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Damnatio Memoriae: DiFi, Richard Blum and “San Francisco (FiDi) Liberals”

October 8, 2023Materialism and Economics, politics

We're back from a brief hiatus with our "damnatio memoriae" of the late Dianne Feinstein and her husband financier Richard Blum. Listen in: https://bit.ly/46DCQ8Y We get into their sorted history…

The New McCarthyism, w/ Jodie Evans of Code Pink talking about New York Times smear campaign

September 1, 2023Foreign Policy, politics

A few weeks ago the New York Times published a hit piece on Jodie Evans and her partner Neville Roy Singham as well as Vijay Prashad of Tricontinental and others,…

Apple’s diversity commitments end when asked to do the right thing w/ organizer Robby Diesu

August 19, 2023Materialism and Economics, politics

Like many corporations in Silicon Valley, Apple claims to be supportive of the LGBQT community. Even more than most as Apple's CEO Tim Cook is openly gay and the senior…

“Socialist” Leigh Phillips defends private planes

August 12, 2023Materialism and Economics, politics

In a recent article on the Breakthrough Institute’s blog, Leigh Phillips makes a case for “private jets for all.” This comes amidst increasing criticism from environmental and social justice critiques…

Scrappy Sunday | Oppenheimer, Private Jets for All! and APEC

August 7, 2023Peoples' History, politics

Scrappy summer continues! This week, we’re back with a hearty dose of radical history and snarky politics. We kick off with some thoughts on Trump’s third indictment and “unindicted co-conspirator…

Cornel West–Don’t Run for Prez! What do we get out of Lefty Celeb campaigns? A G&R Commentary

July 26, 2023politics

Scott and Bob discuss the big questions--how do we get what we want? Will it work? What can we do to win? And we do it in the context of…

Green & Red Riff and Rant @ Democrats’/Clinton’s Responsibility for the current mess . . . .

July 4, 2023politics

Sure, the GOP is dismal and cruel, but for decades the Democrats have offered tepid resistance and have abandoned the working class and rural Americans. As MLK said, long after…

Frederick Douglass’s “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July,?” July 4th 1852

July 2, 2023Peoples' History, politics

Scott reads from and discusses the famous Frederick Douglass oration on what the 4th of July means to American slaves. This is excerpted from our Scrappy Fourth of July episode.…

Power and Participation in Union Negotiations w/ author Abby Lawlor

June 26, 2023Labor, politics

Union organizing is on the rise. Headlines regularly highlight worker organizing drives at Starbucks, Amazon and other workplaces. Bosses and politicians like Joe Biden (despite claiming to be the "most…

Scrappy Sunday | Being “Ungovernable” After Dobbs, Global Protest, Atlanta, Cornel West redux. . .

June 26, 2023Direct Action, Peoples' History, politics

In this week's "Scrappy Sunday," we opened w/ a discussion of the aftermath of the Dobbs decision to take away abortions rights, and claims from activists that they would become…