MAGA Foreign Policy Influencers, Manufacturing Fetishes, Democratic Party Contradictions

A new episode of the pod just dropped and it’s chock full of hot takes (and news) you might’ve missed. Inside:

The 11 biggest MAGA foreign-policy influencers are bad news—militarism all the way down. The unpopularity of the Democratic Party's popular front. The problem with threat inflation about disinformation. A defense budget out of control. Why Washington's manufacturing fetish is key to a convergence of jingoism, patriarchy, and oligarchy. The controversy with the former head of the Center for the National Interest. And why black socialists are pissed at the “white left” right now.

Full video below, and audio available wherever you get podcasts.

Further Reading, Mentioned in the Episode:

Ken Klippenstein, “Russian Influence Operations Are A Joke"

Van Jackson, “Why the Working Class Strategizes Against Genocide”

Christian Lorenzten, “Not a Tough Crowd"

Thomas Brodey, “Disinformation Dilemma: US Hands Are Way Dirty, Too"

Gisela Cernadas and John Bellamy Foster, "Actual U.S. Military Spending Reached $1.537 Trillion in 2022—More than Twice Acknowledged Level: New Estimates Based on U.S. National Accounts"

Black Alliance for Peace, "Black Alliance for Peace Condemns the Federal Indictments of Uhuru 3 and Denial of their Fundamental Human Rights to Speech, Association, Information and Political Dissent"

Further Listening, Mentioned in the Episode:

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