Left Bitches (who are right)

Guest Left Bitch, European Parliament Member and Irish socialist Clare Daly is clapping back at her EU colleagues who are scapegoating external “threats” like (surprise!) Russia to prop up the arms industry across the pond. Sound familiar? So how do we break the cycle? Through the power of politicians? Or through the power of the people? Also, what’s the European left’s take on Biden? Could 46 be even worse from a foreign policy standpoint than 45? Plus, we touch on Cold War smears, the tragic case of Julian Assange, and standing up to the powers that be. What’s the price of telling it how it is?

The Left Bitches are Anissa Naouai, Erica Marable, Rania Khalek, and Amanda Getty. Produced by Gregory Haddock with music by Jonathan Hurley. Visit patreon.com/leftbitches for same-day release, bonus episodes, and more.

Get more Clare Daly on Twitter @ClareDalyMEP

Buckle up for Obama 2.0! Less than a month into the Biden era, liberals are back at brunch and progressives are failing to hold 46 accountable. Meanwhile far-right movements aren’t going anywhere, and they’re growing across the West. The Bitches and Jacobin’s Nando Vila ask why. Plus, neoliberal girlboss Neera Tanden’s confirmation hearing was pure comedy. Did she really call Bernie an “ignorant slut”? On the foreign policy side of things, Biden looks just as hawkish as Trump, Obama, and Bush. Deporting undocumented kids? Check. Propping up puppet regimes? Check. Meddling in elections? Check. Starving ordinary people with sanctions? Check. We end by (surprise!) shitting on the corporate media and the not-so-feel-good stories that they continue to shove down our throats.

The Left Bitches are Anissa Naouai, Erica Marable, Rania Khalek, and Amanda Getty. Produced by Gregory Haddock with music by Jonathan Hurley. Visit patreon.com/leftbitches for same-day release, bonus episodes, and more.

Get more Nando on Jacobin Weekends 

From Moscow with love! Joined this week by guest Left Bitch Katie Halper, podcast host and... nefarious Russian bot? How a film about the existential threat posed by corporate greenwashing led to McCarthyite smears. Is everyone you disagree with a Putin puppet? Speaking of, who is this Navalny guy, really? And what governments are the Bitches actually afraid to criticize? Also AOC's revelations of past sexual trauma after the Capitol riots and how they made us feel some type of way. Plus, masturbation! How many hands do you use?

The Left Bitches are Anissa Naouai, Erica Marable, Rania Khalek, and Amanda Getty. Produced by Gregory Haddock with music by Jonathan Hurley. Visit patreon.com/leftbitches for same-day release, bonus episodes, and more.

Get more Katie Halper at https://www.youtube.com/thekatiehalpershow

Let's talk about race, baby! Writer Natalie Guerrero and director Tom Mishra join the Bitches to share their hysterical new web series Liberal Whites and how uncomfortable it makes their friends. Pro tip: Most “woke” white people are really really bad at anti-racism, and now it’s okay to laugh about it!

The Left Bitches are Anissa Naouai, Erica Marable, Rania Khalek, and Amanda Getty. Produced by Gregory Haddock with music by Jonathan Hurley. Visit patreon.com/leftbitches for access to extended episodes and bonus content.

Start binging Liberal Whites now.

Patriot Act 2.0, anyone? The Bitches and journalist Glenn Greenwald talk propaganda and Silicon Valley censorship, Biden’s plan to fight the white supremacists, and what Donald Trump's Twitter ban means for the left. While liberals keep cheering Big Tech's silencing of ex-President Trump for "incitement," "sedition" and "treason," here's who's gaining the most from linking the Capitol insurrection to 9/11, and why that crisis mania narrative is so dangerous. What will new domestic terror laws mean for holding Biden and Congress accountable, now that our most recent long national nightmare is "over"?

Plus Putin's still living rent free in Democrats' brains, but is that class consciousness we see popping up in mainstream feeds?

The Left Bitches are Anissa Naouai, Erica Marable, Rania Khalek, and Amanda Getty. Produced by Gregory Haddock with music by Jonathan Hurley. Visit patreon.com/leftbitches for access to extended episodes and bonus content.

Get more Glenn at https://greenwald.substack.com/

Sifting through the rubble of whatever that was at the Capitol, was 2020 just a test-run for the real bad shit? First: HOW? And was it actually a coup attempt? And was that police collusion we saw? It's speculation central over here and no one does it quite like the Left Bitches. But really: would white supremacist far-right thugs have stormed Washington in the first place if government was doing its job during the pandemic?

