Free City Radio
Tuesday September 3rd, 2024 with Stefan Christoff
Author Keren Wang on "An Atlas of Ritual Sacrifice in Late-Capitalism"

Capitalism’s sacrifice of humanity: An interview series produced for broadcast on Free City Radio by Stefan Christoff in consultation and collaboration with Max Haiven, for broadcast on Free City Radio. This program is the second in a series of 3 interviews that aim to examine contemporary capitalism as dependent on economic models that necessitate large levels of human sacrifice. These programs are supported by the ReImagining Value Action Lab (RiVAL) at Lakehead University in Ontario, Canada. A series of voices that speak to both the frontlines of struggles that are confronting the realities of colonial capitalism that speaks to the fact that humans are being rendered up for sacrifice to capitalism. Palestine is an example and also the prison industrial complex. On this edition we speak with scholar Keren Wang, author of "Legal and Rhetorical Foundations of Economic Globalization: An Atlas of Ritual Sacrifice in Late-Capitalism." Keren points to layers of analysis in relation to the world economy today that illustrate the inherently sacrificial nature of capitalism, specifically we speak about the fast fashion industry and the example of the textile industry fires at Rana Plaza in Bangladesh. Also we speak about the ways that the military industrial complex corporations benefit from the brutal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza. Learn more about Keren's book here: www.routledge.com/Legal-and-Rhetor…ok/9780367727826 Accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program.