A Different Lens

We chat with Dr. John Bellamy Foster, talking about the history of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, how it fits in with the push for US nuclear primacy, and finally end with media recommendations to learn more about the conflict.

Shownotes

Dr. John Bellamy Foster The U.S. Proxy War in Ukraine: How the Past Became the Present

"Notes on Exterminism" for the Twenty-First-Century Ecology and Peace Movements

U.S. Is in a Proxy War With Russia: Panetta

Defense Planning Guidance

US biggest spoiler of Ukraine situation, European security

The Rise of U.S. Nuclear Primacy

Inside A Real-Life War Game: China And U.S. Square Off Over Taiwan- MSNBC

Why Is the Wartime Press Corps So Hawkish?

Donbass-Insider

Black Agenda Report

Black Alliance for Peace

We chat with activist and Black Alliance For Peace Members, Djibo Sobukew about his recent article dicussing coups in western Africa, the ethnic conflict occurring on the continent, the US/NATO role in increasing political instability, and end on the role that Russia and China have been playing on the continent.

Shownotes

West African "Coup Contagion" Analysis

Black Agenda Report

Black Alliance For Peace

We chat with our Education Chair Dr. Derek Ford, discussing many of the concepts and ideas in his most recent book entitled "Encountering Education: Elements for a Marxist Pedagogy."

Shownotes

Buy the book here.

Sign up for the April 16th webinar here.

Today we chat with friend of the show and independent political analyst Dan Welch about the ongoing war in Ukraine. Specifically we focus in on pushing back against 'whataboutism' arguments and how it inhibits critical thinking, the role of the media in framing the situation, specifically how there are accusations of Russian propaganda while ignoring the massive amounts of Ukrainian propaganda, and what the end game looks like.

Shownotes

Today we sit down with Dr. Gilbert Doctorow, an international affairs specialist, to discuss the current crisis between the US/NATO and Russia, delving into the historical context, how the media is portraying everything, and where to get more information on the situation itself.

Shownotes

Gilbert Doctorow

AntiWar.com

Ray McGovern

Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity

Common sense and self-preservation go mainstream in Washington, D.C.: capitulation to Russian demands becomes discussable

In the first episode of the new year, we discuss with Summer imperialism, how the media propagates imperialism, and the reasoning for modern wars under capitalist logic.

Resources

Today we sit down with journalist Sonali Kolhatkar to discuss the Great Resignation and its causes, the problems that workers are facing, and why we should be cautiously optimistic for the future.

Shownotes

Record Number of U.S. Workers are Quitting and Striking

Sonali Kolhatkar Twitter

SonaliKolhatkar.com

Sonali Yes! Magazine

Sonali Independent Media Institute

Rising Up With Sonali

Today we sit and chat with our Labor Issues Chair, Dr. Nick Partyka to discuss authoritarianism. We delve into the definitions of the word, how such ideas can play into anti-socialism and anti-communism, and why anti-authoritarianism seems to be so prevalent in the American left.

Today we talk to Hampton's own Education Chair Derek Ford, about his most recent article on Liberation School discussing ideology, what it is, how Marx and his contemporaries differed in their view of ideology, and why it is important to today's political movements.

Shownotes

What Is Ideology by Derek Ford

Breakthrough News

Today we talk to a friend of mine, Elliot, about his interest and views on Buddhist thought, his own political views, and if there can be a gap bridged between religious and atheist leftists.