The Michael Brooks Show
Pt 9 THE MICHAEL BROOKS TRIBUTE SERIES: Think Like An Organizer, Jane McAlevey & Joshua Kahn Russell
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Summary:
Hands of Venezuela, why the Left must oppose any coup in Venezuela.
Bill Fletcher Jr. (@BillFletcherJr) joins us to talk about the anti-austerity movements in Zimbabwe and Sudan.
Shoutout to the disruptors at Davos.
During the GEM, David breaks down the bondholders hoping to cash in on the coup.
Global update the Bolsonaro cruelly refuses to allow Lula to leave prison to bury his brother.
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Episode summary:
Martin Luther King was not a capitalist.
FBI admits it fought to keep socialists out of power.
Shoutout to Luxembourg to become the first country to make public transit free.
Daniel Bessner (@dbessner) joins us to talk what a Left foreign policy should look like.
Corey Pein (@CoreyPein) author of "Live, Work, Work, Work, Die" joins us to talk about Hindu Nationalism
For the GEM, David breaks down the power of billionaires and why we need a bold commitment to fighting capitalist power.
We bring the gulag back to the main show for a very deserving candidate.
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Episode summary: We break down the government shutdown affects the working-class and how government welfare programs regulate the poor.
Shoutout to Patrice Lumumba, who was assassinated 58-years ago this Thursday. Lumumba continues to serve as a symbol of resistance to colonialism.
We look into the most recent events in the disaster that is Brexit.
Ana Kasparian (@AnaKasparian) Host and Executive Producer of The Young Turks joins us to talk about the success of AOC, Tusli, and Dave Rubin's intellectual curiosity.
During the GEM, David looks at the disaster that is Pacific Gas & Electric.
Global update we review Tulsi's opinion of torture, Michael and Djene's piece in the Jacobin on Turkey and the HDP, and an update on Yemen.
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We break down the LA teacher's strike and why the Right is so bent on destroying public education.
Shoutout to Rashida Tlaib for calling it what it is.
NYC Public Advocate and Democratic Socialist Nomiki Konst joins us to talk about her run and the future of NYC.
During the GEM David looks into Greece's recovery, Europe's slump, and Brazil's privatization efforts.
And the problem with Tulsi Gabbard.
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During the Global update we investigate Canada's removal of native people from their lands and Trump's attempts to remove Haitians from the United States.
We break down the difference between Sanders and Warren
Shoutout to Haiti celebrating their revolution.
In the global update we talk about the uprising in Sudan and always #LulaLivre.
In the GEM, Griscom breaks down the economic outlook for 2019
Baskar Sunkara (@sunraysunray) joins us in the studio to talk the Knicks, the Cuban Revolution, and the difference between Sanders and Warren.
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Episode summary:
Michael breaks down the situation in Rojava.
Wosny Lambre (@BigWos) host of Count The Dings joins us in studio to break down this stupid year.
Is Derrick Fisher a scumbag?
We try to figure out what the hell Candace Owens is saying.
The crew watches some vintage Chomsky on power and language.
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Episode summary: We talk about the migrant caravan and how it shows what human solidarity, hope, and a possibility for emancipatory politics.
Shoutout to the Climate Extinction Project, a group fighting for our future.
Current Affairs Editor Vanessa A Bee (@dolladollabillie) joins us to talk about the ongoing Yellow Vest movement and French politics.
During the GEM, David breaks down the coming rate hikes and why the real power in our economy lies in wealth not income.
Michael interviews Lula's attorney Valeska Martins about #LulaLivre and the future of Brazil.
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We talk about the Yellow Vest movement and what it means for the left going forward.
Shoutout to Lula for refusing to trade his dignity for freedom.
During the global update, we cover the assassination of Brazilian leaders of the Landless Movement of the boldness of the far-right and in India, the BJP saw major losses in the recent election.
During the GEM, David breaks down the way that capital tries to subvert democracy.
Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) of Rolling Stone joins us in studio to talk about what to do about Facebook
How do we fix Facebook?
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We discuss George HW Bush's legacy of decimation and murder.
Shoutout to Fred Hampton, we look at his vision and remind everyone of how they can help defend his home - gofundme.com/officialsavethehamptonhouse
During the global update we talk about AMLO's inauguration and we give an update on the situation in Brazil.
For the GEM, Griscom breaks down the recent Wall Street sell-off and how Trump is getting played.
Mike Recine (@mikerecine) joins us in studio to talk about scumbag on scumbag violence.
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We talk about the importance of the Irish struggle and the threat that Brexit poses to peace.
Shoutout to Amazon workers for going on strike reminding the company, “we are not robots.”
During the GEM, David breaks down what corporations are spending their money on intellectual property.
We are joined by Professor Wolff (@ProffWolff) in studio to talk Brexit and the Marxist critique of the global economy.
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Facebook, Amazon, Walmart, benefit from our government while attacking working Americans, we need to stop it.
Shoutout to Stacey Abrams for refusing to accept a stolen election.
During the GEM segment, David warns us that capitalism is coming for our beer.
Natalie Wynn (@Contrapoints) calls in to talk about the attack on fighting Trump’s attacks on the trans* community and how she owned Ben Shapiro with facts and logic.
We call Corey Pein (@coreypein) to talk about how terrible Silicon Valley still is.
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The Left must fight voter suppression and make clear the deficiencies of our system.
Shoutout to Baltimore for taking a stand against water privatization.
We premiere the first Global Brief, this week the crew breaks down recent events in Brazil and explains the damage caused by the sanctions on Iran.
During the Griscom Economic Minute, David breaks down the disastrous Amazon deal in NYC and Virginia.
Malaika Jabali (@MalaikaJabali) joins us in studio to talk about her new piece “The Color Of Economic Anxiety.”
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Episode summary: After the results in Brazil we talk about the importance of building an international movement to combat global fascism.
Shoutout to students in Brazil for their work immediately confronting the fascist power of Bolsonaro
Wosny Lambre (@BigWos) joins us to talk Beto’s barber shop visit and is Kanye back?
Harvey J. Kaye (@harveyjkaye) joins us in studio to tell baseball stories and what it means to be an American.
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Episode summary:
TMBS Michael talks about the importance of worker cooperatives
Shoutout to Uruguay for protecting the rights of transfolk.
We get an update on Brazil, Bolsonaro, and the WhatsApp scandal from Brian Mier editor (@BrasilWire)
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TMBS 61 aired on October 16th, 2018. Episode summary:
Michael explains the long term anti-democratic strategy of the radical-Right.
Shoutout to the animal kingdom, gorillas in Rwanda have begun to tear down poacher’s traps.
We are joined by crew Anoa Changa (@thewaywithanoa) Co-Managing Editor of the Progressive Army and host of The Way With Anoa, who calls in to talk about the upcoming election in Georgia and how the left can win in the South.
During the GEM (Griscom Economic Minute) David breaks down the recent stock sell-off and reminds us the stock market is not the economy.
Lech regulates rich people and their pissing dogs.
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We break down the recent election in Brazil and the dangers of structureless moralism.
Shoutout to Bernie Sanders for showing what a leftist foreign policy looks like.
Lech regulates Steven Crowder's awful reading of history.
Griscom updates us on the negotiations between Italy’s far-right party and the EU.
Alex Pareene (@Pareene) joins us in studio to talk about what it would be like if the Democrats actually tried to win.
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We talk about the ways the climate crisis will affect working people.
Shoutout to Kyrie Irving for coming clean and the crew talks about conspiracy theories that pulled us in.
Union organizer perfectly explains all the reasons Kavanaugh is a class enemy.
Lech regulates conservatives who get upset about double standards.
Griscom breaks down the student loan crisis.
Daniel Bessner (@dbssner) author of “Democracy of Exile” joins us in studio to talk about the rise of think-tanks and what a leftist foreign policy will look like.
