Mechanical Freak

Greg, Munya, and Colin look back on twenty years of the Forever War in Afghanistan before finding out how the inevitable end was our collective fault in The Atlantic.

Read “Afghanistan is Your Fault” in The Atlantic if you dare

Brian and Chuy welcome our friend and fellow San Antonio native Ryan from the Save/Continue Podcast to talk about Vidor – Texas’ most infamous sundown town. Through talking about Vidor, they discuss issues of racism and housing segregation generally before giving a critical re-appraisal of the film Dangerous Minds. All this and more!

Listen to Ryan and other gamer-Americans on the Save/Continue Podcast

Read the 1993 Texas Monthly article, “Vidor in Black & White”

UW Racial Covenant Archive

Article on the recent BLM protest in Vidor

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Greg, Brian, Munya, and Colin ponder working for exposure in the movies and elsewhere before talking about the drama surrounding President Barack Obama’s 60th Birthday Bash in Martha’s Vineyard, a request for aid (as in your money) in the planned construction of his Tower of Silence, a Presidential Library, in Chicago and some speculation as to the horrors held within, and a quick recap of the (ongoing) Seattle Primary results that have given us some room for hope.

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Listen to Greg in “Stand Your Biblical Ground” on Minion Death Cult

In this episode liberated from behind The Paywall, Brian and Colin are back to talk a little climate doom before catching up with friend of the show and international correspondent Mary Anne to hear the latest news about the Covid outbreak in Thailand and the surrounding region. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes. https://www.patreon.com/seattlesucks

Democracy go up

Floods in Germany, in China, fires in Siberia, and Covid in India

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Greg, Brian, and Colin are turned away for a refill before talking about the end of the federal eviction moratorium at the hands of feckless Democrats, the countless horrors that await us in its absence as we turn toward the politics of the 90s, and the marriage of Big Data and policing in Pasco County, Florida courtesy the Tampa Bay Times.

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Cassidy is joined by Seattle DSA organizers and fellow delegates to the 2021 National DSA Convention Roy and Justin. In this episode they prep for the convention beginning Sunday, August 1st by discussing what the convention is, what DSA caucuses are, who’s running for DSA National Political Committee (NPC) and how they’re voting on different resolutions and amendments.

To join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership2020/

Learn more about NPC candidates: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VLyiLsdZHd5eF2ijppVi3kXIFJMO-I1jshivIEpuXRc/mobilebasic

Read resolutions here and amendments here

Cassidy, Munya, and Greg are joined by Kamau Chege, the Executive Director of Washington Community Alliance Action Fund and Dujie Tahat, celebrated poet and author currently writing the critically acclaimed newsletter, The Tally, a project of WCA Action Fund. We’re talking about municipal off-year elections and highlighting BIPOC progressive candidates throughout Washington State that you should be paying attention to heading into the primary.

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Follow Washington Community Alliance: @WACommAlliance

Buy Dujie’s new book, SALAT, at a book store near you