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6:09:18Now PlayingWith the midterms in full swing, we take a closer look at the Democratic party's war against the Left with our very special guest David Sirota who served as Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign speechwriter in 2020. David also created the financial crisis podcast series Meltdown, and helped Adam McKay create the story for the film Don’t Look Up. He is a columnist at the Guardian, editor-at-large at Jacobin Magazine, and founder and editor of the Lever.
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David Sirota served as Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign speechwriter in 2020, he created the financial crisis podcast series Meltdown, and he helped Adam McKay create the story for the film Don’t Look Up. He is a columnist at the Guardian, editor-at-large at Jacobin Magazine, and founder and editor of the Lever
David talks about his latest piece for The Lever on how Democratic leaders are joining with oligarchs to try to permanently destroy the progressive movement
An update on how France and America drained Haiti's economy.
Also what did Karl Marx have to say about capitalism and the slave trade?
What dirt is Congressman Madison Cawthorn going to spill on his way out? Howie Klein knows. Howie gives us a preview of tomorrow's big elections in Georgia and the runoff between Henry Cuellar and Jessica Cisneros in Texas.
David Cobb on the rise of fascism in the Republican party. He talks about Yale Professor Jason Stanley's book, “How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them.” His latest article in The Guardian is titled “America is now in fascism’s legal phase."
Replacement theory
How Central Asia's instability is aggravated by war in Ukraine; The Khodayari assassination in Iran;
and how American oligarchs are financing the end of our Democracy.
Meet two reformists running for sheriff in California:
Carl Tennenbaum in Sonoma County, carltforsheriff.com
Sean Allen in Santa Clara County, seanallenforsheriff.com
The latest on Ukraine
"Talk Is Cheap"written and performed by Professor Mike Steinel
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