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Michael stresses the importance of thinking about politics structurally and not getting carried away with idealist and moralistic criticisms.
Shoutout to Norway for banning deforestation.
Brazilian political scientist Alberto Almeida (@AlbertoCalmeida) calls in to talk to about the upcoming Brazilian elections.
Matt Lech regulates Trump consultant Rick Wilson.
Griscom breaks down the ongoing trade war with China.
Matt Taibbi joins us in studio to talk about his new book The Fairway and what it is like a decade out of the financial crisis.
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Socialists can wear nice things and drink good wine, what matters is fighting against capitalist oppression.
Shoutout to McDonald's workers for their strike protesting sexual assault in the workplace.
Lech regulates theories on Kavanaugh's drinking and puts some ND goober in their place.
Griscom updates us on the rising compensation on Wall Street despite the fall in tangible net worth of S&P 500.
We bring back a classic and return Clinton to the gulag.
We are joined in studio by Alyona Minkovski (@AlyonaMink) to talk about why prep school is bad and the Kavanaugh sexual assault allegations.
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Michael talks about the shameful history of drone strikes in the US.
Shoutout to indigenous groups and environmental activists in Canada for their work fighting pipeline expansion in Canada.
Michael gives us an update on the situation in Brazil.
Doug Lain (@Zer0books) publisher of Zero Books calls in to talk Marx and the political imagination.
We throw ghoul John Bolton into the gulag.
Lech Regulates lazy human Boris Epshteyn and drops an LBJ track.
During the Griscom Economic Minute David breaks down Trump's boasting about the economy, the structural history of the financial crisis, and how we should understand Obama's economic legacy.
Michael talks about the shameful history of drone strikes in the US.
Shoutout to indigenous groups and environmental activists in Canada for their work fighting pipeline expansion in Canada.
Michael gives us an update on the situation in Brazil.
Doug Lain (@Zer0books) publisher of Zero Books calls in to talk Marx and the political imagination.
We throw ghoul John Bolton into the gulag.
Lech Regulates lazy human Boris Epshteyn and drops an LBJ track.
During the Griscom Economic Minute David breaks down Trump's boasting about the economy, the structural history of the financial crisis, and how we should understand Obama's economic legacy.
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Dying does not absolve you from spending your life advocating for empire and capital, and the Center needs to stop confusing style for substance.
Shoutout to the DSA for reaching 50,000 members.
Michael gives us an update on the situation in Brazil.
Journalist Ken Klippenstein (@KenKlippenstein) joins us to talk about #ressistance grift and an exclusive on Saudi Arabia.
We exile Malcolm Gladwell for his bad history and cheap thoughts.
Matt Lech breaks down his new segment "Lech Regulates" on the fly.
Griscom talks about lackluster wage growth, the misery that is the engine of capitalism cannot be a part of our socialist project.
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We investigate white nationalist attempts to undermine the destruction of the apartheid system in South Africa.
Shoutout to Lula for continuing to fight and rise in polls for the coming Brazilian Presidential election despite the ongoing coup attempt.
Steven Pinker's prayers and misleading arguments.
For the Griscom economic update we talk about the ongoing prison strike and the conditions that lead to their exploitation.
In a TMBS first, we take phone calls in the public show.
We have to talk about the nonsense in WaPo calling for the reintroduction of an anti-Communist CIA program.
Roundtable, gulag section.
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We talk about the attacks on the right to vote in Georgia.
We talk about the cynical way that the Right has been attacking candidates with debt.
The legacy of Kofi Annan.
Shoutout to Vic Mensa for helping out the community while highlighting the dystopian hell-word we live in.
David Griscom breaks down Elon Musk's meltdown and explains why the market-oriented politics of the US create plenty of contradictions.
We throw fact-checkers and Jake Tapper into the gulag.
Sam Seder (@SamSeder) joins us in the studio to talk Manafort, morons in Arizona, and the Greens.
