How We Do It

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Joining me for this B-Side is Heidi Matthews. We outline a principled socialist position on sex, and discuss the complexities of law and consent.

It's sex, people -- try to enjoy it.

Joining me this week to talk about the recent wave of celebrity sexual misconduct allegations is Heidi Matthews, Assistant Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. We discuss the #MeToo moment and assess its potential pitfalls. 



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Joining me for a special segment of the Very Bad Leftists Club is Irish author Frankie Gaffney. We talk about MMA superstar Connor Mcgregor, identity politics and socialist strategy, and Frankie’s education in the school of hard knocks.

Check out Frankie’s latest work of fiction, DUBLIN SEVEN, which is receiving rave reviews from the critics: https://www.amazon.com/Dublin-Seven-Frankie-Gaffney/dp/1910742112



Read some of Gaffney’s political writings here: 
-https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/identity-politics-is-utterly-ineffective-at-anything-other-than-dividing-people-1.3087639

-http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/known-to-gardai-2716572-Dec2016/



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Joining me this week to talk about whiteness, racism, and the left is Jesse Singal. Jesse is a contributing writer for New York Magazine and the Daily Intelligencer Blog. Continuing DPS’s longstanding theme of anti-essentialism, we discuss the way in which a homogeneous “whiteness” is used to poorly explain the outbreak of mass shootings. In the latter half of the interview, we discuss the themes in Jesse’s upcoming book, namely the intersection of social psychology, TED Talk culture, and social justice.

Find some of Jesse’s relevant writings here: 

-“Whiteness Doesn’t Cause Mass Shootings,” http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/11/whiteness-mass-shootings.html



-“Psychology’s Favorite Tool for Measuring Racism Isn’t Up to the Job,” http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/01/psychologys-racism-measuring-tool-isnt-up-to-the-job.html

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Joining me on the B-Side is Adam Hilton to continue our discussion of the Democratic Party and its relationship to the socialist and progressive left.

Adam Hilton assesses the Donna Brazile allegations and outlines the appropriate relationship that the left should have with the Dems.

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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://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/02/bernie-sanders-new-politics-democratic-party-realignment-primary

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On this week’s B-Side, Steve Maher and I discuss the implications of the modern corporate structure on socialist political strategy.

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-“G.E.’s Switch,” https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/07/ge-immelt-ceo-finance-capital-new-deal-great-recession-investors

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Joining me this week to talk about corporations and the capitalist state is Steve Maher. Steve is a PhD Candidate at York University and Assistant Editor of the Socialist Register. We discuss the history of American capitalism and the transformations in the corporate structure. This is not merely an academic exercise — these transformations have tremendous impacts on the terrain of struggle for progressives and socialists, alike.

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-“G.E.’s Switch,” https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/07/ge-immelt-ceo-finance-capital-new-deal-great-recession-investors

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On this week's Dead Pundits Society Members-only B-Side, I ask Leo Panitch what it means to be a socialist intellectual. He reflects on his 50 years on the left, and shares stories about Ralph Miliband, Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn and many others.

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Joining me this week to talk about the pitfalls of social democracy and the Labour Party’s bid to transform the UK state is Leo Panitch. Leo has been the editor of the Socialist Register for over 35 years, and is the author of many books. We reflect on the role of socialist forces in the capitalist state, the failures of SYRIZA in Greece, and just what kind of force is necessary to usher in socialism for regular-ass people.

Check out some of Leo’s books here:

-Socialist Register, 2017: Rethinking Revolution (co-edited w/ Greg Albo): https://monthlyreview.org/product/socialist_register_2017/

-The Making of Global Capitalism (co-authored w/ Sam Gindin): https://www.amazon.com/Making-Global-Capitalism-Political-American/dp/1781681368




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