A Different Lens

We chat with independent political analyst and friend of the show Dan Welch to have a free flowing conversation regarding the 2024 Presidential election and the recent Biden-Trump debate.

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Dan Welch Interview with Press TV on Trump-Biden Debate June 28, 2024

Today we discuss the Holodomor famine, what caused it, the response to it, and its relevance in contemporary politics. We also talk about the difference between socialism and fascism and how there has been a concerted effort to equate the two ideologies.

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Further Reading

Khrushchev's Secret Speech, 'On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences,' Delivered at the Twentieth Party Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

On Stalin's Team: The Years of Living Dangerously in Soviet Politics

Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend

Today we sit down with friend of the show, activist Mark Provost, to discuss the 2024 Presidential elections. In this episode we touch on a variety of topics: the Israel-Gaza war, the overall economy, housing, and voters who are not fond of Trump or Biden and how all of these flow into and can affect the upcoming election cycle. Shownotes The Colorado River Is Shrinking. See What's Using All the Water (NYT) Reading The Numbers: 130 Million American Adults Have Low Literacy Skills Do More Than Half of Americans Read Below 6th-Grade Level? (Snopes) Meet 'double disapprovers': swing voters who could decide the presidential election 'No doubt' Netanyahu preventing hostage deal, charges ex-spokesman of Families Forum

Today we talk to Margaret Kimberley, the Executive Editor and Senior Columnist of Black Agenda Report, discussing Israel's war on Gaza and the larger political situation surrounding it as well as delving into the 2024 elections with the seeming match-up between Trump and Biden and the issue with the push to take Trump off the election ballot.

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Black Agenda Report

Israel in talks with Congo and other countries on Gaza 'voluntary migration' plan

Killing of Hamas leader in Lebanon stokes escalation fears

Biden Convinced Netanyahu to Halt a Pre-Emptive Strike Against Hezbollah

Hamas video via Asa Winstanley of Electronic Intifada

Watch Blinken react to Biden calling Xi a 'dictator

How Israel Could Lose America_ Netanyahu Risks Letting the War in Gaza Jeopardize an Essential Alliance

Margaret Kimberley response to PBS Newshour report on Israeli propaganda

Biden just knifed labor unions in the back. They shouldn't forget it

Today we chat with author and activist Chris Fry to discuss the issue of artificial intelligence, how it is and can be utilized, the effect it would have on the working class, and what are some reasons to maintain hope.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Class Struggle

Today we do a deep dive into The Great Purge, really discussing the overall situation and getting into the specifics of who was involved, what they did, and the reasoning behind it.

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Further Reading

Today, we chat with Dr. Shawgi Tell, a professor of education at Nazareth University about his article entitled "Charter Schools and the Privatization (and Profitization) of Education." In the interview we discuss how charter schools differ from public schools, the strange ways in which they are funded, and how the strange space they occupy being private institutions while delivering a public good.

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Charter Schools and the Privatization (and Profitization) of Education

Network for Public Education

Network for Education Policy Centers

We continue our series on Stalin with Dr. Nick Partyka today, specifically delving into collectivization of Soviet farms, what was occurring previously, and even discussing kulaks and the de-kulakization campaigns.

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Today we are talking to historian and professor Dr. Francis J. Gavin about his article in the Texas National Security Review entitled "I Was Wrong. Now What?" In the interview we go and discuss the idea of intellectual humility, why it's so hard to find in academic/analytical circles and the larger society, and why in the media it is so difficult to admit that you don't know something.

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I Was Wrong. Now What?

We get back into our series on Stalin with Labor Issues Chair Dr. Nick Partyka, discussing Stalin's rise in the Soviet government in the 1920s, discussing everything from economic policies to how Soviet government officials were even chosen.

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Note that the reading lists are cumulative rather than being contained to a single section of the series

Further Reading (Pastebin)

On Stalin Series: Part One, Part Two, Part Three