr.ee/grossmanite • Abundant Material Wealth For All: https://grossmanite.medium.com/new-book-abundant-material-wealth-for-all-out-now-7d1ec5e9ac05 FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://1dimereview.substack.com/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: instagram.com/1dimeman • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. | |||
| The Right After Trump (Ft. Benjamin Teitelbaum) | 08 mai 2026 | 01:20:15 | |
Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime Professor Benjamin Teitelbaum joins 1Dime Radio to discuss the right after Trump. Teitelbaum is an ethnographer, scholar of radical politics, and author of War for Eternity and Lions of the North. In this episode, we discuss Steve Bannon, Alexander Dugin, Traditionalism, the tech right, Peter Thiel, Curtis Yarvin, Nick Land, Nick Fuentes, the abuse of the word “fascism,” and whether a coherent post-Trump right is emerging from the ruins of MAGA. In this episode of The Public, Benjamin gives his analysis of the different factions on the political Right. In The Backroom on Patreon, Benjamin and I discuss the FUTURE of the “dissident right” and populism AFTER Trump. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Backroom Preview: The Far Right Is Not Going Away 00:03:26 1Dime Radio Intro 00:04:28 Experience Interviewing Steve Bannon and Studying the Far-Right 00:11:26 What Does Steve Bannon Actually Believe? 00:15:10 Bannon vs Dugin 00:25:13 Ideology, Geopolitics, and Opportunism 00:29:40 What Is Traditionalism? 00:39:07 The Conservative Right vs the Futurist Tech Right 00:42:42 Curtis Yarvin, Hierarchy, and the Tech Right 00:48:41 Democracy, Socialism, and the Distribution of Power 00:55:12 Is “Fascism” a Useful Label? 01:07:13 Nick Fuentes 01:17:31 What Is MAGA Without Trump? Continue in The Backroom GUEST: Benjamin Teitelbaum Associate Professor of Musicology and International Affairs at the University of Colorado Boulder • Benjamin Teitelbaum at CU Boulder: https://www.colorado.edu/center/benson/benjamin-teitelbaum • War for Eternity: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/315812/war-for-eternity-by-teitelbaum-benjamin-r/9780141992037 • Lions of the North: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/lions-of-the-north-9780190212605 FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://1dimereview.substack.com/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: instagram.com/1dimeman • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. | |||
| The Transhumanist Tendency (Ft Ashley Frawley) | 01 mai 2026 | 01:08:58 | |
Get access to The Backroom, 100+ exclusive episodes, on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Ashley Frawley, sociologist, senior editor at Compact, COO of Sublation Media, visiting researcher at the University of Kent, and author of Semiotics of Happiness and Significant Emotions. We discuss her Compact essay “How Society Got a Sex Change,” the rise of the “trans subject” as the ideal subject of contemporary capitalism, and why gender ideology should not simply be understood as a culture war distraction, but as part of the class war itself. This conversation covers the politics of vulnerability, therapy culture, indigenous identity, “healing” discourse, the feminization of the ideal worker, faux feminism, the role of NGOs and international institutions, the EU’s promotion of gender ideology, and why the contemporary ruling class increasingly prefers subjects who are fluid, dependent on institutions, and detached from tradition. We also discuss the parallels between today’s gender panic and past moral panics, including the Satanic Panic and multiple personality disorder, and why social distress often takes culturally specific forms. The second half of this conversation is available in The Backroom on Patreon. Timestamps: 00:00:00 MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA (The Backroom Preview) 00:04:00 Introduction to Ashley Frawley 00:09:00 How Society Got a Sex Change 00:13:00 From the Masculine Subject to the Feminine Subject 00:19:00 Women, Work, and the New Spirit of Capitalism 00:25:00 Faux Feminism and the War on Motherhood 00:30:00 The Trans Subject as the Ideal Capitalist Subject 00:37:00 Institutions, IVF, and the Managed Self 00:40:00 Is Gender Ideology Being Pushed? 00:45:00 NGOs, the EU, Canada, and Progressive Policy Diffusion 00:48:00 Happiness, Therapy Culture, and Psychological Solutions to Economic Problems 00:50:00 Multiple Personality Disorder and the Satanic Panic 00:58:00 Why Some Moral Panics Travel Across Countries 01:03:00 Gender Ideology, Power, and the Good Subject 01:06:00 Preview of The Backroom on Patreon GUEST: Ashley Frawley • Ashley at Compact: https://www.compactmag.com/contributor/ashley-frawley/ • “How Society Got a Sex Change”: https://www.compactmag.com/article/how-society-got-a-sex-change/ • Ashley on X/Twitter: https://x.com/AshleyAFrawley • Ashley at Sublation: https://sublationmedia.com/author/ashley-frawley/ • Ashley’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AshleyAFrawley FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://1dimereview.substack.com/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: instagram.com/1dimeman • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. | |||
| The Chinese Economy (Ft. Jane Hayward) | 27 avr. 2026 | 01:19:39 | |
Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDimeThis is a Backroom episode being released publicly as a window into what 1Dime patrons get regularly. Dr. Jane Hayward, Lecturer in China and Global Affairs at the Lau China Institute, King's College London, joins for an honest accounting: Trump's tariffs, labour conditions, the real estate collapse, Belt and Road, and why decades of “China is about to collapse” coverage keeps ageing poorly. Most conversations about the Chinese economy talk past the real questions. The Western press cycles through collapse predictions that never land. The online left points at high-speed rail and calls it socialism. Neither camp is seriously reckoning with what China's model actually is, what it costs workers, or what it implies geopolitically. If you have never heard a Backroom episode before, this is what over 100 exclusive conversations sound like. Become a patron for full access.Timestamps:00:00:00 Intro / 1Dime Radio Bumper00:03:22 Welcome to the Backroom00:07:01 Why So Many on the Left Romanticize China00:17:06 Labour Conditions, State-Controlled Unions, and Worker Rights00:26:22 Trump’s Tariffs: Reindustrialization Rhetoric vs. Geopolitical Containment00:39:28 Belt and Road — Is “Debt Trap Diplomacy” Real?00:52:59 China’s Real Estate Collapse Explained01:00:14 Why “China Is About to Collapse” Keeps Getting It Wrong01:09:25 Hukou Reform, Urbanization, and the Urban-Rural Divide01:13:42 Civil Society, NGOs, and Internal Policy Debate Under XiGUEST: Dr. Jane HaywardLecturer in China and Global Affairs, Lau China Institute, King’s College London• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@janehaywardchina• Website: https://www.janehaywardchina.co.uk/FOLLOW 1Dime:• Substack https://1dimereview.substack.com/• X https://x.com/1DimeOfficial• IG https://www.instagram.com/1dimeman• Channel https://www.youtube.com/@1DimeeLeave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this.#China #ChineseEconomy #ChinaEconomy | |||
