The Michael Brooks Show

Jun 25 2024 99 ep. 108 mins 7.6k

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Public feed for The Michael Brooks Legacy Project, conversations about Michael Brooks' life and work. Also the home of old public TMBS shows and newly unlocked shows from before Michael's passing.

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TMBS ReAir: Hybrid Wars w/ Vijay Prashad & Missing Basketball w/ Stavros Halkias

Jun 25 2024 112 mins

TMBS 147 aired on July 7th, 2020 Episode summary: We need to oppose annexation. Vijay Prashad how does the US move forward, what can the Left learn from Kerala’s response to the crisis, Kerala & the response to the crisis, & hybrid warfare. Stavros Halkias (@stavvybaby) from Cum Town and Stavvy Solves Your Problems tells us how he weaponized laziness, moving to NYC, & the NBA re

TMBS 146 ReAir: 146 - Save The Post Office & Labor + Uprising in 2020 ft. Bill Fletcher, Jr.

Jun 18 2024 94 mins

TMBS 146 aired on June 30th, 2020. Episode summary: We gotta save the USPS. Bill Fletcher Jr. joins us to talk about the future of the movement & why learning the history of the radical agenda of the US Right is crucial to opposing it. The FED is standing up for big business, who is standing up for you? TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTub

TTMBS ReAir 145 Police & the ANC & We Need a Liberation Theology ft. William Shoki & Ronan Burtenshaw

Jun 11 2024 102 mins

TMBS 145 aired on June 23rd, 2020 Episode summary: What we can learn from liberation theology Lessons from the ANC and policing. Essential workers are being forced to expose themselves to the pandemic. Ronan Burtenshaw on the lessons for the left from the past 10 years. - TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This program has been pu

TMBS ReAir: 144 - The Present Moment & Bill de Blasio's Budget ft. Noam Chomsky & Madina Touré

Jun 04 2024 98 mins

TMBS aired on Jun 16, 2020 Episode summary: Tyson is using the pandemic to hyper exploit their workers. Madina Toure on what De Blasio’s budget promises actually mean. Charlie Kirk’s sloppy history of philosophy. During the GEM, David breaks down why the Trump recovery is BS. And we debut the 1st half of our interview with Chomsky. - TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here

TMBS ReAir 143: The ABCs of Capitalism & Strategy for a Socialist Future ft. Vivek Chibber

May 28 2024 83 mins

TMBS aired on June 9th, 2020 Episode summary: Notes on the uprising and how we move forward. Vivek Chibber joins us to break down the ABC’s of capitalism and what socialism’s future might look like. During the GEM, David breaks down how COVID has affected the shipping industry and kept sailors trapped on their boats. - TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on The Michael

TMBS ReAir: 142 - Bail Fund Tuesday ft. Chuka Ejeckam & Matt Christman

May 21 2024 93 mins

TMBS 142 aired on June 2nd, 2020 Episode summary: The crew reacts to the national unrest. Chucka Ejeckam (@chuckaejeckam) on political strategy in these times. Matt Christman (@mattchristman) joins to TMBS to talk about the reaction in Brooklyn & where do we go from here? - TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This program has bee

TMBS ReAir 141 - Trump's Arms Race & We Need Class War ft. Dustin Guastella

May 14 2024 97 mins

TMBS 141 aired on May 26, 2020. Episode summary: Donald Trump is destroying international arms control & threatening the globe. Dustin Guastella joins us to talk about his recent piece in Jacobin on Bernie’s loss and to chart a course to build the labor movement needed to win power. During the GEM, David breaks down Argentina’s default and their fight against bondholders. - TMB

TMBS 140 ReAir- Woke Bros Assemble! (From a Distance) ft. Wosny Lambre & Nando Vila

May 07 2024 101 mins

TMBS 140 aired on May 19th, 2020. Episode summary: We need an alternative to libertarian surveillance & authoritarian surveillance Woke bros assemble! From A distance to talk The Last Dance and watch Stacy Abrams realize she won’t be VP During the GEM, why is Kroger cutting pay in a pandemic. TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel.

TMBS ReAir 139 - ReOpen For Who? ft. Adolph Reed Jr. & Maximillian Alvarez

Apr 30 2024 133 mins

TMBS 139 aired on May 12th 2020. Episode summary: Avoiding magical thinking about neoliberalism and covid. Maximilian Alvarez (@maximillian_alv) joins us to talk about working during COVID. Adolph Reed Jr. breaks down his political journey, anti-essentialism, and the problem with the 1619 project. During the GEM, David Griscom @davidgriscom shows why the reopen orders aren’t abo

TMBS ReAir 138 - Toward Freedom & Who Wants War With China? ft. Touré F. Reed & Dareece Polo

Apr 23 2024 102 mins

TMBS 138 aired on May 5th, 2020 Episdoe summary: We need to understand the financial interests behind ratcheting up tensions with China. Toure Reed joins us to talk about his new book “Toward Freedom: The Case Against Race Reductionism” Dareece Polo (@dareecetelesur) joins us to talk about how the Caribbean is uniting to resist imperialism. During the GEM, David Grisco