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Episode 258: Are the Republicans the Party for Workers? Two Nic’s on US Politics

Posted: November 10, 2020 in Uncategorized
Tags: class, Democrats, Donald Trump, economic inequality, Electoral College, identity politics, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, male entitlement, Nic, No is Not Enough, Republicans, social media, trickle down identity politics, US election, US imperialism, US politics, working class

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During the election campaign, Trump argued that “Republicans have become the party of the American worker”. Nick is joined by Nic (previously of Bitchy Shitshow and Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack, now doing the new show Pynk Spots) to discuss this claim and break down the US election result and a lack of focus on class and economic inequality from the Democrats.

A guest post on our blog from politics professor Jason Brownlee, who argues that despite the celebrations, 'this is looking like a pretty terrible election for the American #Left' #Election2020results #Election2020 https://t.co/rkPpM0xqqz
— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) November 9, 2020

Jubilant Reaction To Trump Defeat Quickly Soured By News Of Biden Win https://t.co/d9vR2P9tPV pic.twitter.com/m6Z46YTMsI
— The Onion (@TheOnion) November 7, 2020

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NOFX ‘The Marxist Brothers’, Baseketball ‘Playoff Tiebreaker’, The Simpsons ‘“Recount” scene from “The Simpsons”’, Lowkey ‘Daily Duppy’.

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I’m very sorry but having ONE female Vice President in 244 years does not demonstrate that “girls can do anything”. It demonstrates that we live in a violently sexist society in which patriarchal extremism *still* excludes women and girls from equal access to power and resources.
— Professor Fleming voted in person (@alwaystheself) November 9, 2020

Episode 257: Moving Beyond Privilege and Nazi Analogies in Discussions on Voting

Posted: October 30, 2020 in Uncategorized
Tags: Christopher Sebastian, Democrats, Donald Trump, fascism, health, Joe Biden, Left, Lottie, Nazi Germany, Noam Chomsky, privilege, US election, US politics, voter suppression, voting

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Nick is joined by Lottie who gives some feedback on our last episode, critiquing Noam Chomsky’s take on the US election, as well as accusations of privilege in discussions on voting. We also discuss voter suppression and healthcare.

Additional links:

‘Fighting Fascism: Communist Resistance to the Nazis, 1928-1933’ (article on cosmonaut.blog).
‘Liberalism and Fascism: Partners in Crime’ (article by Gabriel Rockhill on counterpunch.org).

Liberals need to stop asking this.

“Vote Blue No Matter Who” is an admission that even if Biden’s “behaviors” were *identical* to Trump’s you’d vote for him to protect Roe, the EPA and the ACA.

Stop being shocked that Republicans also put their (bad) principles over civility. https://t.co/PIeuEuIc0i
— BJG 👑 (@briebriejoy) October 28, 2020

‘Joe Biden, veganism, and the unbearable privilege of talking about privilege’ (article by Christopher Sebastian on christophersebastian.info).
Revolutionary Left Radio ‘Analyzing Dystopian Fiction: Ideology, Orwell, and our Haunted Futures‘ (podcast episode).
Doonan, M. & Katz, G. 2015, ‘Choice in the American healthcare system: Changing dynamics under the Affordable Care Act’, Current Sociology, 63(5), 746-762.

Clips:

Akala ‘Mr Fire in the Booth’, That Mitchell and Webb Sound – Series 1 ‘Labour vs Conservative’, Frank Turner ‘1933’ – analysis of the song from theedgesusu.co.uk.

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Episode 256: “Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos” – The US Election with Jason Brownlee

Posted: October 16, 2020 in Uncategorized
Tags: Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Donald Trump, identity politics, Jason Brownlee, Joe Biden, neoliberalism, Republicans, third parties, trickle down identity politics, two-party dominance, US election, US imperialism, US politics, utopias, voter suppression, voting

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This show features politics professor Jason Brownlee on the upcoming US election. The discussion covers voter suppression, voting Democrat versus third party, identity politics and much more!

