Bad Faith

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Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History, joins Bad Faith podcast for a unique interview in which he applies the lessons from his latest book about the history of Anti-Zionism within the Jewish community to the current political landscape in which a new form of liberal zionism threatens to derail the pro-Palestine movement. Is one anti-Zionist or liberal Zionist if they ultimately support Zionist leadership in the House and Senate, for example? You won't want to miss this one.

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Copaganda author and Founder & Executive Director of The Civil Rights Corp returns to Bad Faith for a gloves off dragging of the carceral left. From authors at Jacobin Magazine to the segments of the DSA, a large number of leftists have been using electoralism to justify abandoning critiques of the carceral surveillance state -- even as fascism is on the rise. This episode is particularly important in the wake of the Blue Tsunami, and cop city maven Keisha Lance Bottom's victory in Georgia. The electoral left is celebrating its power even as its vanguard members, AOC and Zohran Mamdani, have endorsed Jeffries, a Zionist corporatist who opposes Medicare for All, to set the agenda for the House. Now is the time for litmus tests and political pressure. Has Mamdani already failed his first challenge by bear hugging a Zionist billionaire?

Read Alec's viral piece, Why is Everyone Lying, here: https://equalityalec.substack.com/p/why-is-everyone-lying

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Israeli-American activist and author of General's Son: Journey of in Israeli in Palestine, returns to Bad Faith to discuss the Israeli elections, and weigh in on how pro-Palestine advocacy must evolve as the establishment comes up with new ways to distance themselves from unpopular pro-Israel donors and politicians while doing nothing to materially change America's support for Israel's genocide. Briahna and Miko debate the best way to hold elected dems like Abdul El-Sayed accountable, & whether or not pro-Palestine leftists would ever force the vote for Palestine & withhold the speakership from Zionist Hakeem Jeffries.

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For the past few months, left candidates running as Democrats, many of whom are members of the Democratic Socialists of America, have been describing themselves as capitalists. From Abdul El-Sayed to Angie Nixon and most recently Nithya Raman, DSA candidates seem to believe they can have it both ways, but can one be both a capitalist and a Democratic Socialist as aspiring LA mayor Rama has argued? Marxist social theorist David Harvey returns to Bad Faith podcast to analyze the arguments that have been made by these ostensible leftists in defense of capitalism, and sets the record straight on what socialism is really all about.

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UK Green Party advocate and Associate Professor of Political Economy returns to Bad Faith after spending weeks defending the UK Green's 'Zionism is Racism' resolution and playing a central role making the case for moral and political clarity. Ashok weighs in on Norm Finkelstein's recent viral take on the resolution, and explains the strategic value of the resolution. This discussion is an important foil to the choices being made by the US DSA left, who are currently deliberating whether or not "socialists" candidate can identify as capitalists. (More on that later this week).

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Associate professor of economics and author of new book, The Case for Anti-Fascist Economics: In Defense of Affordability, Dignity, and Democracy Isabella Weber, returns to Bad Faith to make the case for what an anti-fascist economic program looks like, and weigh in on whether Democrats new interest in "affordability" is a meaningful step in the right direction. What specific policies are indicia of a sincerely left populist agenda as opposed to "abundance" chicanery, and what litmus tests should the left use to assess 2028 candidates?

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Founder of independent media outlet, The Lever, and former speech writer for Bernie 2020, David Sirota, returns to Bad Faith to weigh in on Mayor Mamdani's commitment to retaining Zionist billionaire Jessica Tisch as police commissioner despite calls from the DSA to fire her and disband the NYPD's notoriously violent Strategic Response Group (SRG). He also weighs in on Abdul El-Sayed's defense of campaigning with Kamala & Obama, and whether his reasoning differs from Kamala Harris's justification for campaigning with Liz Cheney. But first, Sirota breaks down his public dispute with the "never Trumper" crew over at The Bulwark, & debates the capacity of the Democratic Party to be shifted left.

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After being targeted by a congressional investigation headed by House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Smith, journalists from independent left media outlet BreakThrough News join Bad Faith to discuss the subpoena and deposition requests against them, the targeting of Rep. Ilhan Omar by the Trump administration, and broader attacks against left media. Also, more on Zohran Mamdani's retention of Zionist billionaire police commissioner Jessica Tisch, and the hubris of working within the corporate Zionist democratic party.

Link to petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-congress-stop-the-attacks-on-breakthrough-news-journalists/

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British journalist, Washington D.C. editor of Harper's Magazine and author of several books including, most recently, Washington is Burning: Corruption & Lies in the Age of Trump, returns to Bad Faith to talk about Democratic Party efforts to rehabilitate members of the establishment whose hands were made dirty by the Gaza genocide, and what lessons the veteran reporter learned from past cover ups to help us gain accountability this time around. Are Dems really going to make Rahm Emmanuel happen?

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On the 3rd anniversary of the start of the Gaza genocide, preeminent Gaza scholar Normal Finkelstein returns to Bad Faith podcast to discuss the co-option of the pro-Palestine movement, betrayals by NY Mayor Zohran Mamdani, & engage and debate the value of the UK Green Party resolution to define Zionism as racism.

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