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- DSA icepick memes and WSWS: normalizing violence against the left
Neo-Stalinist memes attacking Trotsky-style socialists are put in historical and social context in conversation with Eric London and Joseph Kishore of WSWS.org. This expansive discussion covers much ground in addition the "icepick discourse," including the devastating impact of the ruling class's weak response to Covid-19.
CITATIONS:
An Open Letter to Maria Svart, National Director of DSA: by David NorthPraising the crimes of Stalinism: The DSA and the assassination of Leon TrotskyTrotsky's Last Year, a 6-part series by David NorthResources at WSWS and Marxist LibraryEric/Joe in conversation with with Chris Richards (video and transcript)1 hr 2 min - How'd COVID start in the first place? Why are states cutting pandemic aid? What's wrong with Missouri?
[so many questions!]
Brook Hines — pandemic gets personal. Forcing low-wage and unsafe work by cutting off unemployment benefit is cruel and stupid (i.e. totally unsurprising for Republican Governors).SARS-CoV-2 origin: US funded gain of function research in Wuhan. Everything we thought we knew about the virus might actually be wrong.
Jeanine Molloff: The Justice Report on Vote Suppression, Constituional Crises, and COVID Karens.
CITATIONS:
Starving people to force them back to work, Common Dreams, Jake JohnsonBiden cuts pretty much all campaign promises from next budget deal, Washington Post, Jeff Stein & Tyler Pager
Did US-funded research in Wuhan cause the pandemic?, Current Affairs, Nathan J. Robinson
Origin of COVID: did people or narture open Pandora's Box at Wuhan, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Nicholas Wade
[this is the first and most important piece on pandemic origins]1 hr 53 min - 100 days FDRvBiden, UFOs, UN agrees ACAB
Brook Hines with @mugrimm on his FDRvsBiden 100 days project <-- FDRvBiden timeline on Twitter.
Also, "How the Pentagon started taking UFOs seriously," in The New Yorker (really!)Jeanine Molloff with UN Rapporteur Marjorie Cohn on the new UN report on policing in the US.
"Commission finds anti-Black police violence constitutes crimes against humanity," Truthout, by Marjorie Cohn.2 hr - Glamping neolibs & sockpuppetry; Superleague fiasco; Cops serving corp interests
Brook Hines on Neoliberals Glamping in Death Valley: celebrities, sockpuppets, and manufactured paranoia.
Read the new Substack here email updates --> https://brookhines.substack.com/p/neoliberals-glamping-in-death-valleyKartik Krishnaiyer on the big capitalist failure of the "superleague."Jeanine Molloff on the everlasting awfulness of cops.1 hr 57 min - Russian bounty story collapses + how police have legalized murder
Brook discusses the shocking collapse of the Russian bounties story.
Jeanine Molloff on how US police have legalized murder.
1 hr 58 min - Troubling origins of DSA and AOC
The DSA's anticommunist history and AOC's capitalist history.
Two surprising tales that make sense together.Citations:The Democratic Party and the political origins of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by Eric London, wsws.orgAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez denounces socialists and praises Biden administration, Democratic Party, by Eric London, wsws.org1 hr 11 min - AOC silencing the left? • Comforting adequacy of Joe Biden • New Jim Crow in GA
Brook Hines analyzes the two Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez articles currently circulating widely. The history of left factionalism tells us where we are, and provides insight into what's coming next.
Rick Spisak chats with Denis Campbell on the supremely comforting adequacy of Joe Biden.
Jeanine Molloff offers a searing rebuke to Jim Crow 2.0 now evident in Georgia.
CITATIONS
"Talking socialism: catching up with AOC" in Democratic Left, a publication of Democratic Socialists of America, by Don McIntosh"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denounces socialists and praises Biden administration, Democratic Party" in wsws.org, World Socialist Web Site, by Eric London"Supercharged McCarthyism seeks to divide left," Brook HInes on Substack (referenced in AOC segment)2 hr 3 min - Supercharged McCarthyism is dividing left; vaccine apartheid
Brook Hines on her new Substack article: Supercharged McCarthyism seeks to divide the left.
Click thru for article and sign up for my new Substack :)Jeanine Molloff with part 3 of vaccine apartheid and #NotDyingForWallSt.2 hr 7 min - Think tank creatures attack the left; FL's best nature; vaccine apartheid
Brook Hines provides a preview of new series on the new fake fascist scare on the left.
Kartik Krishnaiyer launches new Florida Squeeze YouTube channel featuring natural Florida's best kept secret spaces.Jeanine Molloff continues #NotDyingForWallSt with in-depth look at how monopolies created our vaccine apartheid.1 hr 59 min - Medical apartheid! Austerity's dark surprise! socialism for beginners!
Brook Hines with a few thoughts.
Esha Krishnaswami gives us a "beginner's guide to socialism." Part 1 of my chat w/Esha.Jeanine Molloff on medical apartheid and the need for a "People's Vaccine."CITATIONSIn Memory of County Heyden: "What are our non-party Democrats teaching the people?"
Historic.ly on SubstackSundays with Lenin on YouTubeMore information on The People's Vaccine1 hr 51 min
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