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This week we are talking about various aspects of the very real dystopian horror setting that capitalism is making out of our lives and those of working people around the world. Enjoy! If you liked this episode please consider throwing us a dollar or several at patreon.com/futureleft. Or just share this episode with someone you think will enjoy it. Or leave a review on iTunes or wherever you get your pods.

we talk about the newest edition of the Forbes 400--the richest evil bastards on the planet.(fyi the Forbes 400 does NOT include home addresses, which seems shortsighted imho)if you dig this episode, please consider giving us a little scratch on Patreon at www.patreon.com/futureleft. or leave us a review or retweet it or something like that. burn it on to a CD and give it to your uncle if you're into that, just help us get the word out!

Aaaaand we're back. Sorry for the unexpected hiatus. We've had a few life events that pulled us away from the podcast, which is unfortunate, but bound to happen.In any event, we are returning with an in-depth look at all things housing, featuring guest Saoirse Gowan (who you can follow on Twitter at @saoirsegowan). Zillow, Berlin, urban planning, central planning, soviet planning, and more!If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

A quick note: we love doing Future Left, and we're going to keep doing it for as long as we are able. But the reality is that we need your support. We are currently taking our time with new episodes because we are trying to put some thought into a new direction for the podcast. We want Future Left to be your #1 go to podcast. If you want to share what your favorite thing about Future Left is or what you think we could do better, we'd welcome your input. Send us an email at adam@futureleft.org and/or casey@futureleft.org. And if possible leave us a positive review on whatever your favorite app is, and consider donating to us on www.patreon.com/futureleftThis week we're playing catch up on some lesser known news you might have missed, from bitcoin to billionaire apologia.

In the wake of the new IPCC report and the updated MIT study on "Limits to Growth" it looks like this system that is destroying the world is going to collapse soon and maybe try to take you with it. Are you prepared?We look at doomsday preppers this episode and ponder why their politics seem to be dominated by right-wing individualist nonsense and post-apocaplypitc zombie pop culture tropes.Enjoy!If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

Labor journalist Alex Press is joining us this week to talk about her new podcast, Primer, which focuses on Amazon, one of the most exploitative and inescapable corporations on the planet.Listen to Primer Podcast on Jacobin Radio, found on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, and other podcast platforms. Support Primer on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/primerpodcast.This week we're talking about Amazon, a formless lovecraftian monster slowly devouring the economy industry by industry. What is this leviathan's effect on the broader economy? On workers? ON the environment? And what is to be done: should its various platforms be converted into worker-owned cooperatives, nationalized, or simply abolished?If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/futureleft If you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

Welcome to Texas, where nothing bad ever happened and everything has always been about freedom for EVERYONE, no exceptions, EVER.That's at least what Greg Abbott and the fuck around boys in the Texas state government want kids to believe. School board meetings are even more insufferable now as white people are showing up in droves worried that someone is telling their children about the experience of other people and the systemic reasons why those experiences are different from theirs.But ultimately, the debate over critical race theory raises an obvious questions for the left: what should schools look like when they are governed by a socialist society? How do we democratize the education system? Can we center the Paolo Friere's "dialogical" student-led approach? If so, at what point do we limit the control over such system by the workers, i.e. teachers and librarians, etc?All that and more (like reminding you that Godsmack is a thing) this week on Future Left podcast.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/futureleft If you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

This episode is about care work. Child care, elder care, and just... care. It's something that at some point everyone needs, whether its getting their doo doo baby ass wiped or help turning a PDF when you turn 50.For child care, most developed countries have a more human approach to this important labor--extended time off of work for new parents, public child care options, etc. For home care workers more broadly, they remain a uniquely exploited group of workers excluded from traditional labor protections and regulations.This is an example of an episode where we did a lot of reading and research and then had a normal con versation about some related personal experiences. We hope you like it. If you didn't, hit us up at adam@futureleft.org or casey@futureleft.org. Or don't. That sounds awkward. Would be better if you sent us nice words, in my opinion.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/futureleft If you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

