Alan outlines a program for his proposal to create a new political party. He talks about why a new party is necessary and possible, what the strategic orientation of organizing could be, and four essentials elements to be included in this program.

Alan explains his reasons for changing strategy to the creation of a new  political party. He discusses a strategy for establishing a new party  within our two-party system and his preference for an ideological  position between Marxist democratic socialism and anarchist socialism.

Alan wraps up the show for 2022 and gives a preview of his plan for it in 2023.

Alan discusses a new political strategy encompassing electoral politics,  the need for a unifying vision on the left, what spirituality can offer  socialism, and why this may be his final episode of the show.

Alan discusses the push to get progressives to adopt a New Economic Bill  of Rights as a rallying cry, and some of the pros and cons of this.

Alan reflects on ditching the libertarian socialist label, dogmatic Marxism, political activities he's been involved in lately, the fecklessness of the national Democratic Party, optimism about political change, and other random topics.

Alan continues his comparison of progressivism and socialism. He discusses the effects of the neo-liberal turn of the 1980s on the Nordic nations such as Norway, Denmark and Sweden and draws some lessons for a model of socialism in the U.S.

Alan differentiates progressivism and socialism in the stories they tell about how we got here and how how fundamentally capitalism needs to be changed. He discusses how the profit motive has affected international financial arrangements and the turn toward conservative politics since the 1980s.

Alan discusses the problems of trying to advance a political agenda through political parties in the United States. He then suggest some ways to deal with these problems.

Alan discusses the problems of electoral politics and some ways to address them. He explains that tactics are dependent on each state's electoral rules, and that the counterweight to money in politics is to have independent electoral organizations not tied to particular candidates.