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The Entry Level Left Podcast
By The Entry Level Left
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The Entry Level Left PodcastAug 29, 2020
![#1: An Intro To Socialism](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/25991776/25991776-1656470208968-71630016816e3.jpg)
#1: An Intro To Socialism
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Solidarity Forever!
Learn the facts about socialism from Economist Dr. Richard Wolff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Bi-q89j5Y
Nordic Economic Model A.K.A Welfare State Capitalism: https://bit.ly/1KKjLFg
The Principles Of Communism: https://bit.ly/1PwDfz6
The Communist Manifesto: https://bit.ly/1gPDLW4
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End theme: Original Folk Song Pillage, Plunder by host of the show, M.R!
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![UNLOCKED Bonus 10: Neo-Bidenism](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/25991776/25991776-1656442481952-1995940623cff.jpg)
UNLOCKED Bonus 10: Neo-Bidenism
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Solidarity Forever!
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UNLOCKED Bonus 9: Cthulhu Capitalism
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UNLOCKED Bonus 8: 2020 Election Review
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Solidarity Forever!
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UNLOCKED Bonus 7: The Gang Lives In A Society
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![UNLOCKED Bonus 6: Conspiracies](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/25991776/25991776-1656446556510-8566211f198bb.jpg)
UNLOCKED Bonus 6: Conspiracies
HOW CONSPIRACY THEORIES OPERATE TO DISINFORM AND DISTRACT
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Solidarity Forever!
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UNLOCKED: Bonus 5: Reactionary Forces
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Solidarity Forever!
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TEASER Bonus #10: Neo-Bidenism
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Solidarity Forever!
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![#27: Welcome to DeVry](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/25991776/25991776-1656447598824-abeb40c34f973.jpg)
#27: Welcome to DeVry
The ELL gang talks about the U.S university and college education systems, cultural mythology of The American Dream, the profit motive, and how higher learning has been made in the image of the market.
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Solidarity Forever!
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TEASER Bonus #9: Cthulhu Capitalism
Listen to us yak about stimulus checks, neoliberal bureaucracy, and Capitalism's insidious, Lovecraftian tendrils of cultural influence in this Patreon exclusive bonus episode.
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![#26: Woke Academia](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/25991776/25991776-1656447823591-51b21671729b.jpg)
#26: Woke Academia
The ELL gang talks about liberal academia, the cultural manufacturing of performative politics, and their contradictions. Radical Academics for the Status Quo: https://bit.ly/2KQg749
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![#25: The Socialist Dilemma](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/25991776/25991776-1656452853564-5173481f5832d.jpg)
#25: The Socialist Dilemma
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The ELL gang talks about the new Netflix documentary called "The Social Dilemma" to break down the bullshit.
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![#24: Energy Democracy (Interview with Luiza)](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/25991776/25991776-1656453023494-22418dbd18fd9.jpg)
#24: Energy Democracy (Interview with Luiza)
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The ELL gang talks to friend of the show, PhD student - Management and Sustainability, Luiza Brabo Catala about Energy Democracy, Fuel Poverty, and the union struggle for decentralizing energy systems.
Strategies of Energy Democracy - James Angel: https://bit.ly/3ei8MFx
Resist, Reclaim, Restructure; Unions: https://bit.ly/2TKssII
Political Power & Renewable Energy Futures: https://bit.ly/3212vco
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![TEASER Bonus #7: The Gang Lives in A Society](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/25991776/25991776-1656454501858-ba64cc6e38b0e.jpg)
TEASER Bonus #7: The Gang Lives in A Society
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Solidarity Forever!
Listen to us critique and review Hollywood blockbuster "The Joker" in context of Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher.
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![#23: Capitalist Realism](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/25991776/25991776-1656454780316-caa3004273457.jpg)
#23: Capitalist Realism
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01:40: What is Capitalist Realism and why is it relevant today?
05:00: How does capitalist realism perform anti-capitalism for us?
15:00: How has capitalist ideology led us to accept that everything should run as a business?
24:00: What is liberal communism and how do we see it playing out today?
36:00: How do we understand increased bureaucracy under capitalism?
