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This B-Side features an extended chat with Matt Huber, associate professor of geography at Syracuse University. We discuss the history of climate change politics and the promises, pitfalls, and demands of a Green New Deal as recently outlined by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, among others.

Matt's latest writings on the topic:

-"Building a 'Green New Deal': Lessons From the Original New Deal," https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/4131-building-a-green-new-deal-lessons-from-the-original-new-deal

-"Five Principles of a Socialist Climate Politics," https://www.the-trouble.com/content/2018/8/16/five-principals-of-a-socialist-climate-politics?fbclid=IwAR3FS7j6axvSAzKCW-UxAI9-P9RabkScmi76SL2yVAoS9ox9ZQbo3ktAX0U

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Sam Gindin joins us today for a 2-hour juggernaut of a chat about the fight against capitalism and the requirements of a successful socialist project. Sam worked with the Canadian Auto Workers for many decades before co-authoring many articles and books with Leo Panitch, one of which, The Making of Global Capitalism (Verso, 2012), won the Deutscher Prize.

We discuss the nine pillars of a successful socialist movement outlined in his article from 2016 titled, “Un-making Global Capitalism.” Although it is a couple years old, its themes are evergreen.



Sam’s relevant writings can be found here: 


-“Un-making Global Capitalism,” https://jacobinmag.com/2014/06/unmaking-global-capitalism



-“Building a Mass Socialist Party,” https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/12/socialist-party-bernie-sanders-labor-capitalism/

-"GM Oshawa: Making Hope Possible," https://socialistproject.ca/2018/12/gm-oshawa-making-hope-possible/

-Socialist Bullet: https://socialistproject.ca/

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This B-Side features an extended chat with Matt Huber, associate professor of geography at Syracuse University. We discuss the history of climate change politics and the promises, pitfalls, and demands of a Green New Deal as recently outlined by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, among others.

Matt's latest writings on the topic:

-"Building a 'Green New Deal': Lessons From the Original New Deal," https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/4131-building-a-green-new-deal-lessons-from-the-original-new-deal

-"Five Principles of a Socialist Climate Politics," https://www.the-trouble.com/content/2018/8/16/five-principals-of-a-socialist-climate-politics?fbclid=IwAR3FS7j6axvSAzKCW-UxAI9-P9RabkScmi76SL2yVAoS9ox9ZQbo3ktAX0U

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Joining us this week to discuss the realities of contemporary Russian politics is Tony Wood. Tony is the author of Russia Without Putin: Money, Power and the Myths of the New Cold War (2018, Verso) and on the editorial team at New Left Review. We discuss the Western myths of Putin as the great puppetmaster versus the realities of Russian political and economic development following the collapse of the Soviet Union. We wrap up the interview with a brief discussion of Russia-gate. Is Putin manipulating American democracy or is it all a bunch of bollocks? (Bet you’re biting your nails on this one...)

-Russia Without Putin: Money, Power and the Myths of the New Cold War can be purchased here: https://www.versobooks.com/books/2839-russia-without-putin

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Joining us this week to discuss some potential roadblocks for progressive and democratic socialist advance in Congress is journalist David Dayen. Adam opens the show with some extended reflections on the need for socialists to focus on the specifics of policy-making and how we should grapple with progressives. What does “progressive” mean? Are progressives our friends or enemies? Tune in to find out. The interview with David starts around [14:50].

Dayen’s article, “House Progressives Are Facing an Unexpected Problem in the Quest for Committee Power” can be found here: https://theintercept.com/2018/11/21/progressive-caucus-congressional-progressive-caucus/

Also of note:

“Attacking Monopoly Power Can Be Stunningly Good Politics, Survey Finds,” https://theintercept.com/2018/11/21/progressive-caucus-congressional-progressive-caucus/

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Joining us this week to discuss the field of likely Democratic Party primary candidates for 2020 is Branko Marcetic, Prince Slayer and staff writer at Jacobin Magazine. We discuss his recent piece which argues that Beto O’Rourke is not the savior we’ve been looking for, and then move to a discussion of other names that have been floated in the past few weeks. 



Check out Branko’s piece here:

-“Beto O’Rourke Should Not Run for President,” https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/12/beto-orourke-president-2020-senate-race



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Joining us this week to discuss the socialist challenge today is Leo Panitch, author of many books and long-time editor of the Socialist Register. We begin by discuss the legitimacy crisis in UK politics brought on by the Brexit negotiations and then move to a conversations about the prospects of a Labour Party alternative in Britain that can face down the realities of austerity and neoliberal globalization. Finally, Leo assesses the SYRIZA failures and connects them to the dilemmas that will be faced by UK Labour.

Find Leo’s essay “In and Against the State” (co-authored with Sam Gindin) here: https://www.redpepper.org.uk/state-of-change/

The Socialist Challenge Today: SYRIZA, Sanders, Corbyn - https://www.ipgbook.com/the-socialist-challenge-today-products-9780850367409.php?page_id=21

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Joining us this week to talk about the recent midterm elections in the United States is Daniel Marans, journalist at Huffington Post. Daniel is fresh off the campaign trail, hitting stops in far-flung places in rural and urban America, alike. Adam sat down with Daniel and chatted about his experience of talking with voters and activists during his travels.

What do we make of these election results? What does it signal for our activities leading up to 2020? Tune in to find out.

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Joining us this week to commemorate the 101st anniversary of the October Revolution is Sean Guillory, host of Sean's Russia Blog Podcast. We begin by reflecting on the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution; Sean offers some insights about how we ought to remember those events. Next, we move on to a conversation about the founding and the culture of the Komsomol, or the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, and how the in-fighting inside the group offers a lot of parallels to the battles being waged inside the left in our current era.

Check out Sean's Russia Blog Podcast here: https://seansrussiablog.org/

-Read more on Sean's view of the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution: "Making Sense of the Russian Revolution," www.contrivers.org/articles/45/russia-revolution-sean-guillory-fitzpatrick-sunkara-miéville-suny-steinberg/

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In this juggernaut of a B-Side, Adam and Aimee begin by briefly breaking down the significance of the midterm election results. Next, they begin a wide-ranging discussion on the meaning of so-called "normie" socialism -- a term that has largely been crafted by opponents of this strategy. They break down two recent blog pieces that are representative of this anti-normie socialism and set the record straight about the meaning of democratic socialism and the role of culture and identity in our project.

Adam loses his temper on a few occasions, Alex Jones-style (but no gay frogs were harmed in the making of this episode).

The blog posts in question can be found here:

-Peter Frase, "Keep Socialism Weird," http://www.peterfrase.com/2018/10/keep-socialism-weird

-"Breaking the Norm," http://www.peterfrase.com/2018/11/breaking-the-norm/

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