Episode 114: Dr. Steven Osuna on Racial Capitalism and Class Suicide
The Checkout presents a wide-ranging conversation on class, race and justice with sociologist Dr. Steven Osuna.
Dr. Steven Osuna is an Associate Professor at Cal State Long Beach and was born and raised in Echo Park, Los Angeles.
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Episode #114 Notes
1:00 - How did you end up studying racism and political economy?
3:50 - What is your definition of Neo-Liberalism?
8:30 - On racial capitalism in the food industry.
16:00 - How do you identify Neo-Liberal policies?
18:45 - How is Neo-Liberalism different than Libertarianism?
26:00 - On Black Radical Tradition.
30:00 - On thinkers and scholars on racial capitalism.
40:00 - On contemporary protests and how it ties to Black Radical Tradition in the US.
41:00 - On the concept of Class Suicide.
50:00 - Book Recommendations!
Policing the Crisis, Stuart Hall
Black Marxism, Cedric Robinson
The Wretched of the Earth, Frantz Fanon
Theory of Global Capitalism, William Robinson
