The Entry Level Left Podcast

The ELL gang talks about liberal academia, the cultural manufacturing of performative politics, and their contradictions. Radical Academics for the Status Quo: https://bit.ly/2KQg749

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Solidarity Forever!

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The ELL gang talks about the new Netflix documentary called "The Social Dilemma" to break down the bullshit.

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The ELL gang talks to friend of the show, PhD student - Management and Sustainability, Luiza Brabo Catala about Energy Democracy, Fuel Poverty, and the union struggle for decentralizing energy systems.

Strategies of Energy Democracy - James Angel: https://bit.ly/3ei8MFx

Resist, Reclaim, Restructure; Unions: https://bit.ly/2TKssII

Political Power & Renewable Energy Futures: https://bit.ly/3212vco

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Full Episode: https://anchor.fm/entrylevelleft/episodes/TEASER-Bonus-7-The-Gang-Lives-in-A-Society-e1jao2l/a-a81fc2g

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Listen to us critique and review Hollywood blockbuster "The Joker" in context of Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher.

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01:40: What is Capitalist Realism and why is it relevant today?

05:00: How does capitalist realism perform anti-capitalism for us?

15:00: How has capitalist ideology led us to accept that everything should run as a business?

24:00: What is liberal communism and how do we see it playing out today?

36:00: How do we understand increased bureaucracy under capitalism?

47:15: How does Fisher link these concepts to mental health and education?

54:30: How does capitalist realism shift capitalism’s failure from individuals to government?

60:00: How does the left move on from a romantic attachment to politics of failure?

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Solidarity Forever!

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Solidarity Forever!

08:08: What are the differences between police abolition and reform?

10:00: Concepts of reform vs abolition for policing https://bit.ly/2Z9HMBO

22:00: Can toxic law enforcement culture be resolved by simple reform?

30:00: Why are concepts of class and race inseparable in the U.S context?

37:35: What were the differences between Luxembourg and Bernstein’s positions?

41:00: What are our ideas on reform vs. revolution?

52:16: Are we witnessing a revolutionary moment right now?

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In this episode, we invite our friend Ian Hinson of Los Angeles CA on the show to report back about protests, riots, and looting. 

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1:10: Why do we work in the first place?

13:40: Right to work laws defund and disempower unions.

19:00: Bourgeois law formalizes the elevation of business over human life.

25:30: The American economy is built on fairy tales and lies.

28:45: The business owner-operator as a vector of neoliberal ideology

30:30: Economies of scale and the decline of small business https://bit.ly/35fcIlC

31:10: What is company culture and what are the limitations imposed by capital?

32:20: Samsung chairman gets 18 months for union busting https://tcrn.ch/3bQHq75

33:20: A third of employees have been employed by a gig service. https://bit.ly/3bQaE66

38:05: What are some common gripes about applying for jobs?

39:00: Gender, sex, and racial disparities in the hiring process https://pewrsr.ch/2YjinGa

42:30: Capitalism incentivizes discrimination and ableism in the hiring process.

56:40: Work doesn’t necessarily stop when you clock out. 

57:30: How does your identity intersect with the workplace?

1:04:30: You’re more likely to be depressed without a job https://bit.ly/2VOQdRK

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Recorded 4/3/2020:

Our friend and guest Ian comes on to talk with us about Bernie, DNC incompetence, contradictions within capitalism, and political economy in the age of the Covid-19 Pandemic. 

Stay safe and much love from the ELL gang!

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