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Over the past week, Israel has begun a major escalation against Hezbollah in Lebanon with the "pager attack" on the Lebanese population, assassinations of senior Hezbollah leadership and airstrikes in southern Lebanon that has killed at least 500 people and led to thousands to flee their homes. Israel has called this strategy "De-escalation through escalation," and done it with the full support of the Biden-Harris administration. In our latest episode, Scott talks with host and producer of Breakthrough News Eugene Puryear about the escalation, how it effects politics and movement politics in the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign. They also talk in depth about the connections between the black liberation movement and the Free Palestine movement. They also discuss why black churches and organized labor have supported a ceasefire, why the mainstream environmental groups haven't. And finally how there is increasing support of socialism, dislike of capitalism in the U.S. and the backlash to that growing consciousness. Bio// Eugene Puryear (@EugenePuryear) is a longtime journalist and community organizer currently-based in New York City. He is the host and producer of Breakthrough News (@BTnewsroom). Puryear is the co-founder of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, and the author of the book "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America," and spent five years in radio prior to helping found BT News. ---------------------- Outro- "Let Them Eat War" by Bad Religion Links// + Breakthrough News: https://breakthroughnews.org/ + "Battle on the boardwalk: The civil rights challenge to the 1964 Democratic National Convention" (https://bit.ly/4dinOHZ) + Eugene Puryear: "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America" (https://bit.ly/3MVElqz) Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast⁠⁠⁠ +Our rad website: ⁠⁠⁠https://greenandredpodcast.org/⁠⁠⁠ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/uvrdubcM) Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/DonateGandR⁠⁠⁠ Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.laborradionetwork.org/⁠⁠ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Isaac

In this conversation we welcome Eugene Puryear back to the podcast to talk about the recently published book The Black Belt Thesis: A Reader which was compiled by The Black Belt Thesis Study Group and features a foreword by Eugene Puryear. The reader itself was published by 1804 Books, and they have published a lot of really good stuff recently that I just want to take a moment to shout-out. They recently along with the Palestinian Youth Movement translated and published The Trinity of Fundamentals which hopefully we will be hosting a conversation on at some point soon. They also recently published a translation of Ghassan Kanafani's The Revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine and of course the collection of Hugo Chavez's speeches that we discussed with Manolo de los Santos last year and much more. So I just say that to say if you go pick this book up from them, that there is a bunch of really good stuff you can grab while you're there. Eugene Puryear is a journalist, activist, politician, and host on Breakthrough News. He is a founding member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, and is the author of Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America. In this discussion we ask Eugene to contextualize the origins of the Black Belt thesis, to discuss some of the articulations and development of the thesis as undertaken by Comintern and the CPUSA. We discuss some of the organizing implications of it, its role in the development of the US communist movement particularly with regards to Black people, and the challenging of the problem of white racism as it exists within the history of the US left and white workers as well. Also Eugene discusses the centrality of national oppression within the political economy of US capitalism.  Along the way we talk about some of the contributions from figures like W.E.B. Du Bois, Harry Haywood, Louis Thompson Patterson, Claudia Jones and others.  A couple of other things I want to highlight is that we have been hosting a lot of conversations over on our YouTube page recently the majority of which we have not released as audio episodes. We will link that in the show notes, but also you can just find it by searching Millennials Are Killing Capitalism on YouTube.  The other thing I want to note is we do have another round of our study group starting back up. For this cycle we will be reading Orisanmi Burton's amazing book Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression and the Long Attica Revolt. I can't wait to read that text and discuss it with folks so sign up for that if you're interested it will be on Wednesday nights at 7:30 PM ET starting on April 17th it is for patrons of the show and we'll put a link to that in the show notes as well. And as always the best way to support our work is to become a patron of the show for as little as $1 a month at patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism The Black Belt Thesis: A Reader Millennials Are Killing Capitalism on YouTube Tip of the Spear Reading Group (for patrons)

To hear the rest of the discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-eugene-87518516 Journalist and author Eugene Puryear destroys The NY Times “pernicious, disgusting, McCarthyite and racist” smearing of anti-war activists and exposes the true motives behind the attack on organizations like CODEPINK, The People's Forum, and Tricontinental Institute. Eugene Puryear is a journalist at Breakthrough News and the author of "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America." Say no to this dangerous McCarthyism by signing the petition here: https://thetricontinental.org/mccarthyism-is-back-together-we-can-stop-it/ ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Follow Katie on Twitter: @kthalps Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/rkEk75Emhy

With returning guest and Perisphere senior editor Finn Odum! THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD might be the precursor to John Carpenter's THE THING (1982), but the creature feature uses its tale of a plant-based alien invader to a vastly different end. Instead of honing in on the slow creep of bellicose masculinity, THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD instead takes the opportunity to pound its chest at the Communist threat Capitalist America had come to fear during the Red Scare and continue to fight during the Cold War. With Finn, we talk about the movie's tendency to Other, its reliance on military might and imperialist common sense, and the mid-century shift in science fiction from fantastical, barely imaginable tales to a conservative, Earth-vs-outsiders worldview. Stick around for a first-ever extra-special bit: Finn's Facts! Find Finn… On Twitter at https://twitter.com/Finnematic On Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/finnofthedead/ On Trylove episodes about DIABOLIQUE (1955) and CON AIT (1997) “In Soviet Russia, Carrot Eats YOU!” by Lucas Hardwick for Perisphere, the Trylon blog: https://www.perisphere.org/2023/06/30/in-soviet-russia-carrot-eats-you/ Listen to Trylove Episode 40: THE THING (1982) wherever you get podcasts Watch THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951) and also a Pingu stop-motion homage to THE THING (a.k.a. “THINGU”) on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/01-the-thing-from-another-world Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: "Main Titles" from the THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD soundtrack by Dimitri Tiomkin.

Writer and Rutgers Professor Ben Burgis along with UPS Worker Matt Leichenger talk about labor organizing and the WGA & Rutgers strikes. Homelessness Union leader Milton Perez and journalist Eugene Puryear talk about the killing of Jordan Neely. Ben Burgis is the host of the Give Them an Argument Youtube show, a columnist for Jacobin, and an adjunct philosophy Professor at Rutgers. He writes at "Philosophy for the People" Substack every Sunday: http://benburgis.substack.com Milton Perez (BxPR He/Him) is an activist and a Homelessness Union leader with VOCAL NY. He He spent over five years in the shelter system. Eugene Puryear is a journalist at Breakthrough News and the author of Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Follow Katie on Twitter: @kthalps Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/rkEk75Emhy

