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28th Jun 2023

Workers Unite! Emancipation from the Capitalist Totality

[PNM S5 E01] Workers Unite! Emancipation from the Capitalist Totality

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In this analysis of the capitalist totality, Professor Harvey provides a critical examination of the exploitative nature of capitalism from the perspective of the emancipated worker. The capitalist totality refers to the all-encompassing system of capitalism, which affects every aspect of modern society, including the economy, politics, culture, and even our personal lives.


Using his recent book as a foundation, Professor Harvey exposes the deep-rooted inequalities and injustices that exist in the capitalist system. He highlights how workers are oppressed by capitalists who constantly seek to extract the maximum amount of labor from them while paying them as little as possible. Furthermore, he argues that this oppression stems from the inherent contradictions within capitalism, which prioritize profit over the well-being of workers.


Throughout his analysis, Professor Harvey emphasizes the agency of workers in challenging and changing the conditions that oppress them. By acknowledging the oppressive nature of capitalism and the agency of workers to resist and transform it, he offers a critical perspective on the current state of the world and a path towards a more just and equitable future.


David Harvey's Anti-Capitalist Chronicles is co-produced by Politics in Motion. Politics In Motion is a nonprofit organization founded in May 2023 by Prof. David Harvey and Prof. Miguel Robles-Durán, along with Dr. Chris Caruso, instructional technologist, and noted writer and art curator Laura Raicovich. Our anti-capitalist media platform offers piercing insights and thought-provoking analyses on political, social, spatial, cultural, environmental and economic issues through a range of engaging mediums, including YouTube streams, podcasts, and live events.


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David Harvey's lastest book A Companion to Marx's Grundrisse (Verso 2023):

https://www.versobooks.com/products/2930-a-companion-to-marx-s-grundrisse

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About the Podcast

David Harvey's Anti-Capitalist Chronicles
Dialectical analyses of the capitalist totality through a Marxist lens.
David Harvey is a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology & Geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), and the Director of Research at the Center for Place, Culture and Politics. A prolific author, his most recent book is A Companion to Marx's Grundrisse (Verso, 2023). He has been teaching Karl Marx's Capital for over 50 years.

After five seasons hosted by Professor David Harvey and co-produced by Democracy@Work, all new episodes of David Harvey's Anti-Capitalist Chronicles will now be hosted and co-produced with https://www.politicsinmotion.org