Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

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#1611 Higher Education: the Myths, McCarthyism, and Change Makers at a time when education is under attack for free speech, DEI and CRT but arguably needs changes to meet a changing world

Feb 17, 20241h 4m

#1610 The Border, and Our Border Politics, Are a Mess - As Trump and MAGA-driven misunderstanding and panic about the nature of immigration dominates election concerns.

Feb 14, 20241h 2m

#1609 The Post-Roe World is Bad But it Could Still Get Worse - Abortion Bans in the US Are Causing Widespread Suffering for Both Patients and Doctors Attempting to Navigate the New Normal

Feb 10, 20241h 14m

#1608 Widespread Loneliness is a Solvable Social Problem - Urban Design, Architecture, Co-housing, and Community Action and Support Can Make Our Towns Better

Feb 7, 202459 min

#1603 Clarence Thomas and the Highest Court in the Land with the Lowest Standards of Ethics

Jan 13, 202453 min

#1535 We Don't Do Accountability (Trump and GOP Crimes That Go Unpunished) (Repost)

Jan 9, 20241h 3m

Bonus Sample #285 The Christians and the Pagans

Jan 8, 202413 min

#1602 What Happens in Israel and Gaza Doesn't Stay in Israel and Gaza

Jan 5, 20241h 8m

#1601 Christian Nationalism is not Christianity, it is Fascism

Jan 2, 202455 min

Bonus Sample #284 First they came for the Italian babies

Jan 1, 202417 min

#1532 Accelerationism is the Brick on the Gas Pedal of the Runaway Car of Society (Repost)

Dec 29, 20231h 13m

#1533 How Theocracies Begin and End (Rise of the Far-Right + Demanding Women's Rights in Iran) (Repost)

Dec 26, 20231h 17m

#1600 Housing Cannot be a Fundamental Human Right and a Commodity at the Same Time

Dec 23, 20231h 4m

#1599 Taming the Beast: AI Regulation Before Human Relegation

Dec 20, 202357 min

Bonus Sample #283 Meaningless rituals are useful but self-driving cars are more questionable

Dec 16, 202316 min

#1598 Kiss of Death: Henry Kissinger's Bloody Legacy of Indifference

Dec 13, 202356 min

Bonus Samples #281 and 282 No one likes how this is going | Not Worth It

Dec 11, 202331 min

#1597 The rise of fascism around the world driven by economic insecurity

Dec 8, 202358 min

#1596 Building a positive future by first envisioning it and then designing it

Dec 6, 20231h 4m

#1519 International Fascist Movement on the Move (Throwback)

Dec 2, 20231h 13m

#1595 Pushing for Medicare For All in the Laboratories of Democracy

Nov 29, 202355 min

#1594 Testing New Climate Solutions: Geothermal and Geo-Engineering

Nov 26, 20231h 12m

#1518 Ronald Reagan, It Turns Out, Was Bad (Repost)

Nov 22, 20231h 16m

Bonus Sample #280 Tracking people and animals in order to save them and ourselves

Nov 17, 202318 min

#1593 Beyond Neoliberalism: Dreaming a new economic system into being

Nov 15, 20231h 1m

#1592 Israel and Palestine are less complicated than you think: Standing for international law while condemning crimes against humanity, war crimes, antisemitism, and apartheid.

Nov 11, 20231h 5m

#1591 Broken News: Understanding traditional media and social media reporting on the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza

Nov 6, 20231h 4m

#TBT #1510 Avoiding Accountability: How the powerful in the US have almost always been allowed to skate by (Throwback)

Nov 1, 20231h 23m

#TBT #1507 Installing Loyalists: The Multi-Pronged Destruction of Our Democracy Already in Progress (Throwback)

Oct 27, 20231h 8m

#1590 Red Caesar and Project 2025: A fascist fever dream being given a vaguely respectable coat of paint by the Claremont Institute and the Heritage Foundation paving the way for an unconstrained, lawless, authoritarian Republican president