11 de julio | Nueva YorkLeer esta newsletter te llevará 12 minutos y 58 segundos.📬 Mantente informado con nuestras columnas de actualidad diarias. Este martes, Anita te hablará sobre la Comisión de la Verdad en Colombia, el miércoles atajará las elecciones presidenciales de Brasil y el jueves Emilio dedicará su columna al tema del momento en Silicon Valley.Apóyanos con una suscripción premium:Mi nueva influencer favorita en Capitalist America. Bienvenido a La Wikly.🏳️‍⚧️ Cuestión de terapiaLo importante: Estados Unidos vive días de profunda división ideológica, especialmente en cuestiones culturales y sociales de la comunidad LGBTQ+ que involucran a menores de edad. Ahora, el país lidia con una cruda batalla sobre el futuro de los tratamientos médicos de menores trans.En ese contexto, recordarás que analizamos la ley No digas gay de Florida o las batallas que se están dando en las juntas electorales.Contexto: en Estados Unidos, más 1.6 millones de personas se identifican como personas trans. De esos, más de 300.000 son menores de edad, según un estudio del Instituto Williams publicado en junio.La cifra está muy por encima de otras estimaciones previas, pero coincide con los aumentos destacados de personas que se identifican como trans en países como Reino Unido y Países Bajos.La media de edad de un menor trans que acude a una clínica para explorar opciones sobre tratamiento médico tiene en torno a 14 ó 15 años.El aumento de jóvenes trans y de sus familias que buscan tratamiento médico especializado solo ha hecho que crecer, engrandeciendo la dimensión política de cualquier proyecto legislativo que les afecte.Es ahí donde nace la necesidad de explicar bien sobre qué se está debatiendo y por qué el partido republicano está llevando esta cuestión a la primera plana del debate público.Explícamelo: multitud de estados conservadores llevan más de un año considerando o aprobando leyes para limitar el acceso a tratamientos médicos para menores que se identifican como trans.Las encuestas muestran que la ciudadanía tiene opiniones muy dispares sobre el asunto, como se puede ver en esta pregunta de NPR e Ipsos: “¿Apoyas las leyes y políticas estatales que impiden a los jóvenes trans acceder a tratamientos médicos de transición de género?”.Quienes apoyan esas leyes, en verde, representan un 31 por ciento.Quienes están en contra, en naranja, son un 47 por ciento.La división ideológica entre demócratas y republicanos es obvia, pero quizá más interesante es el alto porcentaje de la población que carece de una opinión al respecto: el 23 por ciento.Por esa razón, cabe explicar primero qué es el tratamiento médico para menores trans para después contar qué tipo de leyes se están aprobando y por qué todo esto está ocurriendo justo ahora.🩺 Glosario de conceptosEl tratamiento médico para personas transgénero se divide, a grandes rasgos, en dos tipos: la terapia de conversión (conversion therapy o reparative therapy) y la afirmación de género (gender affirmation).La terapia de conversión parte de una premisa por la que las identidades de género distintas al biológico son patológicas. Es decir, los que apoyan este tipo de terapias entienden que una persona que se identifica como hombre pese a haber nacido con las características fisiológicas de una mujer padece una enfermedad.Por tanto, la terapia de conversión sirve para intervenir y alinear la identidad de género de una persona con aquella identidad asociada al género que le fue asignado al nacer: masculino o femenino.La Academia Estadounidense de Psiquiatría Infantil y Adolescente (ACAAP) y otras asociaciones médicas afirman que este tipo de terapia carece de credibilidad científica y de utilidad clínica, además de ser dañina para la salud de las personas transgénero.En varios estados del país, no hay legislación que la prohíba o limite:La afirmación de género, tal y como la define la Organización Mundial de la Salud, abarca una variedad de intervenciones sociales, psicológicas, conductuales y médicas “diseñadas para apoyar y afirmar la identidad de género de un individuo” cuando entra en conflicto con el género que se le asignó al nacer.Las intervenciones ayudan a las personas transgénero a alinear varios aspectos de sus vidas (emocionales, interpersonales y biológicos) con su identidad de género.Esas intervenciones van desde el asesoramiento hasta cambios en la expresión social, medicamentos como la terapia hormonal o los bloqueadores de pubertad y cirugías de afirmación de género.Una investigación realizada por el Instituto Williams este mismo año concluyó que los esfuerzos para apoyar a los jóvenes trans a vivir de acuerdo con su sentido interno de género se asocian con una mejor salud mental y para sentirse más seguros en el colegio.En cambio, la terapia de conversión se asocia con tendencias suicidas.📜 Proyectos de leyDesde marzo, al menos 15 estados están considerando leyes que restringirían el acceso a la atención médica para la afirmación de género. Cuatro ya lo han hecho, aunque tres de esas leyes han sido bloqueadas total o parcialmente por las cortes judiciales, según la Kaiser Family Foundation.Los proyectos de ley conllevan sanciones severas para los proveedores de atención médica y, a veces, para las familias que brindan o buscan atención de afirmación de género para menores.Según un artículo de la Unión Estadounidense por las Libertades Civiles (ACLU), que cita a profesionales y organizaciones de atención a la salud, el acceso a los procedimientos médicos transgénero reduce drásticamente la depresión y la ideación suicida.Un estudio de 2020 publicado en Pediatrics encontró que el acceso al tratamiento de supresión de la pubertad se asoció con menores probabilidades de ideación suicida de por vida entre los adultos transgénero.En 2021, Arkansas se convirtió en el primer estado del país en prohibir los tratamientos médicos para menores transgénero. A pesar del veto del gobernador republicano Asa Hutchinson, la legislatura estatal de supermayoría republicana votó para aprobar el proyecto de ley 1570 que limita el acceso a ciertos tratamientos para jóvenes menores de 18 años.La ley prohíbe a los médicos del estado proporcionar terapia hormonal de afirmación de género, bloqueadores de pubertad o cirugías de afirmación de género a menores, o derivar pacientes menores a otros proveedores de atención médica.Su aprobación fue rechazada por las principales organizaciones médicas de Arkansas y del país como la Asociación Médica Estadounidense y la Asociación Psicológica Estadounidense.Cuatro familias de menores trans y dos médicos denunciaron la ley ante los tribunales y una corte federal bloqueó temporalmente la ley en julio de 2021. El estado apeló y se espera un juicio para finales de este mes.En Texas, el gobernador republicano Greg Abbott emitió una orden restringiendo el acceso a la atención médica de afirmación de género para menores transgénero, incluido el uso de hormonas para retrasar la pubertad y promover el desarrollo físico que sea consistente con la identidad de género del menor.La orden clasifica la provisión de cuidado de afirmación de género como “abuso infantil” y ordena al Departamento de Servicios Familiares y de Protección del estado que investigue cualquier caso informado de proveedores de atención médica o padres que brinden o busquen atención sanitaria de afirmación de género para niños.Un tribunal estatal bloqueó la directiva, pero el Tribunal Supremo de Texas solo la restringió en lo que aplica a los demandantes del caso. Otras decisiones judiciales paralelas han limitado otras investigaciones del departamento estatal que seguía las órdenes de Abbott.Tras el anuncio de la directiva, la mayoría de las principales asociaciones médicas de Estados Unidos presentaron juntas un escrito de amicus curiae para oponerse a la resolución estatal.El informe establece que el cumplimiento de la directiva dañaría irreparablemente la salud de jóvenes y niños transgénero.También, que perjudicaría a los proveedores de servicios sanitarios al ser obligados a elegir entre enfrentar sanciones o poner en peligro a sus pacientes.Muchas de estas leyes estatales tienen el potencial de contagiarse por otros estados. Líderes republicanos en las partes más conservadoras del país están esperando primero a ver qué sucede con algunos de estos proyectos para aprobar unos similares en sus estados.Algunos están pendientes de Texas y de Arkansas o de lo que el gobernador republicano Ron DeSantis está proponiendo en Florida: prohibir el tratamiento médico de personas trans bajo el seguro médico Medicaid que existe para familias con pocos recursos.🧨 La batalla políticaLa controversia en torno a los tratamientos médicos para menores trans llega en un momento político en el que el movimiento conservador ha conseguido energizar a su electorado con guerras culturales anti-LGBTQ+.Las políticas son divisorias en el plano general del país, como muestra la encuesta de NPR e Ipsos que hemos adjuntado más arriba, pero lo son menos en los estados conservadores.En el caso de estados bisagra como Texas o Florida, sus líderes abogan por esas políticas porque les da fuerza entre su electorado conservador y atraen titulares que les ofrecen mayor presencia mediática a nivel nacional, clave para políticos con aspiraciones presidenciales como Abbott y DeSantis.Encuestas de The Trevor Project muestran que el 45 por ciento de los votantes en Texas y el 54 por ciento de los votantes en Florida creen que los menores deberían tener acceso a tratamiento médico para menores trans si los recomienda su doctor y lo apoyan sus padres.La administración de Joe Biden ya ha tomado algunas medidas para restringir la terapia de conversión en programas financiados con fondos federales y expandir el acceso a tratamientos médicos de afirmación de género, pero son los juzgados los que tienen más armas para bloquear las leyes estatales.¿Y ahora? Los republicanos están aprovechando otros frentes para atentar contra la comunidad trans. Especialmente, en el caso de la participación de chicas menores trans en equipos de deportes del género con el que se identifican.El 63 por ciento de los estadounidenses se oponen a que eso ocurra, una mayoría notable que incluye a un 77 por ciento de republicanos que se oponen con vehemencia a que eso pueda ocurrir, según la misma encuesta de NPR e Ipsos.El número de chicas estudiantes trans que compiten en deportes es muy bajo, según estadísticas de la Human Rights Campaign. Probablemente apenas unas pocas miles, lo que se traduciría en un 0.2 por ciento del total de estudiantes atletas en todo Estados Unidos.Pero aun habiendo pocas de ellas, los titulares que atraen cuando ganan alguna competición tienden a magnificarse con la ayuda del movimiento conservador. Y esa es la plataforma perfecta para seguir instigando el odio contra la comunidad trans y la promoción de políticas que les afecten.Y de ahí que también se vean decenas de proyectos de ley para prohibir la participación de chicas estudiantes trans en deportes femeninos.De cara a las elecciones de medio mandato de noviembre y de las presidenciales de 2024, cabe esperar que los temas sobre la comunidad trans seguirán recibiendo mucha atención por parte del partido republicano. Falta ver si la opinión pública los acompaña.¿Desea saber más? En The New York Times tienen un reportaje fascinante sobre la cuestión de los tratamientos médicos para menores trans y el debate que existe entre la comunidad médica para entenderlos y ayudarlos. Quizá hablemos de ellos más en profundidad algún día porque para esta newsletter ya se nos quedaba largo.🎬 Una recomendaciónCon la colaboración de FilminBy Emilio DoménechTomboy es una película francesa de 2011 dirigida por Céline Sciamma. Sigue la historia de una niña de 10 años que empieza a experimentar con la forma en la que se presenta a su entorno, pero no a su familia, llegando a adoptar el nombre de Mickaël.El filme se alzó con el premio Teddy en el Festival de Berlín de su año, cuando fue muy bien recibida por la crítica. El Teddy es un galardón que otorga un jurado independiente a largometrajes que tratan temas LGBTQ.Es la segunda película de Sciamma, que encadenaría después tres títulos encumbrados por la prensa con Girlhood, Retrato de una mujer en llamas y Petite Maman. En Filmin tienen dos de ellas, así que puedes hacer maratón Sciamma.En el caso de Tomboy, la cineasta gala ya dejaba clara su exquisitez formal y su sensibilidad textual con una película que explora la identidad de una joven que acaba de empezar a verse en el mundo de forma diferente a lo que estaba preconcebido para ella.Ayuda que al frente del trabajo esté la actriz Zoé Heran, incandescente en el papel protagonista.El naturalismo que exhibe el filme en algunas escenas, con conversaciones entre chavales que se sienten reales y puras, logra transmitir las complejidades de su cuestión principal sin que se sienta impostado, algo vital en películas como esta.En definitiva, una pequeña joya.Tomboy está disponible en Filmin.🤭 Mi bebito, fiu fiuBy Marina EnrichLo importante: si has entrado en TikTok durante la última semana, es probable que hayas visto vídeos con la canción “Mi bebito fiu fiu” de fondo. Es una canción producida por Tito Silva y cantada por Tefi C  (aunque la base de la canción es “Stan” de Eminem y Dido de 2000 - pedazo colaboración), y la verdad es que la letra tiene su qué:Caramelo de chocolate, empápame asíComo un pionono de vitrina, enróllame asíCon azúcar en polvo, endúlzameY es que tú eres mi reyQué lindo eres tú, eres mi bebé, mi bebito fiu fiuContexto: la letra de la canción es de unos whatsapps que se filtraron en 2020 entre el presidente de Perú de aquel momento, Martín Alberto Vizcarra, y su supuesta amante, Zully Pinchi, excandidata al Congreso de Perú.Aunque esta canción sea una parodia, la publicación de estos mensajes fue un escándalo en Perú, ya que revelaron una supuesta infidelidad —aunque tanto Vizcarra como Pinchi lo niegan.Los mensajes se publicaron porque Vizcarra estaba siendo investigado por una supuesta recepción de sobornos a cambio de contratos de obras públicas entre 2013 y 2014, cuando era gobernador de la ciudad de Moquegua. Debido a esta investigación, Vizcarra fue destituido como presidente.La clave. La canción lo está petando. Llegó al Top 50 éxitos virales en Spotify, aunque la retiraron hace unos días de la plataforma porque, aunque sea una parodia, a los que gestionan los derechos de la canción original no les gustaba que se les vinculara con el contexto político peruano, según Silva.Que Bad Bunny la empezara a cantar en el último directo que hizo en Instagram y que streamers como Ibai o Auronplay también lo hicieran definitivamente ayudó a que su viralidad.Marvel España, Netflix España o HBO en Latinoamérica también se han sumado al carro.¿Y ahora? La propia Zully Pinchi no ha dejado perder la oportunidad y ha hecho un vídeo con  ‘Mi Bebito Fiu Fiu’ pero dejando claro que los mensajes de “Caramelo de chocolate” eran poemas que ella escribió hace muchos años y que compartió con Vizcarra para que le diera consejos.En cualquier caso, la canción ya está sonando en las discotecas y la seguirás escuchando durante al menos unas cuantas semanas en TikTok y durante unos meses en Instagram.En otro orden de cosas, hoy vuelve Lunes por el mundo con la última hora desde Japón, donde el ex-primer ministro Abe Shinzo fue asesinado el viernes; y Sri Lanka, donde el gobierno ha sido descabezado por las protestas multitudinarias desencadenadas por la crisis económica que vive el país.Podrás seguir el directo a partir de las 20:00 hora peninsular de España en Twitch.Feliz semana, This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.lawikly.com/subscribe

