We are joined by writer and PHD candidate Sudip Bhattacharya (@resistrun) to talk about Asian Americans and the US left.

Plus an update on the German farmer protests.

Check out Sudip's work here:

https://hardcrackers.com/socialism-or-suburbia/

https://progressive.org/latest/saving-chinatown-bhattacharya-300523/

Hey friends, and welcome to our first show of 2024. We are joined by our good friend Emma Vigeland (@EmmaVigeland) co-host of the Majority Report to take a preview of the upcoming year.

David and Matt break down Biden apologism and wish a merry xmas to Shawn Fain and the UAW

Nicole Kleinheisterkamp González, (@GeoPhDklein) & (@nicolekhkgonzalez.bsky.social) a PhD student in geography at Syracuse University, discusses her research on the labor environment nexus in Germany. She focuses on the impact of climate change mitigation strategies on workers in the automobile and coal mining industries. Kleinheisterkamp highlights the importance of engaging workers in the transition to a green economy and the need for a just transition that considers their material needs. She also emphasizes the role of unions in advocating for workers' interests and the importance of investing in education, healthcare, and infrastructure to support a sustainable future.

Hey y'all, we are joined by Eiynah (@NiceMangos) host of the Polite Conversation podcast to talk about the New Atheist movement finding God.

Check out Eiynah's podcast here: https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos

Journalist Brian Mier (@BrianMteleSUR) joins us once again to discuss America's role in the Long Coup in Brazil involving the Lava Jato investigation that sent Lula to prison. Brian has a new piece published in the peer-reviewed journal "Latin American Perspectives" you can read here:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0094582X231213614

And read Brian at substack here: BMIER.SUBSTACK.com

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00:00 Start

1:59 Intro

6:22 Long Coup Brain Mier

35:12 US involment

50:21 Post interview.

We are joined tonight by Nick Turse (@nickturse ) contributing writer for The Intercept to talk about their story "CIVILIAN HARM

Secret Pentagon Investigation Found No One at Fault in Drone Strike That Killed Woman and 4-Year-Old"

https://www.youtube.com/live/iDsoSsnMCms?si=OKgHtUzEOONZhTVv

Hey friends, we are joined this week by Jason Myles (@J_Myles_TIR) host of This Is Revolution and author of a new piece in Damage Magazine The Man Who Sold the World

Jason's New Book Launch Party: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/i-was-a-teenage-anarchist-book-launch-partymeet-and-greet-tickets-739577424987

Grab the book "I Was A Teenage Anarchist" : https://everyday-analysis.sellfy.store/p/i-was-a-teenage-anarchist-by-jason-myles-print-and-digital-issue-pre-order/

Matt & David explain a popular slogan of Palestinian liberation.

And we are joined by Tiare Gatti Mora (@TiareGMora) a Spanish & Italian journalist on to talk about the left in Spain & how we can reclaim femnism from the graveyard of girlboss liberalism for the socialist movement.

Follow Tiare's work here:

https://linktr.ee/tiaregattimora

The Amber A'Lee Frost article referenced here: https://thebaffler.com/latest/daddy-issues-frost