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01:20:30

1367: Producing Amazon workers / Panos Theodoropoulos

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2021/07/21

Writer Panos Theodoropoulos on neoliberal worker identity, building a social commons to challenge capital's grasp, and his article "Rituals of submission: Amazon’s creation of the neoliberal worker" for ROAR Magazine. https://roarmag.org/essays/amazon-neoliberal-worker/

01:10:35

1366: Individual freedom and collective disaster /...

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2021/07/20

Writer Keir Milburn on conceptions of freedom in an unequal society, pandemic lockdowns and the climate crises to come, and his article "‘Freedom Day’ Won’t Set Us Free" for Novara. https://novaramedia.com/2021/07/19/freedom-day-wont-set-us-free/

01:22:47

1365: Connected in crisis / Tanvi Misra

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2021/07/19

Writer Tanvi Misra on her article "Broader Crises" for The Baffler. https://thebaffler.com/latest/broader-crises-misra

01:11:34

1365: Vaccine corruption in Brazil / Brian Mier

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2021/07/15

São Paulo correspondent Brian Mier on his Brasilwire article "Covid 19 Scandal: Brazilian Military Threatens Senate" and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen tries to tame taboos with internet knowledge. https://www.brasilwire.com/covid-19-scandal-brazilian-military-threatens-senate/

01:16:02

1364: Toward abolitionist agroecology / Maywa...

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2021/07/14

Political ecologist Maywa Montenegro de Wit on her book "Abolitionist Agroecology, Food Sovereignty and Pandemic Prevention" from Daraja Press and Monthly Review. https://darajapress.com/publication/abolitionist-agroecology-food-sovereignty-and-pandemic-prevention

01:19:37

1363: Violence and humanism / Brad Evans

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2021/07/13

Writer Brad Evans on his book "Ecce Humanitas: Beholding the Pain of Humanity" from Columbia University Press. http://cup.columbia.edu/book/ecce-humanitas/9780231184632

01:18:41

1362: Healthcare labor in the deindustrialized US /...

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2021/07/12

Historian Gabriel Winant on his book "The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America" from Harvard University Press. https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674238091

01:21:08

1361: Kentucky opioid war dialectics / Tarence Ray

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2021/07/08

Writer Tarence Ray on his Baffler article "United in Rage" and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen eats from the poison tree. https://thebaffler.com/salvos/united-in-rage-ray

01:17:28

1360: The Alamo, and battles over US history / Chris...

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2021/07/07

Writer Chris Tomlinson on his book "Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth," co-written with Bryan Burrough and Jason Stanford for Penguin Press. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/623832/forget-the-alamo-by-bryan-burrough-chris-tomlinson-and-jason-stanford/

01:18:55

1359: Food sovereignty in Nicaragua / Rohan Rice

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2021/07/06

Writer Rohan Rice on his article "Hunger and food production in Nicaragua: how do we feed the people?" for People's Dispatch. https://peoplesdispatch.org/2021/06/27/hunger-and-food-production-in-nicaragua-how-do-we-feed-the-people/

01:27:02

1358: Planning a democratic economy / Robin Hahnel

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2021/07/01

Economist Robin Hahnel on his book "Democratic Economic Planning" from Routledge, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen tries to pull magic out of a hat. https://www.routledge.com/Democratic-Economic-Planning/Hahnel/p/book/9781032003320

00:37:35

ARCHIVE: Robin Hahnel on the 2008 financial crisis...

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2021/06/29

Economist Robin Hahnel on the roots of the 2008 financial crisis, and reactions from the political establishment. [We had Robin scheduled for today but Chuck got sick - rescheduling don't worry!]

00:59:10

ARCHIVE: Eyal Weizman + Gregory Levey on Israeli...

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2021/06/28

Two archive interviews on Israel's occupation of Palestine and growing right-wing political movement with Eyal Weizman and Gregory Levey.

01:27:49

1357: Tech, labor and the future of the US Postal...

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2021/06/24

Writer Brian Justie on his article "The Nonmachinables" for Logic Magazine, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen's coming for dinner. https://logicmag.io/distribution/the-nonmachinables/

01:11:22

1356: US sanctions and vaccine imperialism / Cole...

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2021/06/23

Journalist Cole Stangler on his article "U.S. Sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela Hamper the Global Fight Against Covid-19" for The Intercept. https://theintercept.com/2021/06/18/covid-vaccine-cuba-venezuela-sanctions/

01:10:16

1355: Gun laws and Black America / Carol Anderson

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2021/06/23

Historian Carol Anderson on her book "The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America" from Bloomsbury. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-second-9781635574258/

01:18:27

1354: New governments in Iran and Israel / Juan Cole

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2021/06/22

Historian Juan Cole on his articles "What does the election of hard liner Raisi in Iran mean for Mideast Flashpoints?" and "Israel’s New Secular Government: Lieberman Crows that he Sidelined Fundamentalist Ultra-Orthodox and, read his lips: “No new taxes”" for Informed Comment. https://www.juancole.com/author/jcedit

01:11:40

1353: Social movements and water access in Brazil /...

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2021/06/17

Sociologist Caitlin Schroering on her article "Inside the struggle for water sovereignty in Brazil" for ROAR Magazine, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen inspects the foundation of The House of Bad Opinions. https://roarmag.org/essays/brazil-mab-water-sovereignty/

01:13:34

1352: Climate action and institutional activism /...

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2021/06/16

Law scholar Madison Condon on her Boston Review article "Climate Change’s New Ally: Big Finance" for Boston Review. http://bostonreview.net/science-nature/madison-condon-climate-change%E2%80%99s-new-ally-big-finance

01:12:06

1351: The global politics of a Green New Deal / Max Ajl

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2021/06/15

Sociologist Max Ajl on his new book "A People’s Green New Deal" from Pluto Press. http://www.plutobooks.com/9780745341750/a-peoples-green-new-deal/

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