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Greg Sharzer, author of "No Local: Why Small-Scale Alternatives Won't Change The World" joins us to talk about the book he wrote ten years ago which warns of all the pitfalls of "localism" that are currently being played out right in our home city of Kingston, NY with the help of powerful, "progressive" capitalists such as Buffett, Soros, a handful of tech giants, and more...

Greg's Writing:
No Local
https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/no-local
Late Escapism and Contemporary Neoliberalism
Alienation, Work and Utopia
https://www.routledge.com/Late-Escapism-and-Contemporary-Neoliberalism-Alienation-Work-and-Utopia/Sharzer/p/book/9781138242319
Cooperatives as Transitional Economics
https://www.academia.edu/33614758/Cooperatives_as_Transitional_Economics

Video:
NPIC: Will the Revolution Be Funded?
https://youtu.be/M60WULV7XRY

On this episode we talk to George Hoare of the Aufhebunga Bunga podcast about his latest article for Damage Magazine, "Moral Minoritarianism from the Ashes of Left Populism". Topics covered include: BLM outside of the US, "deliberative democracy" & "citizen's assemblies", localism and more!

Read George's article: https://damagemag.com/2021/01/13/moral-minoritarianism-from-the-ashes-of-left-populism/
Aufhebunga Bunga Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/bungacast
Book: The End of the End of History tinyurl.com/BungaBook

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In celebration of Joe Biden's inauguration, "socialist" magazine Jacobin attempts "ironic satire" with a cover that aims to "make fun of the libs". Did they succeed? Fox and Alex are joined by Peter Coffin to figure that out. In this episode we talk about political fandom, "precuperation", Niobiom's viral meme that triggered the libs (https://twitter.com/nobum62/status/1352042371148640273) the spectacle of protest and more!

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Part 1: Alex and Fox discuss the Capitol MAGA riot, right wing vs. left wing nonprofit industrial complex, Qanon solidarity, and more

Part 2: We chat with Jonny Meade aka Guy Debord Funko Pop about his run for state office in Washington as a Socialist and how the DSA didn't support him

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Special guest Kelgore joins us to talk about the nonprofit industrial complex, being a twitter comedian, mutual aid, electoral politics, spectacle and more!

Watch Kelgore's video "Nonprofits Are The Worst": https://youtu.be/o_byCXksW4Y
Follow her on Twitter https://twitter.com/KelgoreTrout

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What is the Post Left? Alex and Fox riff on Carl Beijer's attempt to define the latest classification of political misfits by exploring fandom/anti-fandom reactionary marketplaces, social capital and billionaire funders.

Read Carl's post here:
https://www.carlbeijer.com/p/what-is-the-post-left

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