It took a deadly terrorist insurrection and attack on Washington under Confederate flags for Twitter to ban Trump. Liberals are cheering, but what precedent does this set for Silicon Valley censoring the left? It's already happening... We make some predictions re: weaponizing Big Tech's echo chamber libertarian utopia. And what won't change on Inauguration Day? What excuses for inaction will the Democrats surprise us with this time, now that they once again control the House, the Senate and the White House? Plus: why we're comfortable with polite men with blood on their hands, but not gross men like Trump.

The Left Bitches are Anissa Naouai, Erica Marable, Rania Khalek, and Amanda Getty. Produced by Gregory Haddock with music by Jonathan Hurley. Visit patreon.com/leftbitches for access to extended episodes and bonus content.

"Lesser of two evils" crushing your soul? The Bitches get optimistic: Building a viable 3rd-party alternative has happened before in the US and yes, it can happen again. Eugene Puryear of Breakthrough News on how to unify working people around the one issue that threatens us all. Why was #ForceTheVote on Medicare for All such an epic failure? Did The Squad fumble their leverage with Pelosi on purpose? Did they have any to begin with? We get into it over celebrity culture in politics: Should AOC's failure to disrupt really surprise us? And in the absence of unions, who and what we really need to rally as many people as possible. We talk the Movement for a People's Party celeb backing, and losing control of leftist narrative to corporate mainstreaming. Plus, Julian Assange, hypocritical journalists, the brutality of American prisons, and taking the good where we can! Happy 2021, Bitches!

The Left Bitches are Anissa Naouai, Erica Marable, Rania Khalek, and Amanda Getty. Produced by Gregory Haddock with music by Jonathan Hurley. Visit patreon.com/leftbitches for access to extended episodes and bonus content.

So what'd we get from Congress for Christmas? Payouts to Israel's apartheid regime, funds for Venezuela's opposition, prop-ups for right-wing protesters in Hong Kong, and tax breaks for owning a racehorse. And not enough in rescue payments to cover a month of our rent, while Americans are now stealing baby food and formula. Connecting the dots between poverty at home and abroad: The US government is starving its own people the same way it does Venezuelans, Iranians, Syrians, etc.

Bezos' money doesn't actually exist; fighting the covid vaccine wars; cult content, the Age of Aquarius and Rania's period. We're dishing up some DARK shit for the end of the year, and Anissa laughs so hard she weeps. That's the Left Bitches difference! Spoiler alert: don’t count on 2021 to save us, we’re in for a rough winter. We're wrapping the worst year ever with hope for the future, and the Bitches are getting in touch with their spirituality. Peace!

The Left Bitches are Anissa Naouai, Erica Marable, Rania Khalek, and Amanda Getty. Produced by Gregory Haddock with music by Jonathan Hurley. Visit patreon.com/leftbitches for access to extended episodes and bonus content.

On the brink of homelessness in covid pandemic apocalyptic winter: Yasha Levine's living the eviction nightmare right now, along with millions of other American families whose government has failed them. Imagine if housing was a human right. Instead we see the weaponization of the covid crisis by the elites to prey on the vulnerable. And holy fuck: in-person eviction court proceedings are literally killing people. We'll tell you why. And what does Soviet Russia have to do with the housing we're losing today? The Bitches get historical.

Still hoping the Squad in DC will save us? Might have better luck on Nextdoor. And what did we really learn - about ourselves - from Trump's presidency? Plus what's really behind self-described “leftists” oiling up Uncle Sam’s Cold War propaganda machine against China.

Want more Yasha? Check out https://yasha.substack.com/

The Left Bitches are Anissa Naouai, Erica Marable, Rania Khalek, and Amanda Getty. Produced by Gregory Haddock with music by Jonathan Hurley. Visit patreon.com/leftbitches for access to extended episodes and bonus content.

If our progressive "saviors" within the Democratic Party can't make Medicare for All happen during a deadly pandemic, can we officially stop counting on them to deliver? Jimmy Dore's on this week and he's got words for Bernie and AOC. Why tf is she still protecting Mama Bear Pelosi? And why is a pothead comedian in his garage getting more movement on #M4A than the "left" in Congress? The Tea Party mobilized a movement 10 years ago that made the Republican party leaders shit their pants, so why aren't we smelling anything now? Time for a #DemExit? Plus breaking the deafening silence around Julian Assange's case from all sides.

The Left Bitches are Anissa Naouai, Erica Marable, Rania Khalek, and Amanda Getty. Produced by Gregory Haddock with music by Jonathan Hurley. Visit patreon.com/leftbitches for access to extended episodes and bonus content.

And check out The Jimmy Dore Show on YouTube!