| Nationalist Internationalism (Ft. Cadell Last) | 17 avr. 2026 | 01:06:23 | |
Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime This week on 1Dime Radio, I’m joined once again by Dr. Cadell Last, founder of Philosophy Portal, for a deep discussion on *nationalist internationalism*, the idea that genuine internationalism actually requires nationalism as a precondition. We explore why national sovereignty, taxing the rich, immigration control, labor power, and democratic self-determination often cannot be secured by isolated states alone, but instead require serious international coordination between nations. This episode was originally a patron-only bonus episode. In the Backroom preview at the start, we also get into Nick Fuentes, the return of repressed contradictions, and the increasingly unavoidable questions around race, gender, immigration, and identity that mainstream liberals and much of the left have struggled to confront directly. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Backroom preview, race, white culture, and repressed contradictions 00:03:53 Immigration, demographic change, and the Nick Fuentes phenomenon 00:10:49 A different critique of immigration 00:14:23 Nationalist internationalism 00:18:05 Why Marxist internationalism lacks a real libidinal anchor 00:30:56 Marxism’s cultural blind spot 00:37:13 Global capitalism, assimilation, and the nation-state 00:43:03 Borders, capital flight, and international coordination 00:48:48 Religion, depoliticization, and politics as substitute faith 00:52:01 What kind of socialism can answer the meaning crisis? 00:59:27 The EU, the UN, and stronger unions against fragmentation 01:03:25 Final thoughts on nationalism and internationalism as a dialectical process GUEST: Dr. Cadell Last, Philosophy Portal • Website: https://cadelllast.com/ • Philosophy Portal: https://philosophyportal.online/about • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PhilosophyPortal • Substack: https://philosophyportal.substack.com/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/cadellnlast FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack: https://1dimereview.substack.com/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: instagram.com/1dimeman • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. Tags: #Nationalism #Internationalism #Immigration | |||
| The Supranational Federation: A New World System (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker) | 10 avr. 2026 | 01:55:26 | |
Get access to Part 2 & The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, Benjamin Studebaker returns to lay out his case for a *supranational federation*, his answer to a problem that keeps resurfacing across both left and right politics: the limits of the nation-state in a world shaped by capital mobility, capital flight, interstate competition, and war. We break down Benjamin’s six-part “Why Federalism” series, why he thinks national governments cannot meaningfully tax capital or secure lasting peace on their own, and what kind of political system he thinks would actually be necessary to move beyond today’s global deadlock. In The Backroom on Patreon, Benjamin gives his take on the phenomenon of Clavicular, looksmaxxing, dating culture, and the broader social collapse behind both. Part 2 of our conversation on the Supernational federation will also be available only on Patreon, in which I challenge Studebaker on some issues I have with his proposal. Timestamps: 00:00:00 The Backroom preview: looksmaxxing, Clavicular, and modern dating 00:03:11 Benjamin Studebaker returns, Why Federalism, and the limits of the nation-state 00:07:31 How competition makes political systems converge 00:10:37 From military competition to commercial competition 00:15:24 Why fear-based internationalism fails 00:20:20 Why even nationalist goals now require supranational politics 00:29:58 The democratic vs technocratic split 00:35:18 The Chamber of Labor and the Chamber of Status 00:42:25 Tribune, First Citizen, and global executive power 00:45:31 How could a supranational federation actually emerge? 00:51:01 Healthcare, universities, and organizing around concrete issues 01:08:56 Capital mobility, tax competition, and why national solutions get undercut 01:19:55 Medicare for All, capital, and the limits of monetary sovereignty alone 01:25:01 Why China has to be part of the project 01:30:04 Can nation-states build this, or would they sabotage it? 01:40:30 Why the left needs a positive vision, not just critique 01:48:24 Issue-based organizing, consumer unions, and a new political framework GUEST: Benjamin Studebaker, political theorist, PHD from Cambridge, author of The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy: The Way Is Shut and Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies • Website: https://benjaminstudebaker.com/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/BMStudebaker • The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy: https://link.springer.com/book/9783031950087 • Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-legitimacy-in-liberal-democracies.html • Why Federalism, Part 1, The Problem that Needs to Be Solved: https://www.streitcouncil.org/post/why-federalism-the-problem-that-needs-to-be-solved • Why Federalism, Part 2, Creating the Cataracts: https://www.streitcouncil.org/post/why-federalism-creating-the-cataracts • Why Federalism, Part 3, The Unit Question: https://www.streitcouncil.org/post/why-federalism-the-unit-question • Why Federalism, Part 4, On Citizenship: https://www.streitcouncil.org/post/why-federalism-on-citizenship • Why Federalism, Part 5, On the Role of China: https://www.streitcouncil.org/post/why-federalism-on-the-role-of-china • Why Federalism, Part 6, The Conclusion: https://www.streitcouncil.org/post/why-federalism-the-conclusion FOLLOW 1Dime: • My Substack (Articles and Essays): https://1dimereview.substack.com/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1dimeman • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. | |||