47:15: How does Fisher link these concepts to mental health and education?
54:30: How does capitalist realism shift capitalism’s failure from individuals to government?
60:00: How does the left move on from a romantic attachment to politics of failure?
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Solidarity Forever!
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![#22: Reform, Abolition, Revolution](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/25991776/25991776-1656457350749-638e01e84cea8.jpg)
#22: Reform, Abolition, Revolution
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Solidarity Forever!
08:08: What are the differences between police abolition and reform?
10:00: Concepts of reform vs abolition for policing https://bit.ly/2Z9HMBO
22:00: Can toxic law enforcement culture be resolved by simple reform?
30:00: Why are concepts of class and race inseparable in the U.S context?
37:35: What were the differences between Luxembourg and Bernstein’s positions?
41:00: What are our ideas on reform vs. revolution?
52:16: Are we witnessing a revolutionary moment right now?
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![#21: George Floyd Police Riots](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/25991776/25991776-1656460622142-bd0dc767ebd83.jpg)
#21: George Floyd Police Riots
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In this episode, we invite our friend Ian Hinson of Los Angeles CA on the show to report back about protests, riots, and looting.
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![#20: The Workplace Under Capitalism](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/25991776/25991776-1656460246546-c3578caec4b61.jpg)
#20: The Workplace Under Capitalism
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1:10: Why do we work in the first place?
13:40: Right to work laws defund and disempower unions.
19:00: Bourgeois law formalizes the elevation of business over human life.
25:30: The American economy is built on fairy tales and lies.
28:45: The business owner-operator as a vector of neoliberal ideology
30:30: Economies of scale and the decline of small business https://bit.ly/35fcIlC
31:10: What is company culture and what are the limitations imposed by capital?
32:20: Samsung chairman gets 18 months for union busting https://tcrn.ch/3bQHq75
33:20: A third of employees have been employed by a gig service. https://bit.ly/3bQaE66
38:05: What are some common gripes about applying for jobs?
39:00: Gender, sex, and racial disparities in the hiring process https://pewrsr.ch/2YjinGa
42:30: Capitalism incentivizes discrimination and ableism in the hiring process.
56:40: Work doesn’t necessarily stop when you clock out.
57:30: How does your identity intersect with the workplace?
1:04:30: You’re more likely to be depressed without a job https://bit.ly/2VOQdRK
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![UNLOCKED Bonus 4: Doomers Anonymous](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/25991776/25991776-1656460382565-650ef642bd597.jpg)
UNLOCKED Bonus 4: Doomers Anonymous
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Recorded 4/3/2020:
Our friend and guest Ian comes on to talk with us about Bernie, DNC incompetence, contradictions within capitalism, and political economy in the age of the Covid-19 Pandemic.
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Stay safe and much love from the ELL gang!
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![#19: Police Unions with Kelcey Duggan](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/25991776/25991776-1656460392860-0247732ea9b8b.jpg)
#19: Police Unions with Kelcey Duggan
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Mat's friend and our special guest Kelcey Duggan comes on to talk with us about her work as a policy analyst, abolitionist, & researcher focused on community safety and justice.
5:25: Why do leftists consider police to be “class traitors?”
10:00: Oakland mothers evicted https://bit.ly/33phD2J
12:30: How are typical labor unions different from police unions?
14:40: Chicago police academy approved https://bit.ly/2WtsYwW
18:00: Police unions hold asymmetrical power over the working class
35:00: Kelcey’s Community Resource Hub https://bit.ly/3ddMuDZ
36:30: Massachusetts Bail Fund https://bit.ly/3b86mGH
37:05: Kelcey’s paper on ending cash bail https://bit.ly/3d4y9tg
39:30: Seattle PD sues to fight oversight https://bit.ly/390aEyn
42:10: Police unions shield officers from accountability https://reut.rs/3b75YIa
47:15: Which cities are leading the charge on criminal justice reform?
51:50: Has U.S culture imposed the idea that police are above the law?
