The Entry Level Left Podcast

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    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     The ELL gang talks about the U.S university and college education systems, cultural mythology of The American Dream, the profit motive, and how higher learning has been made in the image of the market.    Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram Remix by friend of the show, Phil Buck - nematoderecords.com

    Listen to us yak about stimulus checks, neoliberal bureaucracy, and Capitalism's insidious, Lovecraftian tendrils of cultural influence in this Patreon exclusive bonus episode.   To listen to the full episode, please consider supporting us as a patron on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelleft   Listen, support, and interact with us here: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     The ELL gang talks about liberal academia, the cultural manufacturing of performative politics, and their contradictions. Radical Academics for the Status Quo: https://bit.ly/2KQg749     Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram Remix by friend of the show, Phil Buck - nematoderecords.com

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     The ELL gang talks about the new Netflix documentary called "The Social Dilemma" to break down the bullshit.       Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram Remix by friend of the show, Phil Buck - nematoderecords.com

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     The ELL gang talks to friend of the show, PhD student - Management and Sustainability, Luiza Brabo Catala about Energy Democracy, Fuel Poverty, and the union struggle for decentralizing energy systems.       Strategies of Energy Democracy - James Angel: https://bit.ly/3ei8MFx     Resist, Reclaim, Restructure; Unions: https://bit.ly/2TKssII     Political Power & Renewable Energy Futures: https://bit.ly/3212vco       Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram Remix by friend of the show, Phil Buck - nematoderecords.com

    Listen to us critique and review Hollywood blockbuster "The Joker" in context of Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher.   To listen to the full episode, please consider supporting us as a patron on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelleft Patrons always get first access to new bonus content, opportunities to ask us questions that get aired on our show like in this very episode, and even discord access. The content we produce is a labor of love and not possible without support from our patron community on Patreon. Shout-out to our wonderful community! Brandon Piumi David Dave Luiza Devin Isaac Ali   Listen, support, and interact with us here: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     Read Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher in pdf form for free here: https://bit.ly/3f7yFXj   01:40: What is Capitalist Realism and why is it relevant today?     05:00: How does capitalist realism perform anti-capitalism for us?   15:00: How has capitalist ideology led us to accept that everything should run as a business?     24:00: What is liberal communism and how do we see it playing out today?   36:00: How do we understand increased bureaucracy under capitalism?   47:15: How does Fisher link these concepts to mental health and education?   54:30: How does capitalist realism shift capitalism's failure from individuals to government?   60:00: How does the left move on from a romantic attachment to politics of failure?       Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram Remix by comrade Phil Buck - nematoderecords.com

    Listen to us talk about conspiracy theories from Alex Jones' crisis actors to 5G!    To listen to the full episode, please consider supporting us as a patron on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelleft   Listen, support, and interact with us here: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     08:08: What are the differences between police abolition and reform?   10:00: Concepts of reform vs abolition for policing https://bit.ly/2Z9HMBO   22:00: Can toxic law enforcement culture be resolved by simple reform?   30:00: Why are concepts of class and race inseparable in the U.S context?   37:35: What were the differences between Luxembourg and Bernstein's positions?   41:00: What are our ideas on reform vs. revolution?   52:16: Are we witnessing a revolutionary moment right now?       Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram Remix by comrade Phil Buck - nematoderecords.com

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     In this episode, we invite our friend Ian Hinson of Los Angeles CA on the show to report back about protests, riots, and looting.        Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram Remix by comrade Phil Buck - nematoderecords.com    

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft   1:10: Why do we work in the first place?   13:40: Right to work laws defund and disempower unions.   19:00: Bourgeois law formalizes the elevation of business over human life.   25:30: The American economy is built on fairy tales and lies.   28:45: The business owner-operator as a vector of neoliberal ideology   30:30: Economies of scale and the decline of small business https://bit.ly/35fcIlC   31:10: What is company culture and what are the limitations imposed by capital?   32:20: Samsung chairman gets 18 months for union busting https://tcrn.ch/3bQHq75   33:20: A third of employees have been employed by a gig service. https://bit.ly/3bQaE66   38:05: What are some common gripes about applying for jobs?   39:00: Gender, sex, and racial disparities in the hiring process https://pewrsr.ch/2YjinGa   42:30: Capitalism incentivizes discrimination and ableism in the hiring process.   56:40: Work doesn't necessarily stop when you clock out.    57:30: How does your identity intersect with the workplace?   1:04:30: You're more likely to be depressed without a job https://bit.ly/2VOQdRK       Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram Remix by comrade Phil Buck - nematoderecords.com    

