This episode continues the series on “What We’re Building” - the most relevant and necessary work happening on the US Left today. Immanuel Wallerstein, the sociologist behind World-Systems Theory, wrote: "The key problem for the Global Left is not its organization, however important that be. The key problem is lucidity."

William is joined this episode by three guests who are working to develop a more lucid understanding of reality and what to do about it. Together they explore the Left's own ideological infrastructure - the ideas we’re developing, and the means of disseminating them.

This episode's guests include:

In the discussion they engage the righ-wing economic foundation still leading the academic and policy-making world, the role of the law and courts in our current poly-crisis, and the strategic engagement needed for change. They explore how each guest navigates left terminology in the unique spaces and audiences they find themselves communicating with: When and where are we identifying as "the Left"? Or "Marxist"? Or "Progressive"? And why? The podcast also delves into the importance of good faith, "closed-door" conversations with comrades to develop political education and unity around challenging ideas as well as how respectful and balanced dialogues can be facilitated within those spaces.

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