The Michael Brooks Show

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Michael breaks down the situation in Rojava.

Wosny Lambre (@BigWos) host of Count The Dings joins us in studio to break down this stupid year.

Is Derrick Fisher a scumbag?

We try to figure out what the hell Candace Owens is saying.

We talk about the year of Kanye.

The crew watches some vintage Chomsky on power and language.

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We talk about the migrant caravan and how it shows what human solidarity, hope, and a possibility for emancipatory politics.  

Shoutout to the Climate Extinction Project, a group fighting for our future. 

Current Affairs Editor Vanessa A Bee (@dolladollabillie) joins us to talk about the ongoing Yellow Vest movement and French politics. 

During the GEM, David breaks down the coming rate hikes and why the real power in our economy lies in wealth not income. 

Michael interviews Lula's attorney Valeska Martins about #LulaLivre and the future of Brazil.

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Former ANC revolutionary, founding member of Umkhonto we Sizwe, former intelligence minister in the Thabo Mbeki government and deputy defense minister for Nelson Mandela, Ronnie Kasrils joins us to talk about the African National Congress and Jacob Zuma's politics in the 1990s. How the ANC responded to the rightwing reaction to progress. The ANC's efforts to avoid Neocolonial control following their new access to power. The stickiness of the economic relations of the pre-revolutionary order. Making the best of a neoliberal compromise, and Zuma's shift to corruption.

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We talk about the Yellow Vest movement and what it means for the left going forward. 

Shoutout to Lula for refusing to trade his dignity for freedom. 

During the global update, we cover the assassination of Brazilian leaders of the Landless Movement of the boldness of the far-right and in India, the BJP saw major losses in the recent election. 

During the GEM, David breaks down the way that capital tries to subvert democracy. 

Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) of the Rolling Stone joins us in studio to talk about what to do about Facebook 

How do we fix facebook?

Members-only postgame for Nov 27, 2018 ft. Professor Richard Wolff.    To get the postgame every week, support the show at Patreon.com/tmbs   During this postgame with Richard Wolff we talk Louis Althusser, the Marxist tradition, and Jordan Peterson. We also watch footage of an altercation between Wolff and Griscom.  

This is a free edition of TMBS for December 4, 2018. To support the show and get hours of premium content subscribe at patreon.com/tmbs   We discuss George HW Bush's legacy of decimation and murder. Shoutout to Fred Hampton, we look at his vision and remind everyone of how they can help defend his home - https://www.gofundme.com/officialsavethehamptonhouse During the global update we talk about AMLO's inauguration and we give an update on the situation in Brazil.   For the GEM, Griscom breaks down the recent Wall Street sell-off and how Trump is getting played.  Mike Recine (@mikerecine) joins us in studio to talk about scumbag on scumbag violence. 

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We talk about the importance of the Irish struggle and the threat that Brexit poses to peace. 

Shoutout to Amazon workers for going on strike reminding the company, “we are not robots.” 

During the GEM, David breaks down what corporations are spending their money on intellectual property. 

We are joined by Professor Wolff (@ProffWolff) in studio to talk Brexit and the Marxist critique of the global economy. 

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Filmmaker Anthony Lappé (@AnthonyLappe), producer of the recent series 'America's War On Drugs,' joins us this week for a wide-ranging discussion on Cold War foreign policy and latin American drug lords.  The 'Cocaine Coup' in Bolivia and the origins of the modern drug trade. The role of Operation Condor and our CIA in propping up right wing governments and drug lords. The Reagan Era and support of the Contras. Freeway Ricky Ross and the intoduction of crack into black communities as a product of funding the Contras against the Sandinistas. How high up were these decisions made, and exactly how important was the Nicaraguan connection in spawning the crack epidemic. Are the same dynamics at play in Afghanistan?

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Julian Brave NoiseCat (@JNoiseCat), a freelance writer and policy analyst for 350.org joins us for a wide-ranging discussion on property rights (and what an indigenous perspective offers that even a Marxist one doesn't), the partnership and tensions between environmental and inidigenous rights activism, and Elizabeth Warren's DNA test.

"The western idea of private property is flawed. Indigenous peoples have it right," The Guardian 

"Standing Rock and the Struggle Ahead," Jacobin 

"Elizabeth Warren Is Not Native American," HuffPo 

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Facebook, Amazon, Walmart, benefit from our government while attacking working Americans, we need to stop it. 

Shoutout to Stacey Abrams for refusing to accept a stolen election. 

During the GEM segment, David warns us that capitalism is coming for our beer. 

Natalie Wynn (@Contrapoints) calls in to talk about the attack on fighting Trump’s attacks on the trans* community and how she owned Ben Shapiro with facts and logic.

We call Corey Pein (@coreypein) to talk about how terrible Silicon Valley still is.