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dissent magazine

Arguments on the Left: Elections and Coalitions July 21, 2021
Four short essays by Jeet Heer, Samuel Moyn, Jane McAlevey, and Mitchell Cohen.
Editors
Know Your Enemy: The Afterlife of January 6 July 19, 2021
Was the January 6 breaching of the Capitol a genuine coup attempt by an extra-parliamentary faction of the Trump movement? Or was it a disorganized and pathetic act of desperation?
Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell
Digital Corbynism July 19, 2021
In the UK, the left no longer has a party, but it may still have the tools necessary for retaking it—tools that can be improved, remodeled, and reorganized.
Katrina Forrester
Belabored: Critical Race Panic in Schools, with Jesse Hagopian July 16, 2021
A new right-wing campaign to ban “critical race theory” aims to crack down on teachers who teach honestly about racism. How can teachers protect themselves and their students?
Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen
Culture War in the Classroom July 14, 2021
It is time for educators to go on the offensive against the conservative campaign to ban “critical race theory” from schools.
Leo Casey
Arguments on the Left: Free Speech July 12, 2021
Five short essays by Brian Morton, K-Sue Park, Katha Pollitt, Natasha Lennard, and Asad Haider.
Editors
Multiple Mainstreams July 12, 2021
Only public investment will deliver a media that can serve the news needs of our time.
Carla Murphy
The Race Class Narrative Can Win July 12, 2021
The rich and powerful use racism to protect their interests and scapegoat communities of color. But there is an effective way to talk about both race and class when organizing for multiracial democracy.
Anika Fassia
A Modest Exercise in Freedom July 12, 2021
The left is at its most intelligent and most ethical when it believes—and vigorously promotes the belief—that everyone has the right to be heard.
Brian Morton
Whose Free Speech? July 12, 2021
Free speech, like any freedom struggle, is about power.
K-Sue Park

the best of the left podcast

#1430 Abortion laws are changing and so is how we talk about it July 24, 2021
Air Date 7/24/2021 Today we take a look at the messaging wars over abortion and reproductive justice more broadly as well as the politics of supporting full abortion rights and the likely restrictions coming at the hands of the Supreme Court. Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com […]
BestOfTheLeft.com
#1334 Your Life Will Have Been What You Paid Attention To (Attention Economy) (Repost) July 22, 2021
Air Date 2/4/2020 Today we take a look at the past, present and future of behavior modification from worms to pigeons to prisoners, and finally, internet users. Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com MEMBERSHIP (Get bonus content and ad-free episodes) SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: A History […]
BestOfTheLeft.com
Bonus Sample: Even Nazis Want to do a War Dance July 16, 2021
Air Date: 7-2-21 Today, I am joined by Amanda, Erin and Deon to discuss: - Why the right wing, and many others, fetishize native tribes in the US HEAR THE REST! BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content) References: VOA News: Going 'Native': Why Are Americans Hijacking Cherokee Identity? https://www.voanews.com/usa/going-native-why-are-americans-hijacking-cherokee-identity HuffPost: Why […]
BestOfTheLeft.com
#1429 The Grit, Glory and Gaslighting of the Olympic Games July 14, 2021
Air Date 7/13/2021 Today we take a look at the costs of the Olympic Games including financial, ethical, moral and social. Private profits come at the hands of public investment, disruption of communities, curtailing of rights and, this year, extensive health risks. Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 or email […]
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#1361 Building a Better System of Justice (Repost) July 10, 2021
Air Date 8/12/2020 Today we take a look at Restorative Justice as an antidote to a wide range of injustices we face, from mass incarceration to having a toddler throw a cheerio at your forehead and much of what lies in between. Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 or email […]
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#1428 Labor Shortages and the War to Keep Wages Low and Profits High July 7, 2021
Air Date 7/6/2021 Today we take a look at the talking points and policy pushes that have kept wages in America artificially low for decades. The circumstances today are almost entirely new with unprecedented, COVID-related upheaval shocking the economy and labor market but the tactics used the demean workers and undermine their rights are as […]
BestOfTheLeft.com

the antifada

PREVIEW - Is China Imperialist? w/ Tony Norfield July 23, 2021
As promised, here is a continuation of the discussion with Tony Norfield about capitalist imperialism and finance: is China's Belt and Road Initiative an imperialist endeavor? Despite having billionaires and huge corporations, is China even capitalist? What would a new Cold War between America and China look like? Become a patron at www.patreon.com/theantifada for access […]
Jamie Peck, Sean KB and AP Andy
Ep 151 - Invisible Empire w/ Tony Norfield July 21, 2021
Sean speaks with Tony Norfield (@StubbornFacts) who worked for decades in international banking and has seen first hand the way capital exploits the world, about the intersection of finance and empire. His book, 2016's The City, is more than just an update Lenin and Hilferding's work on imperialism, it provides a crucial Marxist analysis and […]
Jamie Peck, Sean KB and AP Andy
BONUS - Folkintelpro w/ Aaron J. Leonard (PREVIEW) July 16, 2021
Aaron J Leonard gives us a preview of his next book on folk music, revolutionary politics, and state repression in the '60s. We discuss Dylan going electric, his relationship with the old and new left, the black panthers' obsession with Highway 61 Revisited, and how much revolutionaries should worry about COINTELPRO today For the full […]
Jamie Peck, Sean KB and AP Andy
Ep 150 - Anti-Folk w/ Aaron J. Leonard July 14, 2021
Historian of the radical left and state repression Aaron J. Leonard discusses his book Folk Singers and the Bureau, a chronicle of the relationship between American musicians, the Communist Party, and the FBI. We also talk about state repression today, human evolution, and Eric Adams' history of backing the blue. For the bonus episode on […]
Jamie Peck, Sean KB and AP Andy
Ep 149 - Lavender Scare + Stonewall Riot Porn w/ John Leavitt [PREVIEW] July 9, 2021
In this belated celebration of gay liberation Andy talks to writer and cartoonist for the New Yorker, Baffler, The Toast, the Nib, etc, and a real life gay communist, John Leavitt about the Lavender Scare--a moral panic and homophobic purge of the State Department after World War II that paralleled and informed the Red Scare. […]
Jamie Peck, Sean KB and AP Andy
Vampire Castle - Vampyres & The Vampire Lovers w/ Tanya Turner July 8, 2021
Jamie (@jamie_elizabeth) and Leslie (@leslieleeiii) discuss two scary, sexy — and above all, seventies — lesbian vampire movies with the help of Tanya Turner (@auntiebernice) of the Trillbilly Workers Party: Vampyres (1974) and The Vampire Lovers (1970). Subscribe to The Antifada's (or Struggle Session's) premium feed to access the rest of this frighteningly fun series! […]
Jamie Peck, Sean KB and AP Andy

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