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Episode summary: Michael breaks down why the idea of the West is a myth and not a very good one.
Then, we explain why we support Lula Livre and why you should too.
Our Shoutout goes to Rashida Tlaib, the Democratic Congressional Candidate looking to replace John Conyers in his Michigan district. From the start of her campaign she has promoted a progressive critique of the Democratic Party establishment.
We throw a Queen's landlord in the Gulag. Sam Esposito of Ozone Park has been on a hunger strike to protest a homeless shelter being built in his neighborhood.
And during Griscom economic minute we revisit footage of an altercation that happened in Queens bar and David talks about the growing pessimism of the investor class.
Finally, Trevor Beaulieu (@rickyrawls) host of Champagne Sharks (@ChampagneSharks) is in studio to talk about the Ben Shapiro and AOC "debate" fiasco.
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TMBS 51 aired on August 7th, 2018.
Episode summary:
We break down the viral wildcat strike video and what we will need to do build union power in the US.
Shoutout to ATU 689 for refusing to participate in WMATA's bizarre proposal to give special cars to white nationalists.
Michael has a message for the alt-right crybabies.
Derek Davison (@dwdavision9318) calls in to talk about Trump's dream of "WORLD PEACE,” the reality of the devastations sanctions Trump is imposing on Iran, and the drone attack on Maduro.
We throw the California Correction Department into the gulag for being insensitive pricks.
For the Griscom Economic Minute David talks about the housing crisis and its causes.
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Michael breaks down the failures of the third way idea is dead.
Shoutout to King James for speaking denying Trump's nonsense.
Ana Kasparian (@AnaKasparian) host/producer of The Young Turks calls in and destroys Dave Rubin.
Griscom talks about supercommuters, rising housing costs, and why tech-UBI isn't going to save you.
We throw Joe Lieberman into the gulag for his attacks on AOC and being a weirdo in general.
Crew and senior politics editor at The Intercept Briahna Joy Gray joins us in studio (@briebriejoy) to talk about Boot Riley's great new movie "Sorry to Bother You."
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Episode summary: We talk about Israel’s history of apartheid and how the recent law passed in Israel just enshrines its apartheid character.
Shoutout to Tahirah Amatul-Wadud (@tahirahaw) a progressive candidate campaigning on Medicare for All, who is running for Massachusetts First Congressional District. Also, shoutout to Kaniela Ing (@KanielaIng) a DSA member who is running for Congress in Hawaii and challenging Mark Zuckerberg’s nonsense.
Author of The Color Of Money, Mehrsa Baradaran (@MehrsaBaradaran) calls in to talk about how the American financial system became wealthy from America’s history of racism and slavery.
For harping on the most tired talking points about socialism Megan McCain goes to the gulag.
For this week’s Economic Update, David Griscom investigates the upcoming yield curve inversion and how the recent economic recovery has come at the expense of an indebted working class.
Michael and the crew give our thoughts on Russia and the sanctions regime against Iran.
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Episode summary: Michael breaks down Obama’s address honoring Nelson Mandela and the common values that we align ourselves with centrists
Shoutout to Julia Salazar who is running in for NY State Senate in District 18 for running a campaign based on empowering the working class and opposing the real estate developers who are making her district unaffordable.
For the Griscom Economic Update David talks about FANG and the potential opportunities that are presented by global capitalism concentrating power to labor activists.
We throw our least favorite narcissist Elon Musk into the gulag.
Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) journalist at the Rolling Stone, joins us in studio to talk Eric Garner, Russia, and why centrism isn’t sexy.
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Michael breaks down the events in Brazil, the Pink Tide in South America, and the crew examines the importance of an international Left-movement.
Shoutout to the UK who celebrated 70 years of the NHS and Jeremy Corbyn as he hopefully prepares a challenge for 10 Downing Street.
We throw Chuck Schumer and Akil Amar gulag for failing to understand what to do in this moment.
