Post-Capitalist Desire

That's right, we're giving the people what they want: another Mark Fisher episode! We obviously couldn't do it without Matt Wrafter from @therockisdead, so here he joins Helen and Glen to review Mark Fisher's recent posthumously published book; Post-Capitalist Desire. The book is a transcript from Mark's final lecture series and it's a revisiting of both the failures and successes of past countercultures in order to try and build a movement for the future. It's a beautiful, optimistic text which holds so much for any Leftist. Matt, Helen and Glen chose certain moments or quotes that meant to a lot to them and discuss why and how we can use them out here in the real world. They attempt to answer some of the scary questions about coping with material desire as an anti-capitalist, and discuss everything from the power of building a collective consciousness and how we'll manage this in our fractured, digital, post-covid world to the real problems with identity politics (not just right wing talking points about them) and how to move past their limitations into a shiny new post-capitalist world. Buy Post-Capitalist Desire here: https://repeaterbooks.com/product/postcapitalist-desire-the-final-lectures/Support the show