Socialism at Best of the Left

#1261 Profitable Extremism (How Social Media Propagates Hate)

Posted on Episodes by · April 02, 2019 8:00 PM · 1 reaction

Air Date: 4–2-2019

Today we take a look at the so-called "Algorithms of Oppression." Not that they're made to be that way on purpose but that it is a natural outcome of a profit-based system that incentivizes people to post the most click-baity content while the system learns the viewer's weaknesses to ruthlessly feed them whatever will keep them engaged.

#1260 Gearing up for the fight for Medicare for All

Posted on Episodes by · March 29, 2019 8:00 PM

Air Date: 3–29-2019

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Today we take a look at the history of why we don't already have Medicare for All, just a handful of the overwhelming reasons why we need it and the fight ahead to make it a reality

#1259 The rebirth of the antitrust movement (Monopolies)

Posted on Episodes by · March 26, 2019 8:00 PM · 1 reaction

Air Date: 3–26-2019

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Today we take a look at the story of Amazon's enormous growth, the history of how our anti-trust laws were neutered and how the former is making us rethink the latter

Bonus Edition #142 The Nordic Theory of Love

Posted on Episodes by · March 15, 2019 8:00 PM · 1 reaction

Air Date: 3/1/2019

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Today I share an unusual clip and talk for a while about how much better Scandinavia is than the US.

#1256 A Green New Deal to build a new Common Sense

Posted on Episodes by · March 12, 2019 8:00 PM

Air Date: 3–12-2019

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Today we take a look at the development of the Green New Deal and its impacts on economics, labor, frontline communities climate mitigation and the politics of the possible

#1254 Israeli right-wing politics has lead to some strange, fascist bedfellows

Posted on Episodes by · March 05, 2019 6:00 PM

Air Date: 3–5-2019

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Today we take a look at how the illiberalism of the Israeli government has alienated the vast majority of democratic nations and individuals who support human rights, leaving the country with some of the most far-right, fascist, white-supremacist, anti-Semitic people in the world as their only remaining allies.

#1253 The Joy of Tax (Comparing the US and Scandinavian Systems)

Posted on Episodes by · March 01, 2019 5:30 PM

Air Date: 3–1-2019

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Today we take a look at the social benefits of high taxation as the US gears up for our first genuine debate on raising taxes in a long time with an eye toward the life-improving programs that money could fund.

#1250 Teachers at the forefront of a resurgent progressive labor movement

Posted on Episodes by · February 15, 2019 8:00 PM · 1 reaction

Air Date: 2–15-2019

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Today we take a look at recent teachers union strike in the Los Angeles school district and see it as another event in an emerging pattern of progressive uprisings that have been stirring for the last decade, fighting back against the status quo, the neoliberal instinct to privatize everything for the ultimate benefit of billionaires.

#1249 Understanding Boycott, Divest, Sanctions (BDS)

Posted on Episodes by · February 12, 2019 1:00 PM

Air Date: 2–12-2019

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Today we take a look at both the BDS movement and the backlash response to it resulting in firings and legislation in many states (and pending federally) to restrict employment and business opportunities from those who fail to pledge in writing to not support of the boycott of Israel

#1248 There you go again. Venezuela and America's addiction to imperialism

Posted on Episodes by · February 08, 2019 1:00 PM

Air Date: 2–8-2019

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Today we take a look, briefly, at the last 100 years of Venezuelan history to understand how they went from oil riches and inequality to revolution and social progress only to run afoul of American imperialism

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