E245: RIP Loren Goldner
Added 2024-04-17 10:00:08 +0000 UTCThe communist milieu lost a titan last week. Our kind friend and mentor, Loren Goldner (1949-2024), passed away on Friday, April 12th 3:00am, at age of 76. As a tribute to his life and legacy we were able to gather a handful of people who were close to him to share stories, memories and inspirations. Special thanks to Arya Zahedi, Zhana Kurti, Jarrod Shanahan, Joe Lombardo, Ross Wolfe and Billy O'Conner for coming on to memorialize a great thinker and a great friend.
Copious Loren Goldner Links:
Website archive https://breaktheirhaughtypower.org/category/articles/
Melville book https://libcom.org/article/herman-melville-between-charlemagne-and-antemosaic-cosmic-man-loren-goldner
Insurgent Notes Journal http://insurgentnotes.com/author/loren/
Articles mentioned in order
Arya
Turkish history- https://libcom.org/article/agrarian-question-russian-revolution-material-community-productivism-and-back-loren-goldner
Fictitious capital for beginners https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/fictitious-capital-beginners-imperialism-anti-imperialism-and-continuing-relevance-rosa-luxemburg
Ross
Race and the enlightenment https://libcom.org/article/race-and-enlightenment-part-i-anti-semitism-white-supremacy-1492-1676
Critic of post-colonial theory https://cominsitu.wordpress.com/2014/05/10/the-universality-of-marx/
Revolution in the Air critique https://libcom.org/article/review-revolution-air-max-elbaum-loren-goldner
Sean
Audio clips from: https://libcom.org/article/loren-goldner-audio
Songs:
Monsieur Jack - The Internationale
Leonard Cohen - Solidarity Forever
Comments
Thanks for the moving tribute to Loren. Even down here in Australia he was a big influcnec on me as I negotiated my way out of the sectarian Trot politics of my students days. I have run some Capital reading groups but wish I'd had the chance to have learned from Loren directly. The thinking world is poorer for his passing.
swhopkinson
2024-04-21 08:55:06 +0000 UTCGreat episode! Beautiful testimonies from such esteemed members of the Loren Goldners of tomorrow!!! I really loved what Z said about creating institutions and preserving memories, especially in the ephemeral space of the internet. The Anarchist Library, a project led by Aragorn! of blessed memory, has been preserving @ work beautiful. A's old article from NEFAC (Northeastern Federation of Anarchist Communists) is up there: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/northeastern-federation-of-anarcho-communists-interview-with-an-iranian-anarchist
Mitchell Verter
2024-04-18 10:25:27 +0000 UTCthis was incredibly moving, thank you all so much.
Daniel E
2024-04-17 22:43:48 +0000 UTC
