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Nignorance from across the diaspora. We discuss politics and pop culture from a left perspective. Enjoy and tell a friend.
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Sep 18, 2023
Sep 18, 2023
1hr 12 min
This year marked 60 years since the March on Washington, and there is a bipartisan acceptance of the event as a monumental step forward for Black Americans for the struggle for civil rights. While Martin Luther King’s iconic speech for many is understood as a call for collective understanding to get beyond racial differences and come together as one united nation, that wasn’t the ultimate goal of the march. It's organizers had a Socialist Democratic vision of massive economic redistribution of wealth. The March on Washington for jobs and freedom became a victory for the Civil Rights movement and its leaders, but was it truly a success?
Read Paul's piece in Jacobin Magazine here: https://jacobin.com/2023/08/march-on-washington-anniversary-civil-rights-economic-inequality
Sep 17, 2023
Sep 17, 2023
2hr 49 min
While the 80s produced a lot of unwanted straight to cable and video movies, the 1983 sequel to the Hitchcock's classic genre defining film might be one of the best sequels of the genre. We discuss what inspired Hollywood to bring back the Oedipal son Norman Bates and more..
Sep 15, 2023
Sep 15, 2023
1hr 16 min
Sep 14, 2023
Sep 14, 2023
56 min
Let's take at is a given that terrorist attacks targeting civilians are never justifiable. Does it follow that everyone has an equal right to condemn them? G.A. Cohen didn't think so.
Read Ben's Substack here:
Sep 13, 2023
Sep 13, 2023
1hr 42 min
Sep 11, 2023
Sep 11, 2023
1hr 18 min
Sep 10, 2023
Sep 10, 2023
1hr 30 min
Sep 8, 2023
Sep 8, 2023
1hr 7 min
What is the philosophy of the political right winger and where does it originate from? We discuss with author, lecturer, and professor Matthew McManus.
You can read the book here:
Sep 6, 2023
Sep 6, 2023
56 min
Sep 4, 2023
Sep 4, 2023
1hr 58 min