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@dereckapurnell
@dreanyc123
@prisonculture on Twitter
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![BONUS 3: Pod Save Benghazi](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/25991776/25991776-1656460402962-31ab74e1b1811.jpg)
BONUS 3: Pod Save Benghazi
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18:45: The Democratic Party Devours Itself https://nyti.ms/3avIyMi
19:30: David Brooks wrong on Bernie https://bit.ly/3awErjs
20:15: Washington Post’s disguised civility politic https://wapo.st/38pfwg6
22:00: Bernie was right about Cuba https://cnn.it/2x3gRft
36:00: Democratic Party Leaders willing to sabotage party to beat Bernie https://nyti.ms/2IjpzZt
38:45: Mayo Pete on Twitter https://bit.ly/2Tma2yr
39:00: Florida Dems suing to get Bernie off ballot https://politi.co/3arC3dC
41:00: Billionaire rapist Harvey Weinstein donates most to Hillary https://bit.ly/2xbXaSW
43:00: Hillary Clinton set to make her own podcast https://politi.co/2wt6P79
45:30: Bernie can still win. Here’s the math: https://nyti.ms/2ww9EEm
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![#18: U.S Education](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/25991776/25991776-1656460416007-13bb54f363144.jpg)
#18: U.S Education
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1:00: How has inequality in America impacted the education system?
8:55: A Nation At Risk https://bit.ly/2PvX8eG
11:40: How has the U.S education policy been shaped by neoliberal capitalism?
15:30: Learning to Labor by Paul Willis https://bit.ly/32y0mUt
21:00: ITT Tech, Everest University, and the commodification of education
26:50: How does a focus on test-taking affect critical thinking skills?
30:00: Schooling In Capitalist America by Bowles & Gintis https://rb.gy/1s0s8k
36:00: How does an unequal education system create market opportunities?
46:00: What are the differences between public, private, and charter schools?
1:04:50: How does the U.S education system reinforce bourgeois ideology?
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![BONUS 2: A Coup In Iowa](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/25991776/25991776-1656460439930-c02030111b716.jpg)
BONUS 2: A Coup In Iowa
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08:15: Medicare for All cost-benefit analysis: https://bit.ly/2vX3FZ0
13:15: CNN refraining from airing the Iowa results: https://bit.ly/3bsuLr8
17:25: Popular vote fan Pete loses to guy with more votes https://bit.ly/38egzAh
21:30: Shadow App, ACRONYM, and Pete’s transparent corruption https://bit.ly/37ch64g
24:00: NYT reporting gross inaccuracies in Iowa: https://nyti.ms/3bswkW2
25:30: U.S involvement in Bolivian coup https://bit.ly/2H8xOXV
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![#17: Manufacturing Consent](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/25991776/25991776-1656460448428-8ed972ba931c8.jpg)
#17: Manufacturing Consent
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2:32: What do we mean by manufactured consent?
3:10: The five filters of editorial bias https://bit.ly/2SesBCU
7:00: 90% of media controlled by 6 companies https://to.pbs.org/3755bFC
10:00: Corporate journalism is an oxymoron.
10:40: Peter Thiel’s fight with Gawker https://bit.ly/2GSLK88
11:30: Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media https://bit.ly/3beIkdF
17:00: Matt Taibii on Noam Chomsky https://bit.ly/2Sn5lTr
25:00 The media framing of Soleimani https://wapo.st/2umBHp7
30:00 Juan Guaido bankrolled by the CIA https://bit.ly/2uaWhcf
32:00 CIA coup against Iran’s Mossadegh https://n.pr/3bhzbBt
35:25: Lieberman’s Cursed Liberal Opinion https://on.wsj.com/396gJJW
46:30: Samuel Sinyangwe’s cursed take https://bit.ly/2SnoyEg
50:50: Literal king of the week: Mike Prysner of PSL https://bit.ly/2Upxz2r
54:45: Washington Post having a normal one https://wapo.st/2S1DZmS
1:05:30: Friends of the pod, Communist Killer Dolphins https://bit.ly/31q7rG4
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![BONUS Interview: Wahsayah Whitebird](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/25991776/25991776-1656460462931-f349953d124ca.jpg)
BONUS Interview: Wahsayah Whitebird
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1:30: Communist elected to city council of Ashland, WI https://bit.ly/2ZewLOl
2:55: Wahsayah talks about his journey through leftist politics
8:55: Wahsayah talks to us about the specifics of his experience with his tribe
14:30: The electoral journey for city councilman and Wahsayah’s platform
18:15: Restrictive minimum wage laws in Ashland, WI
22:00: Wahsayah’s political platform for city councilman
24:00: The effect of the affordable housing crisis in WI
30:00: The organization process for election
39:00: Wahsayah dunks on anti-gun comments from Republicans
49:00: Are electoral politics sufficient to enact socialism?
