Air date: 9-4-15
Today we take a look at progressivism, define some terms, clarify some stumbling blocks and give some guidance on how to be a better progressive
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
00:00:30 Ch. 2: Act 1: What is 'intersectionality'? - @IntersectionTNR - Air Date: 7-28-15
Ch. 3: Song 1: Counting Colors - Anitek
00:07:23 Ch. 4: Act 2: A quick breakdown of identity politics - @CriticizeAfter Dinner - Air Date: 6-1-15
Ch. 5: Song 2: Cetology - Ben McElroy
00:12:39 Ch. 6: Act 3: Political correctness isn't just about being polite - Popaganda (@BitchMedia) - Air Date: 3-26-15
Ch. 7: Song 3: N/A
00:19:56 Ch. 8: Act 4: Sarah Jaffe: Are We Mistaking Feelings for Politics? - Radio Dispatch - Air Date: 3-30-15
Ch. 9: Song 4: Oak - Ben McElroy
00:34:28 Ch. 10: Act 5: Why I'm a complete and total hypocrite - and actually really proud of it - @RedactedTonight w/ @LeeCamp - Air Date: 02-14-15
Ch. 11: Song 5: Drifts - The OO-Ray
00:40:05 Ch. 12: Act 6: Breaking down modern day acts of rebellion - On Being (@Beingtweets) - Air Date: 1-8-15
Ch. 13: Song 6: N/A
00:46:44 Ch. 14: Act 7: 6 rules of being a good ally - Benjamin Dixon Show (@TheBpDShow) - Air Date: 8-14-15
Voicemails
00:57:36 Ch. 15: How to be a good ally to BlackLivesMatter - Dan from Albany, NY
01:01:36 Ch. 16: Don't let logistics stand in the way of feeding people - Wade from Ft. Worth, TX
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
01:04:33 Ch. 17: Final comments on the article: “I find this offensive" How offense discourse traps us into inaction
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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Critiques of privilege theory from non-idiots: a reading list
Why Liberals Separate Race From Class – Toure Reed https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/08/bernie-sanders-black-lives-matter-civil-rights-movement/
Why Antiracism Will Fail, by Rev Thandeeka of the UUA: http://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/why-antiracism-will-fail/
The Real Divide, Adolph Reed: http://www.progressive.org/mag_reed1105
Will Shetterley’s blog, especially:
http://shetterly.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-empty-gesture-of-acknowledging.html
http://shetterly.blogspot.com/2014/12/universalist-individualism-versus.html
- This one is a bit more theoretical, but it has some relevance to the question of “what’s the relationship between capitalism and racism?” – Jacob Levy on the relationship between insights and blindspots in politics
http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2015/06/the-stake-which-was-lost-at-richmond/