The Michael Brooks Show

TMBS 147 aired on July 7th, 2020 Episode summary: We need to oppose annexation. Vijay Prashad how does the US move forward, what can the Left learn from Kerala's response to the crisis, Kerala & the response to the crisis, & hybrid warfare.  Stavros Halkias (@stavvybaby) from Cum Town and Stavvy Solves Your Problems  tells us how he weaponized laziness, moving to NYC, & the NBA reopening. TMBS ReA...

TMBS 146 aired on June 30th, 2020. Episode summary: We gotta save the USPS. Bill Fletcher Jr. joins us to talk about the future of the movement & why learning the history of the radical agenda of the US Right is crucial to opposing it.  The FED is standing up for big business, who is standing up for you?   TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This...

TMBS 145 aired on June 23rd, 2020 Episode summary: What we can learn from liberation theology Lessons from the ANC and policing.  Essential workers are being forced to expose themselves to the pandemic. Ronan Burtenshaw on the lessons for the left from the past 10 years.   - TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This program has been put together by Th...

TMBS aired on Jun 16, 2020 Episode summary: Tyson is using the pandemic to hyper exploit their workers.  Madina Toure on what De Blasio's budget promises actually mean.  Charlie Kirk's sloppy history of philosophy.  During the GEM, David breaks down why the Trump recovery is BS.  And we debut the 1st half of our interview with Chomsky.  - TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here on The Michael Broo...

TMBS aired on June 9th, 2020 Episode summary: Notes on the uprising and how we move forward. Vivek Chibber joins us to break down the ABC's of capitalism and what socialism's future might look like. During the GEM, David breaks down how COVID has affected the shipping industry and kept sailors trapped on their boats. - TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube...

TMBS 142 aired on June 2nd, 2020 Episode summary: The crew reacts to the national unrest.  Chucka Ejeckam (@chuckaejeckam) on political strategy in these times. Matt Christman (@mattchristman) joins to TMBS to talk about the reaction in Brooklyn & where do we go from here? - TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This program has been put together b...

TMBS 141 aired on May 26, 2020. Episode summary: Donald Trump is destroying international arms control & threatening the globe. Dustin Guastella joins us to talk about his recent piece in Jacobin on Bernie's loss and to chart a course to build the labor movement needed to win power. During the GEM, David breaks down Argentina's default and their fight against bondholders. - TMBS ReAirs come out ev...

TMBS 140 aired on May 19th, 2020. Episode summary: We need an alternative to libertarian surveillance & authoritarian surveillance Woke bros assemble! From A distance to talk The Last Dance and watch Stacy Abrams realize she won't be VP During the GEM, why is Kroger cutting pay in a pandemic. TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This program has b...

TMBS 139 aired on May 12th 2020. Episode summary: Avoiding magical thinking about neoliberalism and covid. Maximilian Alvarez (@maximillian_alv) joins us to talk about working during COVID. Adolph Reed Jr. breaks down his political journey, anti-essentialism, and the problem with the 1619 project.   During the GEM, David Griscom @davidgriscom shows why the reopen orders  aren't  about economic gro...

TMBS 138 aired on May 5th, 2020 Episdoe summary: We need to understand the financial interests behind ratcheting up tensions with China.  Toure Reed joins us to talk about his new book "Toward Freedom: The Case Against Race Reductionism"  Dareece Polo (@dareecetelesur)  joins us to talk about how the Caribbean is uniting to resist imperialism.  During the GEM, David Griscom breaks down how the US...

TMBS 137 aired on April 28, 2020. Episode summary: Yolian Ogbu tells us about organizingessential workers in the Covid era. Comedian Judah Freidlander talks comedy, politics, and being a world champion. Also, Not Being Naive & responding to  "Why Americans Don't Vote Their Class." On the GEM, our economic crisis and the importance of collective action. - TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and...

TMBS 136 aired on April 21st 2020  Episode summary: How Covid Is affecting the Global South. We are joined by the great Cornel West for much needed wisdom. During the GEM, David breaks down how global finance is working to undermine a humane response to the crisis in Argentina and across the globe. - TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This progr...

TMBS 134 aired on Apr 7, 2020 Episode summary: We need to reclaim the local. Shoutout to the Kerala government & the Teamsters. Richard Wolff (@profwolff) joins us to talk about what this crisis means for the capitalist system. We are joined by Chris Smalls (@shutdown_amazon) to talk about the Amazon strikes. During the GEM, David breaks down the winners and losers of the covid crisis.  - TMBS ReA...