52:00: Wahsayah’s thoughts on the Epstein case
57:00: White supremacist killings: Mental illness or ideology?
1:06:00: Wahsayah recommends reading Lenin https://bit.ly/2ZiCGSd
1:07:00: The Invention of Capitalism by Michael Perelman https://bit.ly/35QFAQD
1:10:00: The Communist Current: https://bit.ly/34KyYSB
1:11:00: Wahsayah For City Council: https://bit.ly/2EMu3WG
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![#16: Marketing: Capitalist Psychology](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/25991776/25991776-1656460469391-98b2af28330c4.jpg)
#16: Marketing: Capitalist Psychology
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00:35: What role does marketing play in capitalist society?
00:45: The 4 “P’s” of marketing https://bit.ly/2O8xc8G
09:00: The deceitfulness of branding and the illusion of choice
18:40: 10 companies control the food industry https://bit.ly/2KJrpoa
20:20: Soy farming threatens indigenous people and the Amazon https://bit.ly/2O6uzUW
26:40: Patents and the myth that innovation can only happen under capitalism
29:30: The vast majority of risk involved in innovation is financed by public money
38:00: How does marketing reinforce the status quo of bourgeois state power?
41:00: Woke brands and product placement as a form of psychological coercion
43:00: The ineptitude of reactionaries brand boycotting and voting with your wallet
44:00: Corporations model their expression of ethics based on profitability of culture
45:00: The ELL gang goes off on a drunken tangent
49:00: How corporations sell your nostalgia back to you for profit
53:00: Leftists buying Che Guevara shirts off Amazon: A Moral Predicament
54:00: Woke meta twitter politics: brands roasting other brands on Twitter
55:00: Arby’s Curly Fry Caucus of the DSA
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![#15: SJW culture](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/25991776/25991776-1656460481327-c425fd7ab71bc.jpg)
#15: SJW culture
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1:16: What is a “Social Justice Warrior?”
12:27: What is political correctness and how has the right wing weaponized it?
33:00: Representation without economic justice is not a coherent political platform!
34:30: What are identity politics?
40:21: What is call-out or cancel culture?
42:30: Our commentary on the Contrapoints scandal
44:00: The toxicity of cancel culture and punitive forms of justice
46:15: DSA convention liberal idpol antics
50:00: Restorative vs. punitive forms of justice
57:40: ¡Listener questions!
Anthony asks: Did you have an event that radicalized you as an anti-capitalist?
Jessica asks: How should the left build unity and solidarity in the coming years?
Luiza asks: How have identity movements been co-opted?
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![#14: Feminism (Interview with Dr. Samantha Bowden)](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/25991776/25991776-1656460505455-4b2fef835f48b.jpg)
#14: Feminism (Interview with Dr. Samantha Bowden)
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In this episode, we welcome Sam Bowden, PhD candidate and adjunct professor at Rutgers University to the show to talk about feminism, capitalism, and socialism! See her Rutger's profile here: https://bit.ly/2kkDgPr
1:55: What is feminism both generally and personally? Why is feminism important?
3:30: “Feminism Is For Everybody” by Bell Hooks https://bit.ly/1NSE4jx
8:11: What does every feminist need to know about capitalism?
14:50: How should we define intersectionality or intersectional feminism?
17:45: The Combahee River Collective https://bit.ly/2oUY6nP
22:30: What is “third wave” feminism?
26:50: Louise Kneeland on feminism and socialism https://bit.ly/2kkEjPo
28:00: What does a more socialist form of feminism look like?
