RevolutionZ

Nov 17 2024 317 ep. 43 mins 426
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RevolutionZ: Life After Capitalism highlights social vision and strategy. You can join our community and help us grow and diversify via our Patreon Site Page

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Ep 311 Dear Donald, It's Our Turn Now

Nov 17 2024 28 mins  
Episode 311 of RevolutionZ is not an election post-mortem. It is not about what went wrong. It is about what Trump is likely to do and what we can do to prevent his success. The episode takes up border policies, deportations, gender and reproductive rights, homelessness, healthcare, labor, ecology, repression, schools, media, military, and international relations--and a lot more. I

Ep 310 Rethink, Reach Out, and Resist

Nov 10 2024 42 mins  
Episode 310 of RevolutionZ asks what drove millions of Americans to rally behind a figure as vile as Donald Trump? What attracted and held them despite so much that ought to have repulsed them? What can now stop Trump from implementing full-on fascist outcomes? Wtih Immigration policy as an example, how might activism subvert Trump's plans? And is there a way to simultaneously effe

Ep 309: Palestinian Voices, Fascist Images, and Shilling for Democrats

Nov 03 2024 50 mins  
Ep 309 of RevolutionZ offers insights from an essay by over a hundred Palestinian, Arab American, Muslim, and progressive leaders in Arizona, takes a historical detour into the emergence of Nazism in Germany and its then U.S. echoes, considers the meaning of the label shill for the Democratic Party, considers Trump's voters, and post election communications. This is my last pre-ele

Ep 308 Norman Solomon on Trump, Voting, Morality, and Political Divides

Oct 27 2024 51 mins  
Episode 308 of RevolutionZ has as guest Norman Solomon to talk about election 2024. Does who is in the White House matter in general, and in this election? Is there contradiction or synergy between personal conscience and the broader ethical responsibilities of electoral decisions? Is voting for Harris in swing states not only how to beat Trump but also how to advance progressive p

Ep 307 Bill Fletcher Jr. The Election and Strategies for Change

Oct 20 2024 60 mins  
Episode 307 of RevolutionZ has Bill Fletcher Jr. applying lessons from his extensive labor and general activist organizing to discuss the real origins of Trumpism, conflicting approaches to the coming election, diverse broader strategies for change, how to address critics and who to not address at all, and much more. The exchange is passionate and also pointed at times. It emphasiz

Ep 306 Peter Bohmer on U.S./Israeli war on Palestine, the U.S. election, vision, and more

Oct 13 2024 73 mins  
Episode 306 of RevolutionZ has as its guest Peter Bohmer to discuss Israeli and U.S. motives in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, and more widely as well. It addresses past history and the present prospects, and particularly the global outrage genocidal policies have provoked and calls for meaningful actions to effect real change via an arms embargo. The discussion carries into questio

Ep 305 More Confusions and Some Resolutions

Oct 06 2024 47 mins  
Episode 305 continues, reacts to, and adds to episode 304 to again address the MIdeast and Israeli and U.S. motivations, the U.S. election and Democratic and Republican Party motivations, plus popular reactions to all that, and also rampant escalating ubiquitous dishonesty plus AI's dangers and finally a personal AI experience in podcast creation's larger implications. Why again wi

Ep 304 Confusing State Agendas, Genocide Ethics, Clickbait Culture, Voting Strategy, and Left Program

Sep 29 2024 67 mins  
Episode 304 of RevolutionZ is a bit unusual. Most of it poses more questions than answers. It moans "I don't get that," more than it proclaims "here is what is right about that." And what "thats' does it take up. Israeli and U.S. war making. Ecological suicide. Empathetic caring individuals supporting or turning a blind eye to genocide. The pervasive nature of deceit in our society

Ep 303 - Election 2024 and Beyond with Max Elbaum

Sep 29 2024 51 mins  
Episode 303 of RevolutionZ again addresses the complex web of issues, and contending responses that have arisen regarding this coming presidential election in the U.S. How do we understand emerging views of various constituencies? What priorities in dealing with voting and organizing options until November and then after November make most sense or even any sense at all for those s

Ep 302 The Olympics Paris and Beyond with Jules Boykoff

Sep 15 2024 57 mins  
Episode 302 of RevolutionZ is titled The Olympics Paris and Beyond. Together, we uncover the complexities of the Olympics including the make-up and power of International Olympic Committee (IOC), who gets the billions generated through broadcasting rights and corporate partnerships, how cities are selected and the often rather horrible effects on them, and much more. We expand our