The Michael Brooks Show

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What should our strategy toward Joe Biden be? Your boss is spying on you. Hitchens on disingenuous attacks on the USSR. And Joshua joins us for another Rebel Music History. 

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The Labour Leaks revealed the neoliberal rot never left

Obama’s uninspiring Biden endorsement 

Paul O’Connell (@pmpoc) joins us to talk about the Labour Leaks, Keir Starmer, & the unlearned lesson of Brexit.

During The GEM, David breaks down the changes in oil production & how we need to respond to the crisis.

Slavoj Zizek calls in to talk about our war communism

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We need to reclaim the local. Shoutout to the Kerala government & the Teamsters. RICHARD Wolff (@profwolff) joins us to talk about what this crisis means for the capitalist system. We are joined by Chris Smalls (@shutdown_amazon) to talk about the Amazon strikes. During the GEM, David breaks down the winners and losers of the covid crisis. 

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Joshua Kahn Russell, executive director of the Wildfire Project, and TMBS regular joins us to discuss the idea crisis should be capitalized on politically and what our current coronavirus pandemic presents as far as opportunities and challenges.

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 Brian Mier of Brazil Wire joins us for part two of our discussion of the Portuguese colonization of Mozambique and life of Samora Machel. The struggle to remove the Portuguese colonial government. The enactment of Machel's education principles and the mobilization of Rhodesia's racist shock troops. RENAMO, the Heritage Foundation, and the fascist international. The ultimate corruption of FRELIMO.

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Brian Mier of Brazil Wire joins us to discuss the colonization of Mozambique and Samora Machel. The brutal Portuguese colonization model. "Non-renumerated labor," until 1961. The anti-colonial push. Where did Samora Machel come from and what was his approach to anti-colonialism?

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Srećko Horvat, philosopher and co-founder of the Democracy in Europe movement, joins us this week to discuss internationalism in the face of Covid-19 and authoritarian nationalism. Declaring "War" on the Virus. The specific challenges the moment poses to the left, and rare window of possibility it presents.

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The pandemic is accelerating global crises. 

Shoutout to workers standing up against the exploitation during the pandemic. 

Abby Martin (@abbymartin) joins us to talk about how the US is using the crisis to target Venezuela and how it is using sanctions to pursue empire. 

During the GEM, (@DavidGriscom) breaks down the fundamental goal of COVID Capitalism, to maintain the current power dynamics. 

Liz Franczak (@liz_franczak) breaks down the crucial questions does Cuomo have a piercing? And how can we bridge the gap between reality and conspiracy? 

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Part 2 of our conversation with Joshua Kahn Russell, executive director of the Wildfire Project, and TMBS regular, discussing the idea crisis should be capitalized on politically and what our current coronavirus pandemic presents as far as opportunities and challenges. What it means that a virus has challenged capitalism's ability to coerce and mobilise labor.

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Joshua Kahn Russell, executive director of the Wildfire Project, and TMBS regular joins us to discuss the idea crisis should be capitalized on politically and what our current coronavirus pandemic presents as far as opportunities and challenges.