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Kurt and José Luis join us once again to underline lessons from the success of AMLO and Claudia Sheinbaum in the wake of Kamala Harris' loss to Trump. Follow Kurt and José Luis here: https://www.youtube.com/@SoberaniaPodcast
Published 11/17/24
We are joined by labor historian Jeff Schuhrke (@jeffschuhrke) to talk about how Harris & Biden have abandoned the working class, what is next for labor, and his new book Blue-Collar Empire.
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Published 11/13/24
We are joined by Stephen Semler (@stephensemler) who writes a data-driven newsletter from a class perspective to talk about how exactly Democrats lost this election to Trump.
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Published 11/07/24
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David and Matt discuss Elon and Trump's online and GOTV work and Kamala's attempt to consolidate the center
Published 11/03/24
We are joined by Austin Ahlman (@austinahlman) to talk about Dan Osborn, a union leader who is within striking distance of unseating GOP Senator from Nebraska Deb Fischer.
Read Austin's piece about Dan Osborn and Nebraska here: https://prospect.org/politics/2024-10-25-in-search-of-trump-osborn-voters-nebraska/
Then we are joined by Paul North & Paul Reitter, who have put together a new translation of Karl Marx's Capital - which you can find here:...
Published 10/30/24
Courtney Rawlings (@ckayerawlings) joins us to talk about daycare, why we should shoot higher, and answers the question does the Left have a problem talking about moms?
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Then Matt & David talk about Trump's supersize stunts.
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Published 10/23/24
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Matt & David talk about the US letter to Israel demanding a shift on policy.
Then we are joined by Slate journalist Alex Sammon (@alex_sammon) to talk about his recent piece on the huge crypto money dump in the 2024 election. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/10/trump-harris-crypto-fairshake-senate-sherrod-brown-ohio.html
Then we are joined by Sam Kirsch an Austin DSA member to talk about the most recent...
Published 10/16/24
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Wes Cheek (@WesinJapan), professor at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy joins us once again to talk about disasters in the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
Published 10/13/24
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The Country IS OVER, Party? Matt & David talk all things US politics. Then we are joined by our friends from Mexico, journalists Kurt Hacbarth (@kurthackbarth) & Jose Luis Granados Ceja (@GranadosCeja) to talk about President Claudia Sheinbaum's first few days as leader of Mexico.
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Check out the Mexico Solidarity Project's translation...
Published 10/09/24
Matt & David talk about the major news of the day. Then we are joined by our good friend Branko Marcetic (@BMarchetich) to talk about censorship, Elon Musk, and what happened with Ken Klippenstein.
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Published 10/02/24
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Derek Davison joins us once again to talk about the Biden administration's unwillingness to contain Israel and we talk about the ludicrous smear of Tlaib that ironically demonstrates anti-Palestinian bias.
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Published 09/25/24
Hey friends we are back this week with guests Harvey Kaye (@harveyjkaye) and The Letterhack (@theletterhack).
Read their piece on the Economic Bill Of Rights here: https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/economic-bill-of-rights-comic
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Published 09/18/24
Matt & David are joined by Neal Meyer (@NealMeyer) and Nick French (@NickFrenchNYC) of Jacobin, the Socialist Call, as well as the authors of Left Notes: https://www.left-notes.com/ to talk about what is next for democratic socialism?
Plus Matt & David preview the upcoming debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump
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Published 09/11/24
Matt & David are joined by the hosts of the SoberanÍa: The Mexican Politics podcast Kurth Hackbarth (@kurthackbarth) and José Luis Granados Ceja (@GranadosCeja) to talk about AMLO's final days in office and the fight to continue to build from the victories of MORENA.
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Published 09/04/24
We are joined by Ben Burgis @benburgis to talk about his excellent new piece in Damage Magazine - Left Identarianism Is Also A Mirror World -
https://damagemag.com/2024/07/30/left-identitarianism-is-also-a-mirror-world/
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Published 08/28/24
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David and Matt return to Hal Draper, this time his 1967 essay "Who’s going to be the lesser-evil in 1968?"
https://www.marxists.org/archive/draper/1967/01/lesser.htm
Published 08/25/24
We are joined again by Elias Cepeda (@EliasCepeda) to give an update on what is happening on the ground in Chicago. Plus, Matt & Dave give there take on what we've seen so far from the gathering of Democratic Party officials and spokespeople.
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00:00 Start
0:45 Intro
6:25 Unfair Interference With UAW?
19:41 DNC Protest Update Elias Cepeda
47:30 Can The Socialist Movement Be Saved?
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Published 08/21/24
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Matt is joined by Dr Olivier Jutel to talk about his recent academic article, "The Network State, Venture Capital and the Political Economy of Exit." We talk about the Network State Movement, Balaji Srinivasan, and where these crypto scammers get...
Published 08/18/24
Hey folks, tonight Matt has a few things to say on what would have been Michael Brooks' 41st birthday and David and Matt talk Rogan saying RFK is the one (as a person) and talk about Kamala's Palestine positioning.
Published 08/15/24
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Hey folks, tonight Matt has a few things to say on what would have been Michael Brooks' 41st birthday and David and Matt talk Rogan saying RFK is the one (as a person) and talk about Kamala's Palestine positioning.
Published 08/14/24
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Griscom breaks down the weekend's Wall Street news and we talk about Harris' Walz pick.
Also, we are joined by our friend Elias Cepeda (@EliasCepeda) to talk about the Olympic gender hysteria and Foundation Chicago - https://www.foundationchicago.com/
Published 08/07/24
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David and Matt talk about Kyle Rittenhouse getting diced up after endorsing Ron Paul and then take a looks at Kamala.
Published 08/04/24
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Dustin "Dino" Guastella joins us once again to discuss his recent piece in Damage Magazine, "Making the Present the Enemy of the Future," on the false promise of harm reduction and the more affirmative role the state must play in regulating drug use and treating addiction. Dustin Guastella is the director of operations for Teamsters Local 623 in Philadelphia.
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Published 08/01/24