Left on Red

How We Stopped It is a three-part audio documentary that tells the story of how a small group of people came together to prevent an $8 billion corporation from building a fracked-gas peaker plant in Astoria, Queens. It is an all-too-uncommon story of victory in the fight against air pollution and climate change told from the perspectives of the people on the front lines of that fight. Ep 1: Asthma...

Susan and Scott attempt their first ever fully remote podcast recording so they can catch up on Joe Biden's plan to become a war criminal and the Bernie-shaped hole in all of our hearts. Join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ Hosted by Susan Kang and Stylianos Karolidis Produced by Noah Teachey Not officially affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America >>>https://sit...

Queens DSA Member and New York State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani returns to chat with Scott and Susan about organizing in a volunteer-based organization, offering something tangible to people, and what growth in the DSA might look like. Join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ Hosted by Susan Kang and Stylianos Karolidis Produced by Noah Teachey Not officially affiliated with the Demo...

Scott and Susan talk briefly about organizing with UPS workers and then dive into all of the garbage coming out of the supreme court lately. Join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ Hosted by Susan Kang and Stylianos Karolidis Produced by Noah Teachey Not officially affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America >>>https://sites.google.com/view/leftonred<<< (leav...

Scott and Susan talk about states' rights, the supreme court, election turnouts, and how they're all related. Join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ Hosted by Susan Kang and Stylianos Karolidis Produced by Noah Teachey Not officially affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America >>>https://sites.google.com/view/leftonred<<< (leave us a message!)

Scott and Susan talk billionaires in submarines, Russia, and (you won't BELIEVE what happens next!) the attention economy. Join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ Hosted by Susan Kang and Stylianos Karolidis Produced by Noah Teachey Not officially affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America >>>https://sites.google.com/view/leftonred<<< (leave us a message!)

Scott and Susan interview Queens DSA Member and New York State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani about his path to socialism and his views on DSA's future. Join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ Hosted by Susan Kang and Stylianos Karolidis Produced by Noah Teachey Not officially affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America >>>https://sites.google.com/view/leftonred<&lt...

Scott and Susan talk through the Florida insurance crisis and individual, consumer-based solutions to the climate crisis. Join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ Hosted by Susan Kang and Stylianos Karolidis Produced by Noah Teachey Not officially affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America >>>https://sites.google.com/view/leftonred<<< (leave us a message!)

Scott, Susan, and Noah discuss the UFT contract and the state of schools in general in the midst of an austerity-minded mayoral administration. Join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ Hosted by Susan Kang and Stylianos Karolidis Produced by Noah Teachey Not officially affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America >>>https://sites.google.com/view/leftonred<<< (l...

Scott and Susan discuss the Republican Primary and market-based, A.I.-driven solutions to loneliness. Join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ Hosted by Susan Kang and Stylianos Karolidis Produced by Noah Teachey Not officially affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America >>>https://sites.google.com/view/leftonred<<< (leave us a message!)

Susan and Scott discuss Australia cracking down on climate organizers and Pride, particularly corporations taking a step back from Pride. Join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ Hosted by Susan Kang and Stylianos Karolidis Produced by Noah Teachey Not officially affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America >>>https://sites.google.com/view/leftonred<<< (leave u...

Orange-ya glad capitalism has lifted literally trillions of particulates out of carbon sinks worldwide? Susan and Scott talk about climate change and the wildfires carrying smoke and particulates across the northeastern US, causing New York City to have the worst air of any city in the world today. In the second half they get into the ascendancy of conservatives and the right in the culture war. J...

Susan and Scott discuss job growth and greedflation, capitalism's effect on our bodies, and crime. Join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ Hosted by Susan Kang and Stylianos Karolidis Produced by Noah Teachey Not officially affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America >>>https://sites.google.com/view/leftonred<<< (leave us a message!)

Dave Kamper, a Minnesota-based historian turned labor and economic policy expert (and DSA member), is BACK to talk about the culture war and why it IS the class war. The article Dave discusses in the episode can be found here: https://www.crisiscritique.org/storage/app/media/2023-05-18/william-clare-roberts.pdf Join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ Hosted by Susan Kang and Stylianos...

Susan brings Dave Kamper, a Minnesota-based historian turned labor and economic policy expert (and DSA member) onto the show to talk about his journey to socialism along with the recent leftward advancements in Minnesota's state politics. Join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ Hosted by Susan Kang and Stylianos Karolidis Produced by Noah Teachey Comms by Julianna Mirra Not officially...

In our Michael Jordan episode, Susan and Scott discuss the entirely fake NY Post article meant to pit the sympathetic public against displaced people as well as the state of unemployment and insufficient workers for certain industries in the US. Join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ Hosted by Susan Kang and Stylianos Karolidis Produced by Noah Teachey Not officially affiliated with t...

Susan and Scott discuss the debt ceiling crisis, austerity budgeting in NYC, and a socialist alternative. Join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ Hosted by Susan Kang and Stylianos Karolidis Produced by Noah Teachey Not officially affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America >>>https://sites.google.com/view/leftonred<<< (leave us a message!)

Susan and Scott talk about how the Biden administration has ended or allowed to sunset all of the COVID-era social policies that the vast majority of Americans really appreciated. They then turn to the WGA strike to provide a little background on the strike as well as to invite you, the listener, to go out to the picket line for some fun and solidarity. Join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/memb...

Susan and Scott discuss motherhood under capitalism and share personal anecdotes about being and having mothers. Join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ Hosted by Susan Kang and Stylianos Karolidis Produced by Noah Teachey Comms by Julianna Mirra Not officially affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America >>>https://sites.google.com/view/leftonred<<< (leave us...

Susan tells Scott the story of how she became a socialist and an active member of the DSA. for more on BPRA: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrynX9SARJT/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ Hosted by Susan Kang and Stylianos Karolidis Produced by Noah Teachey Comms by Julianna Mirra Not officially affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America >>>h...

Susan and Scott debrief the awful news out of Albany with one silver lining: the Build Public Renewables Act (BPRA), the new law of the land in the state of New York. for more on BPRA: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrynX9SARJT/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ Hosted by Susan Kang and Stylianos Karolidis Produced by Noah Teachey Comms by Julianna Mirra Not o...

DSA Queens Branch Co-Chair Diana Moreno is back to talk with Susan and Scott about Biden 2 Electric Boogaloo, the shuttering of Bed Bath & Beyond stores, and the reasons why half of New Yorkers can't really afford to live in the city now. Join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ Hosted by Susan Kang and Stylianos Karolidis Produced by Noah Teachey Comms by Julianna Mirra Not officia...

Scott and Susan are joined by DSA Queens Branch Co-Chair Diana Moreno to discuss Diana's journey to socialism, her work with the DSA, and her vision for the future of the organization. Join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ Hosted by Susan Kang and Stylianos Karolidis Produced by Noah Teachey Comms by Julianna Mirra Not officially affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America &...

Scott returns from Shen Yun and 5,000 Years of Civilization Reborn to tell Susan and Noah all about China before Communism. Spoiler alert: it is underwhelming, but only because Shen Yun seems to have done away with giant Karl Marx mech-suits, killer Mao-heads, and all of the best propaganda. Join DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ Hosted by Susan Kang and Stylianos Karolidis Produced b...

This episode, Scott & Susan dive into the recent suburban shootings and what they say about loneliness under capitalism and the polarization of American society. How did we get here, and what's the path out? Beyond gun violence, gun control, and race and class in America, we talk about Jacksonville flooding in Florida and the consequences of climate change under both Republican and Democrat le...