The seventies and us w/ Michael Hardt

The 1970s is often depicted straightforwardly as the moment when
the radical movements of the 1960s fractured, failed, and
radicalised in ways that were self-destructive. In The Subversive
Seventies Michael Hardt argues that not only is that a much too
simplistic understanding of the decade, but that it serves to
prevent us from drawing important lessons and inspiration from the
radical movements of the 1970s. We talked about popular
misconceptions about the movements of the 70s, how to understand
the turn towards projects characterised by autonomy and in some
cases armed struggle. And finally we also talked about why the
emergence in the 70s of a multiplicity of struggles can be seen as
a source of strength for the left, rather than evidence of
irresolvable division.