{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F2a30e7b8-2606-46dd-b6c4-b8e0ea73fee2","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"David Harvey: We Need a Collective Response to the Collective Dilemmas of Our Time (11-11-20)","description":"Join David Harvey and Amna Akbar for a conversation about Marx's idea of human freedom.\n----------------------------------------------------\n\nThe crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic is an opportunity for us to think again about Marx\u2019s idea of human freedom. Emergency steps to get through the crisis also show us how we could build a different society that\u2019s not beholden to capital.\n\nUnless we address the root cause of those problems in the structure of our economic system, we\u2019ll never be able to solve them.\n\nThis a moment where we can use this socialist imagination to construct an alternative society. This is not utopian. Our needs can only be taken care of through collective action.\n----------------------------------------------------\n\nSpeakers:\n\nDavid Harvey is a distinguished professor of anthropology and geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His latest books are The Ways of the World and The Anti-Capitalist Chronicles.\n\nAmna Akbar is a professor of law at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. She writes about policing and social movements, with a focus on grassroots demands for social change.\n----------------------------------------------------\n\nOrder a copy of David Harvey's latest book, \"The Anti-Capitalist Chronicles\": https://bookshop.org/a/1039/9780745342092\n\nWatch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/G68WFs2jBA0\n\nBuy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org\n\nFollow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/b6aee908-4d18-4df4-9079-462af386836e/artworks-w8gntxvqqlkkkdrk-ujvdoq-t3000x3000.jpg"}