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Beneath The Surface
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Sunday, March 23, 2025 10:00 am
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| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders
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| Bernie Sanders & AOC hit the road, leading the resistance
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| We play the full Greeley, Colorado rally with Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, part of a “Fighting Oligarchy” tour through multiple Western states, showing the divided, cautious and capitulationist Dems what a fight looks like. The rallies are drawing record size crowds and they are asking the attendees to do a lot more than show up and listen. They are encouraging people to organize -- working people, unions, and everyone opposed to the billionaire’s agenda that Trump/Musk represent. Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are attracting attention because they have become the leaders, not just of the left, but of the Democratic Party’s mainstream liberal base by making the case that a fight against a billionaire “oligarchy” should be the focal point of the party’s resistance to the Trump/Musk/Vance administration. As Bernie says, “Our job in the coming weeks and months is not just to take Trump on every step of the way but to do more. It’s to have a vision for where our country should be going.”
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Beneath The Surface
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Sunday, March 16, 2025 10:00 am
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1:00:15
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| Barry Eidlin with Eric Blanc
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| We Are the Union
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There are many reasons to be pessimistic about the world these days. But one bright spot is labor’s recent resurgence. Workers across the country, in a wide array of sectors, are organizing on a scale not seen in several decades, and are winning some important victories.
One key feature of labor’s resurgence is that workers themselves are leading the way. Instead of the usual staff-driven campaigns this new wave of organizing is being driven by a bottom-up energy we haven’t seen in a long time. Important challenges remain – organizing is up, but nowhere near the scale needed to reverse labor’s trajectory. And with the Trump-Musk chainsaw to workers rights across the board, worker organizing is more important than ever to counter MAGA’s onslaught on democracy writ large.
Eric Blanc's new book is "We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big." Based on extensive research with workers on the ground, as well as his own organizing experiences, it examines in detail what is driving the organizing upsurge, and how it provides a model for reversing labor’s fortunes. In it, Blanc puts forth a model of worker-to-worker organizing, showing how it works, and explaining why it is labor’s best and only hope for the future. It’s a compelling read, providing that elusive mix of academic rigor and accessible writing.
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Beneath The Surface
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Sunday, March 9, 2025 10:00 am
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1:00:12
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| Denys Pilash, Grusha Gilaeva, Howie Hawkins
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| Ukraine Fighting Russian Imperialism for 3 years
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Less than two weeks ago I moderated a webinar, sponsored by Haymarket Books and the Ukraine Solidarity Network, marking the third anniversary of Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine with Денис Пілаш - Denys Pilash from Kyiv, Russian exile Grusha Gilaeva, and Howie Hawkins from the US Ukraine Solidarity Network, who spent time in Ukraine this year. Days later, the Trump administration laid out its so-called "peace deal” that was more a shakedown than a negotiation, trading an end to the fighting in exchange for U.S. control over Ukraine’s critical minerals, without providing security guarantees —terms already hashed out in a U.S.-Russia meeting in Saudi Arabia, where Ukraine had no seat at the table. This is no peace plan but a surrender, a betrayal of Ukraine's fight for self-determination. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was subsequently humiliated in a televised White House spectacle—Trump mocking his attire, Vance demanding his gratitude, and Ukraine itself being thrown under the bus.
So what does this moment signify? The truth is straightforward: Trump has switched sides, and history has taken a darker turn. Trump’s mafia-style posturing, with sycophantic Vance, ever his eager enforcer, can’t obscure what’s really at play—Trump really admires Putin and despises democracy, in Ukraine and beyond.
Meanwhile, Putin—buoyed by Trump’s outburst against Zelensky—continues his war of attrition, sending wave after wave of young men to die in the scotched earth of eastern Ukraine. The Russian economy, battered but functional, isn't close to collapse. And while Ukraine is strained and exhausted, relying on conscripts to sustain the fight, Putin is far from achieving military victory. His ultimate goal remains unchanged: total Ukrainian defeat, but he has only managed to take a sliver of Ukrainian territory at the cost of hundreds of thousands of casualties. At this rate, it would take more than a century to conquer Ukraine.
Trump’s gambit may offer Putin relief, but Ukraine is not yet at the breaking point where it would be forced to accept Trump’s deal—ceding land to Russia, and mineral wealth to the US. That’s where our guests Denys Pilash, Grusha Gilaeva and Howie Hawkins come in. They’ll unpack these critical developments and what they mean for Ukraine, Russia, and the world.
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Beneath The Surface
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Sunday, February 23, 2025 10:00 am
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1:00:12
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| Zakhar Popovych, Ilya Budraitskis
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| Trump's Betrayal of Ukraine
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On the eve of the 3rd anniversary of Russia’s brutal war on Ukraine, Trump has saved Putin and sold out Ukraine. With Trump’s administration engaging in so-called peace talks that exclude Ukraine entirely, the geopolitical stakes have never been higher. As Trump embraces Putin’s revisionist narrative — outrageously claiming Ukraine started the war — Ukraine finds itself not only fighting Russian aggression but now also facing an historic betrayal from its most powerful ally. What does this mean for Ukraine’s survival, Europe’s stability, and the broader left struggle against imperialism, authoritarianism and incipient fascism?
To unpack this rapidly shifting landscape, we welcome two incisive voices: Zakhar Popovych, Ukrainian researcher and activist in Kyiv with deep roots in labor and socialist organizing, and Ilya Budraitskis, Russian historian and political theorist now in exile. Together, they analyze the implications of Trump’s concessions to Putin, the resilience of Ukraine, and the urgent need for the international left to rethink its stance in an era of resurgent imperialism. Tune in for a vital conversation on war, resistance, and the future of democracy in a world tilting toward authoritarian rule.
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Beneath The Surface
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Sunday, February 16, 2025 10:00 am
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1:00:12
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| Colin Smalley, MP Charlie Angus
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| Federal Workers SOS Feb. 19; Canadian national boycott
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Our theme for today’s program is resistance in the time of monsters: resistance to the Trump/Musk wrecking ball that is threatening the well-being of millions of people here and across the globe. Their actions are illegal and constitute a technical coup. The Trump/Musk rampage has galvanized resistance in the courts and on the streets.
Geologist and IFPTE local president Colin Smalley is part of the Federal Unionists Network, or FUN. They have called for a national day of action, an SOS --Save our Services -- for February 19. Colin will fill us in to explain the action and how you can join.
Charlie Angus on Canadian resistance: Trump’s across the board tariffs -- though temporarily paused – threaten economic havoc in Canada, our largest trading partner. It's an unprecedented trade war. The promised tariffs have sparked a spontaneous national resistance across the country and across the political spectrum, uniting Canadians as never before. Canadians are showing no interest in joining the US as the 51st state, as Trump suggests, and are fighting back. We are very fortunate to have NDP MP Charlie Angus/The Resistance with us to talk about the power of the grassroots Canadian boycott and the ways Canadians are coming together to stop the Trump-Musk goon squad reign that threatens Canadian sovereignty.
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Beneath The Surface
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Sunday, February 9, 2025 10:00 am
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| Meleiza Figueroa
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| David Cobb, Kali Akuno
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| Fighting Trump's Administrative Coup
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| We are just a few weeks into Trump's shock and awe horror show, with a whirlwind of attacks on immigrants, transgender people, tribal nations, people of color, and women. Government institutions are being dismantled, and the administrative coup is well underway. Meleiza Figueroa talks to Kali Akuno and David Keith Cobb about the nature of this current historical conjuncture, and what they have been doing to prepare the people for this very moment.
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