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Caroline Kennedy sworn in as ambassador to Japan

Posted on November 19, 2013 by fish

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Caroline Kennedy sworn in as ambassador to Japan.

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dissent magazine

The Age of Housing Austerity August 16, 2022
A raft of laws at the state level has given tenants new tools to fight eviction. But when it comes to the broader housing crisis, most elected leaders have done little more than kick the can down the road.
Sam Russek
Know Your Enemy: Christopher Lasch’s Critique of Progress, with Chris Lehmann August 11, 2022
What exactly did Christopher Lasch want?
Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell
The Crypto Crisis August 8, 2022
The latest cryptocurrency crash illustrates why the entire financial sector needs to be subject to democratic control.
Trevor Jackson
Belabored: Delivery Workers Stuck in Searing Heat August 5, 2022
UPS workers are sharing photographs of triple-digit temperature readings inside their trucks. The Teamsters say drivers are suffering from heat-related illnesses at an alarming rate.
Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen
Realism’s Imperial Origins August 1, 2022
The left cannot afford to renounce its historical commitment to self-determination.
Matthew Specter
The Ethics of Realism August 1, 2022
We must understand Russia’s invasion of Ukraine not to justify it, but to better find a resolution to the conflict.
Anatol Lieven
Inflation Is No Excuse for Squeezing Workers July 28, 2022
The Fed’s decision to raise interest rates for the fourth time this year threatens to loosen the tightest U.S. labor market in decades. What would it look like if policymakers consolidated workers’ recent gains instead?
Brian Callaci
The Proletarian Poet July 25, 2022
A new book on Claude McKay is part of an effort to place the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance within the Black radical tradition.
Jennifer Wilson
Belabored: Train Strikes Revive British Unions, with Alex Gordon July 22, 2022
The president of the RMT joins the podcast to talk about the union’s recent strike and what’s next for rail workers.
Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen
Who Are the People? July 20, 2022
The politics of the 2010s and 2020s are about who the people are and what it means for them to matter.
Jedediah Britton-Purdy

the best of the left podcast

#1507 Installing Loyalists: The Multi-Pronged Destruction of Our Democracy Already in Progress August 16, 2022
Air Date 8/16/2022 Today, we take a look at the strategies underway to systematically dismantle democracy in the United States including installing Big-Lie™ believers in elected and poll-working positions, preventing state-level Supreme Courts from holding GOP-dominated state legislators to the state constitutions, and wiping out tens of thousands of career civil servants from the federal […]
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#1433 The legacy of White Supremacy in schools, health care and public pools (Repost) August 13, 2022
Original Air Date 8/10/2021 Today we take a look at the mechanisms by which the legacy of White Supremacy is harmful to the health and wellbeing of individuals and society as a whole. Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus […]
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#1506 Native Landback for a Healthier Society and Environment August 10, 2022
Air Date 8/10/2022 Today, we take a look at the origins of the European colonial land-grab, the need for the #Landback movement, and the benefits to society and the environment in the context of the climate crisis to return stewardship of the land to native peoples. Be part of the show! Leave us a message […]
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#1505 The Largest Investment in Climate Mitigation in US History August 5, 2022
Air Date 8/5/2022 Today, we take a look at the politics of energy and climate in a world addicted to fossil fuels but full of people striving to push us past the tipping point toward a clean energy future Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support […]
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#1504 Neurodiversity is Strength August 2, 2022
Air Date 8/2/2022 Today, we take a look at what neurodiversity is and why it should be seen as a strength and benefit to society when accommodated properly rather than a problem to be solved or, worse, ignored. Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get […]
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#1422 Teach No Evil, Protest No Evil, Vote Not At All (Repost) July 30, 2022
Original Air Date 6/9/2021 Today we take a look at the motivations behind legislation being introduced in statehouses around the country to ban the teaching of Critical Race Theory, criminalize the right to protest and limit the right to vote. Now if only there were some theory we could look to to understand the complicated […]
BestOfTheLeft.com

the antifada

Jesus was an Anarchist w/ Minion Death Cult August 17, 2022
Andy joins Minion Death Cult's series discussing HBO's series about the Acapulco anarcho-capitalists: The Anarchists! In episode 2, the anarchists fortunes seem to be on the rise as bitcoin booms. But a crusty group of ancap battle hippies start to wonder if there's more to anarchocapitalism than money, and plan to "fork" the system! For […]
Jamie Peck, Sean KB and AP Andy
Ep 190 - Doing a no growth w/ Aaron Vansintjan August 10, 2022
Co-author of The Future Is Degrowth: A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism, Aaron Vansintjan describes the degrowth worldview, its plans of actions, its reformist and revolutionary ambitions, and beating the Malthusian/Ecofascist/Climate Mao charges. Buy the book from Verso, now 30% off: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3989-the-future-is-degrowth Support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada https://defendtheatlantaforest.org/ Song: Snail Mail - Thinning
Jamie Peck, Sean KB and AP Andy
Deterritorializing the News (Preview) August 8, 2022
Oedipal Alex Jones, the music of David Koresh, the Assassination of Nancy Pelosi by the Coward President Xi, Sean explains Taiwan crisis As_a_joker, and more Settlers banter For the full episode, Discord access, and all other bonus content support the show at patreon.com/theantifada
Jamie Peck, Sean KB and AP Andy
Ep 189: Counterlogistics w/ Jasper Bernes August 3, 2022
Sean is joined by Japser Bernes of End Notes and Cal Berkeley to catch up on the comings and goings of the communization current. They discuss the plight of big American cities, the legacy of Occupy/BLM, the ongoing crisis of inflation and supply shocks and how communists might create a counterpower to the logistical infrastructure […]
Jamie Peck, Sean KB and AP Andy
PREVIEW: No Logo (Daedelus) July 29, 2022
In which Sean and Andy finally start getting mercenary and talk shit behind the paywall. This week we tackle the blinkered stupidity of last week's 'Starbucks baristas are bourgeois' discourse. Is there even a crumb of meaning that we can glean from this meltdown? Anyways, we had fun with it. To access this bonus content, […]
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Ep 188: Bin Pool Reich w/ Sean and Andy July 27, 2022
What do inflation, the London heatwave, 'communisateur' Los Angeles Truckers and the 1990s hardline band Vegan Reich have in common? They are all part of this brand new news episode featuring Sean and Andy! Plenty of scorching takes within about agricultural production, based bin men, inflation as capital in decay and how much means of […]
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