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft   Recorded 4/3/2020: Our friend and guest Ian comes on to talk with us about Bernie, DNC incompetence, contradictions within capitalism, and political economy in the age of the Covid-19 Pandemic.  Check out @hinsonmusic on Instagram to follow Ian   Stay safe and much love from the ELL gang!       Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram Remix by Phil Buck - nematoderecords.com    

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft   Mat's friend and our special guest Kelcey Duggan comes on to talk with us about her work as a policy analyst, abolitionist, & researcher focused on community safety and justice.   5:25: Why do leftists consider police to be “class traitors?”   10:00: Oakland mothers evicted https://bit.ly/33phD2J   12:30: How are typical labor unions different from police unions?   14:40: Chicago police academy approved https://bit.ly/2WtsYwW   18:00: Police unions hold asymmetrical power over the working class   35:00: Kelcey's Community Resource Hub https://bit.ly/3ddMuDZ   36:30: Massachusetts Bail Fund https://bit.ly/3b86mGH   37:05: Kelcey's paper on ending cash bail https://bit.ly/3d4y9tg   39:30: Seattle PD sues to fight oversight https://bit.ly/390aEyn   42:10: Police unions shield officers from accountability https://reut.rs/3b75YIa   47:15: Which cities are leading the charge on criminal justice reform?   51:50: Has U.S culture imposed the idea that police are above the law? Follow Kelcey on Twitter @k_duggan_   @dereckapurnell   @dreanyc123   @prisonculture on Twitter   Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram. Remix by Phil Buck - nematoderecords.com    

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft       18:45: The Democratic Party Devours Itself https://nyti.ms/3avIyMi   19:30: David Brooks wrong on Bernie https://bit.ly/3awErjs   20:15: Washington Post's disguised civility politic https://wapo.st/38pfwg6   22:00: Bernie was right about Cuba https://cnn.it/2x3gRft   36:00: Democratic Party Leaders willing to sabotage party to beat Bernie https://nyti.ms/2IjpzZt   38:45: Mayo Pete on Twitter https://bit.ly/2Tma2yr   39:00: Florida Dems suing to get Bernie off ballot https://politi.co/3arC3dC   41:00: Billionaire rapist Harvey Weinstein donates most to Hillary https://bit.ly/2xbXaSW   43:00: Hillary Clinton set to make her own podcast https://politi.co/2wt6P79 45:30: Bernie can still win. Here's the math: https://nyti.ms/2ww9EEm     Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram. Remix by Phil Buck - nematoderecords.com  

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft       1:00: How has inequality in America impacted the education system?   8:55: A Nation At Risk https://bit.ly/2PvX8eG   11:40: How has the U.S education policy been shaped by neoliberal capitalism?   15:30: Learning to Labor by Paul Willis https://bit.ly/32y0mUt   21:00: ITT Tech, Everest University, and the commodification of education   26:50: How does a focus on test-taking affect critical thinking skills?   30:00: Schooling In Capitalist America by Bowles & Gintis https://rb.gy/1s0s8k   36:00: How does an unequal education system create market opportunities?   46:00: What are the differences between public, private, and charter schools?   1:04:50: How does the U.S education system reinforce bourgeois ideology?   Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram.    

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft       08:15: Medicare for All cost-benefit analysis: https://bit.ly/2vX3FZ0   13:15: CNN refraining from airing the Iowa results: https://bit.ly/3bsuLr8   17:25: Popular vote fan Pete loses to guy with more votes https://bit.ly/38egzAh   21:30: Shadow App,  ACRONYM, and Pete's transparent corruption https://bit.ly/37ch64g   24:00: NYT reporting gross inaccuracies in Iowa: https://nyti.ms/3bswkW2 25:30: U.S involvement in Bolivian coup https://bit.ly/2H8xOXV     Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram.    