| A Nuanced Debate on Immigration (Ft. Artin Salimi) | 03 avr. 2026 | 01:20:03 | |
Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I sit down with my friend Artin Salimi for a nuanced debate on immigration, what the right gets wrong, what the left gets wrong, and why the issue cannot be reduced to either xenophobic panic or liberal denial. We get into labor markets, Thatcherism, Brexit, brain drain, asylum, nationalism, class politics, and the ways neoliberal capitalism both drives migration and weaponizes it politically. This is a serious attempt to think through one of the most explosive political questions of our time without demonizing immigrants or parroting elite talking points. In The Backroom exclusive on Patreon, we continue our debate on immigration, and I put forward some of my more controversial hot takes, pushing further on borders, nationalism, class power, elite blind spots, and what a serious alternative to both neoliberal globalism and right-wing scapegoating might actually look like. Timestamps: 00:00:00 The Backroom preview (Patreon): Socialism, Borders & Brain Drain 00:03:19 Nuanced Discussion on Immigration 00:05:00 Why immigration dominates politics 00:11:33 Thatcherism and the neoliberal immigration trap 00:16:56 Brexit and why immigration still rose 00:21:26 Labor demand, empire, and who actually benefits 00:24:01 What both the right and left get wrong 00:32:35 Immigration is economics, but not only economics 00:39:37 Borders, deportations, and pathways to citizenship 00:42:22 Refugees, asylum, and what integration actually requires 00:50:10 Migrant labor, unionization, and the underclass problem 00:55:02 Rootless cosmopolitans, nationalism, and elite blindness 01:05:05 Empire, colonial history, and migration blowback 01:14:02 PMC politics, Bernie, AOC, and why the left sounds alien 01:17:51 Full Backroom episode on Patreon GUEST: Artin Salimi, YouTuber, rapper, and academic • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ArtinSalimi • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artinsalimi666/ • SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/artin-salimi-208799242 FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://1dimereview.substack.com/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: instagram.com/1dimeman • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. | |||
| Why Environmentalism Failed (Ft. Matt Huber) | 27 mars 2026 | 01:51:30 | |
Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDimeWhy has modern environmentalism failed to build a real mass politics? In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I’m joined by Matt Huber, author of Climate Change as Class War, to talk about why mainstream climate politics has so often been trapped in consumer guilt, lifestyle moralism, and elite discourse, instead of building power through class politics, labor, energy, and production. We discuss why carbon footprint politics became such a dead end, how the PMC shaped green ideology, why so much environmental messaging alienates ordinary people, and what a serious socialist approach to climate change would actually look like.In this week’s Backroom episode on Patreon, I go further into degrowth, the degrowth debate, and the conflict between ecological limits, abundance, socialism, and industrial modernity.Timestamps:00:00:00 Intro00:03:45 Why climate activism failed00:07:00 Climate change as class war00:09:10 Production, not consumption00:16:58 Carbon taxes and backlash00:19:43 Agriculture and emissions00:33:45 The left, growth, and electrification00:39:27 Oil, Canada, and industrial politics00:41:06 Degrowth vs abundance00:49:03 The PMC problem00:56:21 Why green politics alienates workers01:24:00 Farmers and the working majority01:31:12 Environmental health and populism01:40:28 Nitrogen, industry, and decarbonization01:45:56 Electrification and climate jobs01:49:46 Backroom previewGUEST:Matt Huber, author of Climate Change as Class WarBook: Climate Change as Class WarFOLLOW 1Dime:• Substack (Articles and Essays): https://1dimereview.substack.com/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial• Instagram: instagram.com/1dimeman• Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1DimeeOutro Music by Karl CaseyLeave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. | |||
| AI and The Left (Ft. Peter Coffin) | 20 mars 2026 | 01:13:22 | |
Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode, I sit down with Peter Coffin to talk about AI, automation, art, and why so much of the left has responded to these technologies with moral panic instead of material analysis. We get into the backlash to using AI in political and historical media, the difference between using AI as a tool versus treating it as a substitute for thought, and why so much so-called “AI slop” is really just an extension of older forms of capitalist standardization. We also talk about AI and music, writing, note-taking, bullshit jobs, the PMC side of anti-AI sentiment, the environmental critique, and why these tools could open up new possibilities for visualizing history, philosophy, and political theory in ways that would never be funded by major studios or institutions. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Backlash to using AI History footage in Marxism Explained video 00:03:20 Automation Under Capitalism 00:05:42 AI and Creative Work 00:09:47 AI for Research 00:12:00 Blaming AI for Everything 00:16:00 What Creativity Is 00:18:03 Can AI Make Art? 00:24:05 Copyright and Rent-Seeking 00:29:59 AI for Writing 00:35:47 Why AI Sounds Bad 00:41:38 Why the Left Hates AI 00:45:02 Human Experience 00:49:23 AI as Identity Politics 00:51:10 PMC Panic 00:53:49 AI Music and Slop 00:56:57 Media Literacy 00:58:56 The Environmental Critique 01:03:05 Visualizing History With AI 01:03:05 Visualizing Marx, Kautsky, Gramsci, and Machiavelli with AI GUEST: Peter Coffin, YouTuber, documentarian, and writer • Peter's Documentary Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ImportantDs/videos • Substack, P on Stuff: https://petercoffin.substack.com/ FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://1dimereview.substack.com/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: instagram.com/1dimeman • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. | |||
