When Critical Theory is Confirmed
Benjamin Studebaker and Douglas Lain discuss Adorno's essay "Commitment" and the failure of leftist politics over the last decade. What level of regre…
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Chris Cutrone is Always Right, and Always Depressed
In this episode of the CutroneZone, we dive deep into Chris Cutrone’s essay "On Philosophy and Marxism: Response to Suther and Velissaris"—a chara…
Trump Wins Again and Again?
Philip Cunliffe discusses his recent essay at COMPACT entitled "How Trump Won the Canadian Election." He explains what constitutes sovereignty, why so…
Is Free Speech a Leftist Issue Again?
Douglas Lain and Benjamin Studebaker discuss the question of Free Speech and its relationship to socialism. Has the left become concerned with Free Sp…
Neither the US nor China
Fabio Vighi returns to throw cold water on the notion that capitalism can be saved. The crisis is terminal. The financialization will continue. In thi…
How Society Got a Sex Change
Ashley Frawley is senior editor of Compact. She is the author of two books, Semiotics of Happiness: Rhetorical Beginnings of a Public Problem and Sign…