Name: 1281: India's farm law disaster / Avik Saha by This Is Hell!
Duration: 1 h 5 min 35 s
Description: Lawyer and farmer activist Avik Saha on the planned corporate takeover of Indian agriculture.

Eric Blanc joins us to talk about a recent essay he wrote assessing the break that founded the UK Labour Party, of which there are tremendous resonances with the socialist movement in the U.S., today. 

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You can find the essay here: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/02/labour-party-uk-lessons-socialists

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Taking Lessons from the Break That Founded the Labour Party w/ Eric Blanc

Abby Martin's Empire Update wraps up the last weeks in US imperialism: Possible military expansion in Kenya, Army re-focus on fighting over the North Pole, Biden's obscene military budget, Yemen hunger strike, major Cuba policy announcement, and a historic pro-Palestine bill in Congress. 

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Empire Update w/ Abby Martin: Arctic War, Aid to Israel Challenge, Army VR Money Pit

Writer Hadas Thier on her book "A People's Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics" from Haymarket Books.

https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1481-a-people-s-guide-to-capitalism

1256: A Marxist lens  on capitalism's crisis / Hadas Thier

Writer Rebecca McCarthy on her Baffler article "Deep Sea Rush," and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen swats the zeitgeist zombies.

https://thebaffler.com/salvos/deep-sea-rush-mccarthy

1270: The future  of seafloor extraction / Rebecca McCarthy

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

Thomas Frank joins us to dig into the history of populism in the U.S. and tell us why it matters in today's political moment. 

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Find out more about his book here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250220110

What is Populism and Why Does it Matter? w/ Thomas Frank

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

A lot of us are feeling cold, isolated, and depressed right now, so what better time to revisit Ingmar Bergman's WINTER LIGHT (1963)? We discuss crises of various kinds of faith, and the personal and political implications of the silence of God. PLUS: Why won't the pundit class (and specifically Paul Krugman) get behind a $2000 stimulus?

Michael and Us

#197 - Winter Light

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

Lawyer and farmer activist Avik Saha on the planned corporate takeover of Indian agriculture.

1281: India's farm law disaster / Avik Saha

William Callison and Quinn Slobodian on their article "Coronapolitics from the Reichstag to the Capitol" for Boston Review.

https://bostonreview.net/politics/william-callison-quinn-slobodian-coronapolitics-reichstag-capitol

1281: India's farm law disaster / Avik Saha

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