35:20: How should the left deal with “woke” appeals to inclusion & diversity?
38:45: Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism by Jasbir Puar https://tinyurl.com/y46emgsb
39:39: How should the left understand identity as it intersects with social class?
46:30: What is leftist intersectionality vs. liberal, postmodern intersectionality?
53:20: How should the left respond to identity politics?
Suggested reading:
Women, Race, and Class by Angela Davis https://bit.ly/2EgOtaU
Women and Socialism, Class, Race, and Capital by Sharon Smith
Black Marxism by Cedric Robinson https://bit.ly/2lXszCM
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#13: Civility Politics
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1:05: What are “civility politics?”
2:00: ICG definition of civility in government https://bit.ly/2PeCkX1
7:25: Trump attacks Elijah Cummings https://bit.ly/2LdBKrZ
10:40: How are civility politics employed to pacify the working class?
11:05: Assata Shakur’s quote https://bit.ly/2ZtJcIx
21:00: Have American politics become too polarized?
32:40: What are the goals of civility as a political program?
34:45: Majority of violent terrorism linked to right wing ideology https://bit.ly/2S6yrYT
45:00 Puerto Rico protests https://abcn.ws/2MJkEW2
50:00: How did Obama’s presidency outline the hypocrisy of civility?
56:00: How does civility and centrism reinforce neoliberal capitalist ideology?
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#12: Private Prisons
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1:00: What is a private prison? When and why did they appear in America?
2:41: What policies mark the development of the modern prison system?
10:35: What is the prison industrial complex?
19:30: Who are the major entities responsible for the private prison system?
28:05 What are the priorities of private prisons?
31:30: What are some arguments in favor of private prisons?
42:10: What are some arguments against private prisons?
43:00: G4S https://bit.ly/1hJm3IO
43:30: CoreCivic https://bit.ly/2ST6lhZ
44:00: GeoGroup https://bit.ly/2K7rMJf
49:30: How has the profit motive of private prisons affected the working class?
52:00: Wayfair Walkout protest https://cnb.cx/2LPZFPZ
53:00: R.A.I.C.E.S https://bit.ly/2AMfvHA
58:50: 5 Links article by Hannah K. Gold https://bit.ly/2YffBTf
59:00: The New Jim Crow https://bit.ly/1wDCBHj
59:03: For Profit Imprisonment article by Andrea Jones https://bit.ly/2Yz0wXY
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#11: Cops and Capital
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01:10: What are some historical examples of classical policing?
05:11: What are some of the changes associated with modern policing?
07:30: Colquhoun’s rationale for private policing https://bit.ly/2JOUbTc
09:16: What social roles have police institutions played historically?
16:45: Althusser’s state apparatuses https://bit.ly/2YWgyw2
19:00: How do liberals view police institutions vs leftists?
28:30: What are some examples of police authority used against public interest?
29:00: Haymarket Square Incident https://bit.ly/2x7fQjO
32:40: Cops protecting Neo-Nazis at pride https://bit.ly/2xM9Ix9
45:05: Texas woman gets 5 years in prison for voting https://lat.ms/2SgHRyN
46:00: Why does the left say “All Cops Are Bastards?”
50:20: “The Bad Kind of Unionism” by Shawn Gude https://bit.ly/1wEXFx5
51:30: Why should the left not support police unions?
58:45: As unionism decreases, inequality increases https://bit.ly/2Fr3CJs
59:45: What is wrong with the “Blue Lives Matter” movement?
1:00:03: Black professor profiled by police https://bit.ly/2XQHYat
1:06:00: Muhammad Noor’s case https://cnn.it/2QWjtlu
1:08:00: Betty Shelby’s case https://wapo.st/2LmXNib
1:10:00: Albert Wilson’s case https://bit.ly/2XQjyc7
1:11:00: What might an alternative to militarized policing look like?
1:16:20: How does colonialism and uneven development intersect?
1:17:15: PoC comprised 38.5% of the population, but 51.5% of YLL
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#10: White Supremacy
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1:19: What is white supremacy?
3:05: 2018 domestic terrorists were mostly right wing https://bit.ly/2B8OCeJ
6:03: What are some examples of white supremacist movements?
