Marxism, Anarchism, and the Power of Communist Imagination: Richard Gilman-Opalsky on Utopia and Revolution

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What if communism isn’t a destination, but something already
unfolding in everyday acts of resistance, care, and imagination?
In this episode, Richard Gilman-Opalsky joins us to discuss the
political force of utopian thinking, the ongoing tension between
Marxism and anarchism, and the need to move beyond stale demands
for “practical” revolution. Drawing from his two most recent
books— Imaginary Power, Real Horizons: The Practicality of
Utopianism—as well as Communist Ontologies (with Bruno Gullì)
from Minor Compositions, we explore the imagination as a site of
material struggle, the persistence of Cold War ideology, and the
overlooked revolutionary power of small things. This conversation
ranges from the German Ideology to Gaza, from the failures of
liberal capitalism to the fragile flame of collective
dreaming.

Imaginary Power, Real Horizons: The Practicality of Utopianism:
https://www.akpress.org/imaginary-power-real-horizons.html

Communist Ontologies: https://www.minorcompositions.info/?p=1320


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