Property is definitely theft. Is intellectual property theft too?We're talking about a lot of dumb things that have happened lately because of this idiotic notion of intellectual property. For instance, Metallica getting censored for playing Metallica is pretty funny. Side note--there's a tagential discussion about Metallica and our favorite Christian Rock band KoRn.Also we talked a bit about the notion of intellectual property when it comes to the vaccine, and how--say what you will about North Korea--the reports that they've hacked into Pfizer and stolen the vaccine is as based as it is funny. But since recording the episode new reports have emerged about global disparities in vaccine access, from the horror show in India to news that the developing world might not get vaccinated until 2023.Is intellectual property theft? Maybe not in the case of Metallica, but definitely in the case of Pfizer. Liberate the vaccines!Just another reminder that this is episode was recorded a month ago to accommodate Adam's parental leave. So we don't discuss, for instance, the very obvious NEW grift of intellectual property--Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). But... they are obvious grifts.Enjoy! We should be back to our regular schedule sometime this month.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/futureleft If you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

Episode recorded back in March. Parental leave continues.Future Left will be back with fresh episodes in May 2021.

It's all fun and games until you start reproducing imperialist propaganda. A new first-person shooter lets you find out what it would be like to kill maintain a brutal imperialist occupation in the Middle East. The gameplay is so realistic the white phosphorous and pleas from unarmed civilians really jump right out of the screen at you.What would videogames be like under socialism? What is a reasonable approach to violence that doesn't veer into pointless moralism?This episode was recorded in early March by the way, because Adam has a new baby and is legally obligated to care for it rather than create fresh podcasts. Future Left will continue releasing flawless pre-recorded episodes through the month April and will be back with fresh content in May.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

Adam is now out on parental leave and subsequently is very bad about doing things in a timely fashion, even things as simple as the upload button.Anyway, here is a podcast recorded on March 8. We talk about the CIA's attempt to recruit the next generation of coup orchestrators who will be DIVERSE and QUEER and WHO GIVES A SHIT IT IS THE CIA, THE MOST DEMONIC ORGANIZATION ON THE PLANET SECOND ONLY TO KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKENWe also talk about this dipshit businessman who claims to be an anarchist but he is just a dumb bitch that reads quote books and then "takes inspiration" for his businesses. This is the kind of dunce that hears Bookchin say "Capitalism can no more be ‘persuaded’ to limit growth than a human being can be ‘persuaded’ to stop breathing," and thinks WOW, I SHOULD CUT WAGES.We also talk about your chance to go to space paid for by a millionaire--conditions may apply. And by "conditions" we mean that you probably have to fuck him.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

We're bombing Syria again. The kids are still in cages. The minimum wage is unwavering.What do?If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

This week, we're talking about the weather. We're joined by an organizer from the Fort Worth chapter of the Democracy Socialists of America, Andrew Teeter, as well as the founder and co-editor of Protean Magazine, journalist Steven Monacelli.Ted Cruz fucks up. The rich get richer. The poor freeze. What is to be done?All that and more this week on Future Left.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

JOE BIDEN IS A FAR LEFT RADICAL. ALL HAIL COMRADE JOSEPH.Just kidding.We also talk about Jeff Bezos firing Jeff Bezos so Jeff Bezos can still basically be Jeff Bezos without catching all of Jeff Bezos' heat. The AI is going to take jobs from models. Also the liberals are trying to co-opt "eat the rich" into a campaign to unfollow meanies on social media. It fucking sucks.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

This week we're running down some news: nonsense on Wall Street, nonsense in Texas, and nonsense in the tech sector.Enjoy!If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

This week, Future Left is joined by two of Adam's co-defendants in the "J20 case" that resulted from the January 20, 2017 protest at the inauguration of President Donald Trump.Journalist Ella Fassler and researcher Dr. Michael Loadenthal share their recollection of J20, the legal prosecution that followed, and their perspective on the January 6 raid of Capitol Hill by the far right--and where anti-fascism has to go under a Biden administration.Check out Ella's latest work at Truthout here: https://truthout.org/articles/at-least-28-cops-were-attendees-at-pro-trump-rally-preceding-attack-on-capitol/ and follow her on substack at https://ellafassler.substack.com/.You can follow Michael's work at the Prosecution Project at https://theprosecutionproject.org/.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

It's the big episode 200. This week we're talking about rioting on the hill, the richest bastard on earth, and a big-brained idea from the IMF about how your credit score should be based on your web history.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

This episode is very late. Just listen, you'll like it.

