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- [B-Side] Venezuelan Sanctions, War in Iran, Russiagate and TulsiMania w/ Branko MarceticBranko Marcetic joins us once again for this week's B-Side. We discuss the murderous sanctions on Venezuela and the complicity of leading liberal politicians, the absurdity of Russiagate, a possible war in Iran, and, finally, we answer some patron questions.Join the Dead Pundits Society for full access today: https://www.patreon.com/posts/26935634Find Branko's relevant writings here:-"From Russiagate to Gunboat Diplomacy," https://jacobinmag.com/2019/05/russiagate-trump-putin-venezuela-john-bolton-"Sanctions are Murder," https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/05/venezuela-sanctions-trump-intervention-"The Definition of Insanity," https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/04/us-intervention-trump-venezuela-libya-maduro-"Closing the Russiagate," https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/03/russiagate-donald-trump-mueller-report--------------------------Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/deadpunditsTwitter: http://twitter.com/deadpunditsFacebook: http://facebook.com/deadpunditssocietyiTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1212081214YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHahv2fM9eH2K4TzmsWl\_Xg7 min
- Joe Biden vs. Bernie Sanders w/ Branko MarceticJoining us this week to talk about the shady political history of Joe Biden is Branko Marcetic, who has penned nearly a dozen pieces on Biden for Jacobin and In These Times. Not only do we perform a career-long analysis of Biden's legacy, but we dig into the neoliberal strategy to defeat Bernie Sanders, as well.The B-Side will be landing for patrons of DPS tomorrow. Join the Society for access today: http://www.patreon.com/deadpunditsCheck out Branko's latest Biden piece here:"Joe Biden is a Disaster Waiting to Happen," https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/04/joe-biden-2020-presidential-campaign-recordFind his other Biden essays here: www.jacobinmag.com/author/branko-marceticand here: inthesetimes.com/community/profile/322337----------------------Twitter: http://twitter.com/deadpunditsFacebook: http://facebook.com/deadpunditssocietyiTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1212081214YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHahv2fM9eH2K4TzmsWl\_Xg1 hr 12 min
- What Black Life Actually Looks Like w/ Cedric JohnsonJoining us this week to talk about the complexity of black political life and how much of the dominant discourse on “race and class” misses this complexity is Cedric Johnson. In the A-side, we discuss his latest essay “What Black Life Actually Looks Like” and analyze a recent debate that played out in the pages of New Politics on race and class.-What is the notion of “black exceptionalism” and how does it get in the way of producing adequate theories of not only black liberation but the liberation of all?-What is the “racial ‘we’” and how is it deployed to reproduce models of black exceptionalism?-What kind of politics do we need to finish the struggles of the Reconstruction era to the present? In the B-Side that follows, available for patrons of DPS, we discuss the New Deal — was it racist and do universal policies serve to reproduce racial inequities? Lastly, what should socialists make of the ADOS and Reparations movements? Cedric Johnson is one of the best commentators on these topics, so tune in and get smart!-To access the B-Side, join the Dead Pundits Society today: http://www.patreon.com/deadpunditsEssays mentioned in this episode:-Cedric Johnson, “What Black Life Actually Looks Like,” https://jacobinmag.com/2019/04/racism-black-lives-matter-inequality-Cedric Johnson, “Reparations Isn’t a Political Demand,” https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/03/cedric-johnson-brian-jones-ta-nehisi-coates-reparations-Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, “The Consequences of Forgetting,” https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/05/reparations-slavery-racism-united-states-foundation-Kim Moody, “Cedric Johnson and the Other Sixties’ Nostalgia, “https://newpol.org/cedric-johnson-and-the-other-sixties-nostalgia"-Mia White, “In Defense of Black Sentiment,” https://newpol.org/issue_post/in-defense-of-black-sentiment/————————————Twitter: http://twitter.com/deadpunditsFacebook: http://facebook.com/deadpunditssocietyiTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1212081214YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHahv2fM9eH2K4TzmsWl\_Xg1 hr