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Brianna Griffith, journalist with Liberation News podcast to discuss Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's attacks on transgender children by characterizing medical care for trans children as child abuse, what these characterizations can mean for the safety and security of transgender children whose parents provide gender affirming care, Paxton and Abbott's weaponization of children for their own political gain as they face scandals and contested primary elections, and how this situation fits into far-right attacks on LGBTQ people nationwide and the need for solidarity to fight back against these attacks.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Zoe Pepper-Cunningham, a journalist with People's Dispatch to discuss the recent Belmarsh Tribunal in New York highlighting US war crimes and its persecution of journalist Julian Assange, the extreme cruelty and repression of Assange by the United Kingdom at the behest of the US for the crime of revealing its war crimes, the importance of alternative media and whistleblowers in breaking through propaganda, and the class aspect of war in both the destruction it rains on working and poor people abroad and the cruelty it also wages domestically. In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by technologist Chris Garaffa, the editor of TechforthePeople.org, co-host of the ReBoot podcast to discuss censorship from big tech companies like Meta and Twitter toeing Washington's line on Ukraine and censoring Russian media platforms, the double standard employed to justify this censorship as the Washington-NATO line continues to be spread by the mainstream media, and Amazon's introduction of surveillance into Whole Foods grocery stores and the concerning implications it has for privacy and labor.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Eugene Puryear, host of the Punch Out podcast on Breakthrough News and author of the book Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America to discuss the misleading picture painted by some political commentators casting Black people as “more conservative” based solely on voting trends and ignoring millions of Black people who don't vote, the casting of Black liberation movements as Russian disinformation and the insult that this implies against Black agency and intelligence, and the double standard employed to criticize Russia while ignoring the destruction the US has waged domestically and internationally.

This week, the Project Censored Show's new co-host Eleanor Goldfield speaks first with Benjamin Norton to learn how President Biden is "out-Trumping Trump" on immigration. Norton also offers an update on political conditions in Latin America. In the second half of the show, Eleanor talks with Eugene Puryear who explains racism's deep roots in US history, and how it cannot be defeated by superficial actions. He also looks at the significance of Black History Month, which is this month. Benjamin Norton is an independent journalist who focuses on Latin America; he's also the founder of Multipolarista. Eugene Puryear has been a peace-and-justice organizer since his high-school days; he's the author of "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America," and he writes at Breakthrough News.

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From Ethiopia to Haiti, international minefields have shown up extensively during the first year of the Biden administration. What does it mean to be a journalist with revolutionary politics trying to get the facts straight, while trying to keep your political integrity covering these stories? Is it possible to focus so much on the role of America that various regional power struggles can become obscured? How does a revolutionary journalist balance these things out? Jason and Pascal speak with journalist and revolutionary Eugene Puryear. Eugene Puryear Eugene Puryear is a longtime journalist and community organizer currently based in New York City. As a high school student in Charlottesville, Va, Eugene organized a walkout when the war in Iraq began in 2003, and helped to organize a number of the large-scale demonstrations that took place against the continuing U.S. war and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. He was a key leader In the struggle to free the Jena Six in 2007, was a founder of the anti-gentrification group Justice First as well as the Jobs Not Jails coalition, DC Ferguson Movement and Stop Police Terror Project-D.C. Puryear is the author of the book Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America, and worked for four years as the lead host of “By Any Means Necessary” a public affairs radio program in Washington D.C. Currently he is the lead host of the News on BreakThrough, a social justice media project based in New York. About TIR Thank you, guys, again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and every one of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron-only programming, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH!   Become a patron now: https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents   Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, especially YouTube!   THANKS Y'ALL   YouTube: www.youtube.com/thisisrevolutionpodcast   Twitch: www.twitch.tv/thisisrevolutionpodcast & www.twitch.tv/leftflankvets   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast/   Twitter: @TIRShowOakland   Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland   Pascal Robert in Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/PascalRobert   Get THIS IS REVOLUTION Merch here: www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com   Get the music featured on the show here: https://bitterlakeoakland.bandcamp.com/   Follow Djene Bajalan @djenebajalan Follow Kuba Wrzesniewski @DrKuba2

Ethiopia is not a country that is on many Americans' radar. Yet, since 2020, a brutal civil war has raged, displacing an estimated 4 million people. As the conflict continues, hawks in Washington are beginning to circle, demanding the U.S. intervene militarily.When it comes to Ethiopia – said head of USAID Samantha Power, one of the architects of the U.S. intervention in Libya – “every option is on the table,” using a phrase that has long been understood to be a threat of war. Secretary of State Antony Blinken also refused, when directly asked, to rule out sending troops into Ethiopia.Joining MintCast host Mnar Adley today to discuss what is going on in Ethiopia is Eugene Puryear. Eugene is a founder of and host at BreakThrough News, for which he recently traveled to Ethiopia to report from the ground. In the 2008 and 2016 U.S. elections, he was the vice-presidential candidate for the Party for Socialism and Liberation. He is also author of the book “Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America.”Ethiopia's war is a conflict between the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF), a group that held power across the country between 1991 and 2018, and the government of Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa.Between 1991 and 2018, the United States had a loyal partner in Ethiopia. However, in recent years, the country has begun to forge a more independent path. To this end, China has helped, and has quickly become Ethiopia's major economic partner, much to the chagrin of Washington.Ethiopians have taken to social media, popularizing the anti-intervention hashtag “#NoMore” to signal their opposition to Western involvement. Yet their voices, they claim, are being systematically silenced by big-tech giants, leaving critical voices harder to find. Could Ethiopia soon turn into another Libya?MintPress News is a fiercely independent, reader-supported outlet, with no billionaire owners or backers. You can support us by becoming a member on Patreon, bookmarking and whitelisting us, and by subscribing to our social media channels, including Twitch, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram.Subscribe to MintCast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and SoundCloud.Support the show (https://www.mintpressnews.com/donations/)

Who actually killed Martin Luther King Jr? The answer may surprise you. Author, journalist and activist Eugene Puryear fills us in. Eugene Puryear is the author of "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America," a journalist at Breakthrough News and the host of the Punch Out podcast. Hear our patreon-only chat with Eugene about the latest in Ethiopia, what he learned when he went there, his father's role in the Civil Rights Movement, and the worst Happy MLK tweets here https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-with-khs-61390129

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In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dave Lindorff, investigative journalist, Editor of the online publication ThisCantBeHappening.net and 2019 winner of an “Izzy” Award for Outstanding Independent Media to discuss the Department of Defense's failure of another audit, the exorbitant amounts of money lost by the DoD and the amount of money going into the department during a time of so-called peace, and the continuous use of the Pentagon budget for weapons that have the potential to annihilate the world.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by K.J. Noh,a scholar, educator and journalist focusing on the political economy and geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific. He's also a member of Veterans for Peace, and senior correspondent with Flashpoints on KPFA to discuss the stark differences between US and Chinese responses to COVID-19 as evidenced by the lockdown in Xi'an, the United States' demonization of China for mounting a public-health-minded response to outbreaks as cases in the US mount, and the racist prosecution of ethnic Chinese scientists and academics under the China Initiative.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Josh Gomez, producer for By Any Means Necessary to discuss the recently released film Spider-Man: No Way Home, its themes of redemption and maturity, and how Marvel's Spider-Man compares to past iterations of the character.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Eugene Puryear, host of the Punch Out podcast on Breakthrough News and author of the book Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America to discuss the resignation of Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and what it means for the future of Sudan as the Sudanese people fight for civilian control, the removal of Ethiopia from the AGOA free trade program and the impact that will have on Ethiopians, the political situation in Somalia and the instability caused by US imperialism in the horn of Africa and around the world, how the anti-imperialist movement should orient itself in the current conditions of imperialism, and the disgusting accumulation of wealth by the ten richest billionaires as millions suffer under the capitalist system.