This week we're looking at medicine, vaccines, and the companies that make them. We're joined by Hadas Thier, author of the new book "A People's Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics," to discuss the failures of Big Pharma, as well as capitalism and the profit motive more broadly.Hadas wrote recently about nationalizing Big Pharma this past summer for In These Times, which you can read here: https://inthesetimes.com/article/big-pharma-pharmaceutical-industry-vaccine-coronavirus-gileadAnd if you're interested in learning more about Marxism or just brushing up, we highly recommend her book from Haymarket: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1481-a-people-s-guide-to-capitalismIf you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

This episode, in honor of capitalism's highest holiday, we're looking at consumerism: how it fits into broader capitalist ideology, and it's impacts on workers and the environment.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

This week we're talking about the videogames industry, from labor to play to the god damn CIA. Joining us is Dr. Jamie Woodcock, editor at Notes from Below (https://notesfrombelow.org/) author of "Marx at the Arcade: Consoles, Controllers, and Class Struggle."We talked about the new Ronald Reagan war crimes simulator, Cyberpunk 2077 and the crunch behind it, and all of the labor (and exploitation) that goes into creating videogames and the stories they tell.Be sure to get Jamie's book from Haymarket! https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1319-marx-at-the-arcadeIf you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

Can you judge a man's soul based on a picture of his fridge? The New York Times thinks so!Meanwhile, while the results of the US election are known, the next president is not. Adam's old union is getting busted. And more!If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

The election is over (kind of) and now what the fuck is going to happen? We spoke to journalist Abner Hauge, of Left Coast Right Watch, about what he is seeing and what he anticipates in the months to come from right-wing extremists of various types committed to President Trump's political project.Check out Abner's work at https://leftcoastrightwatch.org/ and support his work at https://www.patreon.com/lcrw.We also spoke to him about collective self-defense. He trains with the Truckee Meadows John Brown Gun Club as well as the Los Angeles Black Coyotes. Learn more about the former on Twitter at @TMJBGC and the latter on Twitter at @LABlackCoyote.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

After a brief discussion of Amy Comey Garrett's entry onto the Supreme Court, we wanted to take a break from reality (we're probably gonna get a fuck ton of that over the next few weeks) and instead discuss some movies--horror films specifically.We talk about some classics--Friday the 13th, Halloween--and some newer films, both reactionary (Green Inferno) and progressive (Ready or Not, Pilgrim).Get a fresh pair of pants ready, because this episode will scare you until you shit!If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

This week we're looking at getting caught with your pants down, for both America's mayor as well as America's TV liberal law person.We also break down perhaps the dumbest music video of all time in an attempt to understand the world view of reactionary auteurs and finally discussing why other reactionaires are mad about internet censorship on privately owned social media platforms.WELL WELL WELL IF IT ISN'T THE CONSEQUENCES OF MY OWN IDEOLOGY.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

This week we spoke to Andy Zee, co-initiator of Refuse Fascism, about the upcoming election on Nov. 3 (in case you hadn't heard...).Should you vote in the upcoming election? Is this election unlike any that has ever come before it? Is a vote for Biden "biting the bullet" or "a gift to humanity"? All that and more this week on Future Left.Andy Zee is the co-initiator of Refuse Fascism, spokesperson for NY’s Revolution Books, and the host of The RNL Show. Learn more about Refuse Fascism at www.refusefascism.org.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleft If you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

This week we talked about the recent vice presidential debate, the Pope's anticapitalism, and the looming possibility of civil war.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

In order to talk about the thing that no one wants to think about any more we invited on a very special guest: Bryn! She's the co-host of podcasts Beep Beep Lettuce and Generation Loss. She also co-hosts Means TV's Left Trigger. You can follow her on Twitter at @kinematografi and on Twitch at @dullcare.We also spoke to Bryn about "conspiracy theories" and of course played our favorite game: Control + Alt + Delete, featuring movie theatres, Bethesda Game Studios, and more.Help support Bryn's work by visiting https://www.patreon.com/beepbeeplettuce and https://www.patreon.com/generationloss.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