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft       2:32: What do we mean by manufactured consent?   3:10: The five filters of editorial bias https://bit.ly/2SesBCU   7:00: 90% of media controlled by 6 companies https://to.pbs.org/3755bFC   10:00: Corporate journalism is an oxymoron.   10:40: Peter Thiel's fight with Gawker https://bit.ly/2GSLK88   11:30: Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media https://bit.ly/3beIkdF   17:00: Matt Taibii on Noam Chomsky https://bit.ly/2Sn5lTr   25:00 The media framing of Soleimani https://wapo.st/2umBHp7   30:00 Juan Guaido bankrolled by the CIA https://bit.ly/2uaWhcf   32:00 CIA coup against Iran's Mossadegh https://n.pr/3bhzbBt   35:25: Lieberman's Cursed Liberal Opinion https://on.wsj.com/396gJJW   46:30: Samuel Sinyangwe's cursed take https://bit.ly/2SnoyEg   50:50: Literal king of the week: Mike Prysner of PSL https://bit.ly/2Upxz2r   54:45: Washington Post having a normal one https://wapo.st/2S1DZmS   1:05:30: Friends of the pod, Communist Killer Dolphins https://bit.ly/31q7rG4     Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram.    

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft       1:30:  Communist elected to city council of Ashland, WI https://bit.ly/2ZewLOl 2:55: Wahsayah talks about his journey through leftist politics 8:55: Wahsayah talks to us about the specifics of his experience with his tribe 14:30: The electoral journey for city councilman and Wahsayah's platform 18:15: Restrictive minimum wage laws in Ashland, WI 22:00: Wahsayah's political platform for city councilman  24:00: The effect of the affordable housing crisis in WI 30:00: The organization process for election 39:00: Wahsayah dunks on anti-gun comments from Republicans 49:00: Are electoral politics sufficient to enact socialism? 52:00: Wahsayah's thoughts on the Epstein case 57:00: White supremacist killings: Mental illness or ideology? 1:06:00: Wahsayah recommends reading Lenin https://bit.ly/2ZiCGSd 1:07:00: The Invention of Capitalism by Michael Perelman https://bit.ly/35QFAQD 1:10:00: The Communist Current: https://bit.ly/34KyYSB 1:11:00: Wahsayah For City Council: https://bit.ly/2EMu3WG     Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram.  

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     00:35: What role does marketing play in capitalist society?   00:45: The 4 “P's” of marketing https://bit.ly/2O8xc8G   09:00: The deceitfulness of branding and the illusion of choice   18:40: 10 companies control the food industry https://bit.ly/2KJrpoa   20:20: Soy farming threatens indigenous people and the Amazon https://bit.ly/2O6uzUW   26:40: Patents and the myth that innovation can only happen under capitalism   29:30: The vast majority of risk involved in innovation is financed by public money   38:00: How does marketing reinforce the status quo of bourgeois state power?   41:00: Woke brands and product placement as a form of psychological coercion   43:00: The ineptitude of reactionaries brand boycotting and voting with your wallet   44:00: Corporations model their expression of ethics based on profitability of culture   45:00: The ELL gang goes off on a drunken tangent   49:00: How corporations sell your nostalgia back to you for profit   53:00: Leftists buying Che Guevara shirts off Amazon: A Moral Predicament    54:00: Woke meta twitter politics: brands roasting other brands on Twitter   55:00: Arby's Curly Fry Caucus of the DSA     Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram.

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     1:16: What is a “Social Justice Warrior?”   12:27: What is political correctness and how has the right wing weaponized it?   33:00: Representation without economic justice is not a coherent political platform!   34:30: What are identity politics?    40:21: What is call-out or cancel culture?   42:30: Our commentary on the Contrapoints scandal    44:00: The toxicity of cancel culture and punitive forms of justice   46:15: DSA convention liberal idpol antics   50:00: Restorative vs. punitive forms of justice   57:40: ¡Listener questions!   Anthony asks: Did you have an event that radicalized you as an anti-capitalist?   Jessica asks: How should the left build unity and solidarity in the coming years?   Luiza asks: How have identity movements been co-opted?     Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram.

