The Supreme Court Won’t Stop with Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court is just getting started. A draft opinion from February in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization leaked detailing the conservative court’s opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. The Court was very explicit, “we hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”
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The Society of the Spectacle
Trevor analyzes Elon Musk purchasing Twitter via Guy Debord's theory in the Society of the Spectacle, the self-immolation of a climate activists at the capital, and media coverage of the French election.
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Elon Musk is Still Awful
Justin discusses Elon Musk's recent buying of Twitter, the conservative media reaction, what to make of free speech, and how awful Elon Musk and all billionaires are.
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The Myth of Unskilled Labor
It’s past time to retire the phrase ‘unskilled labor.’ There really isn’t any such thing - its an offensive myth. The phrase should go the way of other antiquated discriminatory slang.
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The Bolivian Coup Isn't Over Yet
Since Evo Morales fled to Mexico and Jeanine Áñez took her place as the interim president of Bolivia in early November, events in the country have largely fallen out of the mainstream news cycle. The contentious events of November, and the tension leading up to the election on May 3, should not be overlooked, and will impact the future of Bolivia.
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Abolish Black Friday
Black Friday is one of the biggest shopping events of the year. We’ve all heard the stories of people stampeded, shot, and just generally the lack of humanity the shopping spree centered pseudo-holiday inspires. We should just abolish it guys.
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Inflation Eats the Rich
In September, Joe Manchin came out with a good ol’ Wall Street Journal explainer titled, ‘Why I Won't Support Spending Another $3.5 Trillion.’ He declares: “An overheating economy has imposed a costly ‘inflation tax’ on every middle - and working-class American.”
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This Means Open Season on Protestors
Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all charges. Despite killing two people and injuring a third, the jury found he acted in self-defense. It’s hard to overstate just how bad this precedent is in the face of a conservative movement increasingly willing to embrace its most violent fringe that has become the mainstream of the party.
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Manufacturing Mayor Pete
Recently Amazon premiered a documentary titled “Mayor Pete” following Buttigieg on the campaign trail, ending with his reception for his current role as Transportation Secretary. Like the candidate it covers, the documentary itself is pretty bland and uninteresting. But viewed as a piece of political performance art, like a campaign trail book tour, it’s deeply revealing of Buttigieg’s ambition and the segment of media liberals who support him. Read more
People Love Socialism
The numbers are in, and people - people love socialism. But predictably, NYT continue to tells their readers, socialism actually isn’t that popular. One recent headline from Fredrik deBoer said as much: “My Fellow Socialists, We Aren’t Actually That Popular” the other headline once you click into the article, “Democratic Socialists Need to Take a Hard Look in the Mirror.” Both act as though socialism is weak, unpopular, and anemic, which in my estimation couldn’t be further from the truth.
Restarting Student Loan Payments is Political Suicide
In case you were wondering, restarting student loan payments is political suicide. In just a few months Joe Biden will be faced with a political decision that is incredibly consequential for millions of people in this country. That question? If his administration will restart federal student loan payments. Like so many tactics from the Dems, it makes us to ask if they even want to win.
Democrats Probably Already Blew It
In January when Democrats secured their Senate majority, it seemed as though they were on the precipice of actually doing something, potentially significant, but at the very least something. That died real quick.
Critical Race Theory and Conservative Panic
In late April the Idaho state legislature passed a bill banning Critical Race Theory in the classroom and Idaho’s governor Brad Little quickly signed it into law. This timing put Idaho ahead of the curve for this kind of thing, but since then Critical Race Theory has become the right’s newest boogeyman of choice and debates around Critical Race Theory (CRT) have taken up rightwing air time and have received ample play at school board meetings across the country, including in Idaho where months ago some of the earliest inclining of this trend worked their way through the legislature.
Eugene Debs & American Socialism (Part 8)
Justin dives back into the life and times of Eugene Debs covering from the end of the election of 1908 through the beginning of his anti-imperial activism kicked off by World War I.
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What comes after Bernie?
From the beginning of his first campaign Bernie Sanders was dead set on reverse engineering a movement. By reverse engineering I mean he intended to take hold of the modern apparatus of party politics and media by commandeering the Democratic Party primary process in service of fostering a bottom up people’s movement and organizing capable of actually seizing the presidency.
Eugene Debs & American Socialism (Part 7)
Justin dives back in to the life and times of Eugene Debs one of the most prolific socialists in American history. This installment covers primarily the 1908 election and the immediate aftermath. Stay tuned for more and click here to listen to the previous installments in the back catalog. Support the show and everything we do by joining us on patreon.
Bill Gates is a Bastard
Justin repurposes a succinct Trevor takedown of Bill Gates to add to the moment and the role Bill Gates is playing in COVID-19 vaccine apartheid. In addition to just being an awful person all around.
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Andrew Yang is Still Awful
Justin discusses Andrew Yang and his campaign for mayor of New York City. What it means for New Yorkers and what it might mean for the rest of us as well.
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MMT and COVID-19
Merry Christmas everyone! Trevor talks about our current economic crisis and how an MMT-informed left should position itself going forward.
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The Lies Capitalists Tell
In this episode, Trevor discusses some of the most important lies and logics that capitalists and economists use to defend our unequal and unjust world.
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