For the Griscom economic minute David talks about Trump’s trade war and who really benefits from a protracted struggle with China.
Harvey Kaye (@harveyjkaye) author of “The Fight For The Four Freedoms,” joins us in studio to talk about Thomas Paine and FDR’s legacy.
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Episode summary:
We break down the meaning of Mexico’s presidential election and the embarrassing way John Oliver covers Latin America.
Shoutout to all of the mobilizations last week against ICE.
Chris Maisano contributing writer at Jacobin calls in to talk about the effects of the Janus decision on labor organizing in the US.
We throw the pathetic and delusional attempt by a Morgan Stanley lawyer to create a third way bankers party into the gulag.
David Griscom takes a look at corporate buybacks and the structural weakness of the economy in the Economic Minute.
Crew and senior politics editor at The Intercept Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) is in studio to talk about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory.
Comedian and host of Pod Damn American Jake Flores (@feraljokes) joins us in studio to talk about his run-in with ICE.
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Episode breakdown:
5:41 Michael frames the ongoing horror unfolding on our Southern border and then the crew debates the best strategy to address it.
26:22 Shoutout to activists in Portland for surrounding ICE Agency in protest of the agencies terror at the border.
35:20 Rapper Will EQ (@WillEQ) calls in to talk about his music, Kanye, and what influences his music.
56:27 David Griscom breaks down the recent interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.
1:09:09 Bhaskar Sunkara joins us in studio for a gulag segment and then we discuss Elon Musk and American socialism.
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Michael talks about the Singapore Summit between Trump and Kim Jong Un noting the important history of the Korean War and the possibility of peace.
Shoutout to Women Cross DMZ for their fearless leadership and work to bring peace to the Korean peninsula.
Journalist Mike Hanna (@mjahanna) joins us by phone to talk about North Korea and the confusion about denuclearization, Iran, and the ongoing crisis in Gaza.
David Griscom breaks down some important factors in the unemployment rates, the lack of productivity in the US, and why robots aren’t taking your job.
We throw a deserving counter-revolutionary, Luis Posada Carriles, into the gulag.
Cody Johnston (@DrMisterCody) host of Some More News calls in to talk about the cult of Elon Musk.
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Shoutout to the Techsploitation Movement in San Francisco for their truly “disruptive” protest.
Asad Haider founder of Viewpoint Magazine calls in to talk about his new book MIstaken Identity and identity politics today.
David Griscom breaks down the recent changes to the Volcker Rule.
Alyona Minkovski (@AlyonaMink) host at Real Vision joins us in studio to talk Pusha T. and Bill Clinton.
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Michael explains why we need to abolish ICE now.
Shout-out to the voters of Ireland for voting 66% to repeal the ban on abortion in the country.
Mehrsa Baradaran (@MehrsaBaradaran) joins us by phone to talk about the racial wealth gap, postal banking, and a federal jobs guarantee.
David Griscom debuts a new financial news segment, this week focusing on the unfolding African debt crisis.
Felix Biederman of Chapo Trap House (@Byyourlogic) joins us to talk Assassin’s Creed, the effects that money has on rich people’s heads, and Louis Farrakhan.
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We revisit the intellectual dark web nonsense and lifestyle brand that Jordan Peterson is trying to create.
Eric Turkheimer (@Ent3c) professor of psychology at University of Virginia talks about what IQ testing means what it doesn’t, and IQ and genetics.
We throw a Michigan-based political pretender into the gulag.
Nida Khan (@NidaKhanNy) joins us in studio to talk about whether you can be a liberal if you do not support the Palestinians.
Shoutout to the Poor People’s Campaign for chronicling and amplifying the demands of poor people across the US.
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6:59 Michael breaks down the destructive, reckless, and buffoonish, decision to end the Iran deal.
19:45 Shoutout to Bernie Sanders for introducing the Workplace Democracy Act.
27:32 Co-founding editor & columnist at The Intercept (@ggreenwald) joins us to talk about the contradictions in Lula’s corruption case, the revolutionary spirit of Marielle Franco and the importance of catching her murderers.
