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With Rosa Brooks, a law professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, a columnist and contributing editor for Foreign Policy, former Counselor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, and current Special Coordinator for Rule of Law and Humanitarian Policy, running a new Pentagon office dedicated to those issues. She has received the Secretary of Defense Medal for … Continued
In this episode of UpFront we hear recordings from a film on the genesis of capitalism, tracing it’s history through an exploration of the life Adam Smith, and the many historic moments that built up to The Wealth of Nations. “Adam Smith: The Birth of the Free Market,” is part of a six-part series on the history of … Continued
In this episode of UpFront we hear recordings from a film on the life and works of Karl Marx, entitled “What if Marx Was Right?,” part of a six-part series on the history of capitalism (Capitalism) by filmmaker Ilan Ziv. This episode questions whether history has “gotten Marx wrong” by focusing on The Communist Manifesto instead … Continued
In this episode of UpFront Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich honor the upcoming 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California. They play excerpts from the documentary The Black Panthers: Vanguard Of The Revolution, directed by Stanley Nelson (2015) and discuss the current situation of constant police shootings against black bodies across the … Continued
In this episode of UpFront Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich play excerpts from Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between The World and Me, read by the author himself, and wrestle with the difficulty black and brown parents face in explaining a racist world to their children. About the book: Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages … Continued
In this episode of UpFront Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich play excerpts from investigative journalist Greg Palast’s new documentary, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: A Tale of Billionaires and Ballot Bandits. About the film: This real life detective story is told in a film noir style with cartoon animations, secret documents, hidden cameras, and a little help from … Continued
In this episode of UpFront, we hear excerpts of The Mask You Live In, a documentary exploring the social enforcement of toxic masculine behaviors, by The Representation Project. About the Film: The Mask You Live In follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America’s narrow definition of … Continued
Mitch Jeserich talks to Robert Paxton, about the history of fascism and why it is relevant in contemporary America. Paxton is a political scientist and historian specializing in the World War II era. He is professor emeritus at Columbia University. About the Anatomy of Fascism: Many authors have proposed definitions, but most fail to move beyond the … Continued
We talk to Laleh Khalili, Professor of Middle Eastern Politics at the University of London about the film The Battle of Algiers by Gillo Pontecorvo. One of the most influential political films in history, The Battle of Algiers, by Gillo Pontecorvo, vividly re-creates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying … Continued
Featuring veterans: Andrew Bacevich on the Forever War After 9/11 Roy Scranton, talking about The Age of the Anthropocene Oliver Stone, filmmaker, his latest film Snowden.
