This time we tackle media literacy with articles about the NYTimes specifically, and then the media landscape generally and how capitalism/profit-making keeps the people uninformed as the facts we revere are usually behind paywalls. Then we cover the ways police […]
This time I take a break from serious discussion to cover a slew of stories from all corners of the web. Clumped around topics of new family types; abortion, new unions; democracy reforms, and more. Always something interesting to talk […]
The episode We cover the social justice issues that create various splits in the Left today. Looking at a socialist vision of Sex Work , the gender nonconforming and their conflict with gender parity rules. The 2nd half focuses on […]
I welcome back the Homegrown Socialist as we take a step back form the impending crash for a discussion of historical splits in the left and their results. From taking Orwell to task for helping give communism a bad name, […]
This episode takes on some though questions I don’t hear asked by others on the Left. The reality of organizing is in some ways taken for granted. I cover the end of CHOP and the existence of other autonomous zones […]
I return to the topic of the Pandemic and the strike wave; first by sharing establishment musings on the true reach of the Crisis. I harp about the cult of work and share a related reading from a Victorian Marxist. […]
The Lock-down is only beginning, and so is the anger I feel for the system. I share some of it with you via some reactions to the crisis: I cover anti-capitalist, direct action, socialist, anti-police state, and a story of […]
This time I Discuss why anarchist thinking is important with an essay from Current Affairs editor Nathan Robinson; Then I give an explanation of affinity groups, talk about dual power with post-capitalist projects in Kingston NY and Jackson MI. The […]
This episode starts with what inspired me to start doing the show. Then focuses on how big reforms get done and how important it is to be militant looking at the new deal era and the growth of unions. I […]
