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Keith Preston

Going Deep on Socialism

Welcome back to KK&F, where we’re confronting capitalism with sociologist and leftist thinker Vivek Chibber. We’ve brought him on the show to discuss everything from what it means to be a socialist, why we can’t take our eye (and our organizing) off of electoral politics, what role incrementalism […]

Twitter hunts for documents showing possible connection between Elon Musk and former executive turned whistleblower Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko

Business Insider Twitter hunts for documents showing possible connection between Elon Musk and former executive turned whistleblower Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko Peiter “Mudge” Zatko’s whistleblower complaint against Twitter has become a central issue in Twitter’s lawsuit against Elon Musk. READ MORE There’s a ‘very high likelihood’ of a growth […]

Breaking Points: 9/23/22 FULL COUNTERPOINTS SHOW Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky discuss Putin’s military mobilization, a ruling against big tech, Shireen Abu Akleh, Dem fight on Israel, surveillance capitalism, FTC hearing, & railway workers!

Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky discuss Putin’s military mobilization, a ruling against big tech, Shireen Abu Akleh, Dem fight on Israel, surveillance capitalism, FTC hearing, & railway workers! Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Chicago Tickets: https://www.axs.com/events/449151/bre… Ryan Grim: https://badnews.substack.com/ Emily Jashinsky: https://thefederalist.com/author/emil… Max Alvarez: https://therealnews.com/author/maximi… https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/the-w… Timestamps: Pelosi: 0:00 – 5:44 […]

What Is MAGA Communism?

Republicans and Communists have more in common than what appears on the surface. Both are rooted in the radical traditions of the Enlightenment, i.e. Lockean classical liberals and Rousseavian Jacobins. At one point, there was such as thing as “Red Republicans” (i.e. revolutionary republicans from the 1848 era). […]

Radical Democracy: Between Post-Marxism and Postanarchism. Reflections on Hegemony and Radical Politics

By Caciuleanu Mihai-Calin Radical democracy defines a perspective of democracy that seeks to maximize the political space, and the rights of antagonized groups, through a continuous hegemonic struggle. In Hegemony and Socialist Strategy, Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe argue that this project is one that captures the unrest […]

A New Counterculture?

N. S. Lyons City Journal, September 21, 2022 Politics and law, The Social Order If the Right captures some of the Left’s youthful energy and rebellious cachet, it would represent a tectonic cultural and political shift. In July, the New York Times posted a job announcement seeking a […]

Terrible Historic Things Which Did (Some) Good

We often look at historic tragedies as setbacks to human evolution. But like a seasonal forest fire, we emerge from the ashes stronger than we were before. As they say, “Never let a crisis go to waste Biographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnD… Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKR… Warographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9h8… MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0wo… Into The Shadows: […]

Jose Nino’s Digest: September 22, 2022 Texas Governor Greg Abbott Signs Executive Order Designating Mexican Drug Cartels as Terrorist Organizations, and more

Here are my most recent articles for you Texas Governor Greg Abbott Signs Executive Order Designating Mexican Drug Cartels as Terrorist Organizations On September 21, 2022, Texas Governor Greg Abbott enacted an executive order that officially classified severla Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. On top of […]

Left News: September 22, 2022 The Intercept- Israeli Forces Deliberately Killed Palestinian American Journalist, Report Shows

Israeli Forces Deliberately Killed Palestinian American Journalist, Report Shows Alice Speri A new forensic analysis proves that an Israeli sniper could see that Shireen Abu Akleh was a journalist before firing the bullet that killed her. READ MORE →   Russians Return to Streets to Protest Widening of […]

Learning from Venezuela’s Missteps in Building Urban Popular Power: Decentralization, Participatory Budgeting, Communal Councils and Comunes

By María Pilar García-Guadilla and Carlos G. Torrealba COMMUNES in Venezuela, once hopeful experiments in local direct democracy and popular power under the socialism of the XXI century have largely succumbed to the crushing crisis gripping the country. . What can we learn from their demise? READ MORE

Breaking Points: 9/22/22 FULL SHOW Russian war escalation, nuclear threats, Trump investigations, interest rate hike, more

Krystal and Saagar cover the Russian war escalation, nuclear threats, Trump investigations, interest rate hike, Biden’s covid comments, gas prices, Adnan Syed, & Home Depot workers! Chicago Tickets: https://www.axs.com/events/449151/bre… Vince Quiles: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/sta… Timestamps: Putin: 0:00 – 23:52 Biden: 23:53 – 37:06 Trump: 37:07 – 52:44 Fed: 52:45 – […]