About this episode

The episode discusses the strategic role of forgiveness in revolutionary struggles against harms, featuring insights from historian Hazel Croft and theorist David Renton.

How do we connect collective struggle with the search for justice? Adam is joined by historian Hazel Croft and theorist David Renton to discuss the concept of forgiveness and its strategic role in revolutionary struggles against structural and interpersonal harms. In doing so, we draw on our previous episode on the Comrade Delta scandal earlier this year, and the failure of Marxist organisations to develop new principles and procedures of justice and reparation. David's book "Revolutionary Fo...

People in this episode

Host: Adam

Guests: Hazel Croft, David Renton

Topics covered

• forgiveness
• revolutionary struggles
• justice
• collective struggle
• Marxism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Marxist organisations

Books & works: Revolutionary Forgiveness, Comrade Delta

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