We speak with Peter Hudis about the life and ideas of the great Marxist thinker. Peter Hudis is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Oakton Community College and author of Marx's Concept of the Alternative to Capitalism (Brill, 2012) and Frantz Fanon: Philosopher of the Barricades (Pluto, 2015). He edited The Rosa Luxemburg Reader (Monthly Review Press, 2004) and The Letters of Rosa Luxemburg (Verso, 2013).
Abolish Silicon Valley
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A Return to Military Rule in Latin America?
We speak with María Victoria Murillo about political conflict and the dangers democratic institutions currently face. María Victoria Murillo is a professor of Political Science and International Studies and Director of the Institute for Latin American Studies at Columbia University (New York). She is the author, among other books, of Unionism, market reforms and party coalitions in Latin America (Siglo Veintiuno, Buenos Aires, 2008). Find her podcast here.
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Koldo Casla on Human Rights In The Time of COVID-19
Koldo Casla is Lecturer at the Human Rights Centre and School of Law, University of Essex, UK.
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Things You Can Do Today
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Partners In Health: Our mission is to provide a preferential option for the poor in health care. By establishing long-term relationships with sister organizations based in settings of poverty, Partners In Health strives to achieve two overarching goals: to bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need of them and to serve as an antidote to despair.
Make The Road: Our model integrates four core strategies for concrete change that millions of families feel every day:
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Policy Innovation to rewrite unjust rules and make our democracy truly accountable to all of us.
Here is what they have been focusing on during the COVID-19 crisis
Restaurant Workers Community Foundation: The RCWF Board of Directors has approved directing funds raised during this crisis to be allocated in the following ways:
50% FOR DIRECT RELIEF TO INDIVIDUAL RESTAURANT WORKERS
25% FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SERVING RESTAURANT WORKERS IN CRISIS
25% FOR ZERO-INTEREST LOANS FOR RESTAURANTS TO GET BACK UP AND RUNNING
Read
Read the news. Then get off your phone and grab a book (it will help keep you sane). Here are some of our favorites right now.
Fiction
Such a Fun Age, Apartment, Ties, A Long Petal Of The Sea, Freedomland
Non-Fiction
Brazil Apart, The Long Twentieth Century, The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, Feminism for the 99%
Exercise
The Scientific 7-Minute Workout
Play Board Games
Risk, Ticket to Ride and More…
Call and Write Your Representatives
Tell them what kind of policies we need and demand. Call early and often. Here are some ideas:
Here and Here and Here.
On The Future of Citizenship: A Conversation with Rainer Bauböck
We speak with Rainer Bauböck about how the concept of citizenship has changed over time. Rainer Bauböck was Professor of Social and Political Theory at the European University Institute in Florence and Co-director of the European Union Democracy Observatory on Citizenship. He is currently a part-time professor at the Schuman Centre of the EUI and chair of a commission on migration research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
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Conflict Fruit: Should You Boycott Avocados From Mexico?
We talk to Ioan Grillo about avocados and the drug war. Ioan Grillo (@ioangrillo), a contributing New York Times Opinion writer, is the author of “El Narco: Inside Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency” and, most recently, “Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields and the New Politics of Latin America.”
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Life After Covid-19: Barbarism or Solidarity?
Ernest and Lev talk about what may come next.
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Brecht: An Introduction
We discuss the life, work and ethics of Bertolt Brecht with Markus Wessendorf. Markus Wessendorf is a Professor of Theatre and the Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. He is currently the main editor of The Brecht Yearbook.
Stamp from the former East Germany depicting Brecht and a scene from his Life of Galileo
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Precarity and Development in India
We speak with Surbhi Kesar about the idea of development as transition. Surbhi Kesar is a PhD Candidate in Economics at South Asian University, New Delhi, and Research Fellow at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru.
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