TMBS 133 aired on March 31, 2020 Episode summary: The pandemic is accelerating the global pandemic.  Shoutout to workers standing up against the exploitation during the pandemic.  Abby Martin (@abbymartin) joins us to talk about how the US is using the crisis to target Venezuela and how it is using sanctions to pursue empire.  During the GEM, (@DavidGriscom) breaks down the fundamental goal of COV...

TMBS 132 aired on March 24, 2020 Episode summary: We have a choice capitalism or democracy Ronan Burtenshaw (@ronanburtenshaw) joins us to talk about the UK response, and the challenge socialists have proving to people that things can change things. David breaks down the role of the FED and reminds us that we should be democratizing it as quickly as possible. Milton Allimadi (@allimadi) joins us t...

TMBS 131 aired on March 17th, 2020 Episode summary: We are in a crisis of capitalist production and we need to find a way through it. Shoutout to those on the frontlines of this crisis, please support service workers. Emma Vigeland (@emmavigelland) the DNC doesn't care about voters' safety or democracy. During the GEM, David breaks down how the pandemic is exposing the irrationality of our economi...

TMBS 130 aired on Mar 11, 2020 Episode summary: We need to learn our lessons & keep fighting. Adolph Reed, professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, joins us to talk about the problems of modern liberalism & human rights discourse. And how to win the working class. During the GEM, David breaks down the stock market collapse and why we need the FED to answer to the working class. - TMBS...

TMBS 129 aired on March 7th, 2020 Episode summary: We have a lot of fight ahead of us. Ahmed Kaballo (@AhmedKaballo) joins us to talk about the ongoing attempt to destroy Venezuela and the trial of Julian Assange During the GEM David breaks down the devastation of NAFTA in Michigan and across the US. How to beat Sleepy Joe. Isiah James (@isiah4congress) joins us to talk about his campaign for NY-9...

TMBS 128 aired on Feb 24, 2020 Episode summary: We are beating back the politics of delusion. Shoutout to the historic win in Nevada. Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) host of The Benjamin Dixon Show joins us to talk about how we stop Bloomberg. During the GEM with (@davidgriscom) on the slowdown in the tech industry. Richard Wolff (@ProfWolff) breaks down what this proves about capitalism. Richard...

TMBS 127 aired on February 12th, 2020 Episode summary: We won't beat the GOP with half-measures & we cannot compromise on M4A.  Shoutout to Abby Martin (@AbbyMartin) for standing up against for her right to free speech and the rights of Palestinians.  Krystal Ball (@KrystalBall) joins us to break down NH and the lack of vetting of moderate candidates.  During the GEM, David (@davidgriscom) warns a...

TMBS 126 aired on February 5, 2020 Episode Summary: Bernie won Iowa, don't let the Democratic establishment slow us down. Shoutout to No More Deaths for standing up for humanity. Corey Pein (@CoreyPein) calls in to talk about the problem with technology During the GEM, David breaks down the Wet'suwet'en fight against the Coastal Gaslink pipeline.  Larry King had to take an important call. TMBS ReA...

TMBS 125 aired on Jan 31, 2020 Episode summary: Fact-checking Warren.  Briahna Joy Gray (@BrieBrieJoy) National Press Secretary for Bernie Sanders joins us to talk about the campaign as they head into the Iowa Caucus. Shoutout to Bernie Sanders for getting the most donations from the troops.  During the GEM, David (@davidgriscom) makes the case if we want democratic socialism we must use capital c...

TMBS aired on Jan 21, 2020 Episode summary: MLK showed us the way forward. Shoutout to Moms4Housing for securing a deal for the Wedgewood property they were occupying. Justin Jackson (@J_ManPrime21) running back for the LA Chargers joins us to talk about how it got into politics and why he supports Bernie Sanders. During the GEM, David breaks down the dangerous continuity between corporate Democra...

TMBS 123 aired on January 18th, 2020 Episode summary: We must build an international left. Shoutout to Mom4Housing for standing up. Why Did Warren Come At Bernie? Was Bernies's answer to the NYT wrong?  - TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the post...

TMBS 122 aired on Jan 7, 2020 Episode summary: The crisis in Australia & moving toward a GND.  Shoutout to the Center-Left in Portugual, for showing an alternative to right-wing populism.  Dr. Drew Mikhael (@DrDrewMikhael) joins us to talk about the crisis with Iran and provides a deeper understanding of the social movement in the country.  During the GEM, How Banks prey on the poor and how to end...