Episode 1028
Purge Pricing
Nov 3 2018
The actual stated demands of the protests may not necessarily be met or be successful. I think of things like the Occupy Wall Street protests and others where the idea of reforming how Wall Street works or maybe putting more breaks on the way in which income inequality occurs in the United States. Like those goals of course never really happened or materialized out of some of those protests. I think people getting disillusioned that you go to a protest like No Kings and it's large and you feel good and you feel the sense of community. But then the next day this hasn't really moved the needle on policy. It hasn't moved the needle on the practice of governance. And I think that's where in the book I try to push people a little and say, ‘Well, yeah, that's because it can’t. It can't end there, right?’ That and the same with elections, right? People of course get disappointed and disillusioned with the way elections have gone and the way even when supposedly better candidates win things still don't change either. I think one of the points of the book is that you have to kind of drive past those two traditional techniques for social change when they're not really doing the job that you need to create a more inclusive and sustainable society.
Writer and researcher Sasha Davis speaks to This Is Hell! to talk about his new book “Replace The State: How To Change The World When Elections And Protests Fail”, published by University of Minnesota Press. The book talks about bringing new hope for social justice movements by looking to progressive campaigns that have found success by unconventional, and more direct, means since elections and protests might have become stagnated in regards to bring forth societal change.
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Nov 2 2018
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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.
Oct 26 2018
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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.
Oct 19 2018
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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.
Oct 12 2018
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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.
Oct 5 2018
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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.