PODCAST #110

Participants: John Steppling, Johan Eddebo, Dennis Riches, Cory Morningstar, Shaenah Batterson, and Max Parry. Discussed in this episode: 1. The FBI tells Americans to prepare for a “heightened threat environment.” 2. Reactionary responses to the protests on American campuses 3. Echoes of 1968 in student protests—including the Democratic convention taking place in Chicago. 4. France ready to send troops to fight in Ukraine, provoking dire warning from Russia, France’s lost skepticism about American power. 5. Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), how neo-liberalism leads to chronic illness and depression, then to the conclusion that assisted suicide is the solution. 6. Corporate capture of social movements. 7. Capitalism’s short-term solutions for the environmental problems.