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- #33 Daraka & Dick talking about the campus protests
Daraka and Dick use the current Columbia student protests as a springboard for examining the way efforts to control the student movement are threatening the framework of campus democracy and free expression--and how and why 'anti-semitism' labelling is being weaponized. Are there ways out of this mess?
closing song: 'it Isn't Nice" by Malvina Reynolds, sung by Barbara Dane & the Chambers BrothersMixed & Edited by Next Day Podcast
51 min - #32 Talking With Palestinian-American Activist Murad "Moe" Samara
A conversation with Murad "Moe" Samara, Palestinian American Democratic Party leader, Moe is an envirnmental scientist, ather of five, and a signifiant voice in Sacramento politics. He describes the gap between the Biden adminIstration and Arab American and youth Democratic Party activists, expressing hope for a war ending poicy, and fear if there isn't.
Closing music: David Rovics "if a Song Could Raise an ArmyMixed & Edited by Next Day Podcast50 min - #31 Talking with Meretz Party leader Uri ZakiHe’s one of the key voices of Israel’s electoral left. He defends Israel’s need to end Hamas control of Gaza, while bitterly attacking Netanyahu and his rightwing regime. The conversation illumuinates the grim political frustrations of the situation—while providing rays of hope for change.Music: “Mashup for Change” Jerusalem Youth Chorus1 hr 7 min
- #30 Talking With Jewish Currents Editor Arielle Angel
Jewish Currents is the magazine of the Jewish Left in the US. Arielle Angel is the remarkably thoughtful and engaged editor-in-chief. We talk about Israel's war on Gaza, the possibilities for the future, anti-semitism and its weaponization--and what is to be done.
Music credit: 'Sholom, Salaam" sung by Ziggy Marley and the Jerusalem Youth Choir
56 min - #29 Daraka & Dick talk about the Jewish Question
This episode introduces a new season focused on the War On Gaza and its ramifications. Daraka and Dick talk about their perspectives on the situation and how their personal life stories shape where they stand--and we preview forthcoming episodes on these matters. The first of these episodes--a conversation with Arielle Angel, editor of Jewish Currents--is ready for you now.
Music credit: Everyone Neath Their Vine and Figtree sung by Alexa Sunshine-Rose50 min - #28: Wrapping Season 2: What we want you to take away and look forward to!
Episode #28: In which we wrap season 2: 'Socialism and its discontents", and suggest its top takeaways. We also talk about what we hope to do in Season 3: How to re-form capitalist society? The episode closes with a surprise song.
57 min - Bill Fletcher talks about his new novel and the state of the unions
Episode #27: In which we talk with legendary labor intellectual Bill Fletcher Jr about writing political mysteries and his hopes and worries about the labor movement right now.
Music credit: Ben Harper: 'We Need to Talk About It" Bloodline Maintenance 202211 hr 1 min - #26: What's the Matter With Sweden?: A conversation with Swedish activists"
"In which Daraka, in Sweden, asks Swedish social democratic party activists to explain why the and how the Nordic model of social democracy has eroded--and what remains strong."
song credit: “Arbetets Söner" Swedish workers' song
Lyrics: Henrik Menander Composed by: Nils Peter Möller37 min - #25: Talking Strategy with DSA Leaders
In which Daraka and Dick talk with Kristian Hernandez and David Duhalde, veteran leaders of DSA, about the past, present and future of the leading democratic socialist organization in the Us.
Credit: 'We Will Sing One Song" by Joe Hill
Bocal :Buddy Halker, from Album: ANYWHERE BUT UTAH: SONGS OF JOE HILL1 hr 28 min - #24: Congress votes against all forms of socialism: what if anything does this mean?
"In which Daraka and Dick deconstruct the recent congressional resolution denouncing socialism and why so many Democrats voted for it"
Music credit: 'Socialist!' by Roy Zimmerman
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About Talking Strategy, Making History
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Each episode will focus on a different aspect or example of the general theme. Our kick-off frame is the awkward position that progressives find themselves in. It seems obvious, at least to a significant portion of Leftists, that “working within the Democratic Party” has to be part of any realistic strategy for making substantive, social democratic or radical change in the United States. What is far less clear is what this means practically, in terms of organization and elections. For many years, the slogan of the Left has been to work both “inside and outside” the Democratic Party. But what does that “inside” part actually look like?
The podcast project comes from our experience as progressive activists--and from the urgency of now. Dick Flacks taught sociology at UC Santa Barbara and Umiversity of Chicago for 60 years. He's of the founding generation of Students for a Democratic Society and helped write the Port Huron Statement (along with Tom Hayden and the big Lebowski). He and his late wife Mickey recntly published a memoir of their lives--political and personal. It's called MAKING HISTORY/MAKING BLINTZES: HOW TWO RED DIAPER BABIES FOUND EACH OTHER AND DISCOVERED AMERICA. He's written a lot about the American Left--most notably MAKING HISTORY: THE AMERICAN LEFT AND THE AMERICAN MIND. His weekly radio show called'The Culture of Protest' can be heard 6 pm Thursdays on www.kcsb.org.
Daraka Larimore-Hall is vice-chair of the Democratic Party of California and a political and organizational consultant working primarily for social democratic parties and trade unions abroad. A lifelong political activist, Daraka first met Dick when he was in Jr High School, and first getting involved in local progressive politics in Santa Barbara. Since then, Daraka has been a national leader and staffer for DSA, a board member of the International Union of Socialist Youth, an activist and elected officer of United Auto Workers Local 2865, as well as active in the Democratic Party at all levels. He received his PhD, supervised by Dr. Flacks, in 2013.
Per Hoel is the producer/director of our effort. Per helped found the DSA chapter in Santa Barbara in the aftermath of the Sanders campaign in 2016. He's a professional videographer and multimedia designer and works in instructional design.
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