What's Left?

Eduardo and Andy discuss the recent elections in Brazil.  Once again we see the rise of a right-wing, populist candidate spouting nationalism, sexism and anti-immigrant racism.  Why is this happening in Brazil?  Why is it happening around the globe?  What does it mean for the Left? What's Left?Website:  Podcasts:iTunes:  Googleplaymusic:  stitcher: Additional Links: Brazil Under Lula

This week, Eduardo and Andy discuss all the nonsense and drama behind the Brett Kavanaugh nomination for the Supreme Court and our thoughts and responses to the hearing on allegations of sexual abuse leveled against him. We are getting this episode out a little early because some people who are important to us (and we love very much) insisted that we get it out early! What's Left? Website: Podcasts: iTunes: Googleplaymusic: stitcher: Additional Links: The Hidden Epidemic of Men who are Raped by Women Fighting the Supreme Court in the Streets and in the Workplace Meet Tarana Burke, Activist Who Started “Me Too” Campaign to Ignite Conversation on Sexual Assault Activist Tarana Burke began "Me Too" as a grassroots movement to aid sexual assault survivors in underprivileged communities, where rape crisis centers and sexual assault workers weren’t going. Tarana Burke is now a program director at Girls for Gender Equity. In Janus Case, Court Issues Major Anti-Labor Ruling, Eviscerating Power of Public-Sector Unions Sotomayor, a Trailblazer and a Dreamer Sotomayor: 'Always Looking Over My Shoulder' Cricket, Ivy League classmates startled student Sonia Sotomayor Sotomayor’s Focus on Race Issues May Be Hurdle Sotomayor Has Said Gender and Ethnicity 'Make a Difference' in Judging Princeton key to knowing Sotomayor Catholic Church Cover-up: 300 Priests Sexually Abused 1,000 Children in Pennsylvania “This Church Is a Criminal Enterprise”: Former Priest & Survivor Speak Out on PA Catholic Sex Abuse

Eduardo and Andy talk about how their ideas changed from accepting what they were taught, to challenging it and then breaking from it.  Now, having arrived at a new place, what happens when your ideas need to change again?  How do you know which way to go?  We touch on some of these questions. What's Left? Website: Podcasts: iTunes:      Googleplaymusic:      stitcher: Additional Links: Rodney King Beatings OJ Simpson Trial Kosovo War (Who are the War Criminals?) The Rambouillet Accord Writings of Georg Lukacs Writings of Isaac Deutscher The Opinion of Children on Politicians in Mexico Madeline Albright Quote

Eduardo and Andy discuss the politics around the climate change summit in California.  What's Left? Website: Podcasts: iTunes: Googleplaymusic: stitcher: Additional Links: Jerry Brown takes Heat over Carbon-swapping About Jim Steele Debate on source of climate change Judith Curry Interview of a Pro-capitalist Anarchist Never Alone Trailer Geo-Engineering in Viet Nam

Eduardo and Andy discuss the recent shoe/apparel deal struck between Nike and Colin Kaepernick.  The ad campaign seems to lend support to Kaepernick's cause of fighting/highlighting racism and police brutality in the US with him featured prominently and a slogan saying "Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything." Who and what benefits most from this controversial association? Kaepernick or Nike? The Cause or Capitalism? What's Left? Website: Podcasts: iTunes: Googleplaymusic: stitcher: Additional Links: Article on Nike stocks History of "American Football"

Eduardo and Andy discuss the recent prison strike called by Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee and Jailhouse Lawyers Speak.  We cover in detail each of the 10 demands of the strike, and talk about why they are important, and what they expose about the U.S prison system. What's Left? Website: Podcasts: iTunes:  Googleplaymusic: stitcher: Additional links: Interview of IWOC member on prison strike Mass Incarceration: 2018 IWOC Prisoner Wages Punishment Fails. Rehabilitation Works. Brazil Museum Fires

Eduardo and Andy interview Jake Schmidt.  We do these interviews do give people another perspective on politics than the one they hear from us.  We also hope to highlight that the important views are the ones that regular people have, not politicians, not 'experts'. Its regular people who will change the world, so its those opinions and beliefs we'll be focusing on. What's Left? Website: Podcasts: iTunes: Googleplaymusic: stitcher: Additional Links: https://bitcarbon.co/ Link referred to by Jake at the end of the video.  Check it out!

Sorry!  First upload was only 12min.  This one should work (41min) Eduardo and Andy discuss recent decisions across the globe either restricting or expanding women's access to abortion rights.  We explain our differing reasons for supporting a woman's right to choose. What's Left? Website: Podcasts: iTunes: Googleplaymusic: stitcher:

Eduardo and Andy discuss the recent ban by Facebook, YouTube, Apple and Spotify on InfoWars (and others). Should these actions be supported or opposed? What's Left? Website: Podcasts: iTunes:     Googleplaymusic:      stitcher: Additional Links: What’s Left?: On Independent Media Obama’s use of Espionage Act Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Another point of view on Brest-Litovsk The Smith Act (1940) What’s Left? Socialism 101 Alexandra Kollantai Her writings Robert Mueller released his indictment alleging that 13 Russian nationals colluded to disrupt the 2016 elections. Who are these Russian nationals sowing discord? And who are these Americans that were manipulated?? •The Curious Case of the Russian Flash Mob at the West Palm Beach Cheesecake Factory •Karl Popper: ”Less well known is the paradox of tolerance: Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. — In this formulation, I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be unwise. But we should claim the right to suppress them if necessary even by force; for it may easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level of rational argument, but begin by denouncing all argument; they may forbid their followers to listen to rational argument, because it is deceptive, and teach them to answer arguments by the use of their fists or pistols. We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.” Popper, Karl, The Open Society and Its Enemies, volume 1, The Spell of Plato, 1945 (Routledge, United Kingdom) •Correction: I stated Radio Lab had reported on the Alaskan immigration town debate. It was actually This American Life that had reported on it. Episode 621/21 July 2017 Fear and Loathing in Homer and Rockville Two towns where people got really upset about undocumented immigrants, even though in both places, that did not seem to be the most important thing happening at all. One of the towns, a small town in Alaska, has no undocumented immigrants at all, but the possibility of them arriving put the whole town at each other’s throats. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/621/fear-and-loathing-in-homer-and-rockville

Eduardo and Andy talk about the anniversary of the Charlottesville demonstrations and discuss whether fascism in on the rise in the U.S..  We also talk about the tactics and politics of Antifa. What's Left? Website: Additional Links: Bobo doll experiment https://www.britannica.com/event/Bobo-doll-experiment https://www.simplypsychology.org/bobo-doll.html Dr. Cornel West interview, "We would've been crushed like cockroaches"