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The Dig

Beasts of Burden w/ Sunaura Taylor

The Dig

Daniel Denvir

News, Politics

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2024

⏱️ 148 minutes

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Summary

Featuring Sunaura Taylor on her book Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation. What does it mean to rethink socialism and Marxism through the frameworks of disability liberation and animal liberation? How do we relate to human difference and also to non-human animals? Where does the struggle against industrial agriculture fit into the fight against capitalism? Sunaura is interviewed by her sister, Dig guest host Astra Taylor.

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