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Nov 2 2018

Saturday on This is Hell!

Posted by Matthew Boedy

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9:20 - Black Agenda Report's Glen Ford explores the politics of race and class under a corporate duopoloy.

Glen wrote the article The Great Un-Blackening: The Corporate Project to Erase Black People from Politics for Black Agenda Report.

 

10:00 - Investigative journalist Greg Palast explains how Georgia's election was stolen before anyone voted.

Greg posted the video How to Steal Georgia in 7 Minutes for Salon.

 

10:45 - In a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen does the Tarantella all by himself.

I looked up what that meant, not super up on Italian folk dance traditions.

Episode 1027
Oct 27 2018

HELL NÃO

Oct 26 2018

Saturday on This is Hell!

Posted by Matthew Boedy

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9:05 - Live from São Paulo, Brian Mier reports on Brazil's election at the edge of fascism.

Brian translated the recent articles Bolsonaro and the Institutionalization of Necropolitics and International Interests and the destruction of Brazilian Democracy for New Socialist.

 

9:25 - Journalist Tina Vasquez reports on the work of making #AbolishICE a reality.

Tina wrote the article Abolish ICE: Beyond a Slogan for Rewire.News and New York Review Daily.

Episode 1026
Oct 20 2018

Minions

Oct 19 2018

Saturday on This is Hell!

Posted by Matthew Boedy

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9:05 - Writer Brendan O'Connor profiles the Proud, White face of ruling class violence in America.

Brendan wrote the article Boys to Men for The Baffler.

 

9:35 - Writer Malaika Jabali explores politics in a Black, Midwestern city abandoned by the Democratic Party.

Malaika wrote the article The Color of Economic Anxiety for Current Affairs.

 

Episode 1025
Oct 13 2018

City Limits

Oct 12 2018

Saturday on This is Hell!

Posted by Matthew Boedy

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9:05 - Live from Mexico City, correspondent Laura Carlsen reports on Trump, AMLO and the ends of NAFTA.

Laura  wrote the commentary Trump and Mexico's Next President Are on Honeymoon. But It Won't Last for Fortune.

9:35 - Journalist Rachel M. Cohen examines a 50 year shift - in people and politics - between cities and suburbs.

Rachel wrote the article Taking Back the Suburbs: The Fair Housing Act at Fifty for Dissent.

Episode 1024
Oct 6 2018

Death Blips

Oct 5 2018

Saturday on This is Hell!

Posted by Matthew Boedy

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9:05 - Writer Eleanor Penny explores the Europe of Steve Bannon's identitarian dreams.

Eleanor wrote the article Steve Bannon’s European Dream for In These Times.

 

9:30 - Writer Aaron Timms watches the liberal order run out the clock on a world with little time left.

Aaron wrote the article This Is Not A Blip for The Baffler.

Episode 1023
Sep 29 2018

Displacementality