The Michael Brooks Show

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Senior reporter for HuffPost Zach Carter (@ZachDCarter) joins us to discuss Howard Schultz's presidential campaign and what it says about our current stage in political economy fights. The financial crisis as the watershed between Howard Schultz as laughing stock and Bill Clinton's neoliberal third way. Racial demagoguery's former place in democratic politics. The emerging distinction between the left and today's liberals. Why are billionaires so emotional?

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We break down continued American involvement in Iraq and how that affects Iran. 

Shoutout to Bob Marley some people really as great as everyone says they are. 

Jeff Halper of Israeli Committee Against Home Demolition joins us to talk to talk about Palestine 

During the GEM, David breaks down the problem with Airbnb.

Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) senior politics editor at The Intercept gives an excuse for missing the live show, the SOTU, and Kamala Harris' record. 

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Hands of Venezuela, why the Left must oppose any coup in Venezuela.

Bill Fletcher Jr. (@BillFletcherJr) joins us to talk about the anti-austerity movements in Zimbabwe and Sudan.

Shoutout to the disruptors at Davos. 

During the GEM, David breaks down the bondholders hoping to cash in on the coup.  

Global update the Bolsonaro cruelly refuses to allow Lula to leave prison to bury his brother. 

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Journalist Soumya Shankar  (@shankarmya) joins us to discuss Tulsi Gabbard and her piece in The Intercept, "Tulsi Gabbard Is Rising Star, Despite Hindu Nationalist Support." Tulsi's troubling relationship with Modi'snationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP. Tulsi's donor support from Hindu nationalists, Tulsi as "Modi's warrior in America." Tulsi's extremely mixed and hard to pin down foreign policy stances. (Note: since this recording, Tulsi did tweet in opposition to US meddling in Venezuela.)

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Martin Luther King was not a capitalist.

FBI admits it fought to keep socialists out of power. 

Shoutout to Luxembourg to become the first country to make public transit free. 

Daniel Bessner (@dbessner) joins us to talk what a Left foreign policy should look like. 

Corey Pein (@CoreyPein) author of "Live, Work, Work, Work, Die" joins us to talk about Hindu Nationalism

For the GEM, David breaks down the power of billionaires and why we need a bold commitment to fighting capitalist power. 

We bring the gulag back to the main show for a very deserving candidate. 

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We break down the government shutdown affects the working-class and how government welfare programs regulate the poor.

Shoutout to Patrice Lumumba, who was assassinated 58-years ago this Thursday. Lumumba continues to serve as a symbol of resistance to colonialism.

We look into the most recent events in the disaster that is Brexit.

Ana Kasparian (@AnaKasparian) Host and Executive Producer of The Young Turks joins us to talk about the success of AOC, Tusli, and Dave Rubin's intellectual curiosity.

During the GEM, David looks at the disaster that is Pacific Gas & Electric.

Global update we review Tulsi's opinion of torture, Michael and Djene's piece in the Jacobin on Turkey and the HDP, and an update on Yemen.

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We break down the LA teacher's strike and why the Right is so bent on destroying public education.

Shoutout to Rashida Tlaib for calling it what it is.

NYC Public Advocate and Democratic Socialist Nomiki Konst (@NomikiKonst) joins us to talk about her run and the future of NYC.

During the GEM David looks into Greece's recovery, Europe's slump, and Brazil's privatization efforts.

The problem with Tulsi Gabbard.

During the Global update we investigate Canada's removal of native people from their lands and Trump's attempts to remove Haitians from the United States.

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We break down the difference between Sanders and Warren

Shoutout to Haiti celebrating their revolution.

In the global update we talk about the uprising in Sudan and always #LulaLivre.

In the GEM, Griscom breaks down the economic outlook for 2019

Bhaskar Sunkara (@sunraysunray) joins us in the studio to talk the Knicks, the Cuban Revolution, and the difference between Sanders and Warren.

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On this week's Illicit History, Milton Allimadi (@Allimadi), Editor/Publisher of Black Star News, joins us to introduce the life of Burkina Faso's Thomas Sankara, sometimes referred to as Africa's Che Guevara. Burkina Faso's history with coups. The material and political conditions that led to Sunkara's rise. Cold War era implications for Burkina Faso foreign policy. The duplicity and treachery of Blaise Compoare and Thomas Sunkara's assassination.

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Washington Post columnist Elizabeth Bruenig (@EBruenig) joins us to discuss why progressives and the left should be skeptical of the signals Beto O'Rourke is sending early in his possible 2020 presidential run. What are Beto's positives? Beto's play on charisma over policy boldness. How to judge candidates who are coming from the center but adopting progressive positions? Why do Beto's supporters insist he's as "progressive" as Bernie instead of defending the objectively to-the-right economic positions the candidates hold.

 "Why this progressive Texan can’t get excited about Beto O’Rourke" by Liz here.

"My advice to progressives: Don’t back down" here.