Ben Davis speaks in this session recorded at Socialism 2022. “Culture war” is everywhere today as a concept, on the right and left. This talk looks at the concept’s origin in the late ‘80s at the end of the Cold War, and its contemporary renaissance, as a way to clarify what role this framing of politics has in today’s debates. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks