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Abby Martin covers the whole truth about the Afghanistan War, from the CIA construct of the 80's through today's senseless stalemate. Two decades, three administrations, tens of thousands of lives; it's time to #EndTheForeverWar. 

Listen to Abby's interview with Afghanistan combat veteran for more information about the senseless Forever War: https://soundcloud.com/empire-files/episode-92-the-forever-war-part-i-from-the-killing-fields

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Episode 93 - Afghanistan War Exposed: An Imperial Conspiracy

Writer William Shoki on evictions, police violence and neoliberal hegemony in South Africa, and his recent articles "The existing order of things" and "The class character of police violence" for Africa Is A Country. Plus in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen hauls sixteen tons.

https://africasacountry.com/2020/07/the-existing-order-of-things

https://africasacountry.com/2020/06/the-class-character-of-police-violence

1215: Beneath South Africa's ruling class / William Shoki

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

Giorgos Kallis and Susan Paulson on their book "The Case for Degrowth," co-written with Giacomo D'Alisa and Federico Demaria for Polity.

https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509535620

1258: Toward degrowth / Giorgos Kallis + Susan Paulson

Anthropologist Anna L. Tsing on "Feral Atlas: The More-Than-Human Anthropocene" a digital project from Stanford University Press.

http://feralatlas.org/

1259: Mapping the Anthropocene / Anna L. Tsing

The harrowing story of a VA long-term care facility where veterans watched friends die of Covid, then sentenced to a solitary-confinement lockdown. Special guest Spencer Ackerman joins to discuss this story, his new book Reign Of Terror, and more.

The VA Covid Prison & The Reign of Terror

I am utterly gutted by the recent passing of Leo Panitch, who was the editor of The Socialist Register and a mentor to so many people like me, so I did what odd-ball podcast hosts do and I turned to the mic to get out my feelings about his legacy and what he meant to me. After a 25-minute eulogy, I replay a B-Side chat that I did with Leo back in 2017. I tricked him into talking about his life by asking him questions about people who were near and dear to him, like Ralph Miliband, Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn, and so on. 

Rest well, Leo. And may the rest of us re-engage with his work and legacy.

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Remembering Leo Panitch: 50 Years on the Socialist Left

We’re joined by co-host of TrashFuture – and friend of TMK from the start – Riley Quinn as we examine the brain of the Thought Leader. Forged in the fires of the financial crash, driven mad by Internet induced techno-optimism, brains smoothly polished by the infinite growth of a zero interest rate world – the modern day Thought Leader is the charlatan in the court of tech capital. They spend their days promoting Big Ideas Books that contain remarkably little thinking, while asserting all the solutions to complex societal problems. But that’s okay because they aren’t really meant to be read by anybody anyways. Unless, of course, you’re Riley.

Follow Riley (https://twitter.com/raaleh) and listen to TrashFuture (https://trashfuturepodcast.podbean.com/). Of course you’re already doing both, right?

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Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl).

36. Theory of the Thought Leader (ft. Riley Quinn)

And introducing, on the ones and twos, it’s RICK RUBIN. One of the superstar producers of the last forty years, Rubin went from Long Island punk to hip-hop pioneer in the 80’s, founding Def Jam Records out of his dorm room with Russell Simmons. He’d go on to produce some of the top recording artists of his era, ranging from Beastie Boys to Neil Diamond, LL Kool J to Metallica, and co-head Columbia Records. And today we’re joined by producer Jesse Cannon to learn all about Rubin from the book “Rick Rubin in the Studio” by Jake Brown

Check out Jesse’s YouTube channel and other work here:
www.Musformation.com
www.Jessecannon.com

SONGS IN ORDER:
T La Rock & Jazzy Jay - It’s Yours
LL Cool J - I Need A Beat
Beastie Boys - Rhymin & Stealin
Public Enemy - Don’t Believe the Hype
Slayer - Raining Blood
Danzig - Mother
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss
The Chicks - Lubbock of Leave It
The Chicks - Gaslighter
Lady Gaga - Dope

1258: Toward degrowth / Giorgos Kallis + Susan Paulson

This Is Hell!

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