Monday Feb 02, 2026
Ep 42 - Turning the Tide w/ László Molnárfi
On this week's episode of Rocinante, Angela is joined by László Molnárfi. Has the left abandoned its working-class roots by embracing a liberal cultural politics of moralism and identity, thereby making itself irrelevant and pushing people toward right-wing populism? How can a revitalized socialist movement reclaim popular appeal by focusing on material issues like housing and wages, while constructively engaging with questions of nationalism, migration, and sovereignty?
Check out László's work here: https://linktr.ee/lacicloud
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1 months ago
Against!! hahaahahaha lmao
1 months ago
www dot ydsaconstellation dot org slash points-of-unity
1 months ago
I think László would enjoy reading this, from a caucus of our students.
1 months ago
Hi Seán and Angela! I enjoyed hearing your perspective on these issues. As a leader in DSA, I think it’s worth hearing. I disagree with Lázsló’s thoughts on immigration, but I think he has valuable ideas about left-wing populism, Laclau and Mouffe and the European left. I was involved in TCDSU during the Repeal campaign days - it was a good time for class demands in Irish society that would be good to get back to. I was a big fan of your writing, which was assigned when I was studying for my Political Communications MA at DCU. I wanted to thank Angela Nagle for sharing my article with Mio Tastas Viktorsson on Swedish social democracy nine years ago ( on Twitter when it was first published. It played a significant role in its popularity and significantly helped my writing career, you can read much of it on my Jacobin author page. Mio is a fan of Malcom Kyeyune’s writing and I thought your interviews with him were good - I’m listening to the one on Iran right now and he has interesting thoughts about the US military. Our base in DSA has said some unpleasant things about Angela Nagle which I felt the need to echo. I now believe her article ”The Left Case for Open Borders” should be taught to students and feel that there is a need for the Irish left, including students, to debate the question of mass migration of US-Americans to Ireland. As I have matured politically, I have come to believe that there is a risk of Ireland’s society being infiltrated by agents of imperialism. I think it would be appropriate, and in the Irish national interest (I continue to consider myself a patriot and want to see conflict among our people resolved) for László to express his opinions on this topic specifically and clearly. I am a citizen of both Ireland and the United States of America. Thank you for hearing me out, and thank you for following me on Twitter Seán! In solidarity, Saoirse Graves Gowan Member, Philadelphia DSA Founding member, Groundwork Caucus