All That's Left

In this episode, Left Voice member Ben Douglass interviews Richard Hooker, a former UPS inside worker now the principle officer of Teamster Local 623. They discuss the UPS contract struggle, which is heating up after the July 5 collapse in negotiations. They discuss the impending strike, organizing part-time workers, the need for a working-class political party, the importance of workers taking up the fight for Black lives and other struggles, and other important topics.

Note: An earlier version of this episode mistakenly referred to Richard Hooker as a current UPS employee.  

To learn more:
- https://www.leftvoice.org/as-negotiations-collapse-historic-ups-strike-looms-large/
- https://www.leftvoice.org/the-fight-of-our-lives-2023-ups-teamsters-contract-campaign/
- https://www.leftvoice.org/grueling-working-conditions-and-low-wages-a-testimonial-from-a-ups-warehouse-worker/

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In this episode, Oden is joined by Left Voice members Enid Brain and Reba Landers to discuss the escalating attacks on trans people. They explore why these attacks are increasing from both the Right and liberals and why neither party is our friend in the fight for oppressed people. They also discuss what it'll take to win: a mass movement and an independent party that not only defends but fights for trans lives. 

To learn more:
- https://www.leftvoice.org/this-pride-month-there-is-hope-in-fighting-back-pride-is-in-the-streets/
- https://www.leftvoice.org/the-new-york-times-is-wrong-trans-kids-need-support-not-gender-skepticism/
- https://www.leftvoice.org/the-unprecedented-attack-on-trans-rights/
- https://www.leftvoice.org/the-antidote-to-midterm-despair-is-socialist-feminism/
- https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/progressive-neoliberalism-reactionary-populism-nancy-fraser

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In this episode, Oden is joined by Left Voice member Tristan Taylor and Wayne State University professor Jonathan Flatley to reflect on the 2020 George Floyd Uprising which began three years ago. They discuss how to turn the energy of a moment like the 2020 protests into a sustained movement, and the kind of revolutionary leadership that’s required to do so.

To learn more:
- https://www.leftvoice.org/from-black-lives-matter-to-revolution/
- https://www.leftvoice.org/two-years-after-the-george-floyd-uprising-a-changed-generation-an-unchanged-system/
- https://www.leftvoice.org/first-we-mourn-then-we-organize-a-letter-to-weary-black-organizers-who-have-had-enough/

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In this May Day episode, Oden is joined by Left Voice member and UPS worker Luigi to talk about the impending contact struggle at UPS, what the Teamsters union is demanding, and what's at stake for these workers and for the labor movement as a whole.

To learn more:
- https://www.leftvoice.org/grueling-working-conditions-and-low-wages-a-testimonial-from-a-ups-warehouse-worker/

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In this episode, Sam is joined by Ines, a member of the French socialist organization and publication Revolution Permanente, to discuss the massive mobilizations that have rocked France since January. They discuss how the crisis of the French bourgeoisie has created the conditions for historic class struggle, how the movement has developed so far, and why a revolutionary leadership is needed to break with the losing strategy of the French reformist left and the labor bureaucracy.

To learn more:
- https://www.leftvoice.org/france-on-the-frontlines-of-the-war-against-austerity/
- https://www.leftvoice.org/no-faith-in-the-constitutional-council-the-movement-in-france-needs-a-winning-strategy/
- https://www.leftvoice.org/french-march-the-right-to-revolutionary-optimism/
- https://www.leftvoice.org/the-european-strike-wave-and-the-potential-of-the-working-class/

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In this episode, Oden digs into the history of the U.S. revolutionary Left and Trotskyism with Bryan Palmer, a historian focusing on labor and the Left who is a lifelong advocate of revolutionary politics. They discuss James P. Cannon, the broader U.S. socialist movement at the start of the 20th century, class struggle in the 1920s and 30s, and Stalinism and the Comintern, among other topics that are key to understanding the history of the revolutionary Left.

Find Brian's work here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/authors/665-bryan-d-palmer

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In this episode, Oden and Sam discuss U.S. imperialism under Biden's two years in office so far. They discuss the major contours of the Biden administration's foreign policy during this time, particularly the conflict with Russia and Ukraine, and the strategies for countering Chinese power. Sam also shares his thoughts on what the future holds, especially with a Republican-led House of Representatives, and the importance of internationalist, anti-imperialist leftism.

To learn more:
- https://www.leftvoice.org/with-the-ndaa-biden-advances-towards-greater-conflict-with-russia-and-china/

- https://www.leftvoice.org/geopolitical-tensions-increase-amid-growing-economic-and-political-crises/

- https://www.leftvoice.org/is-america-back-biden-and-imperialist-decline/

- https://www.leftvoice.org/america-is-back-joe-biden-promises-an-unlikely-return-to-normalcy-in-foreign-relations/

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In this episode, Sam talks to Antoine Ramboz, a member of Révolution Permanente, about the founding of a new revolutionary socialist organization in France. They discuss the current terrain of French politics, class struggle, and socialist organizing, and the lessons that building a new socialist organization can hold for leftists everywhere.

To learn more:

• https://www.leftvoice.org/revolutionary-alternatives-in-france-building-a-new-socialist-organization-to-overcome-the-failure-of-the-npa/
• https://www.leftvoice.org/why-is-the-new-anticapitalist-party-in-france-trying-to-kick-out-its-left-wing/
• https://www.leftvoice.org/the-terminal-crisis-of-the-npa/

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In this episode, Oden talks to Left Voice editor James Hoff and Philadelphia-area college professor Jason Koslowski about President Biden and the Democrats' betrayal of U.S. railway workers. They discuss what it says about the President, the Democratic Party, and the state, and what this means for the Left going forward.

To learn more:https://www.leftvoice.org/biden-congress-and-the-squad-just-voted-to-block-a-rail-strike-workers-should-be-the-ones-to-decide/https://www.leftvoice.org/sorry-jacobin-but-crushing-rail-workers-right-to-strike-is-not-progressive/

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In this episode, Oden talks to Left Voice members Tatiana Cozzarelli and Ezra Brain about the results of the U.S. midterm elections on November 8th. They discuss how the elections played out for Republicans and Democrats, what they say about the future of the parties, and what this all means for the Biden administration. They also talk about the important tasks that lie ahead for the Left.

To learn more:

• https://www.leftvoice.org/the-red-wave-crashes-on-the-rocks-of-voter-rejection/
• https://www.leftvoice.org/the-antidote-to-midterm-despair-is-socialist-feminism/

Join Bread and Roses: https://www.leftvoice.org/we-need-socialist-feminism-join-bread-roses/

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