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A Different Lens

Apr 14, 2020

We sit down with Green Party Presidential candidate Howie Hawkins. In the interview, we discuss how he became involved in politics and with the Green Party, some of the Green Party's ideas and goals for the country, as well as Bernie Sanders and where progressives go from here.

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Apr 8, 2020

We chat with political theorist George Ciccariello-Maher  to discuss his forthcoming book, "A World Without Police," coming out in 2021. We discuss the origins of the police, how they are actively used as a tool of social control, and the possibility of a world without police.

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Apr 3, 2020

Today we are chatting with author and anti-racist activist Hillary Moore and author, activist, and Political Science Professor at San Francisco State, James Tracy, about a recent book they co-authored entitled "No Fascist USA: The John Brown Anti-Klan Committee and Lessons for Today's Movements," published by City...


Apr 1, 2020

We sit down with writer Rainer Shea (@rainer_shea) to discuss his recent article entitled "The Growing Ruling Class Fears of a Communist Resurgence," which can be found in the shownotes.  In the interview we discuss how the failures of the capitalist system are opening up avenues for Communist thought to come back into...