Here's what Chuck is reading to prepare for Saturday's show:
Family Values: Between Neoliberalism and the new Social Conservatism - Melinda Cooper [Zone Books]
What is at Stake in the Romanian Protests? - Florin Poenaru [LeftEast]
Creating Freedom: The Lottery of Birth, the Illusion of Consent, and the Fight for Our Future - Raoul Martinez [Pantheon]
Hezbollah: The Political Economy of Lebanon's Party of God - Joseph Daher [Pluto Press]
And further recommended reading:
How a Russian Steel Oligarch and Putin Ally Is Profiting from the Keystone XL Pipeline - Steve Horn [DeSmog Blog]
The Paranoid Style in American Politics - Richard Hofstadter [Harper's]
With Executive Order on Policing, Trump Declares Racialized War on Dissent - Flint Taylor [Truthout]
Making COIN The modern history of an unstoppable bad idea - Tim Shorrock [The Baffler]