11:45: What motivates white supremacy?
21:45: How should the left respond to the legacy of white supremacy?
23:20: Alyssa Milano getting dunked on by Left Twitter https://bit.ly/2JfXNgz
30:52: Racial biases in economic and social interactions https://bit.ly/2xbU0M7
35:15: Crenshaw’s district carves urban core of Houston https://bit.ly/2KO5zRY
36:15: Lee Atwater and the GOP’s racist strategy: https://bit.ly/2LsqFFa
38:00: The cost of Japanese internment during WW2 https://bit.ly/2FIF4cy
42:30: Abe Lincoln on deporting free slaves https://bit.ly/2XjlBKa
44:45: How do liberals view the intersection of capital & white supremacy?
52:05: What is white privilege and how is it embedded in Western society?
59:30: How does the dilemma of “free speech” enable white supremacy?
1:05:50: Christchurch murders fueled by right wing ideas https://bit.ly/2KQskF0
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#9: Labor Under Capitalism
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1:05: What are the essential processes of an economy?
2:15: What is essential to production in an economy?
4:23: What are 3 types of values associated with economic production?
10:23: What is Marx’s law of value or the labor theory of value?
18:55: What is “the tendency of the rate of profit to fall?”
25:15: What is a labor union?
28:45: Delta Airlines’ anti-Union propaganda https://lat.ms/2KpqXfy
29:50: Unionized workers tend to make more money https://cnnmon.ie/2MtBUiN
33:00: What is the purpose of a labor union?
33:26: What is a strike?
36:29: The UPS strike of 1997 https://bit.ly/2HTwEAI
37:00: What is a scab?
38:30: How do scabs undermine labor organizing?
41:55: What are the strengths and weaknesses of unions?
55:15: What were some major victories for labor in the 19th century?
56:50: The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 https://bit.ly/2xkInUp
1:05:00 What role has the left played in labor organizing in the U.S?
1:06:50: The Taft-Hartley Act https://bit.ly/2wDgiWe
1:10:30: Organizing a union in your workplace: https://bit.ly/2taxsZH
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#8: Capital Accumulation
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0:00: Clip: A Blueprint for building wealth
1:19: What is capital accumulation?
2:27: What types of capital can be accumulated?
3:45: Socialism means Jar-Jar Binks Lollipops for all https://bit.ly/2HuKl92
12:40: What factors contribute to growth in a capitalist economy?
18:18 What are the crises associated with over-accumulation of capital?
21:08: Why did Marx believe that capital tends to accumulate in few hands?
27:25: What are some characteristics of capitalism in decline?
37:39: According to Marx, what are the origins of capital accumulation?
39:51: Origin of the Family, Private Property & State https://bit.ly/2PT0oOJ
41:20: Margie Thatcher’s Housing Act of 1980 https://bit.ly/2WjqBxc
43:33: How does uneven development intersect with capital accumulation?
1:00:00: What is new urbanism?
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#7: Uneven Development
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01:25 What is uneven development? https://bit.ly/2aDmqkh
03:00: "Uneven development” via Rostow’s Stages https://bit.ly/2gC2hjP
07:36: How is uneven development related to imperialism and colonialism?
11:40: How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney https://bit.ly/2JhgzWB
16:32: What are the scopes and causes of uneven development?
18:27: Redlining, denial of mortgage loans, and disinvestment in Chicago https://bit.ly/2DSqsXk
20:25: What is the legacy of uneven development today?
20:35: Case studies of uneven development in Zambia and Tanzania https://bit.ly/2H2PxR4
22:15: Structural Adjustments of the IMF or World Bank cause poverty https://bit.ly/1qfKSOl
26:10: Thomas Sankara on foreign aid https://bit.ly/2VSv9u6
29:30: Therapy is less effective for people in poverty https://bit.ly/2JypKmD
30:00: Socioeconomic status correlating with social outcomes https://bit.ly/2J3jVgw
31:45: How does capitalism enable market attitudes that trend toward uneven development?