| The Iran War Predictions (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker) | 13 mars 2026 | 01:49:21 | |
Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime Benjamin Studebaker returns to 1Dime Radio to cut through the noise surrounding the war between Iran, Israel, and the United States. We break down what the actual strategic objectives seem to be, why this conflict may not unfold like Iraq, what a Libya-style collapse in Iran could look like, whether regime change by air power is really possible, and why oil prices, regional power balances, and American domestic politics may matter more than the loudest media narratives. In The Backroom, Benjamin and I discuss “Neo-Leftism” through the case of Spain and Pedro Sánchez. We also get into the end of history thesis, the clash of civilizations debate, and what all of this reveals about the contemporary left. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Backroom preview clip 00:02:44 Intro 00:06:14 Oil shocks, inflation, and why U.S. domestic politics matters 00:09:37 Why this is not Iraq 2.0 00:11:27 Regime change without a replacement? 00:12:41 Libya and the failed-state scenario 00:25:00 Precision strikes and the new warfare paradigm 00:33:06 Diaspora politics, monarchists, and the Shah fantasy 00:43:26 Does anyone actually want a democratic Iran? 00:45:57 Can Iran meaningfully escalate? 00:47:29 Why Russia and China are unlikely to intervene 00:51:50 Will Trump send ground troops? 01:45:59 Neo-Leftism, Spain, and Pedro Sánchez GUEST: Benjamin Studebaker, PhD at Cambridge, political theorist and author • The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy • Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://1dimereview.substack.com/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: instagram.com/1dimeman • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. | |||
| Nick Fuentes and the Gen Z Far-Right (Ft. PF Jung) | 06 mars 2026 | 00:54:24 | |
Get access to The Backroom (95+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode, I’m joined by PF Jung to analyze the rise of Nick Fuentes, what makes him appealing, and why so many young people, especially young men, seem increasingly drawn toward the far right. In The Backroom on Patreon, PF Jung breaks down his idea of dark centrism, a synthesis of culturally conservative and economically left-wing politics, and explains how he situates himself between the contemporary left and right. Timestamps: 00:03:40 Meet PF Jung 00:04:53 The Rise of Nick Fuentes’ 00:09:27 When Labels Fail 00:16:13 Order and Liberty 00:20:21 Israel and the Right 00:25:27 Why Men Drift Right 00:29:34 Dark Centrism 00:35:58 Family and BLM 00:39:30 How to Beat the Right 00:46:54 Jordan Peterson 00:51:35 Backroom Preview GUEST: FOLLOW Tony of 1Dime: • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. | |||
| Will America Become a Dictatorship? (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker) | 27 févr. 2026 | 01:57:48 | |
Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime This week on 1Dime Radio, Tony is joined again by Benjamin Studebaker, political theorist with a PhD from Cambridge, to dig into Ben’s recent article on “Debilitated Democracy,” the idea that modern democracies do not simply “decline”, they get structurally less capable over time, as modernization accelerates, politics fractures, and governance is pushed into an executive-technical machine that neither elected leaders nor technocrats can fully control. From there, we tackle Ben’s argument for why America can’t become an autocracy, and why people confuse authoritarian policy with autocratic rule, plus how federal complexity, institutional pluralism, and factional conflict make “dictatorship” fantasies harder to cash out in real life. Parts 2 and 3 of my conversation with Studebaker are in The Backroom on Patreon only. In The Backroom, as alluded to in the Backroom Preview in the first 2.5–3 minutes, Benjamin and I answer some of the most common questions we get regarding our politics. Are we post-left? Marxist? Or what? In particular, I try to get Studebaker to articulate what his personal political philosophy is, and what solutions or alternatives to our current impasse he believes in. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Studebaker’s Political Philosophy (The Backroom Preview) 00:04:13 Intro, “Debilitated Democracy,” and the autocracy question 00:13:08 Technocrats as “priests,” and why institutional trust collapses 00:28:08 Elected officials vs technocrats, the executive branch tug-of-war 00:47:36 Kelsen, Habermas, and democracy’s legitimation crisis 00:54:47 Trump, tariffs, visas, and the political limits of “disentangling” from the world order 00:59:18 Authoritarian policy vs autocratic rule, why America can’t be an autocracy 01:11:59 Nick Land, Curtis Yarvin, and the “CEO-king” temptation 01:23:23 Government shutdowns, food stamps, and “embedded democracy.” 01:35:25 Managing the European right, and why France and Germany are different 01:43:05 State capacity, charismatic leaders, and modern governance limits 01:56:08 Backroom teaser: what “left” and “right” even mean now GUEST: Benjamin Studebaker • Substack: https://bmstudebaker.substack.com/ • Website: https://benjaminstudebaker.com/ • X: https://x.com/BMStudebaker FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://1dimereview.substack.com/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: instagram.com/1dimeman • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. | |||
| Towards a Conservative Left (Ft. Michael Behrent) | 20 févr. 2026 | 01:33:16 | |