Aaron Good, political scientist and host of the American Exception podcast on Patreon, joins us to talk about the Ghislaine Maxwell trial and how it could be considered something of a distraction to redirect people's attention away from the larger function she and Jeffrey Epstein may have been serving for the national security state. We talk about the connections to the intelligence apparatus of the U.S. and how these agencies always serve the interests of the rich and a transnational core of power that acts without impunity. Morgan Artyukhina, writer and news editor at Sputnik News, talks to us about the reports that the COVID-19 Omicron variant is sweeping through the Washington, DC region, with an average of 1,192 new cases per day over the past seven days, and 169 cases per 100,000 people as of Monday, making it the highest-risk place in the nation for covid infections. We talk about the measures, or half measures, put in place to allegedly mitigate this crisis here and in the country and how it seems that limiting contagion has taken a back seat to vaccinations. Eugene Puryear, journalist, author, activist, politician, host at Breakthrough News, and author of "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America,” joins hosts Michelle Witte and Bob Schlehuber to talk about the situation in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa, how the TPLF has been pushed back to the Tigray region and the chances of finally resolving this conflict. We also talk about the evolving media coverage and how it seems that the pro-TPLF stance is slowly being discarded, and about the history of U.S. involvement in the Horn of Africa. Femi Ayanbadejo, certified nutritionist, human performance expert, NASA technology transfer partner, founder and CEO of HealthReel, a digital self-health assessment and education platform, and former NFL running back and special teams player, talks to us about the legacy of NFL legend Joe Madden, COVID-19 and the NBA, Shohei Ohtani winning the Male Athlete of Year award, and the ongoing MLB lockout.

Dr. Philip Brenner, Professor Emeritus at the American University School of International Service, joins us to talk about the anti-government protests organized for today in Cuba and the role of the U.S. in these protests. We talk about the composition of these protests that seemingly have a different focus than the ones in July this year, where people had legitimate grievances over the economic situation of the country and food scarcity, how the protests planned for today have a more political character, and the role of the National Endowment for Democracy in weaponizing grievances towards regime change without any concern for actual democracy.Josh Gomez, producer for By Any Means Necessary on Radio Sputnik, joins us to discuss the announcement that Beto O'Rourke will run for governor of Texas in the next election, what ignited this campaign, how would he fare against opponents, and how this will likely be another failed attempt by centrist Democrats to make inroads in the Lone Star State. Jeff Pearce, journalist, historian, and author of "Prevail: The Inspiring Story of Ethiopia's Victory over Mussolini's Invasion: 1935-1941," joins us to discuss the checkered record of U.N. involvement in Ethiopia, where it seems it has actually taken sides by promoting a clear pro-TPLF narrative, making allegations against the government and abandoning its purported role as an honest broker in this conflict. We also talk about Secretary Blinken's visit to African countries, where the Ethiopia conflict will be discussed and whether we will see a change in U.S. policy in the region.Eugene Puryear, journalist, author, activist, politician, host at Breakthrough News, and author of "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America,” talks to us about a report that the U.S. killed scores of civilians in an airstrike in Syria during its campaign against Daesh, and whether will see an actual war crimes investigation into this. We also talk about the role of U.S. media in promoting a one-sided view of the Ethiopia conflict where opposing views are silenced, and the too-little-too-late retractions after promoting falsehoods from the Steele dossier.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Greg Elich with the Solidarity Committee for Democracy and Peace in Korea to discuss half a million workers in South Korea participating in a general strike, the labor conditions, lack of protections, and lack of work in the country that precipitated the strike, and the dominance of neoliberal austerity in South Korea and the role the US has played and continues to play in the shaping of South Korean society.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Libre X Sankara, poet, cultural worker,educator and organizer with the Troika Kollective to discuss rolling blackouts and power outages and protests in Puerto Rico against Luma Energy, the private company tasked with distributing electricity, Luma's attempts to maximize its profit from the electric grid and outsource labor to maintain it despite its failures, the colonial history and conditions that have proceeded and contribute to the current situation, and how the unelected fiscal control board instituted in 2016 plays into the privatization of infrastructure in Puerto Rico and continues the colonial relationship the island has with the US.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Nate Wallace, co-host of Red Spin Sports to discuss the 1994 documentary “Hoop Dreams,” which highlights the realities of youth basketball and its impacts on children attempting to play professionally, the auction-block dynamic on Black athletes that pervades professional sports and starts early in athletes' careers, the commodification of education and its use a carrot to reward reliable athlete compliance, and Jon Gruden's whitening of the Oakland Raiders and issues of race in the NFL.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Eugene Puryear, host of the Punch Out podcast on Breakthrough News and author of the book Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America to discuss the distortion of the conflict in Ethiopia by the corporate media and the Tigray Patriotic Liberation Front's brutal collaborationist history, how the conflict plays into the US imperialist project in Africa, the liberal, identitarian, and individualist character of “lived experience” and its use to advance imperialist projects, and how HBCUs simultaneously uses student organizing to promote itself while cracking down on student activists.

Surfer of the liminal, Michael Garfield is helping to articulate our emergent planetary culture and integrate art, science, and philosophy in a new way suited to our accelerating age. He hosts the Future Fossils podcast, mapping our place in the landscape of deep time, and the Sante Fe Institute's Complexity podcast, as is an artist and musician. In this episode:(00:00) — Episode begins(00:45) — Michael Garfield bootcamp(04:53) — Time-space synesthesia(08:54) — Corporatization of the natural(28:43) — "The incentive structures of society are misaligned with the incentives of individuals."(38:28) — Scaling laws of life and society(46:12) — Be open to the unknown or perish(1:04:35) — Tokenization of everything and the inability to quantify value(1:12:06) — "Story is the active ingredient in epistemology"(1:24:10)— "The truth owes you jack"(1:29:10) — The Century of the Self & Values > Incentives(1:43:20) — "I'll probably ruin your entire company," the need for dissentersEPISODE LINKS:Michael's Links:Michael on TwitterFuture Fossils PodcastMichael's writingMichael's ArtMichael's Santa Fe Institute pageSanta Fe Institute's COMPLEXITY Podcast Books:Kevin Kelly: What Technology WantsMetaphors We Live By Schooling in Capitalist America, Samuel BowlesThe Moral Economy, Samuel BowlesDemocracy: The God That FailedJoseph Heinrich, The WEIRDest People in The WorldOther Links:Cory Doctorow: Terra Nulliushttps://www.nextnature.net/Long Now FoundationWeird Studies PodcastOn Coronavirus, Crisis, and Creative Opportunity with David KrakauerWill a Complex System be Stable? Robert MayComplexity Podcast: Katherine Collins on Better Investing Through BiomimicryEconomics in Nouns and Verbs, W. Brian ArthurDaniel Bassett, Networks Thinking ThemselvesInformation and Signs the Language of Images The coming battle for the COVID-19 narrative, Samuel BowlesTerence McKenna on Philip K. DickIDEAMARKET LINKS:IdeamarketTwitterApple PodcastsSpotifyDiscord—The Ideamarket Podcast is where venture philosophers share the ideas, trends, and concepts they're most bullish on.—About Ideamarket:Ideamarket is the credibility layer of the internet. Ideamarket allows the public to mainstream the world's best information using market signals, replacing media corporations as arbiter of credibility.Get started now.

How human beings behave is, for fairly evident reasons, a topic of intense interest to human beings. And yet, not only is there much we don't understand about human behavior, different academic disciplines seem to have developed completely incompatible models to try to explain it. And as today's guest Herb Gintis complains, they don't put nearly enough effort into talking to each other to try to reconcile their views. So that what he's here to do. Using game theory and a model of rational behavior — with an expanded notion of “rationality” that includes social as well as personally selfish interests — he thinks that we can come to an understanding that includes ideas from biology, economics, psychology, and sociology, to more accurately account for how people actually behave.Support Mindscape on Patreon.Herbert Gintis received his PhD in economics from Harvard University. After a long career as professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts, he is currently a professor at Central European University and an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. His book Schooling in Capitalist America, written with frequent collaborator Samuel Bowles, is considered a classic in educational reform. He has published books and papers on economics, game theory, sociology, evolution, and numerous other topics.Web siteSanta Fe Institute pageGoogle Scholar publicationsBooks (Princeton University Press)WikipediaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Philly Organizers Create Housing Solutions, Atlanta Fights Back Against Cop City, The Bizarre Situation with Bishop SycamoreIn this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Cheri Honkala, National Coordinator for the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign to discuss the Philadelphia and federal governments' failure to house people, the lawsuit filed by the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign against the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the occupation of abandoned houses to meet people's needs, and the importance of a people-focused human rights movement that embraces international solidarity.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Jasmine, organizer with Community Movement Builders to discuss the struggle against plans to build a new police urban warfare training facility on public land in Atlanta, the city's shady and undemocratic practices in the face of widespread public opposition to the facility, and what people actually want to see built and developed (spoiler alert: it's not militarized police).In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Miguel Garcia, host and creator of the Sports As A Weapon Podcast to discuss the racial aspects of cutting of Cam Newton from the Patriots and starting rookie Mac Jones and the bizarre situation surrounding the airing of a football game on ESPN featuring Bishop Sycamore, an evidently fake high school.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Eugene Puryear, host of the Punch Out podcast on Breakthrough News and author of the book Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America to discuss the disproportionate impact of climate change on working and poor people as demonstrated by Hurricane Ida, the normalization of traumatic experiences in our day-to-day lives that are caused by capitalism, and how the movement must combat cynicism in the face of the horrors of capitalism.