This episode, we're joined by a very special guest, Edward Ongweso, Jr. Edward is a tech journalist that works for VICE News, he is also the co-host of the new (and very good) podcast "This Machine Kills."We wanted to talk to Edward about his perspective on the Netflix documentary that seems to be a topic of conversation right now "The Social Dilemma." The documentary attempts to diagnose problems in the tech industry as defined by-- who else -- tech industry professionals. The end result is an hour and a half of social media radicalization and consumer discipline, the solution to which is apparently "no screen time before bed."We also played our Control/Alt/Delete with Edward, as we continue to figure out what platforms will and won't exist under socialism and what they might look like.Follow more of Edward's words on Twitter at @bigblackjacobin.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

The Transhumanist Party is a political party that appears to lack any serious framework for politics. It wants to upend the traditional dogmas like "everyone will die at some point" and replace them with the idealism and zealotry of scientific savior-ism.According to them, In order to extend human life, we don't need medicare for all. We need to cut government waste and put more money into scientific research! Eternal Life 2020!Is there any other candidate out there promising to save you from certain death?? Then you must vote transhumanist in 2020, and embrace a party that is essentially just sci-fi obsessed libertarians.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

This week we're joined by Austin Robey, co-founder of Ampled, a musician-owned platform cooperative.Austin has a new piece in Music Ally where he proposes the company should fork over a chunk of equity to the people that make their platform valuable: the artists themselves. Check it out here: https://musically.com/2020/09/01/artist-ownership-spotify/.And be sure to check out Ampled, a democratically governed, artist-owned platform: https://www.ampled.com/Stay tuned to the end of the episode for a special treat: a hot track from 2012 from Adam and Casey’s nu metal band. (Not a joke!If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

You know all those fancy pants think tanks that claim that most of the economy will be automated by 2025? What do those sickos say now? We're looking at how COVID-19 and the resulting economic upheaval has impacted projections. We also have a wild time listening to workplace jargon that consultants and efficiency experts love to babble on about.Bonus chats: Elon Musk's NeuroSTINK, ExSTINKtion Rebellion's sad politics. the right to repair, and more.Note: Adam is on vacation. Hence the very lazy graphic. I swear I'll do better next week.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

This week we're talking about a wide range of subjects, not the least of which includes the attempted murder of Jacob Blake and the subsequent protest and fascist violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin.A better world is possible, but damn if it don't seem like it's gotta get worse first.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

This week we're joined by Jake Flores, co-host of Pod Damn America and Why You Mad, to discuss a range of subjects from a bizarre mixture of guns and toxic masculinity to our early-DNC takes to stand-up comedy and cancel culture.Follow Jake on Twitter at @FeralJokes.Support Pod Damn America at: https://www.patreon.com/poddamnamericaSupport Why You Mad at: https://www.patreon.com/whyyoumadIf you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

Sorry for the lack of description and for the tardiness. This week we are once again looking around in horror. This year's political contest--which will take place amidst growing social unrest and fragmentation and a global pandemic--will be fought between two reactionary forces that have little more than civil disagreements between them.Along with the Kamala announcement, we're also looking at some big tech news as well as the future (or hopefully, lack thereof) of the nuclear family.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

At the mercy of dipshits, what future lies ahead for working people amidst increasingly fractured capitalism? In this context can the working class even trust each other? What are the actual emancipatory horizons of technology within this context?All that and more on Future Left this week.Some of the things we read:https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/coronavirus-american-failure/614191/https://www.npr.org/2020/07/30/896952403/4-key-takeaways-from-washingtons-big-tech-hearing-on-monopoly-powerIf you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

This week we're catching up on the dumbest conversation in the discourse right now: cancel culture.If you say a bad thing, then people on the internet get mad, and then your boss fires you. Who *actually* canceled you?Also, Texas (and other places) want schools to go back to normal despite a worsening pandemic, Adam attends a corporate webinar on unconscious bias, and the United States slides further toward fascism.That's... the tea this week on Future Left.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

This week we're talking about looting, by far the coolest of all crime. Might be cooler if you involve drugs, but idk.In any event, a lot of people are mad that a local Target was harmed during an uprising against white supremacy and police violence. It is not a new concern, but it is one worth considering why it really is not the thing to be concerned about right now.This episode was recorded a few weeks back, by the way. So the current events are not super fresh, and Ghislaine Maxwell--miraculously--is still alive. We should be back on time with new episodes this Friday, July 24.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