Get access to The Backroom (95+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this week’s episode of 1Dime Radio, I’m joined by Professor Michael C. Behrent to discuss Towards a Conservative Left: Selected Writings of Jean-Claude Michéa, a newly translated collection of essays by one of France’s most fascinating dissident socialists, sometimes described as “the French Christopher Lasch.” Michéa is a rare kind of left thinker: fiercely anti-capitalist and pro-democracy, but deeply skeptical of the Left’s cultural project, especially when it becomes a substitute for class politics, or when it turns working class “common sense” into something to be morally corrected. We talk about his Orwellian framework (including “Tory anarchism” and “common decency”), his critique of liberalism as both an economic and social ideology, and why these arguments suddenly feel uncomfortably relevant. In The Backroom (Patreon), we go further into what “conservative leftism” could actually mean today: socially conservative and economically leftist, what that synthesis would look like in practice, and what parts of the modern Left Michéa thinks have become complicit with liberalism. Timestamps: 00:00:00 The Backroom Preview Culture vs Race, and The Cosmopolitan Delusion 00:04:19 Jean Claude Michéa: The French Christopher Lasch 00:10:38 Towards a Conservative Left: Michéa’s Conservative Socialism 00:14:05 Orwell: The Tory Anarchist 00:17:50 Michéa’s background, communist parents, the Resistance, and patriotism 00:28:01 Why Orwell is the key to Michéa’s synthesis 00:35:57 Orwell’s “common decency.” 00:50:15 Common sense vs left suspicion, and the populist question 00:59:22 The “bourgeois left” & The drift away from the working-class 01:02:45 What “conservative” really means here 01:31:02 A New Political Synthesis (The Backroom Transition) GUEST: Michael C. Behrent • Towards a Conservative Left (Bookshop): https://bookshop.org/p/books/towards-a-conservative-left-selected-writings-of-jean-claude-michea-jean-claude-michea/22912345 • Towards a Conservative Left (Barnes & Noble): https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/towards-a-conservative-left-jean-claude-michi-a/1147813503 • Vauban Books (Publisher): https://www.vaubanbooks.com/ • Behrent faculty page (Appalachian State): https://history.appstate.edu/faculty-staff/profiles • Behrent’s site: https://sisterrepublic.wordpress.com/about/ FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://1dimereview.substack.com/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: instagram.com/1dimeman • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. | |||
| The End of History Breakdown (Ft. Untimely Reflections) | 13 févr. 2026 | 02:33:27 | |
Get access to The Backroom (95+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, Keegan Kjeldsen from Essential Salts (Untimely Reflections/The Nietzsche podcast) joins me for a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of Francis Fukuyama’s book The End of History and the Last Man. We unpack liberal democracy’s philosophical roots, the fragility of authoritarian states, the Hegelian struggle for recognition, and the tensions between capitalism, legitimacy, and human dignity. Don’t miss this guide to one of the most misunderstood books of the modern era. Part 2 of this discussion is in The Backroom (Patreon Exclusive). You will you get an additional 2 hours of Keegan/EssensialSalts and explaining the rest of Fukuyama's book chapter by chapter. Timestamps: 00:00:00 The Backroom Preview 00:04:53 Why Read Fukuyama 00:10:14 Theory of History Explained: Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche) 00:26:01 The Weakness of Strong States 00:46:02 Why Communism and RW Dicatorships Failed 01:12:00 Liberal Democracy as the final form of government? 01:28:03 The Struggle for Recognition and Human Nature 02:10:01 Transition to Part 2 (On Patreon) GUEST: Keegan Kjeldsen (EssentialSalts / Untimely Reflections) • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@untimelyreflections • The Nietzsche Podcast (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/show/0ZARzVCRfJZDCyeKjvIEfE • Untimely Reflections Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/untimelyreflections FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://1dimereview.substack.com/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: instagram.com/1dimeman • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Tags: #1DimeRadio #Fukuyama #PoliticalPhilosophy #Hegel #TheNietzschePodcast #EssentialSalts #UntimelyReflections Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. | |||
| The Global Conservative Shift (Ft.Cadell Last) | 06 févr. 2026 | 01:46:56 | |
Get access to The Backroom (95+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime This week on 1Dime Radio, I’m joined by Dr. Cadell Last, creator of Philosophy Portal, to unpack what feels like a shifting “world spirit” in politics and culture. We dig into the collapse of New Atheism, the move from reason to “spirit,” why Jordan Peterson landed when he did, and how religion and politics are re-emerging as answers to a modern crisis of meaning. Along the way we talk Marx, “events” like 9/11 that fracture shared narratives, and why capitalism keeps generating contradictions it cannot metabolize. In the Backroom (Patreon exclusive), we go further into the global right-wing shift, the return of suppressed contradictions liberals and leftists avoid, and figures like Nick Fuentes for Part 2. In Part 3 (also on Patreon only), we then discuss the idea of “Nationalist Internationalism,” arguing that genuine international cooperation requires strong sovereign nations first, and that real internationalism has to pass through nationalism rather than cosmopolitan globalism. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Nationalist Internationalism (The Backroom Preview) 00:04:01 The Conservative Zeitgeist 00:08:55 New Atheism's Rise and Fall 00:11:20 Jordan Peterson vs Sam Harris and the religion comeback 00:15:23 Why Marx's critique of religion is wrong 00:26:18 “Events” and the collapse of shared narratives 00:33:02 9/11, New Age mysticism, and the hunger for meaning 00:38:37 The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism 00:43:43 Badiou: truth procedures and politics-as-religion 01:08:29 Religion vs science, the knowledge problem 01:20:22 God, Religion, and ideology 01:45:08 Backroom preview (Patreon): global right shift, Nick Fuentes, nationalist internationalism GUEST: Dr. Cadell Last (Philosophy Portal) • Philosophy Portal (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCtCqYQFPhnU1OnHPveEnYw • Philosophy Portal (Site): https://philosophyportal.online/about • Cadell’s Website: https://cadelllast.com/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/cadellnlast FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack: https://1dimereview.substack.com/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: instagram.com/1dimeman • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. Tags: #1DimeRadio #CadellLast #PhilosophyPortal #Religion #NewAtheism #JordanPeterson #PoliticalPhilosophy #Globalism #Nationalism #Internationalism #Conservatism #RightWingShift | |||
