Coming From Left Field (Audio)

“What We Can and Can’t Afford: Essays on Vietnam, Patriotism and American Life” with Bill Ehrhart

Bill Ehrhart’s experiences in the Vietnam War have defined his life—first as an enlisted member of a Marine infantry battalion, then as an author, poet, and teacher who has spent fifty years explaining the war and its consequences in books, lectures, and interviews. In this podcast, we discuss his recent book of essays on diverse topics, being a teacher, the VA, coming from Vietnam, and much more. Here is a link to a few supplemental pictures: http://comingfromleftfield.com/ehrhart

 

W.D. Ehrhart home page: https://wdehrhart.com/ 

Buy the book: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/what-we-can-and-cant-afford/ 

Greg's ZZs Blog: http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/ 

 

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The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power with Vijay Prashad

Vijay Prashad is an American-based Indian Marxist historian; he has written over 20 books and is the founder and executive director of the Tri-Continental Institute for Social Research.  In this podcast, we discuss his recent book with Noam Chomsky, "The Withdrawal," and his observations regarding our foreign policy with China.

 

Wenhua Zongheng, Quarterly  Journal of Chinese Thought

https://dongshengnews.org/en/whzh-vol1-no1/

https://dongshengnews.org/en/whzh-vol1-no2/

 

The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power  by Noam Chomsky (Author), Vijay Prashad (Author), Angela Y. Davis (Introduction) | (2022)

https://www.kingsbookstore.com/book/9781620977606

 

Greg’s Article on MLToday: "Mired in Opportunism"

https://mltoday.com/mired-in-opportunism/ 

 

 

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Peace Activist, Dan Kovalik, reports on his trip to Russia & Crimea

Daniel Kovalik, is a human rights lawyer, author, and professor. He has focused on issues such as labor rights, human rights, and international law. He has written numerous books that criticize what he sees as U.S. foreign policy agendas and media narratives that demonize certain countries.

In this podcast we discuss his recent trip to Russia and Crimea where, as a peace activist, he tries to make sense of the Ukraine conflict and offer context for understanding and resolution.

Photo Album (supplement to podcast)
https://comingfromleftfield.com/photos

 

Dan’s books:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Dan-Kovalik/author/B06XZ9ZRSD

 

Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/

 

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“I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It!” with Norman Finkelstein

We welcome Norman Finkelstein to our podcast, a prominent political scientist known for his writings, research, and scholarship on the middle east.  In 2020, he was named the fifth most influential political scientist in the world.

In his new book,” I'll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It! Heretical Thoughts on Identity Politics, Cancel Culture, and Academic Freedom,” he discusses how the Left undermines class politics from within, the misguided legacy of Barack Obama, the censorious culture within US academia and his new book, and the crazy politics of social activists like Kimberlé Crenshaw, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Robin DiAngelo.

 

Norman Finkelstein website:
https://www.normanfinkelstein.com/

 

Order the book: I'll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It!:
https://www.kingsbookstore.com/book/9798986788425

 

Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/

 

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“Moms for Liberty” with Walker Bragman

Walker Bragman is a journalist, JD, occasional cartoonist, and co-founder of OptOut Media Foundation. He writes for Salon, The Hill, Truth Out, Huffington Post and other publications. His recent reporting involves “Moms for Liberty,” an astroturf organization influenced by right-wing dark money that has been accused of using "parental rights" as a cover for strategically harassing public schools.

Links to Walker Bragman’s journalism:

Important Context News: https://www.importantcontext.news/

OptOut News: https://www.optout.news/

Greg's ZZs Blog: http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/

 

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“The Land Is Not Empty” with Sarah Augustine

Sarah Augustine, a Pueblo (Tewa) descendant, is the founder and co-chair of the Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery, a legal principal that originated in the 15th and 16th centuries to justify colonial expansion and domination of indigenous land rights and tribal sovereignty.  We discuss impact of this doctrine, native boarding schools, combating the “extractive logic” of exploiting nature for profit rather than social value and rights for indigenous people.

Book:
The Land Is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery

Website:
The Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery

Greg's ZZs Blog:

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Undercover Labor Organizing & the William Z. Foster Playbook with Chris Townsend

William Z. Foster was one the most recognized and respected labor leaders in U.S. history. Chris Townsend is his prodigy. A long-time union organizer and, with the support of others, is instrumental in the unionization of Starbucks stores across the country.

Book:
Working Class Giant by Arthur Zipser
https://www.intpubnyc.com/browse/working-class-giant/

Links:

The Undercover Organizers Behind America’s Union Wins-Portside
https://portside.org/2023-04-04/undercover-organizers-behind-americas-union-wins

 

Secret Union Tactic Fuels Unprecedented Labor Wins- Bloomberg News Original- YouTube:
https://youtu.be/6xDlvGn0F6A

 

Greg's ZZs Blog:

http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/

 

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”Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream” with Alissa Quart

The promise that you can “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” is central to the story of the American Dream. Not so fast…. Acclaimed journalist Alissa Quart argues that at the heart of our suffering is a do-it-yourself ethos, the misplaced belief in our independence, and the conviction that we must rely on ourselves alone.

 

Alissa Quart website:

http://www.alissaquart.com/

 

Book:

Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream by Alissa Quart

https://www.kingsbookstore.com/book/9780063028005

 

Economic Hardship Project

https://economichardship.org/

 

Podcast:

Going For Broke

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-for-broke/id1585501973

 

Greg's ZZs Blog:

http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/

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”The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism” with Carlos Garrido

Carlos Garrido provides a comprehensive development of his concept of the purity fetish, tracing the outlook to the Eleatic school of Ancient Greek philosophy and showing how it has appeared in 20^th and 21^st  century Western Marxism and contemporary U.S. socialism.

Book:
"The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism" by Carlos Garrido
https://www.midwesternmarx.com/books.html 

 

Please subscribe to the Midwestern Marx YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@MidwesternMarx 

 

Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/

 

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“Responding to the Right: Brief Replies to 25 Conservative Arguments” with Nathan Robinson

Nathan Robinson is the editor of Current Affairs magazine and is a leading voice of millennial left politics. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, The Nation, Salon, The Guardian, and elsewhere.

We discuss his new book where he gives a detailed explanation of how conservative arguments work and why we need to resist them, then goes through twenty-five separate talking points, showing precisely why each one fails.

Book:
Responding to the Right: Brief Replies to 25 Conservative Arguments by Nathan J. Robinson
https://www.kingsbookstore.com/book/9781250777744

 

Magazine:
Current Affairs: A Magazine of Politics and Culture
https://www.currentaffairs.org/  

 

Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/

 

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