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Sunday, October 13, 2024 10:00 am
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| Robert Brenner, Ilya Matveev, Hanna Perekhoda
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| Imperialism(s) Today
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On October 8 the Boris Kagarlitsky International Solidarity Campaign held an online conference on “Boris Kagarlitsky and the Challenges of the Left.” Although Kagarlitsky is serving a five year sentence in a Russian penal colony, he has just published a book called "The Long Retreat: Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the Left."The conference addressed Kagarlitsky’s wide ranging analysis of the left’s dilemmas in the face of multiple global crises and the advance of the far right; and his resistance along with other persecuted anti-war activists in Russia to the authoritarianism of Putin’s regime. We intend to bring the whole conference to BTS, with a stellar lineup of international scholars and activists.
Today we hear the panel “Imperialism(s) Today,” looking at the nature of imperialism historically and in the present, where Russian imperialism threatens Ukraine’s very existence as a sovereign nation. Robert Brenner begins with the theory of imperialism from before WWI through the post-war period and up to the present, essentially arguing that in the present period of American hegemony, imperialism is the weapon of weaker powers. Ilya Matveev follows examining three theorists of imperialism, Lenin, Schumpeter and Mearsheimer, looking at the Russian case through the lens of their different theories. Hanna Perekhoda, originally from Donetsk in the contested Donbas region, argues that Putin’s ideology sees Ukraine as a creation of the Western enemies of Russia – and he sees Lenin as the agent who created Ukraine and divided Russia, preventing it from becoming a leading imperial power in the world. So long as Ukraine exists in this view, Russian sovereignty is under threat.
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Sunday, September 29, 2024 10:00 am
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| Suzi Weissman - Alan Minsky
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| Nina Turner, Sara Nelson, Saru Jayaraman, Stacey Davis Gates
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| Organized Labor Rising
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The rise of the labor movement in the US, striking and winning spectacular, historic and transformative victories in the last few years with broad support from the population at large, constitutes one of the brightest spots on the political horizon. Auto workers were joined by academic workers, actors, writers, hotel workers, UPS teamsters won without striking, and union drives have hit Amazon, Starbucks, universities and other sectors. Are these union drives and strikes opening a new period, igniting a newly energized working class?
Today we feature an all-women panel of labor leaders and champions celebrating ‘Organized Labor on the Rise: the 2020s and Beyond!’ at Progressive Central 2024, held in Chicago at the Chicago Teachers Union building, just ahead of the Democratic National Convention. This panel, introduced by Alan Minsky and Hartsell Gray of Progressive Democrats of America, opens with Nina Turner on overcoming racism in the labor movement, followed by Saru Jayaraman from One Fair Wage and UC Berkeley’s Food Labor Research Center, Sara Nelson, President of CWA’s flight attendants union, and Stacey Davis Gates, President of the Chicago Teachers Union.
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Sunday, September 22, 2024 10:00 am
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| Yoav Peled
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| The evolution of Israeli politics since 7 October
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| We are approaching the one year anniversary of the October 7 murderous attack by Hamas, which was quickly followed by Israel unleashing a shockingly brutal and devastating war on Gaza, showing total disregard for the lives of Palestinians. The reverberations of October 7 continue to affect the internal politics of Israel and to create divisions within the Jewish community in the US. Yoav Peled, Professor Emeritus of Tel Aviv University is able to speak to us again for the first time since 2023, to help chart the evolution of Israeli politics in the last year. We’ll get his analysis of the mood in Israel, what the massive demonstrations there signal, and we’ll get his perspectives on the inter-relation between the war – now extending to the North – and party politics in Israel.
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Sunday, September 15, 2024 10:00 am
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| Bernie Sanders, Pramila Jayapal, John Nichols
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| Progressive Working Class Policies
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| Bernie Sanders delivered the keynote speech at Progressive Central 2024, held in Chicago at the Chicago Teacher’s Union building, just ahead of the Democratic National Convention. The 2 day conference advanced progressive solutions to the crises undermining contemporary society and politics – all the things you wanted to hear more of at the convention itself. The keynote session opens with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal on the Progressive Movement within Congress, followed by Senator Bernie Sanders in dialog with The Nation Magazine's John Nichols. Lastly, we hear from Representative Maxwell Frost. Progressive Central 2024 was hosted by Progressive Democrats of America in coordination with The Nation Magazine, The Arab American Institute, and Operation Rainbow/PUSH.
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Sunday, August 25, 2024 10:00 am
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| Robert Brenner, Marc Cooper
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| State of the election after the conventions
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Journalist Marc Cooper and historian Robert Brenner, two long-time left socialists, join me in conversation again to talk about the state of the election after a knockout convention that lifted spirits and Kamala Harris’ chances to defeat Trump. The convention was historic in several ways: it was pro-union and featured the UAW’s Shawn Fain, and the speakers and delegates were diverse, younger and more openly progressive on issues that matter. It also appeared to unite the old neoliberal wing of the party with the left and the more radical base, emphasizing unity in the fight to protect the freedoms under attack – voting, gender, reproductive rights and more. But what does it all mean? Judging by the polls, candidates Harris-Walz successfully walked the delicate tightrope that is internal Democratic politics. Palestinian Americans were denied a chance to address the convention, and while Harris called for a ceasefire and nodded to the suffering in Gaza, she did not mention an arms embargo. The climate catastrophe was also acknowledged but little more. It was still an historic convention in multiple ways that we’ll touch on while looking at the race ahead.
We’ll also ask for your support for this program and for KPFK during this summer fund drive.
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