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Podcast: New Books in Politics and Polemics
Episode: Science Against the People: Anti-Capitalist Science
Description: It’s difficult to criticise science from the left. Right-wingers attack science and liberals defend it.Science for the People is a radical movement of scientists and educators who argue that science has always served capitalism, patriarchy, and empire. So, science doesn’t need to be simply defended; it needs to change.We examine the group’s Vietnam-era origins, with the story of one of its founders, physicist Charles Schwartz. Schwartz’ work initially supported the US war effort, but he became a thorn in the side of the military and scientific establishment for over two decades...