Links:

‘The battle over a Texas order limiting ballot drop-off locations, explained’ (article by Jen Kirby on Vox).
‘Voting by mail in Texas explained’ (video by KETKnbc).
‘Texas, Confused About Voting In The 2020 Election? “Better Know A Ballot” Is Here To Help!’ (video from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert).

‘Trump 2020 with Noam Chomsky’ (The Juice Media Podcast episode).

Jealous argues that Biden's candidacy means a lot for other people like him who stutter (as Biden stutters). However, West points to Biden's support of mass incarceration and the war in Iraq and the imprisonment and killing of many people who stutter. https://t.co/itLAfG99bK
— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) September 10, 2020

Our 251^st episode ‘A Deep Dive on Identity Politics with Bitchy Shitshow’.

Clips:

NOFX ‘The Marxist Brothers’, The Simpsons ‘“You have to vote for one of us!” (“It’s a two party system”)’, The Jimmy Dore Show ‘DEMOCRATS’ #ListenToBERNIE Hashtag FAILS!’, Democracy Now! ‘Cornel West & Ben Jealous on Whether Progressives Can Push Joe Biden Leftward If He Defeats Trump’, schmoyoho ‘WE’RE ALL DOOMED – Trump vs. Biden ft. “Weird Al” Yankovic’.

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Episode 246: Going Back to Normal? I Think We Can Do Better

Posted: May 11, 2020 in Uncategorized
Tags: Australian politics, Bernie Sanders, capitalism, Centrelink, class, Coronavirus, Democrats, Donald Trump, economic inequality, health, Joe Biden, Scott Morrison, US election, US politics

With coronavirus restrictions easing across Australia, we argue that the aim should not be to return to normal, but rather to create a different society that addresses the inequalities and hardships that existed well before the pandemic.

I don't want to go back to the old normal, it was horrible. I like the new one where people give more than two shits about other people and adopt animals and spend time with their loved ones. I want a different normal where essential workers are respected and have a living wage.
— Emmeline Spankhurts 🍸 (@MmeEmmeline) April 20, 2020

We also discuss US politics and make a similar case against going back to normal post-Trump, highlighting the need to tackle ongoing problems with health care, the environment and class inequality.

Joe Biden thinks we should "return to normal."

Normal means 87 million uninsured or underinsured.

Normal means fossil fuel companies destroying the planet.

Normal means the rich getting richer while the poor get poorer.

We cannot return to normal. We need real change.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) March 9, 2020

Additional Links:

Ridiculous delays in Centrelink processing Nick’s Low Income Health Care Card application (Facebook post).
We have a return of the “segment” Nick’s Dreams – this time on the importance of direct action. For more on this, check out our 65^th episode: Direct Action Gets the Goods.
Listen to Freedom of Species: Corey Wrenn – The Root Cause Of Coronavirus That No One Is Talking About and Myq Kaplan – Comedy and Veganism.
Bitchy ShitShow podcast – episode 8: COVID-19 AND SEIZING THE MEANS (PART 1): A COLLABORATION WITH MEXIE OF THE VEGAN VANGUARD.

I've generally been staying away from corona-themed podcast episodes because it's too much to constantly hear about it but I've made an exception for this collaboration between two of my fav podcasts, @bitchy_shitshow and @Mexie from @vegan_vanguard – very glad I did!… https://t.co/h495WdOSzT
— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) April 9, 2020

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Clips:

NOFX ‘The Marxist Brothers’, Briggs & Tim Minchin ‘HouseFyre (Lockdown Video) #StayHome’, NowThis News ‘Trump Caught On Hot Mic Before Coronavirus Address’.

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Posts Tagged ‘US election’

Episode 257: Moving Beyond Privilege and Nazi Analogies in Discussions on Voting

Episode 256: “Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos” – The US Election with Jason Brownlee

Episode 246: Going Back to Normal? I Think We Can Do Better