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The Israel lobby’s attempt to destroy Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign is a disturbing example of how money warps democracy.

🌹 Full article by Nathan J. Robinson: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-an-aipac-smear-campaign-works

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Kshama Sawant is a socialist organizer, former Seattle City Council member, and candidate for Congress in Washington’s 9th congressional district. Sawant joined Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss Adam Smith’s record on war, why she believes Democrats cannot be relied on to fight for working people, and why revolutionary socialists should fight for immediate reforms while building power outside the two-party system. 

0:00-2:48 Adam Smith, Warmonger 

2:48-9:27 Why Democrats Keep Failing 

9:27-19:39 How to Build Power Outside Congress 

19:39-27:53 Why Socialists Fight for Reforms 

27:53-33:01 Kshama Sawant’s Agenda 

🌹 Kshama Sawant's Website: https://www.kshamasawant.org/ 

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There’s barely any pretense that Trump cares about Cuban democracy. This is about privatizing Cuba’s public assets and getting them into the hands of Trump’s cronies. 

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They rejected kings and were sincerely concerned about the possibility of a dictatorship. But we need to move past founder-worship and focus on justice.

👑 Full article by Nathan J. Robinson: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/of-course-the-founding-fathers-would-have-hated-trump

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Charles Booker is a former Kentucky state representative and the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Kentucky. His campaign centers on Medicare for All, ending endless war, strengthening labor rights, raising wages, and building a multiracial working-class coalition from “the hood to the holler.”

Booker joined Current Affairs associate editor Alex Skopic to discuss why Kentucky should not be written off as a “red state,” how progressive policies can win in places ignored by the national Democratic Party, what the left can learn from Mitch McConnell’s coalition-building, and why working people need leaders willing to fight for health care, peace, and economic justice.

⛰️ Charles Booker's Website: https://charlesbooker.org/

0:00-9:32 Why Charles Booker Supports Medicare for All

9:32-20:42 Ending Endless War

20:42-23:10 Why Kentucky Isn’t Just a “Red State”

23:10-25:05 Why Progressive Policies Can Win in Red States

25:05-26:43 What “From the Hood to the Holler” Means

26:43-28:19 What the Left Can Learn From Mitch McConnell

28:19-33:34 Building Coalitions With Republicans

33:34-35:56 Andy Barr’s Racist Campaign

35:56-37:16 JD Vance and the Exploitation of Appalachia

37:16-42:02 Labor, Unions, and Working People

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