I think China is more command capitalism than market socialism.

fuck yeah - eo wilson *is* great, and was mislabeled as a rightist

Just realized Ursula K. Le Guin ain't ever going to be on Chapo, hard sad face.

on mad max, the whole setting is still way better off than the bronze age collapse, and depicts humanity still actually surviving and even thriving in those horrible conditions.  Sure its a dystopia to us, but the whole post-apocalyptic genre speaks to the fact that human history contains events like that, and for all the horror they led to we still recovered.

Love how you got a genius on the phone and you talk about birds for 5 minutes.

Almost every wealthy country in the world has some type of universal healthcare system--except for the United States. With over 170 million of its citizens left to fend for themselves in a sprawling and complex maze of Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, tax credits, child care subsidies, co-pays, deductibles and cost-sharing, the U.S. has not only the largest uninsured population, but also the most expensive system on Earth per capita.

Why America doesn’t have a universal healthcare system has historically been explained away with a reductionist mix of pathologizing and circular reasoning. "America hates big government," "we love choice," "Americans distrust anything that reeks of socialism." And while this is true in some limited sense, it avoids the bigger question of why has American so-called "democracy" rejected the numerous proposals to enact a single payer or other forms of universal healthcare?

While there may be some innate Protestant work ethic or rugged individualistic mentality at work here, there’s also been a decades-long multimillion dollar campaign funded by big business, doctor, pharmaceutical and hospital industry interests, and the insurance industry to convince the public to reject universal public healthcare. Indeed, if Americans were somehow intractably opposed to the notion––if they were hardwired to reject socialized medicine––these forces would never have had to spend so much money in the first place.

On this episode, we explore the 80-year long campaign by capital to convince you to not support universal health programs, how these campaigns have historically fear-mongered against Communists, immigrants and African Americans, who benefits from a precarious, employer-controlled healthcare insurance system, and how this propaganda war on the American mind is anything but over.

Our guest is Ben Palmquist, Director of the Health Care and Economic Democracy Program at Partners for Dignity and Rights.

Episode 134: The 80-Year PR Campaign that Killed Universal Healthcare

In this News Brief we breakdown the anti-TRIPS waiver corporate and ideological forces behind the seemingly good-hearted #VaxLive concert on May 8th. Namely, the Gates Foundation, Johnson and Johnson and a who's who of global leaders working to prevent the production of cheap generic vaccines for the global south.

NewsBrief: VaxLive is a PR Scam So Those Causing Vaccine Inequity Can Pose as Saviors of Global Poor

In this public News Brief, we recap a recent internal USAID report that details the group's role in Trump's 2019 Venezuela coup attempt and  break down how Biden's weaponization of "aid" will likely not be very different. With guest Alexander Main of CEPR.

News Brief: How US Media Helped Trump and USAID Weaponize "Aid" During 2019 Venezuela Coup Attempt

UNLOCKED 

Matt and Will discuss the life and career of Elliot Abrams, the newly appoints "special envoy" to Venezuela who may be the most evil person to ever serve in the US government, with The Intercept's Jon Schwarz 

Read Jonathan's piece here:

https://theintercept.com/2019/01/30/elliott-abrams-venezuela-coup/

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UNLOCKED 287 - Killy Elliott feat. Jon Schwarz (2/7/19)

Larry Charles (Seinfeld, Borat, Curb Your Enthusiasm) stops by the trap to discuss his new docuseries,  "Dangerous World of Comedy".

292 - Hats Off to Larry feat. Larry Charles (2/25/19)

Eli Valley stops by to talk Ilhan Omar, Meghan McCain, Chelsea Clinton, and the latest act of fascist mass murder in Christchurch, NZ.

Also Virgil solves the Israel-Palestine conflict.

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/christchurch-shooting-victims-fund

298 - The Israel Nerd feat. Eli Valley (3/18/19)

Will guest-hosts on The Antifada to interview legendary sci fi author Kim Stanley Robinson about:  Fredric Jameson, Ursula Le Guin, Philip K Dick, post-capitalist futures, utopia, and psychedelic experiences

Listen to The Antifada: https://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-antifada/
Subscribe to The Antifada on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theantifada
Follow The Antifada: https://twitter.com/the_antifada

Bonus: Will Interviews Kim Stanley Robinson with The Antifada

Virgil, Matt and Amber break down the state of the UK election from their embedded elections headquarters in London.

Tickets to our UK election special shows:  gigst.rs/CTH

volunteer for jez (he’d do it for you) https://www.mycampaignmap.com

Listen to Don  "Bad News" Huges podcast: http://youcantwin.info/

374  - Perverts of Interest (12/9/19)

This week we discuss the theory of NEOFEUDALISM, company towns, EPCOT center, and the gig economy.

SOURCES
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/neofeudalism-the-end-of-capitalism/
https://lingojam.com/EnglishtoShakespearean
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPCOT_(concept)

HELP THE GEORGIA SENATE FIGHT:
https://Janemcalevey.com

ALEX'S MOVIE SPACE TRASH:
https://vimeo.com/295924793

MERCH:
Poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com

PATREON EPS
Patreon.com/PodDamnAmerica

GIVE ME FUEDALISM GIVE ME FIRE GIVE ME THAT WHICH I DESIRE

Zero Books publishing manager Doug Lain talks to us about getting censored by the Youtube algorithm bot and how we grapple with free speech as leftists on the internet. We go on to talk about how this plays into the overall ideological movement of socialism, the end of history/end of ideology, and then someone brings up a twitter account that it is illegal to type out loud and we start yappin' about free speech and comics and crap. Enjoy

DOUG LAIN/ZERO BOOKS
https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyoQK-mZXr2ws4C0nXGCH1w
https://douglaslain.substack.com/p/why-did-youtube-censor-us
https://youtu.be/2c5_hVUHp5o
https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks

MERCH
poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com

PATREON
Patreon.com/PODDAMNAMERICA

Howdy I'm the Sherrif of Youtube w/ Doug Lain

the HELL YEAR 2020 DUMPSTER FIRE© is gone but not forgotten. We here at Comedy Central's PDA@ decided to send off the WORST YEAR OF ALL TIME the only way hardcore Comedy Store© Belly Room© comics like us know how. By having a SICK. FUCKING. ROAST. OVER. ZOOM.

THE DAIS:

Jake Flores
Anders Lee
Alex Ptak
Ben Wasserman @benwassertweet
Alex Collyard @alexcollyard
Rose Vineshank @RVineShank
David Sitrick @DavidSitrick
Melissa Rocha @Melisshious
Otto Fernandez @ottofernandez
Naomi Karavani @NaomiKaravani
Kate WIllett @KateWillett
David Spector @Spectordeforce

OUTRO MUSIC BY AL JOLSON

MERCH
poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com

PATREON
patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Bonus: Will Interviews Kim Stanley Robinson with The Antifada

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