Varn Vlog: John Bellamy Foster on Marxism and The Metabolic Rift

John Bellamy Foster is an American professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and editor of the Monthly Review. He writes about the political economy of capitalism and economic crisis, ecology and ecological crisis, and Marxist theory. We discuss the centrality of the metabolic rift theory and the dialectic of nature as well as Marx’s role in the development of system theory. We end by discussing the framework controversies in eco-socialism. Abandon all hope ye who subscribe here. Please support our Patreon: Host: C. Derick Varn ( Twitter: @skepoet Bluesky @) Cohost of Excavations: Jordin Dubin Cohost of Vulgar Complexity: Abi Hassen Audio Producer: Paul Channel Strip ( @aufhebenkultur ) Intro Musics: Spaceship Revolution by Etienne Roussel (Solo Intro), Bitterlake (Political Intro), Bitterlake (Strange Intro), The Siege of Kalameth by Jon Björk (Main Show Intro), Teknique by Anthony Earls (Nailing It Down In