Ep 392 - The People Are Not One: Socialist Strategy After Left Populism with Daniel Tutt & C. Derick Varn
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- Published
- August 15, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 18m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Aug 26, 2026
Discusses Daniel Tutt and returning guest C. Derick Varn join Steve to discuss their new book, The People Are …
Summary
Daniel Tutt and returning guest C. Derick Varn join Steve to discuss their new book, The People Are Not One: Socialist Strategy After Left Populism, whose title states its thesis outright. When the left speaks of a unified people confronting a corrupt elite, it conceals the real stratifications inside the working class and borrows a Manichean framework th…
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Daniel Tutt and returning guest C. Derick Varn join Steve to discuss their new book, The People Are Not One: Socialist Strategy After Left Populism, whose title states its thesis outright. When the left speaks of a unified people confronting a corrupt elite, it conceals the real stratifications inside the working class and borrows a Manichean framework that functions identically on the right. Their argument: since 2008, from Occupy through Syriza, Podemos, Corbyn, and Sanders, left populism has