| Can the NDP Be Saved? (Ft. Rob Ashton) | 28 janv. 2026 | 01:13:28 | |
Get access to The Backroom (95+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime This week on 1Dime Radio, I sit down with Rob Ashton, a trade unionist and frontrunner for the Federal NDP (New Democratic Party) leadership race. I ask him all about his policy platform, what the NDP needs to do to win back the working-class majority. and the biggest issues facing Canadians right now. We get into Ashton’s labour-first strategy, his comprehensive labor reform, whether higher union density risks inflation, what “full employment” should mean, how to rebuild domestic industry without turning it into corporate welfare, and why he thinks the NDP can become a party of real worker power again. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:21 Why run for NDP leader as a non-career politician? 00:05:02 Why the NDP lost working-class support 00:11:46 Temporary Foreign Worker program, wage suppression, and migrant rights 00:19:07 How to make unionization easier, labour law reforms, union busting 00:32:13 Inflation, wages, and the “wage-price spiral” debate 00:34:33 Bank of Canada, full employment, and job guarantee talk 00:43:48 Free trade, protectionism, and rebuilding Canadian industry 00:49:13 “Pre-distribution” vs redistribution, what it means in plain language 01:00:49 Defence procurement, shipbuilding, and reindustrialization 01:04:20 Climate policy, nuclear, and a worker-centered transition 01:10:23 Alberta, energy jobs, tanker ban, and Indigenous consent GUEST: Rob Ashton, NDP leadership candidate, trade unionist (ILWU Canada) • Rob’s campaign: https://robashton.ca/ • Meet Rob: https://robashton.ca/meet-rob/ • Rob Ashton on X: https://x.com/Rob_T_E_Ashton • NDP leadership contestants page: https://leadership.ndp.ca/contestants How to vote in the NDP leadership race • Become an NDP member: https://act.ndp.ca/donate/membership-en • Leadership 2026 hub: https://leadership.ndp.ca/ • Leadership FAQ and voting info: https://leadership.ndp.ca/faq • Rules governing the leadership contest (official PDF): https://www.ndp.ca/sites/default/files/2026-leadershipgoverningrules.pdf FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://1dimereview.substack.com/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: instagram.com/1dimeman • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. | |||
| Radical Responsibility and Self-Criticism (Ft. Theory Underground) | 23 janv. 2026 | 01:51:45 | |
Get access to The Backroom (95+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode, friend of the show, Philosopher Dave McKerracher of Theory Underground, and I dig into the idea of “radical responsibility,” basically the notion that if you’re trying to change the world, you’ve got more responsibility on your shoulders, not less. We talk about how bad messaging, cringe behavior, and ideological shortcuts can tank movements, including a wild DSA mishap. Pulling from Max Weber, history, and everyday politics, we argue that real progress comes down to considering real consequences and what a majority of people can actually get behind. In the Backroom, Dave and I continue our spicy conversation on “Progress and Reaction,” taking a deeper look at how parts of the left end up functioning as “shocktroops for capital.” Timestamps: 0:00 Trump’s ICE Raids (Preview) 3:43 The Importance of Radical Responsibility 30:45 The Responsibility of the Radical Right 53:04 DSA Disaster 1:09:14 Nick Fuentes' Rise 1:25:49 Ends, means, & Intentions: The Ethics of Conviction vs Responsibility GUEST: David McKerracher (Theory Underground) • Theory Underground (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/@theory_underground • McKerracher of TU (X): https://x.com/theoryundrgrnd • Theory Underground (Substack): https://theoryunderground.substack.com/ • Underground Theory Volume 2 on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FZBNYSF9 FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://1dimereview.substack.com • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/ • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee | |||
| The Leftist Case for National Service (Ft. Harper O'Connor) | 16 janv. 2026 | 01:22:14 | |
Get access to The Backroom (90+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I sit down with Harper O’Connor, a rising Socialist YouTuber and DSA organizer, to make the socialist case for National Service and how the millitary can be transformed and used to solve climate change. This ain’t just a case for millitary conscription or to bring back the millitary draft per se, but rather for a broader, socialist vision of National Service. This includes the idea of a Civilian Climate Corps and broader service programs that could rebuild state capacity, civic trust, shared purpose, and the social fabric that atomized capitalism keeps dissolving. In the Backroom Exclusive podcast on Patreon, Harper and I talk about how the Left lost younger men, why the far right is winning the “spiritual crisis,” and what a left-wing alternative could be, and we talk socialist strategy more broadly. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Why the Left Lost Young Men (The Backroom Preview) 00:06:03 The Civilian Climate Corps 00:11:41 Were not in Kansas anymore: Harper's Political Journey 00:16:51 The Citizen Army Idea: A Socialist Republican Idea 00:22:03 What if Everyone Joined the Military? 00:27:34 Belonging, Comradery, and Solidarity 00:33:17 Build Stuff, Save Lives, Learn Life Skills, Make Friends 00:37:06 Conscription Makes it Harder to Go to War 00:44:20 “Isn’t This Just Legitimizing Empire?” 00:49:22 Civic Duty, Coercion, and Collectivism 00:57:10 The Masculinity Crisis 01:04:44 Socialism or Eco-Fascism 01:17:43 Closing + The Backroom Teaser GUEST: Harper O’Connor, Socialist YouTuber and DSA organizer • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCZDSz1E3rJ18vefmK7Hw4YA • “A Guide to Democratic Socialists of America” (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijlg0phla-s FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://substack.com/@tonyof1dime • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/ • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. | |||
| The Biggest Soviet History Myths Debunked (Ft. Noj Rants) | 09 janv. 2026 | 01:34:18 | |