1:01:44 Bari Weiss is sent to the Gulag for obvious reasons.
1:12:06 Julia Salazar (@JuliaCarmel__) DSA-endorsed Democratic candidate for State Senate NY-18 joins us in studio to talk about the experiences that lead to her campaign.
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In honor of May Day, Michael explains the legacy of the union movement and new strategies for how we can build workers' power and solidarity in the future.
Shoutout to the Economic Fighters League who is working to reignite Ghana’s anti-colonial legacy.
Wosny Lambre (@BigWos) host of Count The Dings & Uninterrupted’s The Score calls in to talk about Kanye, the Cavs, and why sports fans are trash.
For his cynical accusations against Iran Bibi is sentenced to the Gulag.
We are joined live in studio by Senior Politics Editor at The Intercept Briahna Joy Gray (@BrieBrieJoy) joins us in the studio to talk Bernie 2020 and critiquing liberals.
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Michael explains how capitalism fuels climate change and how we can work together to combat both. Shout-out to NYC-DSA for bouncing Milo.
H. Bomberguy (@Hbomberguy) calls in to talk about the strange world of right-wing YouTube.
Anoa Changa (@TheWayWithAnoa) joins us for a special Gulag segment.
Corey Pein (@CoreyPein) is in studio to take us through his new book “Live, Work, Work, Work, Die” and a new investment opportunity with laborize.com.
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Episode summary:
Michael explains how thinking about Syria without nuance has serious consequences.
Shoutout to New Zealand for banning offshore drilling.
Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) host of The Benjamin Dixon Show calls in to work us through the noise in left-media that surrounds Syria.
B.J. Sutton (@PrettyBadLefty) host The Discourse (@th3discourse) is in studio to provide some feedback on WaPo columnist Megan McArdle’s recent work.
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We talk about the deep state coup in Brazil with journalist and host of Aufhebunga Bunga podcast (@AufhebungaBunga) Alex Hochuli (@alex_1789).
Shoutout to Cardi B for demonstrating more political knowledge than most political pundits.
Michael talks with Douglas Lain (@douglain) about his new book Bash Bash Revolution.
Sam Harris is thrown in the pyramid for hawking racist pseudo-science, hopefully for the last time.
Djene Bajalan (@DjeneBajalan) joins us in studio to talk about the cynical ways the new atheists use critiques of Islam to justify attacks on people of Middle Eastern descent, the recent state violence in Gaza, and the smears of Jeremy Corbyn.
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The first TMBS cartoon animation premiers.
Then, Assemblyman Lee Carter from Virginia joins us to talk about his journey to Democratic Socialism and how a bad worker's compensation experience drove him to run for office. How he determined 'socialism' wasn't such a scary word. Lee points out people don't need 'jobs,' they need A Secure Job.
Then, Sam Harris has been boosting Charles Murray. Christopher Hitchens returns from the dead to set him straight on why The Bell Curve was ever talked about.
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Shoutout to Keith Ellison for his maximum wage proposals.
Anoa Changa (@TheWayWithAnoa) joins us to talk about necessary intersectionality in The March for Our Lives, in the context of the last half-century of radical politics since 1968. Minority communities and guns, and why Killer Mike got in trouble for an NRA interview. Check out Anoa's new Georgia-focused project: peachperspective.com
Then, we throw Rick Santorum, father of Right Wing Mandela, into the pyramid for recommending CPR lessons to school shooting victims.
Alyona Minkovski (@AlyonaMink) joins us to discuss our nightmare where John Fucking Bolton is galloping through the halls of power. Also, Alyona completely demystifies Putin's motivations for us.
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We shoutout Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner for his recent memo with concrete steps to rebalance sentencing with the aim of ending “mass-incarceration.”
Meagan Day (@MeaganmDay) of Jacobin calls in to talk about how neoliberalism has forced us all to become our own boss and how to our detriment.