Big Pharma fights 15% global tax rate. How corporations fail to pay their fair share after receiving billions in public funds.Richard Becker, author of "Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire,” and Ariel Gold, Co-Executive Director at Code Pink, talk to us about a report by Human Rights Watch revealing that Israel violated international law during the May campaign in Gaza in what amounts to war crimes, and how Israel limits media access to Gaza. We also talk about the BDS movement, and the uproar by the Israeli government after Ben and Jerry's decided to stop selling its products in settlements in the occupied territories. Betsy Yoon, member of Nodutdol, a Korean diaspora organization working toward peace, decolonization and self-determination, talks to us about the an ongoing debate in South Korea over the dominant narrative of the 1980 uprising in Gwangju that ended in a slaughter of civilians by their own country's military forces, and how the forces of reaction in the country have been re-hashing narratives that protesters were North Korean infiltrators deserving of the violence visited upon them. We also talk about how the role of the U.S. in this massacre has been underreported by mainstream historians and news media.Eugene Puryear, journalist, author, activist, politician, host at Breakthrough News, and author of "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America,” talks to us about the DOJ selling off Martin Shkreli's $2 million copy of an album by the Wu-Tang Clan, Big Pharma's “quiet” effort to fight the 15% minimum global tax rate, and how they have been portraying themselves as the saviors of the world during the pandemic. We also talk about the looming eviction crisis and whether government assistance will be enough to stave off disaster. Femi Ayanbadejo, founder of HealthReel, Inc., creator of the AI-powered HealthReel health assessment app, and former American football running back, fullback and special teams player, talks to us about American gymnast Simone Biles withdrawing from the all-around team competition at the Olympics and the incredible pressure put on athletes in these competitions, the increasing visibility of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and nonbinary athletes in Tokyo, and how athletes are dealing with extreme heat in the Olympics.

On this episode of By Any Means Necessary, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dan Cohen, filmmaker and journalist with Behind the Headlines to discuss the details emerging about the mercenaries implicated in Jovenel Moise's assassination, their ties to Haitian oligarchs which give credence to the assassination being an inside job, the Columbian ex-military members also connected to civilian massacres in Colombia, and how members of the Haitian government calling for US military aid is an invitation for another US occupation of the island nation.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by James Patrick Jordan, National Co-Coordinator for the Alliance for Global Justice to discuss the continued national strike against neoliberal tax policies in Columbia, the violent police repression against civilians throughout the 10-week uprising, how the repression is committed not just by the Colombian police, but also by the military which is indistinguishable from police forces, and the tepid response by the Biden Administration to the Duque government's violence against its citizens.In the third segment, Jacquie and Sean are joined by Coleen Rowley, whistleblower, journalist, analyst and one of TIME Magazine's 2002 Persons of the Year to discuss the blowback of endless US wars domestically, how 20 years of “wars of choice” impact not just veteran-perpetrated domestic violence, but also are reflected in popularity of war-themed video games like Call of Duty, and how valorizing war contributed to the rise in “warrior training” of cops and the shoot-first response of police that is similar to combat “kill or be killed” training.In the final segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Eugene Puryear, host of the Punch-Out podcast on Breakthrough News and author of the book Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America, to discuss the US government attempting to capitalize on protests in Cuba, spawned from shortages and medicine wrought by the 60-year blockade on the country, how the Cuban people have taken to the streets to defend the revolution, how the situation in Cuba connects to the recent assassination of de facto Haitian President Jovenel Moise, and how regime change efforts anywhere on Earth are key to maintaining US imperialism.

Jamarl Thomas, cohost of Fault Lines on Radio Sputnik and host of The Progressive Soapbox on YouTube, joins us to talk about the summit between President Biden and President Putin in Geneva, the significance of these meetings at a moment when relations between Russia and the U.S. are at historic lows, the difference between how the meetings are being covered in U.S and Russian media, how the Ukraine, cybersecurity, and nuclear weapons issues are being discussed, and whether we will see any change in the relationship as a product of these meetings. John Kiriakou, co-host of Radio Sputnik's The Backstory here daily from 4-6 pm EST, talks to us about the potential implications of the recently released “National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism” and how it will impact online surveillance, online censorship, and an expansion of powers for law enforcement cooperating with tech companies. We also talk about how the document is discussed mainly as a plan to fight right-wing extremists, even though it also identifies “threats” from the left, including anti-capitalist movements and even anti-abortion groups, and what this means for progressive and left-leaning political activism in the country.Eugene Puryear, journalist, author, activist, politician, host at Breakthrough News, and author of "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America,” talks to us about Milkshake-gate, where a Shake Shack manager in New York is suing the NYPD for defamation after he was unjustly detained for hours and harassed because of false accusations that he had put bleach in an online order for 3 NYPD officers. We also talk about Congress handing out medals to law enforcement over the January 6 riots, and the fight over critical race theory in the election of the new president of the Southern Baptist Convention.Chris “Nookie” Bishop, host of the Digital Gumbo Podcast, joins hosts Michelle Witte and Bob Schlehuber to talk about the NBA playoffs now that they are down to the final 8 teams and who could emerge victorious, the finger-pointing and speculation in MLB over sticky substances in baseballs, and the Ronaldo-Coca Cola scandal at the Euro 2020 championship.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by David Schultz, Professor of Political Science at Hamline University, to discuss what's motivating the Biden administration's concessions to progressives in the recently-unveiled budget proposal, as well as how the bipartisan new Cold War on China appears to be motivating the “military Keynesianism” apparent in the bill.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by CODEPINK Latin America Coordinator Teri Matson to discuss the International Mission of Solidarity and Human Rights Observation in Colombia, the “consistent” brutal police treatment protesters have reported throughout the country, and what explains the widespread popular support for the ongoing national strike in the South American country.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Pan-African News Wire editor Abayomi Azikiwe to discuss the stern rebuke by the African Union and ECOWAS to the recent coup d'etat in Mali, the role of the French and American imperialism in the ongoing political crisis, and why many of the recent moves by the French government seem designed to perpetuate long-standing colonial relations.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Eugene Puryear, host of Breakthrough News and author of “Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America,” to discuss Biden's efforts to privately downplay the possibility of real reparations for Black communities, how social movements are working to navigate an increasingly confusing political landscape, and what to make of the bipartisan supporting for replenishing Israel's “Iron Dome” missile supply.

Amelia Davenport joins Samuel Bowles for a short discussion on his life-long research on global poverty and education. They discuss Bowles's history and how this led to his orientation, his work on education "Schooling in Capitalist America", including what he has changed his mind on, his thoughts about markets, incentives, central planning and capitalist economies, as well as other theories such as the value-form abolition, neo-liberal economics. He also talks about teaching economics to undergraduates and what thinkers socialists should engage with even  if they're outside the Marxist tradition. Make sure to check out the CORE project and their completely free undergraduate level coursebook on economics.

Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste watchdog at Beyond Nuclear, and Tina Landis, environmental and social activist and the author of the book “Climate Solutions Beyond Capitalism,” join us in a conversation about the the threat of water shortages and droughts facing the western United States, what kind of impact could these have, and how big agribusiness, bad water management, and climate change denial exacerbate these crises in the region. We also talk about how these climate events also threaten the nuclear infrastructure of the country, how nuclear energy is not the most safe and efficient form of energy generation, and how we need to move forward with alternative solutions. Dr. Bill Honigman, retired emergency physician and California State Coordinator and Healthcare Issue Team Coordinator for the Progressive Democrats of America, talks to us about how individual states are undertaking new initiatives to try to make their health care systems more affordable and humane in light of general inaction from the federal government, how the ACA as originally devised leaves so many people behind, how the lack of a single payer system in the U.S. may have contributed to excess deaths in the hundreds of thousands during the COVID pandemic, and why we need to keep fighting for universal healthcare, which will lower costs and improve the quality of life for people in this country.Eugene Puryear, journalist, activist, and host at Breakthrough News, and the author of "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America,” joins hosts Michelle Witte and Bob Schlehuber reflecting about the outcome of the Derek Chauvin trial, how it has galvanized collective action in the country towards justice and how need to abandon atomization and individualism to heal and improve our society. We also talk about the so-called new U.S. policy “playbook” in Latin America, and the controversy over the OPCW report on chemical weapons use in Syria. Emily Satterwhite, volunteer at Appalachians Against Pipelines, joins our “Trends with Benefits” segment to talk about the protests against the Mountain Valley Pipeline, and how other collective actions, like Standing Rock, inform these and can help build solidarity and strengthen environmental movements.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Black Alliance for Peace Solidarity Network Coordinator Julie Varughese to discuss the Day of Action on Afghanistan they're launching on April 8th to demand the to US government uphold its commitments outlined in the Afghan peace plan, in response to the Biden administration's apparent refusal to adhere to the deal negotiated under Pres. Trump.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Gustavo Vargas, a core organizer with Colectivo Kawsay and a member of the Bolivian community in the DC area, to discuss their recent protest outside the Lincoln Memorial calling for an end to US interference in efforts to hold the the authors of the November 2019 coup d'etat responsible, the US government's long history of giving refuge to loyal Latin American dictators and war criminals, and the significance of international solidarity in the struggle.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Chris Garaffa, editor of Tech for the People.org, for another edition of our weekly segment “Tech For The People.” They discuss the leaked list of police departments employing facial recognition technology by Clearview AI, the theft of 533 million Facebook users' data and what to do about it, and efforts by telecommunications giant AT&T to slow the inevitable increase of internet speeds.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Eugene Puryear, host of Breakthrough News and author of the book “Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America,” to discuss the latest in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the extrajudicial killing of George Floyd, why Democrats show a willingness to be “tough” on crime and immigration but not on poverty, and how the ongoing failures of US capitalism in response to Covid demonstrate the inherent weaknesses of the system.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by are joined by Sheila Xiao, organizer and co-founder of the organization Pivot to Peace (PeacePivot.org), to discuss the dramatic rise in hate crimes against people of Asian descent and the under-discussed role of corporate media in paving the way for the trend by ginning up anti-Chinese sentiment.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Frank Chapman, Director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, to discuss his new book, “Marxist-Leninist Perspectives on Black Liberation and Socialism,” the significance of the conceptualization of Black people in the US as a distinct 'nation,' and the role of scientific socialism in achieving real emancipation for working people of all oppressed nationalities.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone, Co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast, Author of The Management of Savagery, to discuss his recent article exposing the British government's program which paid Reuters and BBC to "weaken Russia," how Twitter's introduction of a new "hacked material" warning label in response to the exposé became on overnight meme, and why corporate media outlets are blaming The Grayzone for Amnesty International's decision to rescind Alexei Navalny's 'Prisoner of Conscience' Status.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Eugene Puryear, host of Breakthrough News and author of "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America," to discuss the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Texas as authorities struggle to return power and water to millions, Josh Hawley's controversial questioning of witnesses in the probe of the assault on the US Capitol, and how capitalism and white supremacy led us to 500,000 deaths from the coronavirus.

