The Michael Brooks Show

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Donald Trump is destroying international arms control & threatening the globe. 

Dustin Guastella joins us to talk about his recent piece in Jacobin on Bernie’s loss and to chart a course to build the labor movement needed to win power. 

During the GEM, David breaks down Argentina’s default and their fight against bondholders. 

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Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) of the Radio War Nerd joins TMBS to discuss disinformation, the neoliberal transformation of Russia,  Vladislav Surkov, Adam Curtis, Peter Pomerantsev, Republican Clinton operatives, and the selling of Boris Yeltsin.

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We need an alternative to libertarian surveillance & authoritarian surveillance 

Woke bros assemble! From A distance to talk The Last Dance and watch Stacy Abrams realize  she won’t be VP 

During the GEM, why is Kroger cutting pay in a pandemic. 

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Avoiding magical thinking about neoliberalism and covid.

Maximilian Alvarez (@maximillian_alv) joins us to talk about working during COVID

Adolph Reed Jr. breaks down his political journey, anti-essentialism, and the problem with the 1619 project 

During the GEM, David Griscom @davidgriscom shows why the reopen orders  aren’t  about economic growth, they are about breaking labor.

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Silicon Valley still less powerful than LA, from a global empire standpoint. NatSec script doctors. Austerity and History. The IDW as status-quo naturalizers. Why do certain fields get funded in America and how critical they are of US empire. How to defend history as a discipline. Cross-occupational organizing.

Check out Daniel's book here and his twitter @dbessner

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We need to understand the financial interests behind ratcheting up tensions with China. 

Toure Reed joins us to talk about his new book “Toward Freedom: The Case Against Race Reductionism” 

Dareece Polo (@dareecetelesur)  joins us to talk about how the Caribbean is uniting to resist imperialism. 

During the GEM, David Griscom breaks down how the US sanctions have devastated Iran and prevented them from responding to the COVID crisis. 

Dustin "Dino" Guastella, director of operations for Teamsters Local 623 in Philadelphia, joins us once again for a discussion of America's labor institutions. How did Dino get involved in the labor movement. What is the historical arc of organized American labor power. Working-class vs. liberal consciousness. Lula and the PT in Brazil. The rise in labor actions and future landscape. Why unions lined up behind Biden? The need for working-class candidates.

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Class still matters. Yolian Ogbu (@yolian_ogbu) joins us to talk about strikes in the time of Covid-19. During the GEM, David breaks down the coming rent crisis. Judah Friedlander (@judahworldchap) makes his TMBS to talk politics and comedy.

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How Covid Is affecting the Global South 

We are joined by the great Cornel West for much needed wisdom. 

During the GEM, David breaks down how global finance is working to undermine a humane response to the crisis in Argentina and across the globe.