If you watched HBO's The Watchmen, it probably filled you with rage, curiosity, confusion, and disappointment. Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' original work deconstructed and destroyed the American super hero mythos. The work was complete and final.Or so we thought, until HBO and Damon Lindeloff came along.The resulting TV series is what happens when an ambitious work is handed to a showrunner without any discernible vision or any further comment on The Watchmen's themes.Here to help us piece together this latest entry into American pop culture's "Police Are Good, Actually" genre are two podcast veterans. "Podside Pete" Johannsen joins us from Podside Picnic, a podcast that discusses science fiction on a weekly basis. Learn more (and support them!) here: https://www.patreon.com/PodsidePicnicWe're also joined by Leslie Lee III of Struggle Session, a can't-miss-it podcast that focuses on pop culture critique from the left. Check 'em out (and support them!) here: https://www.patreon.com/strugglesessionAnd check out Leslie's piece on the Watchmen published in Truthdig: https://www.truthdig.com/articles/whitewashing-watchmen/If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

This week we're looking at the pathetic musings and aspirations of Silicon Valley, the apparent leaders in building the future. And what do we see? Half-hearted public relations attempts, pleading with their elite peers for meaningless reform, and undaunted profit-seeking at any cost.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.$3000 for anti-rona medicine. The CEO’s Defense: https://twitter.com/BryanLlenas/status/1277578192258306049Coca Cola says ban the nazis: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/26/21305065/coca-cola-pause-ads-facebook-social-platforms-july-boycottReddit doin some bans: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/29/21304947/reddit-ban-subreddits-the-donald-chapo-trap-house-new-content-policy-rulesWTF is Parler https://www.newsweek.com/parler-ted-cruz-approved-free-speech-app-already-banning-users-1514358Police & Big Techhttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8898g3/police-and-big-tech-are-partners-in-crime-we-need-to-abolish-them-both?Andrew Yang has a new (dumb) ideahttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/935358/andrew-yangs-data-dividend-isnt-radical-its-uselessChatbots at the end of the world https://thebaffler.com/latest/chatbots-at-the-end-of-the-world-connolly

Defund the police! Abolish the Police! But what comes next? This week, we're speaking to activist and political theorist Max Rameau about that very question. He and his co-author Nefta Freeman recently wrote a thoughtful and comradely critique of the Defund the Police campaign. They argue that if you want to abolish the police, first you have to have the power to control it. Otherwise, you don't have the power to control what comes next. You can (and should!) give their piece a read here: https://pacapower.org/index.php?page=a-critical-analysis-of-defund-the-police We also spoke to Max about his experience liberating spaces as part of protests movements, like the one we currently see in Seattle's CHAZ / CHOP space. Max wrote about his experience with the Umoja Village project in his book "Take Back the Land" which is available from AK Press: https://www.akpress.org/takebackthelandak.html If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleft If you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

This week we look at: A stupid thing: the Federalist has a melt down about not being able to fire the gays. A cool thing: Cops are getting defunded in many many places. Another cool thing: leftists are getting armed and are seizing public spaces. It's very, very cool. Check it out! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleft If you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

Many people are saying it: abolish the cops. Some dumb asses are also saying "hold on now, those are good union jobs." Those dumb asses are very dumb. We're joined by Douglas Williams (@ClassHuggle), a labor educator and member of the Strikewave editorial collective. Douglas has a new piece on Strikewave calling on working people to organize at their central labor council level to take action where the AFL-CIO won't and expel the cop unions. We spoke with Douglas about his new piece, about cops, cop unions, and more. Check out his piece here: https://www.thestrikewave.com/editorials/opinion-defund-the-police If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleft If you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

The cops, we should admit, are a necessary institution for maintaining capitalism. This is a good reason why leftists should be very clear about dismantling the institution of police in the same way we think about dismantling other capitalism institutions. We often discuss such institutions under the framework of CONTROL (public ownership), ALT (worker ownership), or DELETE (abolition). Police are firmly in the category of delete. There is no governance structure, no reform measure, that can adequately transform such an odious institution born as slave catchers--literally serving the function of enforcing private property in the form of black bodies. This is institution cannot be improved and it cannot be allowed to persist. DELETE THE POLICE. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleft If you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

