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01:02:58

1313: Biden and the imperial past / Andrew Bacevich

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2021/03/30

Historian Andrew Bacevich on his article "On Shedding an Obsolete Past: Biden Defers to the Blob" for TomDispatch. https://tomdispatch.com/on-shedding-an-obsolete-past/

01:10:16

1312: When universities swallow cities / Davarian L....

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2021/03/29

Urbanist Davarian L. Baldwin on the dynamics between urban universities and the communities outside their walls, and his book "In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities" from Bold Type Books. https://www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/davarian-l-baldwin/in-the-shadow-of-the-ivory-tower/9781568588919/

01:16:45

1311: Turkey's fascist alliance / Max Zirngast

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2021/03/25

Writer Max Zirngast on his article "Turkey Is Trying to Ban the Socialist, Pro-Kurdish HDP" co-written with Alp Kayserilioğlu and Güney Işıkara via Jacobin. https://jacobinmag.com/2021/03/turkey-erdogan-hdp-peoples-democratic-party-pro-kurdish-socialism

01:08:38

1310: Ending endless war / Jonathan Ellis + brian bean

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2021/03/24

Jonathan Ellis and brian bean on confronting US violence at home and abroad, and their article "Rebuilding the Anti-Imperialist Movement in a New Era" for Rampant. https://rampantmag.com/2021/03/rebuilding-the-anti-imperialist-movement-in-a-new-era/

00:58:49

1309: Immigration under Biden / Karina Moreno

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2021/03/23

Urban policy and planning scholar Karina Moreno on her article "Joe Biden’s Immigration Reform Doesn’t Do Enough to Help Migrant Workers" for Jacobin. https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/03/joe-biden-immigration-reform-us-citizenship-act

01:04:34

1308: Lula, lawfare and antidemocracy in Brazil /...

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2021/03/22

Live from São Paulo, journalist Brian Mier reports on Lula da Silva's legal victory, pandemic politics and antidemocracy in Brazil.

00:38:48

ARCHIVE: Cindy Milstein on the revolutionary...

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2021/03/15

From 2017: Writer Cindy Milstein explains how death and grief connect us to the collective nature of the human experience, revealing the potential for solidarity and compassion in the face of capitalism's commodification of the self, and showing us a new way of living together, right now, while we still have the time.

01:15:24

1307: Thirty years of war against Iraq / Kathy Kelly

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2021/03/11

Peace activist Kathy Kelly on the realities of war and sanctions for Iraq's people, the state of the anti-war movement and her article "Remembering the First Gulf War" for The Progressive, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen visits the Playground of Blood. https://progressive.org/dispatches/remembering-first-gulf-war-kelly-210302

01:04:14

1306: The business of immigrant labor / Ruth Milkman

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2021/03/10

Sociologist Ruth Milkman on the dynamics of immigration law and low-wage work, and her new book "Immigrant Labor and the New Precariat" for Polity Books. https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Immigrant+Labor+and+the+New+Precariat-p-9780745692012

01:10:40

1305: The abolitionist horizon / Mariame Kaba

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2021/03/09

Organizer Mariame Kaba on state violence, the possibilities of police and prison abolition, and her book "We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice" from Haymarket Books. https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1664-we-do-this-til-we-free-us

01:10:34

1304: The future price of water / Ray Levy Uyeda

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2021/03/04

Writer Ray Levy Uyeda on her article "A Bleak Future for Water" for The Baffler, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen hears the quiet part loud. https://thebaffler.com/latest/a-bleak-future-for-water-levy-uyeda

01:08:43

1303: The politics of public land / Nick Bowlin

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2021/03/03

Journalist Nick Bowlin on public land management under the Trump administration, and his article "The Land Was Ours" for The Drift. https://www.thedriftmag.com/public-lands/

01:05:48

1302: The struggle for Europe / Raquel Varela

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2021/03/02

Historian Raquel Varela on a century of capital, worker struggle and left movements across Europe, and her book "A People's History of Europe From World War I to Today" from Pluto Press. https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745341347/a-peoples-history-of-europe/

01:05:56

1301: Fracking Appalachia / Sean O'Leary

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2021/03/01

Ohio River Valley Institute's Sean O'Leary on the economic impact of natural gas extraction across Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio, and his report “Appalachia’s Natural Gas Counties: Contributing more to the U.S. economy and getting less in return” https://ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/new-report-natural-gas-county-economies-suffered-as-production-boomed

01:25:01

BONUS: Vernon Bellecourt Dec 1999 + Sept 2000

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2021/02/22

Two conversations with American Indian Movement leader Vernon Bellecourt from the archives. Really love these interviews. Chuck is laid up with back problems, please send prayers and/or muscle relaxers.

01:08:24

1300: Ecology, energy and the state / Erald Kolasi

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2021/02/18

Writer Erald Kolasi on his article "The Ecological State" for Monthly Review and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen celebrates Fat History Month.

01:14:12

1299: Chavismo and the people / Cira Pascual Marquina...

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2021/02/17

Cira Pascual Marquina and Chris Gilbert on the dynamics of Venezuelan society, struggles on the communal path towards socialism and their book "Venezuela, the Present as Struggle: Voices from the Bolivarian Revolution" via Monthly Review. https://monthlyreview.org/product/venezuela_the_present_as_struggle/

01:05:41

1298: Coloniality and Black citizenship / Sabelo J....

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2021/02/15

Historian Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni on colonialism's legacy of dehumanization, the exclusionary nation-state and his article "Black Citizenship and the Problem of 'Coloniality'" for Black Agenda Report's Black Citizenship Forum. https://blackagendareport.com/black-citizenship-forum-black-citizenship-and-problem-coloniality

01:14:12

1297: The coming anti-protest laws / Alleen Brown +...

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2021/02/12

Journalists Alleen Brown and Akela Lacy on their report "State Legislatures Make “Unprecedented” Push on Anti-Protest Bills" for The Intercept, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen empathizes with savages and samurai.

01:08:08

1296: The long shadow of eugenics / Elizabeth Catte

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2021/02/10

Historian Elizabeth Catte on Virginia's forced sterilization campaign in the mid-20th century, the intersection of race, medicine and social control, and her book "Pure America: Eugenics and the Making of Modern Virginia" from Belt Publishing. https://beltpublishing.com/products/pure-america

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