Sputnik News Analyst Wyatt Reed, joins us from Ecuador ahead of Sunday’s Presidential and National Assembly to discuss what’s going on and which candidate the people really want.Award-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist Ted Rall, joins us to discuss Joe Biden’s foreign policy comments yesterday at the State Department and what it means for those of us living inside the empire. Fred Rabner, Pittsburgh-based civil rights and trial attorney and Alex S. Vitale, Professor of Sociology and Coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College, join us to to bring attention to Columbus, Ohio where an Ohio grand jury on Wednesday indicted a former Columbus police officer in the fatal shooting of a Black man who was at the garage of a home where he was a guest.Eugene Puryear, host at Breakthrough News and author of "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America, joins us to discuss the latest job numbers, Democrats seeming desire for a workers revolt in the country. Eljayem, Jr. Partner at Newton Media and founder of Speakezie Go Hard and Eugene Craig III, Republican strategist and former vice-chair of the Maryland Republican Party, joins us to discuss who needs to take several seats for the weekend, from entertainers to politicians.

Is Trump a fascist? Has he unleashed fascism? Was July 6 a coup? A failed coup? Never going to be a coup? Do these labels matter? To answer that question, Katie will chat with an amazing round table consisting of: philosopher Jason Stanley; historian and law professor Samuel Moyn; political scientist Jodi Dean; historian Daniel Bessner; and journalist Eugene Puryear. Jason Stanley (https://twitter.com/jasonintrator) is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University whose latest book is "How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them." He's a contributor to The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Review, The Guardian, Project Syndicate and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Jodi Dean (https://twitter.com/Jodi7768) is a political theorist who teaches political, feminist, and media theory in Geneva, New York. She has written or edited thirteen books, including The Communist Horizon, Crowds and Party, Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging. Samuel Moyn (https://twitter.com/samuelmoyn), is the Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at and Professor of History at Yale University. His latest books are "Christian Human Rights" and "Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World." Daniel Bessner is a historian, non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a Contributing Editor at Jacobin, and the author of "Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual" and is co-editor of "The Decisionist Imagination: Sovereignty, Social Science, and Democracy in the 20th century" Eugene Puryear (https://twitter.com/EugenePuryear) is the host for Break Through News (https://twitter.com/btnewsroom) and The Punchout podcast; a member of the PSL Party For Socialism and Liberation (https://twitter.com/pslweb) and the author of "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America."

Eugene Puryear is a co-host with Breakthrough News, an organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, and author of Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America. He will join us for a discussion of the meaning of Left politics, historically, today, and going forward.Breakthrough News:https://www.breakthroughnews.org/Subscribe to iMWiL!https://imixwhatilike.orgSHOW LESS ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eugene Puryear, host at Breakthrough News and author of "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America, joins us to discuss top stories & bold predictions for 2021! We'll start with the 9 trillion dollar bailout for Wall Street!Dr. Wilmer Leon, co-host of The Critical Hour, joins us to discuss his top 2020 stories and 2021 predictions. From COVID to the death of George Floyd and the death of Justice Ruth Ginsburg and so much more we'll break down what mattered and what should have mattered. Wyatt Reed, Sputnik News analyst, joins us to discuss protests and the press. Wyatt was on the front lines of many protests all over the country. It became clear law enforcement had little regard for how the media did their job. We'll discuss that relationship and how we should move forward.Garland Nixon, co-host of The Critical Hour, joins us to discuss his top stories and predictions. From the assasination of Sulaimani to our relationship with Iran; also how the US handled the shutdown and making Americans economically whole! We'll also get into Black Lives Matter and the death of George Floyd.Nate Wallace, creator and co-host of the podcast Redspin Sports, joins us to discuss his top stories in the world of sports and some predictions going forward. Jacksonville Jaguars NFL pick; the impact of COVID on sports; and the impact of activism in sports.

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In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Eugene Puryear, host of Breakthrough News and the Punch-Out podcast and author of Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America, to discuss apparent moves by the General Services Administration to begin the transition to a Joe Biden presidency, why current President Donald Trump would permit the process to begin, and why the news seems to show that Trump's efforts to maintain power beyond January have little support among the ruling class.

Eugene Puryear, host at Breakthrough News and author of "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America," joins us to give his analysis of the presidential election; voter disenfranchisement; and those who feel underrepresented.Emily Paul, DC Ward 1 resident, policy analyst at Upturn and member of the Community Oversight of Surveillance Coalition in DC; and Freddy Martinez, director of the Lucy Parsons Institute in Chicago, join us to talk about surveillance: where it is, how it’s spreading, how we can monitor and control it and, in this time of COVID-19, how we can separate the good from the bad.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Eugene Puryear, host of Breakthrough News and the Punch-Out podcast and author of Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America, to discuss apparent moves by the General Services Administration to begin the transition to a Joe Biden presidency, why current President Donald Trump would permit the process to begin, and why the news seems to show that Trump's efforts to maintain power beyond January have little support among the ruling class.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Mike Pappas, a family medicine physician, activist, and frequent contributor to LeftVoice.org, to discuss his new article, "Capitalist Competition Is Sabotaging the Race for a Vaccine," how individualist and self-interested attitudes stifle the kind of collaboration needed to address a global public health crisis, and how the latest developments in the push to provide a COVID-19 vaccine show that claims that capitalism encourages innovation are mere wishful thinking.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Zoe Pepper-Cunningham, a journalist with People's Dispatch, to discuss the massive protests which saw Guatemala's Congress burned on Saturday, the subsequent decision by the country's legislature to suspend efforts to foist widely-loathed budget on the Guatemalan people, and where the political situation there fits within the wave of resistance to neoliberal governments across Latin America.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Eleanor Goldfield, a creative activist, journalist, co-host of the Common Censored podcast with Lee Camp and the filmmaker behind the new documentary “Hard Road Of Hope," to discuss the certification of Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump in Pennsylvania by state election officials, how the healthcare industry is reaping record profits from the coronavirus pandemic, and why organization is the key to bringing about the kind of political system that puts people over profits.

Eugene Puryear, host at Breakthrough News and author of "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America," and Jim Kavanagh, editor of The Polemicist join us to discuss Twitter suspending fake accounts that claim to be Black President Trump supporters. A spokesperson for the company told CNN the accounts were impersonating others and violating the platform's rules about manipulation and spam.

Eugene Puryear, host at Breakthrough News and author of "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America," and Jim Kavanagh, editor of The Polemicist join us to discuss GOP lawmakers slamming Twitter for limiting distribution of a New York Post story about Hunter Biden's business activities in Ukraine. The Post's story claims to show "smoking gun" emails about Joe Biden and his son. Dorsey, who is the CEO of Twitter, put out a statement admitting that blocking the story without context is not acceptable. We'll also look at Twitter suspending fake accounts that claim to be Black President Trump supporters. A spokesperson for the company told CNN the accounts were impersonating others and violating the platform's rules about manipulation and spam. Many of the accounts tweeted the same phrase saying "YES IM BLACK AND I'M VOTING FOR TRUMP" in all capital letters. Also, our guests will look at Stop and Frisk policies and how they are now digital.Ted Rall, columnist, syndicated editorial cartoonist and author, joins us to discuss a New York Times piece that alleges Trump administration officials this winter, while publicly insisting that the virus was contained in the US and was nothing to worry about, were a lot more cautious when speaking privately to investors. This is not the first story we’ve seen since the start of the pandemic about the wealthy and powerful being tipped off to the danger of this situation before the public. What do you make of this particular iteration of that theme? We'll also analyze a bipartisan bill proposed to give Israel veto on US arms sales to the Middle East. Proposed by Illinois Democrat Brad Schneider, the bill wouldn’t exactly give Israel the “veto” over US arms sales that some headlines are suggesting, but it would force the president to consult with the Israeli government to ensure Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge in the region is maintained.Dr. Wes Bellamy, chair of the Political Science Dept at Virginia State University, joins us to discuss his new book, “When White Supremacy Knocks, Fight Back. How White People can use their Privilege and How Black People can use their Power." We'll discuss third party politics and look at a new movement and party block called Our Black Party, that focuses on the needs of Blacks in America.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean and Jacquie are joined by Eugene Puryear, host of Breakthrough News and author of Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America, to discuss the fallout of the refusal to indict the Louisville police officers who killed Breonna Taylor and why Joe Biden's war hawk history undercuts his insistence that "violence is not the answer" after the shooting of Louisville police last night.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean and Jacquie are joined by Eugene Puryear, host of Breakthrough News and author of Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America, to discuss the fallout of the refusal to indict the Louisville police officers who killed Breonna Taylor and why Joe Biden's war hawk history undercuts his insistence that "violence is not the answer" after the shooting of Louisville police last night.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Richard Wolff, Economist and Professor at the New School University to discuss his new book “The Sickness Is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics Or Itself” and why a look at how the rest of the world are handling the coronavirus demonstrates the utter failure of our elites to address the public health crisis.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by James Early, Former Director of Cultural Heritage Policy at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution and board member of the Institute for Policy Studies, to talk about why progressives should "battle Biden to defeat Trump" rather than "defeat Trump to battle Biden" and the vital importance of internationalism in the fight for justice at home and abroad.

