The Michael Brooks Show

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Michael explains why we need to abolish ICE now. 

Shout-out to the voters of Ireland for voting 66% to repeal the ban on abortion in the country. 

Mehrsa Baradaran (@MehrsaBaradaran) joins us by phone to talk about the racial wealth gap, postal banking, and a federal jobs guarantee.

David Griscom debuts a new financial news segment, this week focusing on the unfolding African debt crisis.    

Felix Biederman of Chapo Trap House (@Byyourlogic) joins us to talk Assassin’s Creed, the effects that money has on rich people’s heads, and Louis Farrakhan.   

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Activist and organizer Bill Fletcher Jr. (@BillFletcherJr) joins us once again this week to discuss the black marxist tradition. How black marxism frees marxist thought from Eurocentric lessons. What a globalized Marxist project looks like. The importance of anti-colonialism to the left. Also, Bill goes into his problems with Black Panther.

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We revisit the intellectual dark web nonsense and lifestyle brand that Jordan Peterson is trying to create.   

Eric Turkheimer (@Ent3c) professor of psychology at University of Virginia talks about what IQ testing means what it doesn’t, and IQ and genetics.

We throw a Michigan-based political pretender into the gulag.

Nida Khan (@NidaKhanNy) joins us in studio to talk about whether you can be a liberal if you do not support the Palestinians. 

Shoutout to the Poor People’s Campaign for chronicling and amplifying the demands of poor people across the US.

On the second episode of Woke Bros, Wos and Michael, get to the heart of the class talk behind Azalea Banks attacks on Cardi B. Become a patron to get Woke Bros and all TMBS content https://www.patreon.com/TMBS

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Michael makes the lines in Israel clear justice or Apartheid.

Featuring a new track by DJ Danarchy (@DJDanarchy) we shoutout Seattle’s city council who just passed a “head tax” on big business, to Amazon’s dismay.

Alison Hartson (@HartsonForCA) calls in to talk about her run for U.S. Senate challenging Diane Feinstein.

Bhaskar Sunkara (@sunraysunray) founder of Jacobin magazine joins us in studio to dining and dashing, Brazil, the limits of reformism, and some speculation about a Bernie 2020 run.

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Michael speaks with Brian Dymit, organizer for Homecare Our Way (@HomecareOurWay) and member of the TMBS community on how the TMBS discord assisted in coming together to fight for better wages for careworkers and guarantee care for people who need it.

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Djene Rhys Bajalan (@djenebajalan), Assistant Professor of Middle East History at Missouri State, joins us for a special early edition this week on the Iran deal. What's Iran's response? What does this mean for geopolitics in the middle east? And what does this mean for the status of US diplomacy.

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6:59 Michael breaks down the destructive, reckless, and buffoonish, decision to end the Iran deal.

19:45 Shoutout to Bernie Sanders for introducing the Workplace Democracy Act.

27:32 Co-founding editor & columnist at The Intercept (@ggreenwald) joins us to talk about the contradictions in Lula’s corruption case, the revolutionary spirit of Marielle Franco and the importance of catching her murderers.

1:01:44 Bari Weiss is sent to the Gulag for obvious reasons.

1:12:06 Julia Salazar (@JuliaCarmel__) DSA-endorsed Democratic candidate for State Senate NY-18 joins us in studio to talk about the experiences that lead to her campaign.

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In honor of May Day, Michael explains about the legacy of the union movement and new strategies for how we can build workers power and solidarity in the future. 

Shoutout to the Economic Fighters League who are working to reignite Ghana’s anti-colonial legacy. 

Wosny Lambre (@BigWos) host of Count The Dings & Uninterrupted’s The Score calls in to talk about Kanye, the Cavs, and why sports fans are trash. 

For his cynical accusations against Iran Bibi is sentenced to the Gulag. 

We are joined live in studio by Senior Politics Editor at The Intercept Briahna Joy Gray (@BrieBrieJoy) joins us in studio to talk Bernie 2020 and critiquing liberals.

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Michael explains how capitalism fuels climate change and how we can work together to combat both.

Shout-out to NYC-DSA for bouncing Milo.

H. Bomberguy (@Hbomberguy) calls in to talk about the strange world of rightwing YouTube.    

Anoa Changa (@TheWayWithAnoa) joins us for a special Gulag segment.

Corey Pein (@CoreyPein) is in studio to take us through his new book “Live, Work, Work, Work, Die” and a new investment opportunity with laborize.com.