On the Biden administration and Trumpist reaction.
We discuss the riot at the US Capitol and why it was not a (failed) coup attempt. How serious was the event, and what next for Trumpist reaction - will it lead to a split in the Republican Party?
Our guests - journalist Amber Frost and political science academic Daniel Bessner - help us preview what the Biden administration has in store for the US. With Democratic control of both houses, it should be able to pass legislation - but does it have any substantial plans to do so? In foreign policy, we can expect more foreign adventurism and at home, an ominous anti-domestic terrorism bill. Does the alliance of the Democrats with an increasingly domineering Silicon Valley signal the coming-out moment of authoritarian liberalism?
Readings:
Excerpt: /375/ From Hyperliberalism to the Grayzone
/374/ You’re Gonna Need Representation ft. Vincent Bevins
Excerpt: /373/ Take a Stand: Be Neutral! ft. Lily Lynch
Excerpt: /372/ Reading Club: Globalisation (I)
/371/ The Milei Massacre Didn’t Happen ft. Ernesto Seman
/370/ Dead Ends in Israel & Palestine ft. Alex Gourevitch
/369/ Information-War and War-Politics ft. Jacob Siegel
/367/ Don’t Pay Them Back ft. Jerome Roos
/366/ Reading Club: Legitimacy (IV)
/365/ It’s So Over (Again) ft. Ryan Zickgraf
UNLOCKED: /361/ A Nightmare on the Brains of the Living ft. Benjamin Studebaker
Excerpt: /364/ The Eternal Sunshine of the Bourgeoisie
UNLOCKED: /351/ Eating the Left’s Lunch? ft. Cecilia Lero & Tamás Gerőcs
Excerpt: /363/ Outsourcing the State
/362/ Life Doesn’t Have to Zuck ft. Cory Doctorow
Excerpt: /361/ A Nightmare on the Brains of the Living ft. Benjamin Studebaker
Excerpt: /360/ Reading Club: Legitimacy (III)
/359/ Apollo Gets High ft. Benjamin Fong
/357/ Lucky, Meaty Nations ft. Shahar Hameiri & Tom Chodor
/356/ Land of the Unfree ft. Sohrab Ahmari
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