How does the US Labor Department calculate unemployment numbers, and who does it benefit?Steve Grumbine, founder and CEO of Real Progressives and Real Progress in Action and host of the podcast Macro n Cheese, explains how the Labor Department has changed up the way it calculates unemployment, introducing a seasonal adjustment mechanism. Dandara Araujo, member of the State Board of the Landless Workers Movement (MST) in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, talks about a letter calling for support and attention to a series of evictions of farming families from the MST Quilombo Campo Grande that began on August 12. The eviction process has seen incredible violence and aggression by police. What's going on here?Eugene Puryear, host at Breakthrough News and author of "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America," talks about the Trump administration’s efforts to penalize cities that do things it doesn’t like, including reining in their police forces. We'll also get into a report of a counter-terrorism paramilitary unit in Kenya that the US and the UK have been funding and training; courts ruling the National Security Agency's phone snooping illegal; and protests in Washington, DC.Marcus McAllister, international trainer, implementation specialist and Cure Violence Global program coordinator, discusses the number of homicides in Chicago, Illinois; Washington, DC; and other large cities. We'll also explain what community organizations are doing to help decrease the numbers and uplift their communities.

Eugene Puryear, host at Breakthrough News and author of "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America," joins the show to talk about the White House recently ordering a review about cutting federal funding to places which the Trump administration labels "anarchist juridictions."

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Shabbir Manjee, an organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation in Chicago, to talk about Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's appearance at the Democratic National Convention, how the outrageous brutality unleashed on protesters by the Chicago Police Department this weekend undermines her professed concern for Black lives, and the parallels between the city's decision to draw the bridges to keep out protesters and the Democratic Party's continuing efforts to stifle progressive movements and candidates.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Patricia Gorky, software engineer and technology and security analyst, to talk about the recent horrifying nighttime raid by Soledad State Prison in which guards brutalized and racialized hundreds of those incarcerated there, and why it now appears the raid was to designed to heighten the prisoners' exposure to coronavirus.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Richard Becker, author of Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire, to talk about the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza strip, how the Israeli blockade is shutting down the besieged enclave's only working power plant, and why the protest movement in Israel seems more oriented towards reforming the Zionist project than liberating its Palestinian victims.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Eugene Puryear, host of Breakthrough News and author of "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America," to talk about the opening night of the Democratic National Convention, the folly of lesser-evil politics, and how DC Mayor Muriel Bowser helped engineer the growing housing crisis plaguing the city.

We continue our commemoration of Black August by speaking with Eugene Puryear, author of Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America, as well as the host of Breakthrough News. We discuss the roots of the mass incarceration system known today as the "prison-industrial complex."Then, we return with our monthly segment Tech for the People with Chris Garaffa. We talk about what a "stingray" is, third-party data collection through apps, Twitter censorship, and the Trump administration's hypocritical, racist plan for a "clean" internet.

We continue our commemoration of Black August by speaking with Eugene Puryear, author of Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America, as well as the host of Breakthrough News. We discuss the roots of the mass incarceration system known today as the "prison-industrial complex."Then, we return with our monthly segment Tech for the People with Chris Garaffa. We talk about what a "stingray" is, third-party data collection through apps, Twitter censorship, and the Trump administration's hypocritical, racist plan for a "clean" internet.

This is the second part of our two-part conversation with Dr. Dylan Rodríguez. If you haven’t already, listen to part one.  In this episode, Dylan shares a few thoughts about high profile reformers like Van Jones and the dangers of the non-profit industrial complex (NPIC). We also talk about “The Problems with Community Control of the Police and Proposals for Alternatives,” a document that Dylan co-authored with Beth Richie, Mariame Kaba, Rachel Herzing, and others.  We discuss the problem with the notion of “police accountability” and why Dylan believes that it is more accurately described as casualty management. We spend some time talking about the ways that celebrities either help or hinder conversations about policing, and why we should not conflate celebrity with leadership. We close with a discussion about the politics of accessibility.  Episode Resources & Notes Follow Dylan on Twitter: @dylanrodriguez “The Problems with Community Control of the Police and Proposals for Alternatives” by Beth Richie, Dylan Rodríguez, Mariame Kaba, Melissa Burch, Rachel Herzing, and Shana Agid Black Awakening in Capitalist America by Robert L. Allen (Doubleday, 1969) Books by Dylan Rodríguez: Pre-order his next book, White Reconstruction: Domestic Warfare and the Logic of Racial Genocide, and White Reconstruction II (Fordham University Press)  Critical Ethnic Studies: A Reader  (Duke University Press, 2016) Forced Passages: Imprisoned Radical Intellectuals and the U.S. Prison Regime (University of Minnesota Press, 2006)  Suspended Apocalypse: White Supremacy, Genocide, and the Filipino Condition (University of Minnesota Press, 2009) Credits Created and hosted by Kim Wilson and Brian Sonenstein Edited by Ellis Maxwell Website & volunteers managed by Victoria Nam Theme music by Jared Ware Support Beyond Prisons Visit our website at beyond-prisons.com Support our show and join us on Patreon. Check out our other donation options as well. Please listen, subscribe, and rate/review our podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and Google Play Join our mailing list for updates on new episodes, events, and more Send tips, comments, and questions to beyondprisonspodcast@gmail.com Kim Wilson is available for speaking engagements and to facilitate workshops. Please contact beyondprisonspodcast@gmail.com for more information Twitter: @Beyond_Prison Facebook: facebook.com/beyondprisonspodcast Instagram: instagram.com/beyondprisons

Professor, author, and abolitionist scholar Dr. Dylan Rodríguez joins Kim Wilson and Brian Sonenstein on an episode of the Beyond Prisons podcast.  This is the first part of a two part conversation. In Part 1, Dr. Rodríguez explains his belief that abolition is our obligation, touching on the development of anti-Black algorithms used to keep people in prison, what it means to be vulnerable in the context of doing this work and how vulnerability is the starting point for an abolitionist practice, and the profound impact that Robert Allen’s book Black Awakening in Capitalist America had on shaping Dylan’s own thinking.  We also talk about how academia declares institutional solidarity with white supremacy, and how some academics are the planners and architects of domestic war. Dr. Rodríguez reminds us that terror is not a thing that you can fix with training and he shares some of the conditions he places on conversations about prison reform.  Dylan Rodríguez is President of the American Studies Association (2020-2021). He served as the faculty-elected Chair of the UC Riverside Academic Senate (2016-2020) and a Professor at the University of California, Riverside. He spent the first sixteen years of his career in the Department of Ethnic Studies (serving as Chair from 2009-2016) and joined the Department of Media and Cultural Studies in 2017. Dylan’s thinking, writing, teaching, and scholarly activist labors address the complexity and normalized proliferation of historical regimes and logics of anti-Black and racial-colonial violence in everyday state, cultural, and social formations.  His work raises the question of how insurgent communities of people inhabit oppressive regimes and logics in ways that enable the collective genius of rebellion, survival, abolition, and radical futurity. What forms of shared creativity emerge from conditions of duress, and how do these insurgencies envision—and practice—transformations of power and community?   In addition to co-editing the field-shaping anthology Critical Ethnic Studies: A Reader (Duke University Press, 2016), Dylan is the author of two books: Forced Passages: Imprisoned Radical Intellectuals and the U.S. Prison Regime (University of Minnesota Press, 2006) and Suspended Apocalypse: White Supremacy, Genocide, and the Filipino Condition (University of Minnesota Press, 2009). His next book, White Reconstruction: Domestic Warfare and the Logic of Racial Genocide, is forthcoming from Fordham University Press in Fall 2020 and will be followed in 2021 by White Reconstruction II.  Follow Dylan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dylanrodriguez Support Beyond Prisons Support our show and join us on Patreon. Check out our other donation options as well. Please listen, subscribe, and rate/review our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and on Google Play Visit our website at beyond-prisons.com Join our mailing list for updates on new episodes, events, and more Send tips, comments, and questions to beyondprisonspodcast@gmail.com Kim Wilson is available for speaking engagements and to facilitate workshops. Please contact beyondprisonspodcast@gmail.com for more information Twitter: @Beyond_Prison Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beyondprisonspodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beyondprisons/

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Margaret Flowers, Co-Founder of Popular Resistance Director of the Health Over Profit for Everyone Campaign, to talk about President Trump's decision to follow through on threats to remove the US from the World Health Organization, the vital role played by the WHO in confronting threats to collective human health, and why the governmental non-response to the pandemic demonstrates that the US has become a "failed state."In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ahmed Kaballo, a UK-based journalist with PressTV and filmmaker whose recent documentary "Venezuela: The Failed Coup" can be found on Facebook and YouTube, to talk about the British government's about-face on its supposed ban on selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, how the CIA, MI6, and Saudi intelligence conspired to pave the way for "blowback" in the form of acts of terrorism by salafist jihadists in the British and American cities, and why the British government continues to faithfully enact US foreign policy.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Gareth Porter, a historian, journalist covering the national security state, and author of "Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare," to talk about the rapidly-crumbling narrative accusing Russia of paying off the Taliban to kill US soldiers, why mainstream media tends to take claims from "anonymous US intelligence officials" at face value, and why it appears the story was planted as part of a concerted strategy to put a stop to the end of the War in Afghanistan.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Eugene Puryear, host of Breakthrough News and author of the book Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America, to talk about his recent analysis on the national uprising against police brutality, "From Rebellion to Revolution," why the conspicuous inaction by the US government and ruling class is leading to a wave of radicalization.

Wherein a single sentence derails this entire project, Tom Riddle does a Rod Serling impression, and some other nonsense happens. The best practices of content creation in Capitalist America demand that I tell you to "be sure to like and subscribe and leave a five-star review." But you don't have to if you don't want to. I won't be upset. This content is free, it's sponsorship-free, and it's "begging for money on Patreon"-free because, dammit, some things ought to exist outside of the profit motive. If I had my druthers, those things would include healthcare, basic social services, and college education, but all I can deliver at the moment is this strange podcast about Harry Potter. You can follow me on twitter, if you'd like, though I don't do much tweeting these days, at @darintries. You can email me at darintries@gmail.com. Or just find me and talk to me like a real person. I'm around.