Get access to The Backroom (90+ exclusive episodes) and support 1Dime Radio: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime This week on 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Noj Rants, one of the sharpest new voices in Soviet history on YouTube. We go straight at the myths that both mainstream commentators and newer Marxist sympathizers tend to repeat, especially about the Lenin era, the Soviets themselves, and how the Soviet state actually functioned. We talk about bad historiography, timeline compression, “Lenin died, then Stalin took over” simplifications, Civil War narratives, archives, and why so much of Soviet history discourse ends up polarized into propaganda versus counterpropaganda. In the Backroom segment on Patreon, NOJ Rants, and I keep going for four more hours, continuing the conversation. It is split into two parts, covering a wide range of Soviet history debates across multiple periods. In these two Patreon exclusive episodes, NOJ Rants, and I continue our conversation about contentious events in Soviet history, from the development of the Bolshevik one‑party state to the realities of Soviet “democracy.” We also discuss the Stalin period, the Red Purges, and NOJ Rants' hot takes on Marxism‑Leninism and the lessons of Soviet state-building. I basically throw every question you can imagine at him and get his take on the biggest controversies, interpretations, and myths. We also get into the state of left-wing YouTube today, and how prominent leftist creators, especially Marxist-Leninists, tend to cover Soviet history. Timestamps: 00:00:00 The Backroom Preview 00:04:51 The Best Soviet History YouTuber 00:10:05 Where to start reading Soviet history, the best historians and books 00:20:19 Stalin Wasn't a Dictator According to the CIA? 00:37:43 The Soviet archives 00:42:36 How the Russian Civil War Timeline Gets Re-Written 00:44:44 Soviet elections, Mensheviks, SRs, & the Socialist Opposition 00:47:43 The Truth About Imperialist Encirclement 01:11:52 The Constituent Assembly and Bolshevik Consolidation 01:29:05 Was Soviet Democracy a real thing? 01:33:19 Prelude to the 4-hour Backroom Segment (Parts 2 and 2) GUEST: NOJ Rants (YouTuber, Soviet history) • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nojrants FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://substack.com/@tonyof1dime • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/ • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee #soviethistory #sovietunion #russianrevolution Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. | |||
| The Meaning of Mamdani (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker) | 02 janv. 2026 | 01:32:25 | |
Get access to The Backroom (85+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime Benjamin Studebaker returns to 1Dime Radio to break down the meaning of Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist who was just sworn in as the new Mayor of New York City, and what his rise means for the Left, what to expect, and whether his policies are actually socialist whatsoever. In the Backroom exclusive on Patreon, we get deeper into Studebaker’s theory of “Neo-Leftism” and how it differs from both the New Left and Old Left. It's quite a fascinating episode! Timestamps: 00:00:00 Neo-Leftism (The Backroom Preview) 00:04:21 Mamdani Sworn in as Mayor of NYC 00:13:14 Offshoring, tariffs, labor power 00:15:54 Socialism in One City 00:56:22 Childcare Debate 01:12:36 The Real Reason Mamdani Won 01:30:49 Backroom tease, closing GUEST: Benjamin Studebaker (Political Theorist, PhD University of Cambridge), author of The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy • X: https://x.com/BMStudebaker • Substack: https://bmstudebaker.substack.com/ • Website: https://benjaminstudebaker.com/ FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://substack.com/@tonyof1dime • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/ • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. | |||
| The Christian Case Against Capitalism | 25 déc. 2025 | 00:25:29 | |
A Christian critique of Capitalism by Tony of 1Dime Since there won't be a new episode of 1Dime Radio this week, I decided to release a voice-over of an essay manuscript I had written on Christianity, capitalism, and a vision of socialism founded on Christian principles. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all of you! Become a Patron if you wish to support my work: https://www.patreon.com/c/OneDime Subscribe to my Substack: https://substack.com/@tonyof1dime | |||
| The Real Origins of Wokeism (Ft. Musa Al-Gharbi) | 19 déc. 2025 | 01:38:59 | |
Get access to The Backroom (Almost 90+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by American sociologist Musa Al-Gharbi to discuss his book "We Have Never Been Woke" which is by far the most scholarly work on the topic of “wokeness.” Al‑Gharbi provides a materialist theory of the economics and social dynamics that drive what we call "wokeism" and the great disconnect between what he calls “symbolic capitalists” (the section of the Professional Managerial Class within discourse/symbol generating industries like Media, Academia, Art, and Entertainment) and the rest of society. Al-Gharbi's book provides rigorous empirical research on social attitudes, class structures, and identifies four patterns that he calls "the great awokenings" which are driven by "elite overproduction" and liberals and leftists appear the same to so many people. In The Backroom (on Patreon), Musa and I continue the conversation by connecting Musa’s materialist socio-economic theory of Wokeness and Symbolic Capitalists to Tony’s Genealogy of Wokeism essay, plus additional examples, arguments, and pushback that we did not have time for on the main episode. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Changing Minds vs Material Conditions (The Backroom Preview) 00:05:34 An Empirical Theory of Wokeism 00:14:41 Who are The “Symbolic Capitalists”? 00:23:55 Top 20% not just the 1% 00:33:45 Elite overproduction and intra-elite competition 00:38:31 The 2010s The Great Awokening 00:53:58 Is “woke” dead? Tech backlash, Trump era shifts 00:59:14 The Four Great Awokenings, mapped 01:00:04 First Awokening (1920s–30s): identity politics before the 60s 01:03:51 Orwell’s warning 01:07:02 Progressive paternalism and Managerial politics 01:15:41 Turning Standpoint Epistimology back on elites 01:19:31 Policing, crime, and what Black voters actually want 01:24:10 Do Woke People believe in Woke ideas? Does Sincerity Matter? 01:28:19 What about the bottom 80%? 01:33:19 Diversity and Totemic Capital 01:36:49 Backroom teaser: Tony’s Genealogy of Wokeism Essay GUEST: Musa Al-Gharbi (American sociologist), author of *We Have Never Been Woke* • Book announcement and links: https://musaalgharbi.substack.com/p/we-have-never-been-woke-available-now • Musa’s website: https://musaalgharbi.com Musa’s Substack: https://musaalgharbi.substack.com FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://substack.com/@tonyof1dime • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/ • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. | |||