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     In this episode, we welcome Sam Bowden, PhD candidate and adjunct professor at Rutgers University to the show to talk about feminism, capitalism, and socialism! See her Rutger's profile here: https://bit.ly/2kkDgPr   1:55: What is feminism both generally and personally? Why is feminism important?   3:30: “Feminism Is For Everybody” by Bell Hooks https://bit.ly/1NSE4jx   8:11: What does every feminist need to know about capitalism?    14:50: How should we define intersectionality or intersectional feminism?   17:45: The Combahee River Collective https://bit.ly/2oUY6nP   22:30: What is “third wave” feminism?   26:50: Louise Kneeland on feminism and socialism https://bit.ly/2kkEjPo   28:00: What does a more socialist form of feminism look like? 35:20: How should the left deal with “woke” appeals to inclusion & diversity?   38:45: Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism by Jasbir Puar https://tinyurl.com/y46emgsb   39:39: How should the left understand identity as it intersects with social class?   46:30: What is leftist intersectionality vs. liberal, postmodern intersectionality?   53:20: How should the left respond to identity politics?   Suggested reading:   Women, Race, and Class by Angela Davis https://bit.ly/2EgOtaU Women and Socialism, Class, Race, and Capital by Sharon Smith https://bit.ly/2RW95u6   Black Marxism by Cedric Robinson https://bit.ly/2lXszCM       Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram.

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     1:05: What are “civility politics?”   2:00: ICG definition of civility in government https://bit.ly/2PeCkX1   7:25: Trump attacks Elijah Cummings https://bit.ly/2LdBKrZ   10:40: How are civility politics employed to pacify the working class?   11:05: Assata Shakur's quote https://bit.ly/2ZtJcIx   21:00: Have American politics become too polarized?   32:40: What are the goals of civility as a political program?   34:45: Majority of violent terrorism linked to right wing ideology https://bit.ly/2S6yrYT   45:00 Puerto Rico protests https://abcn.ws/2MJkEW2   50:00: How did Obama's presidency outline the hypocrisy of civility?    56:00: How does civility and centrism reinforce neoliberal capitalist ideology?     Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram.

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     1:00: What is a private prison? When and why did they appear in America?   2:41: What policies mark the development of the modern prison system?   10:35: What is the prison industrial complex?   19:30: Who are the major entities responsible for the private prison system?   28:05 What are the priorities of private prisons?   31:30: What are some arguments in favor of private prisons?   42:10: What are some arguments against private prisons?   43:00: G4S https://bit.ly/1hJm3IO   43:30: CoreCivic https://bit.ly/2ST6lhZ   44:00: GeoGroup https://bit.ly/2K7rMJf   49:30: How has the profit motive of private prisons affected the working class?   52:00: Wayfair Walkout protest https://cnb.cx/2LPZFPZ   53:00: R.A.I.C.E.S  https://bit.ly/2AMfvHA   58:50: 5 Links article by Hannah K. Gold https://bit.ly/2YffBTf   59:00: The New Jim Crow https://bit.ly/1wDCBHj   59:03: For Profit Imprisonment article by Andrea Jones https://bit.ly/2Yz0wXY     Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram.

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     01:10: What are some historical examples of classical policing?   05:11: What are some of the changes associated with modern policing?   07:30: Colquhoun's rationale for private policing https://bit.ly/2JOUbTc     09:16: What social roles have police institutions played historically?     16:45: Althusser's state apparatuses https://bit.ly/2YWgyw2     19:00: How do liberals view police institutions vs leftists?     28:30: What are some examples of police authority used against public interest?     29:00: Haymarket Square Incident https://bit.ly/2x7fQjO     32:40: Cops protecting Neo-Nazis at pride https://bit.ly/2xM9Ix9     45:05: Texas woman gets 5 years in prison for voting https://lat.ms/2SgHRyN     46:00: Why does the left say “All Cops Are Bastards?”     50:20: “The Bad Kind of Unionism” by Shawn Gude https://bit.ly/1wEXFx5     51:30: Why should the left not support police unions?     58:45: As unionism decreases, inequality increases https://bit.ly/2Fr3CJs     59:45: What is wrong with the “Blue Lives Matter” movement?     1:00:03: Black professor profiled by police https://bit.ly/2XQHYat     1:06:00: Muhammad Noor's case https://cnn.it/2QWjtlu     1:08:00: Betty Shelby's case https://wapo.st/2LmXNib     1:10:00: Albert Wilson's case https://bit.ly/2XQjyc7     1:11:00: What might an alternative to militarized policing look like?   1:16:20: How does colonialism and uneven development intersect?    1:17:15: PoC comprised 38.5% of the population, but 51.5% of YLL  https://bit.ly/2z8Torz     Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram.

