Amped Up with Proud Resister

We wanted to let all of our Amped Up listeners know that we found a new home for the podcast on Callin. The show is now called Unruly with Ryan & Rob and you can subscribe for free by downloading the Callin app. https://callin.com/link/lHnlBrdcPJ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with independent journalist Sabrina Salvati about the class divide in American politics. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with revolutionary socialist Jose Cortes about his run for Congress under the Party for Socialism and Liberation and using electoral politics as a tool to educate the masses about the deepening crisis of capitalism and organize for the solution, which is the socialist transformation of society. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Stephen Semler about how the rhetoric and platitudes that Democrats use in their stump speeches while they are campaigning doesn't match how they actually govern when they have power. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with organizer and host of Action4Assange podcast Misty Winston about the United States continued unlawful persecution of journalist Julian Assange and why it must drop all the charges now. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with March for Medicare for All organizers Shareef Snuggs, Tsukuru Fors, and Eric Curry about a new protest they are planning and how change in this country has to come from the people when the politicians are this corrupt. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Princess Blanding about her insurgent campaign for Governor of Virginia under the newly formed Liberation party and how both corporate parties engaged in voter suppression by refusing to allow her to participate in the debate. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Freedom Fighters DC organizer Afeni (@ReddIsAri) about the limits of working within the duopoly and the need to build movements that center people and policies, not politicians and parties. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with American Small Business League President Lloyd Chapman about how both corporate parties continue to put Big Business and the Billionaire Class over Small Business and the Working Class and what we can do about it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Justin Paglino about why he chose to run for Congress under the Green Party and why Ranked Choice Voting is a game changer to breaking the duopoly. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with environmental and human rights lawyer Steven Donziger about his decades long battle with Chevron and why he is more determined than ever to hold one of the world’s biggest polluters accountable. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Green Party communications director Michael O’Neil about the urgent need to end Israeli apartheid and free Palestine, the growing movement for ranked-choice voting and proportional representation, and what the Green Party needs to do moving forward. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Pan-African political educator Jabir Asa about the illusion of bourgeois democracy and the necessity of revolutionary socialism. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Steve Cox about running for Congress as an Independent and fighting back against the “divide-and-conquer” tactics used by both corporate parties to protect their power and maintain their stranglehold over the American people. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with progressive candidate Eva Putzova about her reaction to AOC sending grassroots donations to the corporate Democrat who she almost beat in 2020 and why it has inspired her to fight even harder. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Fred Hampton Leftist and podcaster Jackie Poles about why our policing and capitalist systems cannot be reformed and how the fight to move beyond these old decrepit systems, and toward justice and dignity for all people, will not be won inside of the right-wing Democratic party. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with writer Eric London about his article in the World Socialist Web Site, which exposes how the Democratic party uses figures like AOC to present a “left” face in order to trap social opposition and prop up the capitalist order. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Virginia Delegate and socialist Lee Carter about running for Governor and rebuilding our economy in a way that is owned and operated by workers. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Tara Reide about her new book “Left Out: When the Truth Doesn’t Fit in” where she writes about the aftermath of coming forward against Joe Biden and how the Democratic party turns its back on survivors to protect powerful Democrats. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with the co-founder of Fred Hampton Leftists Nick Cruse about how America’s racist policing system, two-party duopoly, and corporate media machine all work to protect the capitalist class and preserve our decrepit capitalist system. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with comrade Gomer about why capitalism cannot be reformed and the resurgence of socialism and communism in America. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knights chats with Councilmember Kshama Sawant about the fighting approach she used in Seattle to win a $15 minimum wage and how building a strong socialist movement (and party) is the path to winning victories for working people. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with journalist Rania Khalek about Joe Biden's abysmal first 30 days, the cognitive dissonance of Democrats, U.S. imperialism, and the state of the left. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with organizer and Whole Washington board member Laura Fielding about the grassroots movement to win the fight for Medicare for All at the state level. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with social activist and educator Savion about the capitalist white-washing of the legacies of Black socialists. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight talks with writer and organizer Danny Haiphong about the Democratic party's role in maintaining the illusion of American exceptionalism, the weaponization of identity politics, and how the left can come together to create a post-capitalist society. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Joseph Kishore about the decline of the American empire, the decay of capitalism, and the need for a revolutionary socialist movement. Join our Patreon.com/AmpedUp for bonus content. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan chats with congressional candidate and community organizer Isiah James about Biden’s inauguration, lessons from MLK, and how the fight for democracy has only just begun. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Marianne Williamson about Biden needing to go bold in his first 100 days and have a spirited debate about socialism vs. capitalism. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with journalist Richard Medhurst about the root causes that led to the neofascist uprising in America and how we break out of this vicious cycle of reactionary politics. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Briahna Joy Gray about the #ForceTheVote campaign. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Marjorie Cohn about the unlawful prosecution of whistleblower and journalist Julian Assange. #FreeAssange --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with the President of the American Small Business League, Lloyd Chapman, about the fraud and abuse in our government’s small-business contracting, which has seen thousands of contracts meant for small businesses going to Fortune 500 firms. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Rose McGowan about surviving the complicity machine that is Hollywood, the U.S. media, and the Democratic establishment and using righteous anger as a tool for political change. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Torraine Walker about how Joe Biden’s corporatist cabinet appointments signal a return to “business as usual” during a moment that demands fundamental change. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Ben and Jerry’s Co-Founder Ben Cohen about his campaign to End Qualified Immunity. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knights with Anti-War Veteran Erica Gordon about her journey from being in the military to being an outspoken activist against the Military Industrial Complex. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Joy Marie Mann and Patrick Cote about the election results and their new book “The Yass Kween Chronicles!” --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Peter Daou about his journey from being a member of the Democratic establishment to being one of its biggest critics who believes it’s time to build a better world. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with working class mom Christine Olivo about what inspired her to run for Congress and why it’s time to THINK BIG. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Independent Presidential candidate Mark Charles about his campaign to build a nation where “We the People” truly means All the People. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Angela Walker, the Vice Presidential nominee for the Green Party, about the importance of leftist solidarity to break the duopoly and free this nation from corporate rule. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Lisa Savage about her campaign to replace Susan Collins and become a Senator for the people, the planet, and peace. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Carlos Cardona about his remarkable journey from growing up in Puerto Rico to becoming the youngest elected official in New Hampshire history to being a surrogate for Bernie Sanders to his current campaign for State Representative. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with climate scientist Peter Kalmus about the existential threat of climate change and how humanity can come together to solve it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with the Vice Chair of Our Revolution Los Angele Eynelys Garcia about the failure of the corporate duopoly and why it’s time for a People’s Party. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with survivor Tara Reade about her brave journey to come forward and speak her truth. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Senator Nina Turner about the systemic problems facing the nation and the need to break out of the 2-party corporate system and build a People’s Party to solve them. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with Rob Bermudez about the big takeaway from the Democratic National Convention: It’s time for a People’s Party! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with the host of the “Working People” podcast Maximillian Alvarez about how the Democratic party’s abandonment of the working class and embrace of corporatism paved the way for Republican fascism. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support

Ryan Knight chats with community activist David Kim about his progressive campaign for Congress. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AmpedUp/support