How We Do It

Adam and Ben discuss the pathetic state of the liberal political class and then move on to a lengthy discussion on antifa, free speech, and socialist strategy.

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Briana Last of Philly DSA and author of a recent piece assessing the state of DSA in the post-Bernie moment joins us to discuss these topics and more.

Find the article here: https://www.thebellows.org/the-dsa-after-bernie-at-a-crossroads/

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On this week's B-Side, Adam and Ben discuss totally non-controversial topics.

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Find Briana Last's "Wither the DSA" here: https://www.thebellows.org/the-dsa-after-bernie-at-a-crossroads/

On this week's DPS, Adam and Ben discuss the libertarian hellscape crafted by the ruling class during the COVID crisis and then interview Chris Brooks from Labor Notes about the COVID slaughterhouse that state governments have planned for workers returning to the job and what we might do to prevent it.

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-"We Shouldn’t Need GoFundMe to Respond to Catastrophes. We Need a Strong Welfare State." https://jacobinmag.com/2020/05/gofundme-crowdfunding-coronavirus-covid-cancer-treatment/

-"The Hammer and the Dance: Why Reopening Now Will Kill," https://labornotes.org/2020/05/hammer-and-dance-why-reopening-now-will-kill

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Adam and Ben take it to the B-Side and discuss the need for clear-eyed critique and optimism in equal measure, they discuss Ben's recent run-in with the liberal commentariat, and, finally, they end with some scotch-induced musings on the future of a socialist left worthy of its name.

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-The full Michael Albert clip can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2224&v=By4DOwLODXo&feature=emb_title

Season Four of DPS is upon us. And this time -- it's for real.

Our new mystery co-host is introduced as we chat about cancel culture and building a left that can win in the post-Bernie era. THE AGE OF AQUARIUS IS UPON US!

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Sam Gindin joins us to talk about the post-Bernie and post-Sanders world in addition to an article on the COVID-19 crisis that recently appeared in The Bullet titled, "The Corona Virus and the Crisis This Time."

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Find the article here: https://socialistproject.ca/2020/04/coronavirus-and-the-crisis-this-time/

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On this week's "In Case You Missed It," Connor Kilpatrick gives a post-mortem of the Bernie campaign for Philly DSA's virtual education series.

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Check out the original video on Philly DSA's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEL0iFqjVxM

Touré Reed joins us for a discussion about the state of racial liberalism in the U.S. His new book is titled Toward Freedom: The Case Against Race Reductionism, and it's classic DPS anti-essentialism, folks.

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Find it here: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3166-toward-freedom

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On this week's B-Side, comedian and media presenter, Anders Lee, joins us to talk about his battle with autism and how this spectrum disorder is shot through with biomedical essentialism.

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Find his essay here: "I Don't Believe In Autism," https://www.madinamerica.com/2019/02/i-dont-believe-in-autism/