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     1:19: What is white supremacy?     3:05: 2018 domestic terrorists were mostly right wing https://bit.ly/2B8OCeJ     6:03: What are some examples of white supremacist movements?     11:45: What motivates white supremacy?   21:45: How should the left respond to the legacy of white supremacy?     23:20: Alyssa Milano getting dunked on by Left Twitter https://bit.ly/2JfXNgz     30:52: Racial biases in economic and social interactions https://bit.ly/2xbU0M7   35:15: Crenshaw's district carves urban core of Houston https://bit.ly/2KO5zRY     36:15: Lee Atwater and the GOP's racist strategy: https://bit.ly/2LsqFFa     38:00: The cost of Japanese internment during WW2 https://bit.ly/2FIF4cy     42:30: Abe Lincoln on deporting free slaves https://bit.ly/2XjlBKa     44:45: How do liberals view the intersection of capital & white supremacy?     52:05: What is white privilege and how is it embedded in Western society?   59:30: How does the dilemma of “free speech” enable white supremacy?   1:05:50: Christchurch murders fueled by right wing ideas https://bit.ly/2KQskF0     Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram.

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     1:05: What are the essential processes of an economy?   2:15: What is essential to production in an economy?   4:23: What are 3 types of values associated with economic production?   10:23: What is Marx's law of value or the labor theory of value?   18:55: What is “the tendency of the rate of profit to fall?”   25:15: What is a labor union?   28:45: Delta Airlines' anti-Union propaganda https://lat.ms/2KpqXfy   29:50: Unionized workers tend to make more money https://cnnmon.ie/2MtBUiN   33:00: What is the purpose of a labor union? 33:26: What is a strike?   36:29: The UPS strike of 1997 https://bit.ly/2HTwEAI   37:00: What is a scab?   38:30: How do scabs undermine labor organizing?   41:55: What are the strengths and weaknesses of unions?   55:15: What were some major victories for labor in the 19th century?   56:50: The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 https://bit.ly/2xkInUp   1:05:00 What role has the left played in labor organizing in the U.S?   1:06:50: The Taft-Hartley Act https://bit.ly/2wDgiWe   1:10:30: Organizing a union in your workplace: https://bit.ly/2taxsZH   Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram.

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     0:00: Clip: A Blueprint for building wealth   1:19: What is capital accumulation?   2:27: What types of capital can be accumulated?   3:45: Socialism means Jar-Jar Binks Lollipops for all https://bit.ly/2HuKl92   12:40: What factors contribute to growth in a capitalist economy?   18:18 What are the crises associated with over-accumulation of capital?   21:08: Why did Marx believe that capital tends to accumulate in few hands?   27:25: What are some characteristics of capitalism in decline?   37:39: According to Marx, what are the origins of capital accumulation?   39:51: Origin of the Family, Private Property & State https://bit.ly/2PT0oOJ   41:20: Margie Thatcher's Housing Act of 1980 https://bit.ly/2WjqBxc   43:33: How does uneven development intersect with capital accumulation?   1:00:00: What is new urbanism?   Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram.

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     01:25 What is uneven development? https://bit.ly/2aDmqkh   03:00: "Uneven development” via Rostow's Stages https://bit.ly/2gC2hjP   07:36: How is uneven development related to imperialism and colonialism?   11:40: How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney https://bit.ly/2JhgzWB   16:32: What are the scopes and causes of uneven development?   18:27: Redlining, denial of mortgage loans, and disinvestment in Chicago https://bit.ly/2DSqsXk   20:25: What is the legacy of uneven development today?   20:35: Case studies of uneven development in Zambia and Tanzania https://bit.ly/2H2PxR4   22:15: Structural Adjustments of the IMF or World Bank cause poverty https://bit.ly/1qfKSOl   26:10: Thomas Sankara on foreign aid https://bit.ly/2VSv9u6   29:30: Therapy is less effective for people in poverty https://bit.ly/2JypKmD   30:00: Socioeconomic status correlating with social outcomes https://bit.ly/2J3jVgw   31:45: How does capitalism enable market attitudes that trend toward uneven development?   36:00: Capitalist market logic applied to West Virginia https://bit.ly/2H51khO   36:02: Richard Ojeda, milquetoast orange-man-bad liberal https://bit.ly/2VNWcXx   43:10: How are social relations relevant to examples of uneven development?   49:05: Gentrification and the Real Estate State by Samuel Stein https://bit.ly/2WEcI9y   51:20: New Urbanism: https://bit.ly/2gGaaq0   56:50: Boyle Heights gentrification protests https://bit.ly/2H5Pt21   59:30: Betsy DeVos privatizing education https://bit.ly/2J34x3D   1:00:30: How does uneven development foster nationalistic, reactionary tendencies?   1:03:00: Local examples: White flight, displacement, gentrification https://bit.ly/2VRt3uD     1:06:00: Eagle's Landing in Atlanta, GA https://bit.ly/2V7wnxa   1:09:50: Low investment in neighborhoods equals low public school funding     Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram.

