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April 19, 2023 114 - Work From Cradle To Grave w/ Cole Stangler
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Matt & Dave respond to the recent push from the right to roll back child labor law.
Journalist Cole Stangler (@ColeStangler) joins us to talk about the protests in France, why Macron is targeting workers' retirements, and how successful the resistance has been. https://colestangler.com/
Bernie is right, the Democratic Party has turned their backs on workers.
1 hr 22 min
April 12, 2023 113 - Squad Comes Through With Assange Letter & Union Power In the Suburbs ft. Chip Gibbons & Paul Prescod
We are joined by Paul Prescod (@paul_prescod) Jacobin contributor, Teamsters For A Democratic Union organizer, and fmr. candidate for Pennsylvania State Senate joins us to talk about the legendary labor leader Tony Mazzocchi.
Chip Gibbons (@ChipGibbons89) policy director of Defending Rights & Dissent joins us to talk about this historic letter calling for the Biden admin to drop charges against Julian Assange.
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Other coverage of Assange w/ Chip EXPOSED How the CIA Spied on Assange ft. Chip Gibbons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAPrKUW27RA
LR 72 - UK Railway Strike, Free Assange, & TX GOP Off The Rails https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeVzDFbWkEw
1 hr 32 min
April 05, 2023 112 - Reforming The Labor Movement & TN In Crisis ft. Keith Brower Brown
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David and Matt talk about the real threat to democracy in Tennessee.

Then we are joined by Keith Brower Brown to talk about recent changes in the United Auto Workers and the fight to reform the labor movement.

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1 hr 13 min
March 29, 2023 111 - Biden's New Left-Puncher & It's Not 'Wokeism,' It's Capitalism ft. Alex Sammon & Sean of The Antifada
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Matt & David are joined by Slate writer Alex Sammon (@alex_sammon) to talk about Biden's approval of a major pipeline in Alaska & his recent cabinet reshuffle.
Then we are joined by Sean KB (@as_a_worker) of the Antifada, to talk about 'woke capitalism,' dark WSJ punditry, and whether or not we are heading for recession, and much more.

1 hr 52 min
March 22, 2023 110 - Is It Fascism After All? ft. Daniel Bessner
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We are joined by Danny Bessner (@dbessner) professor of International Studies at the University of Washington, a fellow at the Quincy Institute, and co-host of the American Prestige Pod (@AmPrestigePod) joins us to talk about their recent piece in The New Republic "Does American Fascism Exist?"
Does American Fascism Exist?
https://newrepublic.com/article/170890/does-american-fascism-exist
1 hr 11 min
March 15, 2023 109 - The AI Mirage + Banks & The Parasite Class w/ Dwayne Monroe
Matt & David breakdown what happened at SVB (Silicon Valley Bank), the political theater around it, and why the government always has the back of the parasite class.
Then Dwayne Monroe (@cloudquistador) joins us to debunk the AI hype.
Read Dwayne's work here: https://monroelab.net/
MORE BACKGROUND ON THE FED - THE FED WANTS WORKERS WEAK? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayFn2jdsFP4
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1 hr 41 min
March 08, 2023 108 - DeSantis' Florida Fascism? & Hitchens Vs. Genetic Determinists ft. Thomas Kennedy
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Matt & Dave are joined by Thomas Kennedy (@tomaskenn) to talk about Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis latest moves to restrict critics.
Is Science Political? The Fight Against Reactionary Genetics ft. Kevin Bird https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtW5wd0tCG8
And Matt & Dave look at some classic Hitchens when he took on the genetic determinists.
Full Hitchens talk on C-Span https://www.c-span.org/video/?93435-1/state-media
1 hr 29 min
March 01, 2023 107 - It's Bosses Vs. Workers + Canada's Right Populism ft. Aminah Sheikh
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Matt & Dave make the argument that politics is simple, it's bosses vs. workers. Then we are joined by union organizer Aminah Sheikh (@aminahsheikh) to talk about Canada's right-wing populist movement, and what the left can learn from the right's ability to mobilize people around their dissatisfaction. Read Aminah's piece here: https://rosalux.nyc/the-right-wing-is-organizing-in-canada/
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1 hr 20 min
February 26, 2023 TEASER - Trump & the Base vs DeSantis & the Party ft. Luke Savage
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Luke Savage (@LukeWSavage) author of The Dead Center and Jacobin staff writer, joins us to talk Trump vs DeSantis as well as the Democrats inability or lack of willingness to politically own the issues of working people.
East Palestine https://jacobin.com/2023/02/biden-trump-visit-east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment
Trump vs DeSantis https://jacobin.com/2023/02/donald-trump-gop-republican-polling-2024-primary-voters
8 min
February 24, 2023 *UNLOCKED* Nord Stream Bombing & What Is "Anti-War" Anyway? ft. Carl Beijer
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Man of reason Carl Beijer returns for a discussion on his recent "Notes on Hersh and the Nord Stream bombing." We also talk about why an nominally "anti-war" rally would include explicitly pro-war agitators.
Sy Hersh piece: https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream
Hersh on Radio War Nerd: https://youtu.be/FLpGH0BpOnk
Carl's piece on Hersh: https://open.substack.com/pub/carlbeijer/p/notes-on-hersch-and-the-nord-stream?r=ew8tk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Carl on "anti-war"
https://open.substack.com/pub/carlbeijer/p/can-we-please-distinguish-between?r=ew8tk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
53 min

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Fmr. The Michael Brooks Show crew Matt Lech & David Griscom work to cover & build a strong, popular, working-class rooted, no BS Socialist Left. With a special focus on the international struggle and Texas, the South, & the West. The weekly show is live on Youtube @ 2:30 ET/1:30 CT!