Oct 24, 20231h 4m

Bonus Sample #279 Complainers gonna complain, creepers gonna creep

Oct 21, 202316 min

#1589 War in the Holy Land: Context Behind the Atrocities, Crimes Against Humanity, and the Possible Escalation That Will be Detrimental to All Sides in the Wake of the Hamas Attack Israel is Calling Their "9-11"

Oct 17, 20231h 14m

#1588 The Shutdown That Wasn't And The Chaos That Is: The far-right of the GOP has been intent on not governing for a long time and eating their own, like McCarthy most recently, is their go-to maneuver.

Oct 13, 202359 min

#TBT #1545 Agents of Chaos: The New Congress (Throwback)

Oct 10, 20231h 9m

#1587 What Conservatives Think of When They Think of the Children: Child Labor, Child Brides, Child Mothers, Childhood Poverty, Child Indoctrination

Oct 7, 202358 min

#1586 Cop City is the Backlash to the Backlash Against Police Brutality and Murder, the Atlanta Community is Fighting Back and Creating a Blueprint for Change in the Process

Oct 4, 20231h 9m

Bonus Edition #278 Obfuscating Reality Through Layers of Fantasy

Sep 29, 202319 min

#1585 Workers Rights Ascendent Amid Writers and Actors Strikes in Hollywood and the UAW Strikes Against the Big 3 US Automakers all While the Sociopathic Reality of Capitalism is Laid Bare by CEOs Explain How Exploiting Workers is Intrinsic to the System

Sep 26, 202359 min

#1584 Israel's Political Upheaval, Supreme Court Power Struggle, US Support, and the Normalization of Apartheid

Sep 24, 20231h 0m

#TBT #1360 Redefine, Unburden and #DefundThePolice: With Copy City renewing debate over policing, we look back at the counterargument (Throwback)

Sep 22, 202359 min

#1583 Alluring Conspiracy Culture vs Capitalism: The Driving Forces that are Attracting People into Conspiratorial Thinking About Trump, COVID, Economics, Military Affairs and More.

Sep 18, 20231h 1m

#TBT #1190 Island Recovering From Disaster: Hurricane Maria laid bare the colonialism and capitalism in Puerto Rico (Throwback)

Sep 16, 202357 min

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Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

#1611 Higher Education: the Myths, McCarthyism, and Change Makers at a time when education is under attack for free speech, DEI and CRT but arguably needs changes to meet a changing world

#1610 The Border, and Our Border Politics, Are a Mess - As Trump and MAGA-driven misunderstanding and panic about the nature of immigration dominates election concerns.

#1609 The Post-Roe World is Bad But it Could Still Get Worse - Abortion Bans in the US Are Causing Widespread Suffering for Both Patients and Doctors Attempting to Navigate the New Normal

#1608 Widespread Loneliness is a Solvable Social Problem - Urban Design, Architecture, Co-housing, and Community Action and Support Can Make Our Towns Better

Bonus Sample #289 A Cul-de-Sac of Ignorance

#1607 The Tangled, Flammable Web of War in the Middle East

Bonus Sample #288 Make the Children Cry in Order to Save Them

#1606 Biden's Barriers and Boons to Reelection

#1605 Our Prison System is a Demonstrable Failure

#1529 Monopolies Run By Morons (Repost)

#1604 The Border Crisis is Manufactured for Political Opportunity

Bonus Sample #286 Looking to the Past to See Ourselves

#1603 Clarence Thomas and the Highest Court in the Land with the Lowest Standards of Ethics

#1535 We Don't Do Accountability (Trump and GOP Crimes That Go Unpunished) (Repost)

Bonus Sample #285 The Christians and the Pagans

#1602 What Happens in Israel and Gaza Doesn't Stay in Israel and Gaza

#1601 Christian Nationalism is not Christianity, it is Fascism

Bonus Sample #284 First they came for the Italian babies

#1532 Accelerationism is the Brick on the Gas Pedal of the Runaway Car of Society (Repost)

