What's Left?

Eduardo and Andy discuss racism. What is it? Where does it come from? Who benefits from it? What's Left? Website: Additional links: The New Jim CrowThe Roots of Racism On Primitive Communism https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/14/early-men-women-equal-scientists https://libcom.org/history/primitive-communism-barbarism-origins-class-society-lionel-sims US Civil War: the 2nd American Revolution http://www.counterfire.org/a-marxist-history-of-the-world/15405-the-american-civil-war-the-second-us-revolution https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/08/second-american-revolution-civil-war-charleston-emancipation-lincoln-union Reconstruction and the African-American Odyssey

Gun control, the State, racism and violence in America. What's Left? website Additional links to podcast: Andy wrote an article about the gun control debate several years ago. Eduardo provides some links for many of the things he said in the discussion below. Rate of Mass Shootings Has Tripled Since 2011, Harvard Research Shows: Everytown for Gun Safety report of domestic/family violence link to mass shootings (2009-2016): https://everytownresearch.org/reports/mass-shootings-analysis/ https://everytownresearch.org/reports/guns-and-violence-against-women/ Democracy Now!'s domestic violence and mass shooting connection and related discussions: https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/7/how_domestic_violence_and_militarism_open https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/9/mass_shootings_and_domestic_violence https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/6/suspect_in_texas_church_massacre_was https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/6/after_texas_massacre_drexel_prof_asks https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/6/why_did_media_overlook_sept_shooting San Bernardino elementary teacher and students shot by estranged husband: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-shooting/california-gunman-kills-wife-self-as-she-teaches-class-student-also-dead-idUSKBN17C24T https://www.democracynow.org/2017/4/11/headlines/california_husband_murders_his_wife_an_8_year_old_boy_at_elementary_school In April of 1996, a gunman opened fire on tourists in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 and wounding 23 others. Within 12 days of the attack, Australia’s conservative government announced a bipartisan deal to enact gun control measures: https://www.democracynow.org/2017/10/4/after_las_vegas_massacre_advocates_look Armed violence and gun laws, country by country In a sea of web sites offering unverified, polarised opinions on gun violence, GunPolicy.org provides evidence-based, country-by-country intelligence from a broad range of official and academic sources. This university site is for researchers, officials, journalists and advocates who need accurate citations and rapid access to credible sources.

The media frenzy surrounding Rosanne Barr's tweets about Valerie Jarrett. What's Left? website Additional links to info in video: Evidence of Institutional racism Wealth inequality in the US Racial discrimination in US criminal justice system Race and deliberations in US juries

Eduardo interviews Andy on what he means by "Socialism" and poses his own questions/doubts about it. What's Left? website LOTS of links on terms referred to in the video: Where does profit come from? Lenin on “Dictatorship of the Bourgeoisie” Dictatorship of the Proletariat More on Dictatorship of the Proletariat  Profit of Capitol State and Revolution The Paris Commune of 1871 Role of workers councils Introduction to State Capitalism Democracy and the soviets Workers Councils in Germany The Russian Revolution and Russian Colonies The Seattle General Strike of 1919 Separation of mental and manual labor Role of the Vyborg Workers in Russian Rev Rosa Luxembourg (Reform or Revolution) Marx and definitions of Class Enclosure Acts and the Industrial Revolution Solidarity in Disaster Fredrick Douglas (reply of the colored delegation to the President) Value of Women’s unpaid labor Why we still want to strike! Communist Manifesto

What's behind the recent attack on immigrants by the Trump administration, the role of the Democratic Party and the possibility of open borders? What's Left? website Additional links: Statistic on immigration under Clinton, Bush and Obama The Deportation Machine Built for President Trump As Detention Centres Hit Capacity, Trump Eyes Tent Cities on Military Bases to Jail Migrant Children Exclusive: Trump looking to erect tent cities to house unaccompanied children “Hidden Horrors”: Reporter Debbie Nathan on Mass Trials & Kids Separated from Parents at the Border Hidden Horrors of “Zero Tolerance” — Mass Trials and Children Taken From Their Parents Border Patrol Continues to Exaggerate Danger to Agents to Justify Violence Against Immigrants Lobbyists given draft document outlining House leaders' contentious immigration proposal Hearings on DOJ bias in “Russia probe” Stats on E-Verify Do undocumented workers pay taxes? Do undocumented workers ‘steal’ benefits?

Continuing their discussion from last week, we debate the merits of independent media outlets like Democracy Now and what it means to be 'pragmatic' about making social change. What's Left? website Reform or Revolution: “Facts” on immigration from the Right

What are the implications of the recent NY primary victory of Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez? Is her candidacy a challenge to Democratic Party or a trap laid for U.S. workers and the Left? What's Left? Website Obama’s Attack on the Media 1 Obama's attack on leakers Sane Progressive “Hillary Clinton Nomination a Coup”

Eduardo and Andy's introductory podcast on what "What's Left?" is about. What's Left? website

The Iran Deal and its implication for the Middle East, the United States and the Anti-war movement. What's Left? website

Andy asks Eduardo about his trip to Mexico and what it means to him, then the discussion turns to politics in Mexico, the recent election and who is AMLO, Andrés Manuel López Obrador? What's Left? website: Links: AMLO Documentary “Estoy Soy”