LR 100 @ 7 CT w/ Bhaskar Sunkara & Brian Mier
Added 2023-01-10 17:49:57 +0000 UTCTHANKS EVERYONE FOR ALL THE SUPPORT TO GET US TO EP 100!
Bhaskar Sunkara (@SunRaySunRay) founder of Jacobin and President of The Nation joins us to talk about the current moment the left is in the US after two influential but unsuccessful Bernie Sanders campaigns.
Then Brian Mier (@BrianMierTeleSur) of TeleSur and Brasilwire joins us to talk about Lula's inauguration and the attempt by Bolsonaro supporters to attack Brazillian democracy.
Comments
Great interview with Brian Mier. As far as the Dems and single-payer healthcare go, the answer is easy, but doing it is not easy. There's definitely no "one weird trick" that a small number of Dems in the House are going to be able to do to remove profit-maximizing incentives from a sector that is nearly 20% of the US economy. It's not going to happen as part of a leadership fight. It isn't going to become a reality without winning a lot of elections over multiple cycles either on the single issue. The problem right now is that regardless of what individual members want in their hearts, the balance of power even within a single party's primaries is heavily weighted to the industry. The critical mass for the policy will likely come when this becomes a reliable litmus test in both parties primaries (not just in one party). Political education is clearly part of the equation. People need to understand that there is an alternative. I suspect the labor movement will need to be as well. But there is no easy or quick fix.
J P 3
2023-01-11 08:23:45 +0000 UTCHell yeah dude. Thanks for being awesome y'all.
Munir hakim
2023-01-10 19:15:06 +0000 UTC