36:00: Capitalist market logic applied to West Virginia https://bit.ly/2H51khO
36:02: Richard Ojeda, milquetoast orange-man-bad liberal https://bit.ly/2VNWcXx
43:10: How are social relations relevant to examples of uneven development?
49:05: Gentrification and the Real Estate State by Samuel Stein https://bit.ly/2WEcI9y
51:20: New Urbanism: https://bit.ly/2gGaaq0
56:50: Boyle Heights gentrification protests https://bit.ly/2H5Pt21
59:30: Betsy DeVos privatizing education https://bit.ly/2J34x3D
1:00:30: How does uneven development foster nationalistic, reactionary tendencies?
1:03:00: Local examples: White flight, displacement, gentrification https://bit.ly/2VRt3uD
1:06:00: Eagle’s Landing in Atlanta, GA https://bit.ly/2V7wnxa
1:09:50: Low investment in neighborhoods equals low public school funding
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#6: Imperialism
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00:20: Former CIA Director admits U.S meddles in foreign elections. https://bit.ly/2XzoqTe
01:23: What is Imperialism?
05:58: Why is Imperialism still a relevant topic for leftist discussion?
08:03: Elliott Abrams, imperialist chore boy extraordinaire. https://bit.ly/2DCo5ry
09:46: Kant’s racism influenced Western academia for centuries. https://bit.ly/2GqU8Ll
11:39: Herbert Spencer’s Social Darwinism: A culture of race realism. https://bit.ly/2IOtq23
13:25: What are some historical examples of imperialism?
16:54: How is imperialism different from colonialism in concept?
20:22: Edward Said: Orientalism https://bit.ly/2XFI401
21:11: What are contemporary examples of imperialism?
22:43: Soft power and hard power. https://bit.ly/2UzbPgW
23:15: The U.S has hundreds of foreign military bases. https://bit.ly/2VW2LUY
28:40: Rubio tweets about Gaddafi’s brutalization to provoke Maduro. https://hrld.us/2UMrNcq
30:45: Gassing Kurds? U.S sleeps. Saddam invades Kuwait: Real shit? https://bit.ly/2JYBf23
31:33: Observers confirm legitimacy of elections in Venezuela. https://bit.ly/2Vnzgy4
33:15: Max Blumenthal debunks imperialist propaganda in Venezuela. https://bit.ly/2Tdlk8S
35:01: Pro-capitalist opposition protestors in support of Guaido burn aid. https://bit.ly/2Hbymhy
36:26: U.S doing the same to Venezuela as done to Mosaddegh in Iran. https://bit.ly/1snDH2Q
36:32: U.S did the same thing in El Salvador with Allende. https://bit.ly/23R15Lk
37:00: Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins. https://bit.ly/2IC31VT
37:45: General Smedley Butler, actual economic hitman.https://bit.ly/1QLdBbl
38:28: Coca Cola hired hired death squads in Columbia. https://bit.ly/2IRjPYn
39:00: How does capitalism ultimately produce neo-imperial regimes?
40:05: Recession of the 1890’s. https://bit.ly/2StkIra
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#5: An Intro to Fascism
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02:07: George Orwell on contemporary Fascism https://bit.ly/1eFboGp
03:26: What are definitions of Fascism past and present?
09:37: What are some specific characteristics of Fascism as an ideology?
10:33: Cranks in academia; Gregor, The Fascist Persuasion in Radical Politics
18:42: Robert Paxton’s The Anatomy of Fascism https://bit.ly/1M4CTbS
22:49: Productive & Parasitic Capitalism: How did fascists view capitalism?
31:25: Are fascist conceptions of Marxism accurate?
35:00: Just how “fascist” is Donald Trump? https://wapo.st/2Im1nXv
41:00: Good faith and bad faith arguments
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#4: Climate Change (with PhD candidate Kevin Martyn)
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01:25: Global Warming & Climate Change https://goo.gl/eRWggv
03:34: “There is no ethical consumption under late capitalism.”
05:38: 100 corporations are responsible for 70% of emissions https://goo.gl/qo5e7D
06:45: Environmentalists should be decidedly anti-capitalist.
07:20: How should leftists consider the environment?