We throw Cambridge Analytica and Facebook into the Pyramid.
Matt Binder (@MattBinder) host of Doomed with Matt Binder joins us in studio to make fun of Jordan Peterson, men’s rights activists, and troll farms.
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Shoutout to Douglas Lain of Zerobooks for challenging Jordan Peterson to a debate and in the process exposing Peterson’s cowardice.
International affairs analyst Derek Davison (@dwdavison9318) calls in to talk about Trump’s latest spurned cabinet member Rex Tillerson.
We throw Hillary Clinton into the pyramid for her continued failure to understand the reasons why she lost.
Comedian and actor Dante Nero (@DanteNero) is in studio to talk Louis Farrakhan and the changes in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
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We take a look at Trump’s press conference with the Prime Minister of Sweden.
Shoutout to the West Virginia Teacher’s Union for winning their strike with an inspiring showing of determination and solidarity.
Natalie Shure (@natalieshurely) calls in to talk about United States of Care and Medicare for All.
We throw corporate Democrats into the pyramid for their cowardice and betrayal of working people.
Nomiki Konst of The Young Turks (@Nomikikonst) is in studio to talk about how Americans can learn from the success of Momentum in the UK.
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Shoutout to Delegate Lee Carter for effortlessly dealing with centrist nonsense and showing us a new way forward.
Crew Corey Pein (@CoreyPein) calls in to talk about a UFO conference he attended in Arizona and how computer science threatens to kill us all.
We throw a cowardly institution into the pyramid for attacking progressive candidates.
Trevor Beaulieu (@RickyRawls) is in studio to talk about the media reaction to Black Panther.
The new Black Panther has devastated NOI Obama.
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Shout out to the African National Congress for ordering Jacob Zuma to step-down.
Natalie Parrott (@contrapoints) calls in to talk about the false guidance that Jordan Peterson gives to confused young men and strategies to deal with bigots.
We throw another deserving billionaire in the pyramid.
The crew talks about the naïve idealism of Sam Harris.
Crew Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) is here in studio to talk about the Katie Roiphie controversy, what many of her critics missed, and what a leftist perspective on how society should deal with sexual assault should be.
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Crystal Quade (@Crystal_Quade) Missouri State Representative District 132 joins us to talk about a different kind of political strategy for Democrats in states controlled by the GOP.
We throw another opportunist rightwing pundit into the pyramid.
Felix Biederman (@ByYourLogic) co-host of Chapo Trap House joins us to model Wyatt Koch’s latest designs.
Shoutout to Pittsburgh Judge Mik Pappas for refusing to order evictions and cash bail, infuriating local news broadcasters.
Felix, Michael, and the crew play the inaugural game of gulag or reeducation camp.
Michael and Felix talk about the origins of their Obama impersonations
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Episode summary: Michael explains why socialism is for everyone.
Shoutout to Nathan Robinson (@NathanJRobinson) who gave a great speech at the University of Connecticut exposing the smug bigotry of the sophist Ben Shapiro.
Crew Big Wos (@BigWos) host of Wos Speaks (@WosSpeaks) calls in to talk walking in LA, the Dave Chappelle controversy, and the Grammys.
We throw another imperialist who hides their bigotry behind atheism into the pyramid.
Trevor Beaulieu (@RickyRawls) host of Champagne Sharks joins us in studio to talk Mia Love, Bernie Sanders, and identity politics.
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We talk about how the Democratic Party’s lack of strategy allows the GOP to win by default.
Shoutout to Bernie Sanders for continuing to show us the way to win.
Anoa Changa host of The Way With Anoa (@TheWayWithAnoa) calls in to talk to about her recent trip to Puerto Rico and the ongoing recovery effort in the US territory.
We throw a certain wonk journalist and defender of cowardice into the pyramid.
Anthony Lappé (@AnthonyLappe) joins us in studio to talk about the secret history of the opioid crisis, from its origin in the Vietnam War to the present day epidemic.
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