The Michael Brooks Show

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The crisis in Australia & moving toward a GND. 

Shoutout to the Center-Left in Portugual, for showing an alternative to right-wing populism. 

 Dr. Drew Mikhael (@DrDrewMikhael) joins us to talk about the crisis with Iran and provides a deeper understanding of the social movement in the country. 

During the GEM, How Banks prey on the poor and how to end it? 

Matt Christman (@CushBomb) joins us to talk about Iran, Warren, and The View. 

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Policy analyst Derek Davison (@dwdavison) rejoins us to discuss the Trump administrations assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani. Who is the primary aggressor between the US and Iran, historically? A retrospective on post-911 diplomacy and the Iran Deal. The effect of the sanctions we've placed on Iran. Who was Qasem Soleimani? How this will change protest and struggle across the middle east.

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We have a chance to confront 'capitalist realism,' let's do it.  

Derek Davison (@dwdavison) joins us to talk about the US assassination of Soleimani and Trump's escalation with Iran.  

Meagan Day (@MeaganMDay) staff writer at Jacobin, joins us to explain her recent article "Bernie Is The Candidate: Here Is Why?"

During the GEM, David explains the reason why capitalism and imperialism are inseparable.

Ben Burgis (@BenBurgis) joins us in studio to ask the question why does Jordan Peterson sell so well?

Lauren Ashcraft (@LaurenAshcraft) a Democratic Socialist running in NY-12 joins us to talk about her campaign.

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Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, journalist, commentator and a Marxist intellectual. He is an executive-director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and the Chief Editor of LeftWord Books. He joins us today to discuss India's rightward drift. 

The RSS & BJP and their relationship to European fascism. What's happening in India right now? Neoliberalism in India and the far-right's claiming of capitalism. What's the state of the left in India and how the caste system breeds intolerance. Modi's role in Hindu supremacy. The current war on Indian muslims and students. The promise and limits of spontaneous political action.

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First, happy birthday to Thomas Sankara.

Lula and the difference between sympathy and solidarity.

Ana Kasparian (@AnaKasparian) on why impeachment is important and how Pelosi is blowing it.

Then, Richard Wolff (@ProfWolff) on  struggle and austerity in France. The end of reform possibilities.

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Greg Belvedere (@GregMBelvedere), writer and YouTuber at Rebel Bass, joins us to discuss the threat of ecofascism. Who are the ecofascism's intellectuals, and how do they feast on the failures of liberal approaches to something like climate change? Why the Left must take up where the liberals are failing. The problem of scarcity in a capitalist system. Reclaiming local resilience for the left.

Check out Greg's video, "Ecofascism and John Michael Greer":

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDEyn17E3To 

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What are the lessons from the UK election for our movement. 

Joshua Kahn Russell joins us to talk about spirituality and activism.  

Follow on IG @JoshuaKahnRussell / www.WildfireProject.org

During the GEM, David breaks down the expansion of global debt. 

Shoutout to protesters for shutting down PG&E and demanding that it comes under public ownership. 

Evo Morales speaks after the coup. 

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Laura Carlsen, a political analyst and director of the Americas Program of the Center for International Policy, based in Mexico City, joins us this week to discuss the first year of Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The positive's from AMLO's first year as President and where Mexico is backsliding. Mexico's struggle for growth. Mexico's homicde problem. AMLO's political background. AMLO's international profile and foreign policy. Immigration and the drug war. What to make of the New NAFTA, aka the USMCA, and why it's good the negotiations are over. Is AMLO going to get the Lula treatment.

We must fight climate change, eco-fascism, and capitalist ecology. 

Shoutout to the Labour Party, they need to win. 

Camila Escalante (@camilateleSUR) presenter at TeleSUR joins us to talk about the recent elections of Dominica and an update on Bolivia. 

During the GEM, David breaks down the legacy of Paul Volcker. 

Chris Nineham (@ChrisNinham) Author The British State: A Warning calls in to talk about the importance of the UK election and the future prospects for Labour. 

 New revelations just highlight the extent of the ongoing human catastrophe that is the war in Afghanistan

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Bronwen Mehta joins us this week the discuss the Egyptian crisis of 2011-2014 and its fallout. Who is General Sisi and does Egypt fit the current global authoritarian trend? The material reasons for Egypt's instability, featuring the IMF. The Egyptian military's involvement in the economy. Muslim Brotherhood narratives crowding out labor, and the relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood, the military, and the 2013 coup.