- The Socialist Manifesto w/ Bhaskar Sunkara [UNLOCKED]This B-Side has been unlocked thanks to the generosity of our patrons. To support the political mission of DPS and receive weekly subscriber-only content, join the Society at http://patreon.com/deadpundits-------------------------------------Joining us this week is Bhaskar Sunkara, publisher and founding editor of Jacobin Magazine. We discuss the case for socialism made in his new book, The Socialist Manifesto.What do Jon Bon Jovi, pasta sauce, unions, and democratic socialism have in common? Tune in to find out (and get a lesson on the history of the 19th and 20th century socialist movements as a bonus!)SUBSCRIBE to DPS today so that you don't miss an episode: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1212081214-The Socialist Manifesto: https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/bhaskar-sunkara/the-socialist-manifesto/9781541674004/--------------------------Twitter: http://twitter.com/deadpunditsFacebook: http://facebook.com/deadpunditssocietyiTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1212081214YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHahv2fM9eH2K4TzmsWl\_Xg54 min
- [Classic DPS] The New Communists w/ Adaner UsmaniSeason 2 of DPS has officially wrapped. Season 3 will launch in beginning of May featuring a new website, weekly YouTube videos along with articles and blog posts. In the meantime, patrons will be getting a weekly B-Side and the free feed will revisit classic episodes of DPS. This episode featuring Adaner Usmani aired a year and a half ago and remains as relevant as ever. Be sure to support DPS Media as we enter our third season: http://www.patreon.com/deadpundits--------------------------Joining me this week is Adaner Usmani. We discuss his latest essay in Jacobin (co-authored with Connor Kilpatrick) titled "The New Communists." They argue that it's time to leave the iconography and inward-facing legacy of 1917 behind and forge a socialism that addresses people's lived concerns in 2018.SOCIALISM FOR REGULAR-ASS PEOPLECheck out Adaner's writings here:-"The New Communists," http://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/12/the-new-communists-"Did Liberals Give us Mass Incarceration?" https://catalyst-journal.com/vol1/no3/did-liberals-give-us-mass-incarcerationI also mentioned this important essay by Ralph Miliband during the interview: "Moving On," https://www.marxists.org/archive/miliband/1976/xx/moveon.htm***To access the B-Side to this week's episode, which will be out in a few days, subscribe to the Dead Pundits Society at http://www.patreon.com/deadpundits***--------------------------------Twitter: http://twitter.com/deadpunditsFacebook: http://facebook.com/deadpunditssocietyiTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1212081214YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHahv2fM9eH2K4TzmsWl\_Xg1 hr 13 min
- Neoliberalism: Bad Ideas or Material Forces? w/ Aaron Major [TEASER]*** This is a free sample of this week's B-Side, available in full for patrons of DPS. Join today to hear the full episode and receive access to our entire back catalog. Support the new left agenda today: http://www.patreon.com/deadpundits ***This week's B-Side features part 2 of our series on neoliberalism. In this installment, Aaron Major joins us to discuss his essay, "Ideas without Power," from Catalyst. We discuss the "ideational" model of conceptualizing the neoliberal turn, which places the role of ideas over material forces. We then offer some alternative ways of studying the turn to neoliberalism as a set of material constraints and contradictions of postwar capitalism.This goes beyond dusty academic debates -- if socialists want to know how to go beyond neoliberalism, we must have a grounded understanding of how we got here.Find Aaron's essay here:-"Ideas without Power," http://catalyst-journal.com/vol2/no3/ideas-without-power------------------------Twitter: http://twitter.com/deadpunditsFacebook: http://facebook.com/deadpunditssocietyiTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1212081214Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/deadpunditsYouTube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHahv2fM9eH2K4TzmsWl\_Xg16 min
- [Classic DPS] Structural Reforms and Socialist Strategy w/ Ed RooksbySeason 2 of DPS has officially wrapped. Season 3 will launch in beginning of May featuring a new website, weekly YouTube videos along with articles and blog posts. In the meantime, patrons will be getting a weekly B-Side and the free feed will revisit classic episodes of DPS. This episode featuring Ed Rooksby aired over a year ago and remains as relevant as ever given recent popularity of Medicare for All and the Green New Deal as structural reforms (or non-reformist reforms). Be sure to support DPS Media as we enter our third season: http://www.patreon.com/deadpundits------------------------------------Ed Rooksby, Tutor in Politics and Social Sciences at Ruskin College in Oxford, joins us to talk about structural reform and socialist strategy. We kick things off with a discussion of SYRIZA and socialist strategy along with a healthy dose of Neo-Marxian state theory.-How do we navigate the intractable debate between reform and revolution?-What is a non-reformist reform?-How do socialists use the state to support worker's self-activity outside the state?-TUNE IN TO FIND OUT!Check out Ed’s essay, “‘Structural Reform’ & the Problem of Socialist Strategy Today”: https://edrooksby.wordpress.com/2018/03/21/structural-reform-the-problem-of-socialist-strategy-today/***To access the B-Side of this interview and to support the new left agenda, head over to www.patreon.com/deadpundits and subscribe today***——————————————-iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1212081214Facebook: http://facebook.com/deadpunditssocietyTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/deadpundits1 hr 10 min