| Immigration: What The Left Misses (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker) | 12 déc. 2025 | 02:31:55 | |
Get access to The Backroom (80+ EXCLUSIVE episodes): https://www.patreon.com/OneDime Given there is some confusion regarding my positions on immigration, I decided to release the BACKROOM exclusive episode (originally supposed to be for Patrons only) that I did with Benjamin Studebaker (Cambridge, and author of the Chronic Crisis of American Democracy) all on the subject of immigration,—what both the left and right get wrong, and what leftists & liberals don't understand about the rise of the far-right in Europe. This episode is a heavy one! The conversation delves into the complexities of immigration and why the left needs a better response to mass migration and how the far-right captured many working class people across the world. We address topics such as the assimilation, social cohesion, demographic change, brain drain, declining bargaining power, and the socio-economic impacts of immigration, globalization, and neoliberalism more broadly. The dialogue also touches on the challenges and necessities of having an open discourse on immigration without falling into binary thinking ideological trap. Timestamps: 00:00 How Leftists and and Liberals Often Respond to immigration 04:25 Social Cohesion and Integration 12:55 Brain Drain and Economic Imperialism 18:46 Assimilation Challenges 30:58 Modern Immigration Policies 45:21 European Union and Migration 55:07 Racism, Xenophobia and tribalism 56:05 Trust and Integration in Multi-Ethnic Societies 58:27 Leftist and Liberal Perspectives on Immigration 01:05:22 Cosmopolitanism vs. Localism 01:24:09 The Role of the Professional Managerial Class (PMC) 01:34:45 Technocratic Mindset and Immigration 01:39:58 Its about more than "Living Standards" 01:41:45 Internationalism and Globalism Critique 01:45:39 Managerialism in Progressivism 01:52:14 Challenges of Assimilation and Immigration 02:27:13 Climate Change and Refugee Crisis 02:28:31 Concluding Thoughts on Political Discourse GUEST:Benjamin Studebaker — political theorist; author of Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies and The Chronic Crisis of Liberal Democracy.• Website: https://benjaminstudebaker.com/about/• Follow Benjamin Studebaker on X: https://x.com/BMStudebaker FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://substack.com/@tonyof1dime • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: / tonyof1dime • Check out my main channel videos: / @1dimee Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee. Outro Music by Karl Casey. Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. | |||
| The Rise of Neo-Stalinism (Ft. Ross Wolfe) | 05 déc. 2025 | 01:35:20 | |
Get access to The Backroom (80+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon.com/onedimeIn this episode of 1Dime Radio, I have an in-depth discussion with Ross Wolfe about neo-Stalinism. We examine the influence of Domenico Losurdo, and how his work relates to a niche defence of Marxism-Leninism. We take up the concepts of state power and revolution, and how the history of liberalism is often misinterpreted by modern activists. In the Backroom on Patreon, Ross Wolfe and I explore just what is “Western Marxism.” Is there a widely agreed upon definition? To do this, Wolfe and I have to unpack its origins, and the polemics by Losurdo, Gabriel Rockhill and others. We try to pin down the line between socialistic critique of capitalism, and simple anti-Western sentiment.TimeStamps: 00:00 Losurdo and Rockhill The (Backroom Sneak Peek) 03:48 Critique of Neo-Stalinism and Marxism-Leninism 06:29 The Influence of Dominico Losurdo 47:23 Historical Inaccuracies in Losurdo's Work 51:14 Trotsky's Legacy and Stalin's Tactics 01:01:21 Debating Marxism, Communism, and State PowerGuest (Ross Wolfee): X/Twitter: https://x.com/rosswolfe?lang=enFind His Articles on Losurdo here: https://thecharnelhouse.org/author/rosslaurencewolfe/FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://substack.com/@tonyof1dime • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: / tonyof1dime• Check out my main channel videos: / @1dimeeOutro Music by Karl Casey. Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. | |||
| A New Old Left? (Ft. Vivek Chibber) | 28 nov. 2025 | 01:00:13 | |
Get access to The Backroom (80+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I have a provocative discussion with a much-requested guest, Vivek Chibber. Chibber is a professor and published writer (Catalyst and Jacobin). We discuss the state of the left today, and whether recent elections mark meaningful shifts in socialist political organizing. We also cover the challenges of building working-class support amidst the rise and conflicting interests of white collar professionals. The conversation touches on political compromise, and the influence of post-colonial theory in academia. In the Backroom exclusive segment on Patreon, Vivek Chibber and I specifically discuss Zohran Mamdani and his recent election. Will he and the DSA political strategy be enough to ensure a sustainable rise of socialism? Timestamps: 0:00 Understanding Democratic Socialism and Traditional Socialism 03:28 The Crisis of the Left: Organizational and Intellectual Weakness 07:18 Rebuilding the Left: Strategies for Organizing Workers 33:50 The Left's Relationship with Small Business Owners and Farmers 35:16 Voting Patterns and Class Interests 44:13 The Decline of Traditional Left-Wing Parties 56:41 Defining Capitalism and Socialism 59:05 Transition to The Backroom GUEST: Vivek Chibber, professor of sociology and author of Confronting Capitalism: How the World Works and How to Change It. You can also follow Chibber’s work in the publications Catalyst and Jacobin. FOLLOW 1Dime: Substack (Articles and Essays): https://substack.com/@tonyof1dime X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime... Check out my main channel videos: / @1dimee Outro Music by Karl Casey Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this | |||