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     00:20: Former CIA Director admits U.S meddles in foreign elections. https://bit.ly/2XzoqTe   01:23: What is Imperialism?   05:58: Why is Imperialism still a relevant topic for leftist discussion?   08:03: Elliott Abrams, imperialist chore boy extraordinaire. https://bit.ly/2DCo5ry   09:46: Kant's racism influenced Western academia for centuries. https://bit.ly/2GqU8Ll   11:39: Herbert Spencer's Social Darwinism: A culture of race realism. https://bit.ly/2IOtq23   13:25: What are some historical examples of imperialism?   16:54: How is imperialism different from colonialism in concept?   20:22: Edward Said: Orientalism https://bit.ly/2XFI401   21:11: What are contemporary examples of imperialism?   22:43: Soft power and hard power. https://bit.ly/2UzbPgW   23:15: The U.S has hundreds of foreign military bases. https://bit.ly/2VW2LUY   28:40: Rubio tweets about Gaddafi's brutalization to provoke Maduro. https://hrld.us/2UMrNcq   30:45: Gassing Kurds? U.S sleeps. Saddam invades Kuwait: Real shit? https://bit.ly/2JYBf23   31:33:  Observers confirm legitimacy of elections in Venezuela. https://bit.ly/2Vnzgy4   33:15: Max Blumenthal debunks imperialist propaganda in Venezuela. https://bit.ly/2Tdlk8S 35:01: Pro-capitalist opposition protestors in support of Guaido burn aid. https://bit.ly/2Hbymhy   36:26: U.S doing the same to Venezuela as done to Mosaddegh in Iran. https://bit.ly/1snDH2Q   36:32: U.S did the same thing in El Salvador with Allende. https://bit.ly/23R15Lk   37:00: Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins. https://bit.ly/2IC31VT   37:45: General Smedley Butler, actual economic hitman.https://bit.ly/1QLdBbl   38:28: Coca Cola hired hired death squads in Columbia. https://bit.ly/2IRjPYn   39:00: How does capitalism ultimately produce neo-imperial regimes?   40:05: Recession of the 1890's. https://bit.ly/2StkIra   Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram.

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     02:07: George Orwell on contemporary Fascism https://bit.ly/1eFboGp   03:26: What are definitions of Fascism past and present?   09:37: What are some specific characteristics of Fascism as an ideology?   10:33: Cranks in academia; Gregor, The Fascist Persuasion in Radical Politics    18:42: Robert Paxton's The Anatomy of Fascism https://bit.ly/1M4CTbS   22:49: Productive & Parasitic Capitalism: How did fascists view capitalism?   31:25: Are fascist conceptions of Marxism accurate?   35:00: Just how “fascist” is Donald Trump? https://wapo.st/2Im1nXv   41:00: Good faith and bad faith arguments   Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram.

