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Dec 2023
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79 | What Could It Mean to Say, “Capital...

Lillian Cicerchia, Owen Glyn-Williams, Gil Morejón, and William Paris
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In this episode, we are joined by George Washington University Associate Professor Vanessa Wills to discuss her article “What Could It Mean to Say, ‘Capitalism Causes Sexism and Racism’?” We try to figure out why critics badly understand the Marxist concept of causation as it concerns identity-based oppression, why labor and production provide the conditions ... Show More
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