Air Date: 7-2-2025

A disorganized Left rife with infighting and disagreements about the paths forward is nothing new, and it won't be coming to an end anytime soon. So, the best we can do is understand the political dynamics in detail, frustrating as they are, and get to work.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: America Hates The Left & We Need A Plan - Olurinatti - Air Date 12-8-24

KP 2: America Has No Left Wing with Vivek Chibber - Factually! with Adam Conover - Air Date 6-18-25

KP 3: What's 'Left' in America?: The Moral Apathy of Liberal Optimism - Cheyenne Lin - Air Date 9-2-24

KP 4: Ralph Nader’s Message to Doomers: "Stop Making Excuses!" - Current Affairs - Air Date 6-22-25 

KP 5: The Worst People in Politics Are LOSING IT Over Zohran Mamdani - Current Affairs - Air Date 6-25-25

KP 6: “We Fight for Working People with No Apology”: Zohran Mamdani Beats Cuomo in NYC Mayoral Primary - Democracy Now! - Air Date 6-25-25

(00:45:01) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On how to fund the politics we need

DEEPER DIVES

(00:56:26) SECTION A: PROTESTS

A1: The 3.5% Protest Rule That Could Bring Down Trump - Pod Save America - Air Date 6-15-25

A2: Is Protesting Ineffective? | Penny For Your Thoughts - Dasia Sade - Air Date 6-23-25

A3: The Mass Revolts of the 2010s - KPFA - Against the Grain - Air Date 6-9-25

(01:25:24) SECTION B: HISTORY & INFIGHTING

B1: American Marx - KPFA - Against the Grain - Air Date 6-4-25

B2: Why is there no American Left Wing Party? - Step Back - Air Date 2-15-18

B3: Red Star Over Palestine: The Communist Movement - Jacobin Radio - Air Date 4-5-25

B4: The Obama Years Broke Black People... - Signified B Sides (FD Signifier) - Air Date 6-20-25

(02:01:22) SECTION C: SUBVERSION & THE RIGHT

C1: How Thiel, Musk, and Other Tech Billionaires Bought the Liberal Media w/ Eoin Higgins - This Is Hell! - Air Date 2-4-25

C2: Still Laundering Black Rage: DEI as Counterinsurgency - Rev Left Radio - Air Date 6-19-25

C3: Why Democrats Won't Create a Left Wing Joe Rogan - Taylor Lorenz - Air Date 11-18-24

C4: Kyle Kulinski on Why Democrats REFUSE to Fight- Luke Thomas Gets Political (LTGP) - Air Date 6-18-25

(02:38:02) SECTION D: ORGANIZING

D1: Block & Build - EP 12, with Maurice Mitchell (Working Families Party) - Convergence Magazine - Air Date 6-21-24

D2: How Labor Can Win w/ Eric Blanc - What's Left of Philosophy - Air Date 2-10-25

D3: This Mindset Holds New Leftists Back - Harper O'Connor - Air Date 3-23-25 

D4: Arming the Left - America's Leftists Reclaim Self-Defense - Will Allen-DuPraw - Air Date 1-21-25

D5: The Role of Law in Left Movement Strategy - Socialism Conference - Air Date 12-10-24

(03:24:46) SECTION E: THEORY

E1: How Gramsci Thought - KPFA - Against the Grain - Air Date 6-2-25

E2: What Is To Be Done? - V.I. Lenin - Rev Left Radio - Air Date 4-20-19

E3: What's Left of Representation? - What's Left of Philosophy - Air Date 5-26-25

E4: We Need to Say What Socialism Will Actually Look Like. - Harper O'Connor - Air Date 4-7-25

SHOW IMAGE CREDITS

Description: Photo of a grid of multi-colored Zohran Mamdani political posters that say “Zohran For Mayor” and a photo of Zohran. 

Credit: “Zohran for Mayor” by Eden, Janine and Jim, Flickr | License: CC BY 2.0 Changes: Cropped and expanded background

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