#306 Tommie Shelby: "Only grassroots solidarity can stop the march of authoritarianism"

Philosopher Tommie Shelby on Trump, bottom-up resistance and abolitionist socialism
Politics for the rich, blatant discrimination against minorities and attacks on basic rights: How can we build new forms of solidarity against the creeping authoritarianism in the United States and elsewhere? In his Benjamin Lectures US-philosopher and Harvard professor Tommie Shelby turns to the tradition of Black Radical thought and the struggles against racial injustice to tackle the question of solidarity, freedom and self-respect in these times. Tommie joins the Dissens Podcast to talk about his idea of a "Political Ethics of the Oppressed", resistance to Trumpism and the democratic vision of abolishing the carceral state.

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Tommie Shelby (tommieshelby.com) is a philosopher and African American studies professor at Harvard University. He grapples with issues of racial and class-based injustices, drawing on ideas from the Black Radical Tradition, Analytical Marxism and Africana Philosophy. He is author of highly acclaimed books such as "The Idea of Prison Abolition" (press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691229…), "Dark Ghettos: Injustice, Dissent, and Reform" (jstor.org/stable/j.ctv24w638g) and "We Who Are Dark: The Philosophical Foundations of Black Solidarity" (hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674025714) as well as the anthology "Hip Hop and Philosophy" (kulturkaufhaus.de/de/detail/ISBN-2244005141391…).

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SAVE THE DATE - BENJAMIN LECTURES WITH TOMMIE SHELBY IN BERLIN, JUNE 18 TO 20

Tommie Shelby will hold this years Benjamin Chair at the Centre for Social Critique (criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/benjamin_lectures…) in Berlin. From June 18 to 20 he will develop a Political Ethics of the Oppressed (criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/benjamin_lectures…) in his Benjamin Lectures. The three lectures will be held in the "Haus der Kulturen der Welt" (hkw.de/programme/events/walter-benjamin-lectur…) (HKW) in the Miriam-Makeba-Auditorium, from 6 to 8pm respectively. Admission is free and no registration is needed, the space is limited to 950 attendees though. Here you can find all information in Germany language (criticaltheoryinberlin.de/benjamin_lectures/th…).

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Dissens verlost ein gedrucktes Exemplar von Tommie Shelbys "The Idea of Prison Abolition" (press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691229…) unter allen Fördermitgliedern und denen, die es bis zur nächsten Folge werden.

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Musik

DOS-88 – City Lights: youtu.be/egKdVELkKVI

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