Amidst the complete collapse of global capitalism and its inability to confront or endure a global pandemic, there remain a few true believers. Meet the 2020 libertarian party. Casey and Adam watched the final libertarian debate so you don't have to. We also spoke a bit about the recent attempted murder of Chris Cooper in New York and the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, toward the end of the podcast. So, here's a trigger warning for that content for folks who would rather not listen to two non-black folks talk about systemic violence against black folks. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleft If you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

Since this bullshit society we live in is very clearly heading toward collapse, we must ask ourselves: what comes next? This week we look at Jamie Dimon's conversion to kind and compassionate boy who very much cares, the rethinking of GDP logic, and all of the industries set to implode in the wake of the coming economic depression and talking through how socialists can rebuild with public enterprises and worker-owned cooperatives.If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleftIf you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

This week we’re discussing power and stupidity. Starting with the piss poor attempt at a coup in Venezuela from airsoft-armed grifters and fools, through the latest victims of white supremacy and police violence, and finally some new developments capitalism’s plunge into darkness and dystopia. Do it! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleft If you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend. Venezuela coup attempt https://www.vox.com/2020/5/11/21249203/venezuela-coup-jordan-goudreau-maduro-guaido-explain https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/05/dumbest-aspects-of-the-mercenary-coup-plot-in-venezuela.html https://jacobinmag.com/2020/05/coup-venezuela-united-states-maduro-guaido Cop shit: https://gizmodo.com/heres-who-just-voted-to-let-the-f-b-i-seize-your-searc-1843445032?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&fbclid=IwAR33Zr0xu312e1d_TagqzNWfSufVEUN97RC3eoyyGi4H1HG51Txf-0n2n7Y https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/black-woman-shot-killed-after-kentucky-police-entered-her-home-n1205651 After the ‘rona https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/lindsey-graham-dead-bodies-unemployment-benefits-235759761.html?soc_src=community&soc_trk=fb https://theintercept.com/2020/05/08/andrew-cuomo-eric-schmidt-coronavirus-tech-shock-doctrine/?fbclid=IwAR37-RitbpNPHpelPaY-VzFAiCCAarUVGMmEDj6Efv6yJVeFOhHvVvGJM7Y https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/5/5/21248648/cuomo-taps-gates-foundation-to-reimagine-what-schooling-looks-like-in-ny?fbclid=IwAR3kxzLidp3Q0tzjH7iUEp9RVwn2oKrFTs5QolHq5b9sm6iyVRqM-iwSWs8 https://www.npr.org/2020/05/13/854014403/your-boss-is-watching-you-work-from-home-boom-leads-to-more-surveillance

It's episode one 169, which means we're being extra professional this week and taking a look at some latest trends in sexuality and relationships, from the growth of Only Fans to the dire need to the future of marriage. Check us out of futureleft.org for a full list of sources that we read for this episode. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleft If you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.

The Pentagon confirmed the existence of UFOs and there's one thing on everyone's mind: WE'RE GOING ON STRIKE. Not against aliens--if you get to that level of advancement, your society has probably become communist, the aliens are probably cool. We're striking against the ghouls and demons that run our hellworld, the Bezoses, the Waltons, the Musks, and the Trumps. We're going on strike this May Day, and as we do we should understand where "May Day" comes from and what lessons we can take from the original general strike, organized in 1885 and culminated in May of 1886 with the Haymarket Massacre. We also have several knock knock jokes that people may not find very funny. Have fun and maybe take a sick day today! Good rundown of May Day: https://www.marxists.org/subject/mayday/articles/tracht.html Elon Musk is a stupid asshole and his dad stumbled into exploiting African labor for riches: https://www.businessinsider.co.za/how-elon-musks-family-came-to-own-an-emerald-mine-2018-2?fbclid=IwAR1tN4x0mkpQzTPt5Cw7cqPXpvSTJ7DO61UDLOMM7e0mPkCUWPE7g2QDGa4 Tech industry consolidation: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/04/27/big-tech-coronavirus-winners/?fbclid=IwAR0aPqHrCmtoUaQgHfljcdv-dbzPkMHBjgB0GoHQS8Y4rw_soY_8zV0OzQo If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider giving to us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/futureleft If you enjoyed this podcast but can't support us with money, consider helping us get the word out by sharing us on social media or recommending us to a friend.