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Introducing Money on the Left:

An Editorial Collective

Installation is a collaboration between New Roots Art Collective, Illsol, and LiveWork Studios, commissioned by Tempus Projects, and Crab Devil. Photographed by Tony Krol.

Heterodox Properties with Lua Kamal Yuille

Money on the Left is joined by Dr. Lua Kamal Yuille to discuss heterodox economics, property law & the politics of vulnerability. Dr. Yuille is professor of law and affiliated professor of Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Kansas. Her work, which spans property theory, heterodox economics, business law, critical pedagogy, and group… Continue reading →

March 1, 2021March 2, 2021

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22 – Franciscan Fun Pack

Cohosts Will Beaman, Natalie Smith, & Maxximilian Seijo are joined by Ian from Twitter (@tweet_boxian) to visit America’s favorite socialist family, the Bruenigs. They begin with reflections on a New York Times piece by Elizabeth Bruenig on the need to forgive the recently canonized Franciscan friar Junipero Serra, who oversaw the torture, enslavement and murder… Continue reading →

February 28, 2021

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Bonus: JG Resolution (with Andrés Bernal)

In the wake of the release of Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s (D-MA) job guarantee resolution, Maxximilian Seijo invites Andrés Bernal to reflect on this historical moment in intersectional left-wing activism. Link to the resolution: https://pressley.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-pressley-economists-advocates-unveil-historic-federal-job-guarantee

February 18, 2021February 18, 2021

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Marx Was Right

Scott Ferguson joins Maxximilian Seijo to discuss method and the dangers of overly positive or negative orientations to the historical world. First, they critique Liam Kofi Bright’s problematic revival of logical positivism, which submits left praxis to reductive and exclusionary market models. Next, they affirm the negative approaches to aesthetic criticism found in the works… Continue reading →

February 15, 2021February 19, 2021

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Modern Movie Theory: Sharing Parts in Kiarostami’s Close-Up (Preview)

This Money on the Left/Superstructure teaser previews our third premium release, a one-off lecture from Scott Ferguson on Abbas Kiarostami’s Close Up (1990) for Patreon subscribers. The full video lecture can be found here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/modern-movie-in-46862120 For access to the full video lecture, subscribe to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/MoLsuperstructure If you are interested in premium offerings but presently… Continue reading →

February 4, 2021

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The Franciscan Invention of the New World with Julia McClure

Money on the Left is joined by Julia McClure, lecturer in Late Medieval & Early Modern Global History at the University of Glasgow. McClure’s 2017 book, The Franciscan Invention of the World, draws compelling and confounding conclusions about the role of the late Medieval Franciscans in shaping the modern capitalist and colonialist world. We talk with McClure… Continue reading →

February 1, 2021February 2, 2021

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21 – Film Theory of the State

In this episode, cohosts Natalie Smith, Will Beaman & Maxximilian Seijo reflect on some ill-fated responses to the right-wing insurrection at the Capitol, utilize feminist psychoanalysis to articulate a film theory of the state, and meditate on the mental health side of an MMT-informed left-wing praxis. Link to our Patreon: https://patreon.com/MoLsuperstructure… Music: “Yum” from “This… Continue reading →

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021

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Overcoming Pessimism with Adorno (Maxx Uncut)

In this short episode, Maxximilian Seijo reads from Theodor W. Adorno’s Negative Dialectics, complicating the philosopher’s discussion of nihilism to critique contemporary left pessimism. Link to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MoLsuperstructure

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

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Historicizing the Neoliberal Blockbuster (Preview)

This Money on the Left/Superstructure teaser previews our second premium release from Scott Ferguson’s “Neoliberal Blockbuster” course for Patreon subscribers. For access to the full video lecture, subscribe to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/MoLsuperstructure If you are interested in premium offerings but presently unable to afford a subscription, please send a direct message to @moneyontheleft or @Superstruc on Twitter… Continue reading →

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021

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Money as a Constitutional Project with Christine Desan

The Money on the Left Editorial Collective presents a classic episode from our archives along with a previously unavailable transcript & graphic art. In this episode, we are joined by Christine Desan, Leo Goettlieb professor of law at Harvard Law School to discuss her excellent book, Making Money: Coin, Currency, and the Coming of Capitalism. Desan argues that… Continue reading →

January 1, 2021

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20 – the Fascist Analogy (with Daniel Bessner)

In this episode, Natalie Smith & Maxximilian Seijo host Daniel Bessner (@dbessner) to debate the pertinence of contemporary leftist efforts to analogize Trumpian neoliberalism to 1930s fascism. The conversation also takes up matters of left strategy & media, including the role of theoretical provocation and the politics of online culture. Link to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MoLsuperstructure… Continue reading →

December 30, 2020

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Why Do We Fall?: Introduction to the Neoliberal Blockbuster (Preview)

This Money on the Left/Superstructure teaser previews our first premium release from Scott Ferguson’s “Neoliberal Blockbuster” course for Patreon subscribers. For access to the full video lecture, subscribe to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/MoLsuperstructure If you are interested in premium offerings but presently unable to afford a subscription, please send a direct message to @moneyontheleft or… Continue reading →

December 25, 2020

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