- [Classic DPS] The Democratic Party and Socialism (A- and B-Sides) w/ Adam HiltonSeason 2 of DPS has officially wrapped. Season 3 will launch in the end of April 2019 featuring a new website, weekly YouTube videos along with articles and blog posts. In the meantime, patrons will be getting a weekly B-Side and the free feed will revisit classic episodes of DPS. This episode featuring Adam Hilton aired 1.5 years ago and serves as a valuable point of reflection for the left's strategy of using the Democratic Party as a strategic tool. Be sure to support DPS Media as we enter our third season: patreon.com/deadpundits-------------------------------Adam Hilton, visiting lecturer in Politics at Mount Holyoke College, is on the show to talk about the history of the Democratic Party and its interaction with the left. Can the Democratic Party be used as an instrument of socialist advance? And what is the nature of the Democratic Party, anyway? Tune in to find out.Find some of Adam's writings here:-"Bernie and the Search for New Politics," https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/06/bernie-president-unions-mcgovern/-"Searching for New Politics," https://jacobinmag.com/2016/02/bernie-sanders-new-politics-democratic-party-realignment-primary------------------Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/deadpunditsFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/deadpunditssocietyiTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1212081214Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/deadpundits2 hr 6 min
- The People's Republic of Wal-Mart w/ Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworksi [TEASER]***The following is a teaser of this week's B-Side, available in full for patrons of the Dead Pundits Society. To hear the entire episode and help support our jump to YouTube in Season 3, become a patreon supporter: http://www.patreon.com/deadpundits***This week's B-Side features a chat with Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworksi about their new book, The People's Republic of Wal-Mart: How the World's Biggest Corporations are Laying the Foundations for Socialism (Verso, 2019). We discuss the history, theory, and political imperative of democratic socialist planning.Check out the book here: https://www.versobooks.com/books/2822-the-people-s-republic-of-walmart------------------------Twitter: http://twitter.com/deadpunditsFacebook: http://facebook.com/deadpunditssocietyiTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1212081214Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/deadpunditsYouTube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHahv2fM9eH2K4TzmsWl\_Xg11 min
- [Classic DPS] The Anti-LARPers Manifesto w/ Freddie DeBoerSeason 2 of DPS has officially wrapped. Season 3 will launch in the end of April 2019 featuring a new website, weekly YouTube videos along with articles and blog posts. In the meantime, patrons will be getting a weekly B-Side and the free feed will revisit classic episodes of DPS. This episode featuring Freddie DeBoer aired two years ago and serves as a valuable point of reflection for how far the left has come since and how far it still needs to go. Be sure to support DPS Media as we enter our third season: http://patreon.com/deadpundits-----------------On this week’s episode, Freddie deBoer and I analyze the hyper-woke, virtue-signaling sect of the left, which has claimed an insignificant segment of cyberspace as its sovereign territory in absence of any real power in society. We also share our thoughts about campus activism, the “No Platform” technique and left censorship. Resist the allure of LARP culture and learn how to win a real socialist platform. Tune in to find out how.Freddie’s article, “Why We Should Fear University Inc” can be found here: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/magazine/why-we-should-fear-university-inc.html?_r=0----------------------------------Twitter: http://twitter.com/deadpunditsFacebook: http://facebook.com/deadpunditssocietyiTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1212081214Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/deadpunditsYouTube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHahv2fM9eH2K4TzmsWl\_Xg51 min
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