The Rubble of Empire! CalMatters!
The American empire is in trouble: what can we build from it? Philosopher Rebecca Gordon has ideas. PLUS: stay-at-home has been lifted in California! WHY??? Hosted by Kris Welch.
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A tribute to Breonna Taylor—and the too many other black female victims of police brutality. PLUS: Post Office in crisis, along with economy. PLUS: The Town Crier. With Kris Welch. Photo by Maria Oswalt on Unsplash
Coronavirus Capitalism
We are potentially entering a period of austerity in the US at a level not seen since the Great Depression. By mid-April, over 22 million people had filed for unemployment benefits. And its unclear whether jobs and businesses that people left behind will still be there once stay-at-home orders are lifted. The world as we … Continued
While entrepreneurship figures into most histories of the US, the centrality of capitalism and class struggle tend to be missing. Hence as a population, we often have no idea about the enormous conflicts that have taken place in this country. Historian Steve Fraser discusses the glaring absences in histories of the US without class struggle. … Continued
In recent years, the desirability of locking up millions of Americans in prison has been seriously questioned both on the left and right. It would seem, however, that domestic violence is very different than the non-violent drug offenses highlighted by critics of mass incarceration. On the face it, shouldn’t this be where police intervention and … Continued
On this edition of Hard Knock, we’ll speak with Louisiana based community organizer Sukura Kone, about Hurricane Katrina ten years later and the visible differences between the old and new populations residing in New Orleans.