loved this interview,reminds me of old Parenti speeches.

Climate change is better understood as climate systems breakdown, and it's only through the lens of the latter that we can grasp the scale of the crisis ahead. Aaron Bastani is joined by Mat Lawrence and Laurie Laybourn-Langton to discuss their new book, Planet on Fire: A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown.

Novara Audio: Radio for a Different Politics

Downstream: Why It's Eco-Socialism or Collapse

Writer Richard Seymour on his article "The nationalist unconscious" for Red Pepper, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen wonders who put the pomp in Pompeo.

https://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-nationalist-unconscious/

1196: Nationalist pathology / Richard Seymour

Writer Thomas Frank on his book "The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism" from Metropolitan Books.

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250220110

1243: On populism and anti-populism / Thomas Frank

Adom Getachew and Branko Marcetic join PTO to talk about the US election results, why the 'blue wave' failed to materialise and how Joe Biden will govern with a Republican senate and a republican majority on the supreme court.

#101 What happened to the 'blue wave'? w/ Adom Getachew and Branko Marcetic

Mohamed Abdou on his essay "Let Empire collapse: why we need a decolonial revolution" for ROAR Magazine.

https://roarmag.org/essays/let-empire-collapse-why-we-need-a-decolonial-revolution/

1257:  Let it all fall / Mohamed Abdou

Chris and Molly read Infinite Jest, pages 81-87: Schtitt hangs out with Mario; Tiny Ewell gets out of detox. Discussion starts at 26:07.

Infinite Cast

Part 12

Sociologist Bram Büscher on his new book "The Truth about Nature: Environmentalism in the Era of Post-truth Politics and Platform Capitalism" from University of California Press.

https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520371453/the-truth-about-nature

1275: Telling the truth about nature / Bram Büscher

Historian Gerald Horne on the intertwined histories of boxing and Black men in America, and his book “The Bittersweet Science: Racism, Racketeering and the Political Economy of Boxing” from International Publishers.

https://www.intpubnyc.com/product/the-bittersweet-science-racism-racketeering-an-the-political-economy-of-boxing/

1278: Boxing and Blackness / Gerald Horne

After 45 Senate Republicans voted to declare his impeachment trial unconstitutional, Donald Trump is almost assured an acquittal. It marks a stunning turnaround for a man who just a few weeks ago was completely isolated and facing the prospect of jail time for seditious conspiracy. How did the Democratic Party fail so spectacularly? Will impeachment ironically be the thing that paves the way for Trump’s reentry into the political spotlight? What does this mean for the rising danger of fascism?

The Real Story: Why Impeachment Helps Trump

Abby Martin responds to the outcry against Michael Che's joke on last night's episode of Saturday Night Live about medical apartheid in Israel. 

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Truth Behind SNL’s Controversial Israel Joke

Biden's Feb. 26 strike in Syria was a crime, and risks major war with three countries. Abby Martin explains. 

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1257: Let it all fall / Mohamed Abdou

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