A.J.A. Woods, "The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy: Why the Right Blames the Frankfurt School for the Decline of the West" (Verso, 2026)

Welcome to the New Books Network. Hello, everyone. Welcome to another episode of New Books Network. I'm your host, Mortza Hajizade. Today I'm here with a very special guest, uh, with a wonderful book published uh by Verso books um a very Uh let's say uh

topical issue that is almost always talked about, especially in the United States. The book are we going to discuss today is called The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy, Why the Right blames the Frankfurt School For the decline of the West. It's written by A. J. Woods. Dr. A.J. Woods received a PhD from the Center for the Study of Theory and Criticism at Western University in Canada in 2022. Woods has written on conspiracy theories and reactionary politics for such publications as Open Democracy, Patterns of Prejudice, and Marx and Philosophy Review of Books. And today he's here with us to talk about this fascinating book, which has been recently published by Verso Publisher, The Culture of Marxism Conspiracy.

AJ, welcome to New Books Network. D, thank you very much for having me on. Such a fascinating book and I wish people could see the cover. I especially like the c cover of the book by Versailles. But before we get to talk about the book, can you just um Very briefly introduce yourself. Tell us a little bit about your background and more importantly Uh there are a lot of articles about the cultural Marxism conspiracy

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