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     01:25: Global Warming & Climate Change https://goo.gl/eRWggv   03:34: “There is no ethical consumption under late capitalism.”   05:38: 100 corporations are responsible for 70% of emissions https://goo.gl/qo5e7D   06:45: Environmentalists should be decidedly anti-capitalist.   07:20: How should leftists consider the environment?   12:20: Kevin P. Martyn, Ph.D. candidate in Geography at USF https://goo.gl/xCs5Tz   13:25: What do environmentalists need to know about capitalism?   18:25: Are individual lifestyle changes sufficient to avoid climate change?   22:00: Is capitalism compatible with environmentalism?   22:30: Green Capitalism: The God that Failed by Richard Smith https://goo.gl/JhLCKv   24:00: “Green-washing” the status quo https://goo.gl/xirVLr   27:35: Whither Socialism by Joseph Stiglitz https://goo.gl/yAogqA   33:30: Can language about environmentalism become “gentrified?”   35:35: Frank Luntz and the “Death Tax” https://goo.gl/hfwvDN   38:10: What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know about Capitalism https://goo.gl/PtDUSH   40:53: David Wallace-Wells' The Uninhabitable Earth https://goo.gl/roxUmC   43:50: The Green New Deal politic: The particulars do matter   49:27: Are there direct consequences of climate change if not addressed now?   49:50: IPCC Timeline of Climate Change impact https://goo.gl/5gxsoL   56:10: Are there any candidates for 2020 that can address climate change nationally?   1:02:44: How can people get involved and help address climate change politically?   Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram.

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     00:25: What is “neoliberalism?” https://goo.gl/cKPmqk 02:30: What is laissez faire as an economic principle? https://goo.gl/vHtdLw   04:05: A Brief History of Neoliberalism by David Harvey ISBN-10: 0199283273 05:04: What is typical capitalism vs. the neoliberal project? https://goo.gl/ruZH7p   07:10: What is “austerity?” https://goo.gl/qGjKDD   08:30: Is GDP vs. debt a comprehensive and accurate analysis for social progress?   10:22: What cultural ethics or attitudes arise from neoliberal economic policies?   17:40: The cultural mythos of trickle down economic policy.   20:46: Inequality increases as union membership decreases. https://goo.gl/Q7R81q   20:50: Labor share of profit decreases as corporate share rises. https://goo.gl/qquB9W   23:25: Wage stagnation in 9 charts: https://goo.gl/P9N6mr   24:00: How did neoliberal economic ideology intersect with the 2008 housing crash? 31:21: The neoliberal project in stark contrast to previous conceptions of capitalism   37:30: The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein   41:00: What is “creative destruction” under Neoliberalism as David Harvey explains?   46:00: The legacy of the Neoliberal project in Venezuela   50:10: What are the differences between Neoliberalism in theory vs. in practice?   01:01:17: The 1973 Oil Crisis, 1979 Oil Crisis & OAPEC: https://goo.gl/xXLtT8   01:02:20: The use of state power to discipline local and foreign economies   01:16:30: Alan Greenspan admits neoliberal capitalism didn't work: https://goo.gl/AWL5fF   01:17:00: The Neoconservative response to Neoliberal economic policies.   Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram.

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     01:27: Beyond Rawls: An Analysis of the Concept of Political Liberalism by SP Young, ISBN-10: 0761822410   03:00: “Understanding liberals vs the left” by Elizabeth Bruenig: https://goo.gl/ffhCBx   04:23: “The Difference Between Liberalism and Leftism” by Nathan J. Robinson, Editor in Chief of Current Affairs: https://goo.gl/DtckCC   06:00: Classical Liberal roots and how it relates to our modern parties   07:40: Morals vs. Manners and superficial vs. systemic changes   07:50: Liberalism in Theory and Practice by Jacobin Magazine: https://goo.gl/1Mfm99   11:00: What it Means to Be on the Left by Peter Frase, Jacobin Magazine: https://goo.gl/SHKDFR   11:45: Can liberalism realize its own ideals?   21:26: Why is the liberal welfare state not sufficient?   28:10: How would leftists address social issues as compared to liberals?   37:15: Is liberalism equipped to deal with the rise of Trump and the far right?   38:00: “Why People Vote For Those Who Work Against Their Best Interests” Lecture by Mark Blyth: https://goo.gl/Cb6Ni2   42:25: Obama to Trump Swing Voters: https://goo.gl/1bG2mr     Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram.

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft   Admin note: This episode has since been updated for clarity and consistency of concept. If you're looking for the old version of episode 1, it's available for download if you become a patron on Patreon (link above).   Nordic Economic Model A.K.A Welfare State Capitalism: https://bit.ly/1KKjLFg   The Principles Of Communism: https://bit.ly/1PwDfz6   The Communist Manifesto: https://bit.ly/1gPDLW4   Theme Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram. End theme: Pillage & Plunder by host of the show, Mat. Releasing soon on spotify!