All things left, all things identity politics, all things cancel culture, plus his new book: “I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Get To It,” that’s what’s on the docket for our interview with Norm Finkelstein today. We’ve got a wide-ranging and thought-provoking conversation covering everything from the 2020 Sanders campaign’s strategy and messaging, the current state of American politics, political appeals to the working class, and more. Watch below:

Before we get into it with Norm, we cover the landmark effort in Congress, headed by democratic socialist Rashida Tlaib, to pressure Merrick Garland to drop the charges against Julian Assange and withdraw the extradition Assange faces. We’ve had Assange’s father and brother, Gabriel and John Shipton, on the show before to discuss their grassroots advocacy for the whistleblower, whose persecution by the American state we should all recognize as a major challenge to press freedom, as well as an abuse of human rights.

From there, Norm joins us to talk about “hyper-wokeness,” both its manifestations in the 2020 presidential election and beyond. How do identity politics and class struggle interact, and how did we see that on debate stages and campaign trains? What role should identity politics play in political discourse at large? Norm has plenty of thoughts to share on these topics, and we hope you’ll join us for the debate.

This episode will be available as a podcast tomorrow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pandora, and more.