12:20: Kevin P. Martyn, Ph.D. candidate in Geography at USF https://goo.gl/xCs5Tz
13:25: What do environmentalists need to know about capitalism?
18:25: Are individual lifestyle changes sufficient to avoid climate change?
22:00: Is capitalism compatible with environmentalism?
22:30: Green Capitalism: The God that Failed by Richard Smith https://goo.gl/JhLCKv
24:00: “Green-washing” the status quo https://goo.gl/xirVLr
27:35: Whither Socialism by Joseph Stiglitz https://goo.gl/yAogqA
33:30: Can language about environmentalism become “gentrified?”
35:35: Frank Luntz and the “Death Tax” https://goo.gl/hfwvDN
38:10: What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know about Capitalism https://goo.gl/PtDUSH
40:53: David Wallace-Wells’ The Uninhabitable Earth https://goo.gl/roxUmC
43:50: The Green New Deal politic: The particulars do matter
49:27: Are there direct consequences of climate change if not addressed now?
49:50: IPCC Timeline of Climate Change impact https://goo.gl/5gxsoL
56:10: Are there any candidates for 2020 that can address climate change nationally?
1:02:44: How can people get involved and help address climate change politically?
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#3: Neoliberalism
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00:25: What is “neoliberalism?” https://goo.gl/cKPmqk
02:30: What is laissez faire as an economic principle? https://goo.gl/vHtdLw
04:05: A Brief History of Neoliberalism by David Harvey ISBN-10: 0199283273
05:04: What is typical capitalism vs. the neoliberal project? https://goo.gl/ruZH7p
07:10: What is “austerity?” https://goo.gl/qGjKDD
08:30: Is GDP vs. debt a comprehensive and accurate analysis for social progress?
10:22: What cultural ethics or attitudes arise from neoliberal economic policies?
17:40: The cultural mythos of trickle down economic policy.
20:46: Inequality increases as union membership decreases. https://goo.gl/Q7R81q
20:50: Labor share of profit decreases as corporate share rises. https://goo.gl/qquB9W
23:25: Wage stagnation in 9 charts: https://goo.gl/P9N6mr
24:00: How did neoliberal economic ideology intersect with the 2008 housing crash?
31:21: The neoliberal project in stark contrast to previous conceptions of capitalism
37:30: The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
41:00: What is “creative destruction” under Neoliberalism as David Harvey explains?
46:00: The legacy of the Neoliberal project in Venezuela
50:10: What are the differences between Neoliberalism in theory vs. in practice?
01:01:17: The 1973 Oil Crisis, 1979 Oil Crisis & OAPEC: https://goo.gl/xXLtT8
01:02:20: The use of state power to discipline local and foreign economies
01:16:30: Alan Greenspan admits neoliberal capitalism didn’t work: https://goo.gl/AWL5fF
01:17:00: The Neoconservative response to Neoliberal economic policies.
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#2: Liberalism Vs. The Left
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01:27: Beyond Rawls: An Analysis of the Concept of Political Liberalism by SP Young, ISBN-10: 0761822410
03:00: “Understanding liberals vs the left” by Elizabeth Bruenig: https://goo.gl/ffhCBx
04:23: “The Difference Between Liberalism and Leftism” by Nathan J. Robinson, Editor in Chief of Current Affairs: https://goo.gl/DtckCC
06:00: Classical Liberal roots and how it relates to our modern parties
07:40: Morals vs. Manners and superficial vs. systemic changes
07:50: Liberalism in Theory and Practice by Jacobin Magazine: https://goo.gl/1Mfm99
11:00: What it Means to Be on the Left by Peter Frase, Jacobin Magazine: https://goo.gl/SHKDFR
11:45: Can liberalism realize its own ideals?
21:26: Why is the liberal welfare state not sufficient?
28:10: How would leftists address social issues as compared to liberals?
37:15: Is liberalism equipped to deal with the rise of Trump and the far right?
38:00: “Why People Vote For Those Who Work Against Their Best Interests” Lecture by Mark Blyth: https://goo.gl/Cb6Ni2
42:25: Obama to Trump Swing Voters: https://goo.gl/1bG2mr
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