Has economic theory changed in the last 50 years? How can we incorporate notions of social justice and culture into economic thinking? In this episode of the Governance Podcast, Professor Herbert Gintis joins Professor Shaun Hargreaves Heap in a conversation about his contributions to key debates in economics since the 1970s. Subscribe on iTunes and Spotify Subscribe to the Governance Podcast on iTunes and Spotify today and get all our latest episodes directly in your pocket. The Guest Herbert Gintis is an American economist, behavioral scientist, and educator known for his theoretical contributions to sociobiology, especially altruism,  cooperation, epistemic game theory, gene-culture coevolution, efficiency wages, strong reciprocity, and human capital theory. Throughout his career, he has worked extensively with economist Samuel Bowles. Their landmark book, Schooling in Capitalist America, has had multiple editions in five languages since it was first published in 1976. Their most recent book, A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and its Evolution was published by Princeton University Press in 2011. Follow Us For more information about our upcoming podcasts and events, follow us on facebook or twitter (@csgskcl). Skip Ahead 1:30: How did you get into academia? 4:40: You mentioned your political engagement with the SDS and the civil rights movement. Have you maintained that engagement throughout your life? 8:00: One way we can think about Marx and Mill is perhaps that Marx was the materialist, and Mill was the idealist. Has Marx's materialism stuck with you? 10:53: My understanding of Schooling in Capitalist America is that the book has enjoyed a kind of revival because of the work of people like Heckman, who have discovered that education isn't important in the traditional ‘human capital' sense. Is your argument consistent with that? 13:50: How is it that your argument about schooling has become a version of received wisdom today? 15:21: Is the diffusion of ideas so slow in the social sciences because it's a closed shop—it's not very competitive? 16:27: What's the difference between the social sciences and natural sciences in the way that ideas get diffused? 19:24: The maintenance of theory without evidence in economics: how did that tradition survive? 22:30: I'm going to take you to the QJE article on ‘Contested Exchange' and Walrasian general equilibrium theory. A group of economists in the 70s was discussing these ideas a decade before they went mainstream... 33:30: How is it that you weren't interested in the Keynesian point about uncertainty in your critique of general equilibrium theory? 36:42: There is the problem of calculation when you have complexity and then there's the fact that we don't know the future. Aren't these separate issues? 39:05: I suppose there is an a-theoretical space that Keynes opened up—to license ‘animal spirits.' 40:20: In your view, our cultural values owe much to the evolutionary selection advantage they give to groups. What's interesting about the ‘co-evolutionary' part of this is that once we have co-evolution taking place, culture itself… can contribute to the evaluation of fitness. 44:40: If you think about our contemporary cultural values in the US and UK, you might say that two very important cultural values are a belief in liberal freedoms and a belief in democracy. Could you sketch how each of those cultural values gave this evolutionary selection advantage? 47:40: Hayek has a very similar evolutionary view of cultural values to yours… For Hayek, the great virtue of liberal freedoms is that they are an appropriate response to the problem of knowledge. Would you buy that? 55:15: If the ideas of democracy flourished for the reasons you mentioned, historically and evolutionarily, and if we actually buy into democracy for an entirely different set of reasons, which may have to do with egalitarian foundations, how does that tension get played out? 57:45: How did a generation of the best minds in economics spend so much of their time on Walrasian general equilibrium theory?

On this episode of The Critical Hour with Dr. Wilmer Leon, an update on the fatal police shooting of black teen Antwon Rose. And, Mexico's new president is a political outsider who wants to end corruption, reduce violence and end poverty. Can he, and what does it mean for the U.S.? GUESTS: Attorney Fred Rabner, Esq. - Attorney in Antwon Rose, II case.Eugene Puryear - Host of By Any Means Necessary, political commentator, activist, and author of Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America.

If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, subscribe on our Patreon page for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes. We can't do this show without your support!!! This week, Roqayah and Kumars welcome first-time guest Anoa Changa and returning guest Eugene Puryear to the show. Anoa is an attorney and host of the podcast The Way with Anoa. She’s the co-managing editor of Progressive Army, and she also edits and writes for Peach Perspective which brings a left focus to politics in Georgia. Eugene is an organizer and founding member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), and is on the editorial board of Liberation News. He ran for Vice President alongside Presidential candidate Gloria La Riva under the PSL banner in 2008 and 2016. He is the author of Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America, and host of By Any Means Necessary on Radio Sputnik. Anoa and Eugene were recently contacted by a reporter for Atlanta NPR affiliate WABE, ostensibly to profile Anoa about her experiences as a black activist in Atlanta. Eugene was contacted because he had hosted Anoa on his radio show, which is on Radio Sputnik, which has ties to the Russian state. The article, which ran on WABE and was boosted in other outlets, attempted to discredit Anoa and Eugene's work because of this extremely loose connection to Russia. Anoa and Eugene situate their treatment in historical context, pointing out that black organizing has been discredited for decades as a Soviet conspiracy to destabilize American politics. We get everyone's thoughts on Russian "election meddling", ignoring the hype to discuss more pressing threats to our electoral system and real ways to address them that don't result in a jingoist frenzy. Anoa and Eugene call out mainstream US news outlets for chastising leftists for appearing on platforms they deem out-of-bounds, while simultaneously denying leftists space and instead giving platforms to far-right scum. Finally, we have a very nuanced conversation about the complexities of choosing the right platform for your message, especially in our media universe where no platform with any real reach is pure. You can follow Anoa on Twitter @TheWayWithAnoa, and follow Eugene @EugenePuryear. A transcript for this episode will be provided upon request. Please send an email to deleteuracct @ gmail to get a copy sent to you when it is completed.

The Empire holds by far the most prisoners than any other country on earth, in both absolute numbers and per capita. Abby Martin explores the dark reality of America's prisons: their conditions, who is warehoused in them, and the roots of mass incarceration. Featuring interviews with Eddie Conway, former political prisoner unjustly incarcerated for 44 years, and Eugene Puryear, author of "Shackled and Chained, Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America." FOLLOW // http://twitter.com/empirefiles LIKE // http://facebook.com/theempirefiles Music by Fluorescent Grey: https://soundcloud.com/fluorescentgrey

Michael Kazin is a professor of history at Georgetown University and editor of Dissent, a magazine of politics and culture which has been published since 1954. His main interest is the history of politics and social movements in the United States. Kazin writes frequently for such publications and websites as The New York Times, Foreign Affairs , The Nation, and The Daily Beast. His most recent book is War Against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918. We discuss World War I, World War II, and peace activism. Kazin will be speaking on April 4, 2017, at this event: Remembering Past Wars . . . and Preventing the Next An event to mark 100 years since the United States entered World War I, and 50 years since Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous speech against war. A new movement to end all war is growing. April 4, 2017, 6-8 p.m. Busboys and Poets, 5th and K Streets NW, Washington, D.C. Speakers: Michael Kazin, professor of history at Georgetown University, author of War Against War: The American Fight for Peace 1914-1918. Eugene Puryear, journalist, activist, radio host, and author of Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America. Medea Benjamin, cofounder of CODEPINK, author of books including Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection. David Swanson, director of World Beyond War, author of books including War Is A Lie and When the World Outlawed War. Maria Santelli, executive director of Center on Conscience and War, founding director of the New Mexico GI Rights Hotline. Jarrod Grammel, conscientious objector. Nolan Fontaine, conscientious objector. Sponsored by World Beyond War, and Center on Conscience and War, with thanks to Busboys and Poets.

Herbert Gintis is Emeritus Professor of Economics at University of Massachusetts and visiting Professor at Central European University. He is known for his theoretical contributions to sociobiology, especially altruism, cooperation, epistemic game theory and gene-culture co-evolution. Herbert has a B.A and M.A in Mathematics but switched his PhD program at Harvard from mathematics to economics. Professor Gintis was part of a group of economists who developed their ideas on a new economics which encompassed issues of alienation of labor, racism, sexism, and imperialism. Herbert has worked extensively with economist Samuel Bowles, writing their landmark book, Schooling in Capitalist America. One of Herbert’s latest books The Bounds of Reason emphasises the unification of economic theory with sociobiology and other behavioral sciences which, in the words of Nobel Prize-winning economist, Vernon L. Smith, “is firmly in the revolutionary tradition of David Hume (Convention) and Adam Smith (Sympathy)”. In the episode you will learn: about the importance of trans-disciplinary research and collaboration. why economics is not the only social science that explains human behavior. how biology, economics and sociology explain the behaviour of humans in different ways and which discipline is correct? about the Ultimatum Game and how it shows the cooperative and non-cooperative behaviour of humans. about the morality of humans and how we reciprocate kindness with kindness and unkindness with unkindness. why reciprocity makes humans so successful as a species. why some species have a symbiotic relationship with other species, which is not the same as reciprocity. how we can fit all the human feelings together to form a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding human behavior. why we always need a system to punish free-riders and non-cooperators. how the future structure of the University can be seen at Arizona State University today. why we need a new generation of thinkers and research centres who are trans-disciplinary. what projects Professor Herbert Gintis is working on right now. why morality controls politics and your vote will not make a difference. how Herbert gets things done in terms of writing books and journal articles. about Herbert’s disagreement with Nassim Nicholas Taleb. why Herbert believes that macroeconomics is wrong and is in agreement with Taleb on that issue. and much much more. Links mentioned in this episode: economicrockstar.com/herbertgintis economicrockstar.com/bluehost audiobooks.com/rockstar Subscribe now on iTunes and get access to the complete list of Economic Rockstar episodes.

Eric Sprott & Rick Rule will return. Sprott Asset Management, of which both Eric and Rick are senior management members, has nearly $10 billion worth of assets that it either manages directly or indirectly. Owing to their free market perspective this is an incredibly unique entity that has a lot to offer people who understand that the Keynesian economic policies combined with an already over extended empire are leading America down a path of destruction. Unlike most investment firms, Sprott and Rule understand that America's foreign and domestic politics are pathological. As such they have tailored products to not only avert financial disaster for its clients, but to help build wealth and lay the foundations for a better life in the future. In the second hour of the show, David Jensen will join me and I expect to pass along a few of my top gold and silver mining picks.