#1533 How Theocracies Begin and End (Rise of the Far-Right + Demanding Women's Rights in Iran) (Repost)

#1600 Housing Cannot be a Fundamental Human Right and a Commodity at the Same Time

#1599 Taming the Beast: AI Regulation Before Human Relegation

Bonus Sample #283 Meaningless rituals are useful but self-driving cars are more questionable

#1598 Kiss of Death: Henry Kissinger's Bloody Legacy of Indifference

Bonus Samples #281 and 282 No one likes how this is going | Not Worth It

#1597 The rise of fascism around the world driven by economic insecurity

#1596 Building a positive future by first envisioning it and then designing it

#1519 International Fascist Movement on the Move (Throwback)

#1595 Pushing for Medicare For All in the Laboratories of Democracy

#1594 Testing New Climate Solutions: Geothermal and Geo-Engineering

#1518 Ronald Reagan, It Turns Out, Was Bad (Repost)

Bonus Sample #280 Tracking people and animals in order to save them and ourselves

#1593 Beyond Neoliberalism: Dreaming a new economic system into being

#1592 Israel and Palestine are less complicated than you think: Standing for international law while condemning crimes against humanity, war crimes, antisemitism, and apartheid.

#1591 Broken News: Understanding traditional media and social media reporting on the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza

#TBT #1510 Avoiding Accountability: How the powerful in the US have almost always been allowed to skate by (Throwback)

#TBT #1507 Installing Loyalists: The Multi-Pronged Destruction of Our Democracy Already in Progress (Throwback)

#1590 Red Caesar and Project 2025: A fascist fever dream being given a vaguely respectable coat of paint by the Claremont Institute and the Heritage Foundation paving the way for an unconstrained, lawless, authoritarian Republican president

Bonus Sample #279 Complainers gonna complain, creepers gonna creep

#1589 War in the Holy Land: Context Behind the Atrocities, Crimes Against Humanity, and the Possible Escalation That Will be Detrimental to All Sides in the Wake of the Hamas Attack Israel is Calling Their "9-11"

#1588 The Shutdown That Wasn't And The Chaos That Is: The far-right of the GOP has been intent on not governing for a long time and eating their own, like McCarthy most recently, is their go-to maneuver.

#TBT #1545 Agents of Chaos: The New Congress (Throwback)

#1587 What Conservatives Think of When They Think of the Children: Child Labor, Child Brides, Child Mothers, Childhood Poverty, Child Indoctrination

#1586 Cop City is the Backlash to the Backlash Against Police Brutality and Murder, the Atlanta Community is Fighting Back and Creating a Blueprint for Change in the Process

Bonus Edition #278 Obfuscating Reality Through Layers of Fantasy

#1585 Workers Rights Ascendent Amid Writers and Actors Strikes in Hollywood and the UAW Strikes Against the Big 3 US Automakers all While the Sociopathic Reality of Capitalism is Laid Bare by CEOs Explain How Exploiting Workers is Intrinsic to the System

#1584 Israel's Political Upheaval, Supreme Court Power Struggle, US Support, and the Normalization of Apartheid

#TBT #1360 Redefine, Unburden and #DefundThePolice: With Copy City renewing debate over policing, we look back at the counterargument (Throwback)

#1583 Alluring Conspiracy Culture vs Capitalism: The Driving Forces that are Attracting People into Conspiratorial Thinking About Trump, COVID, Economics, Military Affairs and More.

#TBT ​#1190 Island Recovering From Disaster: Hurricane Maria laid bare the colonialism and capitalism in Puerto Rico (Throwback)

#TBT #1190 Island Recovering From Disaster: Hurricane Maria laid bare the colonialism and capitalism in Puerto Rico (Throwback)