The Democratic Constitution Podcast

This is the audio of my talk with the UK-based Republican Labour Education Forum about the U.S. election results and their implications for the U.S., England, and the rest of the United Kingdom. Most of what I present is in this article . It’s worth sticking around for the Q and A at the end of my presentation.

Ben Studebaker’s Good-Bad Book on the Great American Breakdown . By Daniel Lazare. Published on September 23, 2024. Original article: https://democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com/p/ben-studebakers-good-bad-book-on

The Many Problems With Policing . By Luke Pickrell. Published August 15, 2024. Original article: https://democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com/p/the-struggle-for-justice-and-democracy

Why Talk With Socialists? By Luke Pickrell. Published on September 12, 2024. Original article: https://democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com/p/why-talk-with-socialists

What Is To Be Done . By Harlei Morency. Published on November 15, 2024. Original Article: https://democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com/p/what-is-to-be-done

Meltdown 2.0 . By Daniel Lazare. Published on November 22, 2024. Original article: https://democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com/p/meltdown-20

Marxism Is Democratic Republicanism: The History of the Struggle for Equal Human and Political Rights From the Inside Out . By Gil Schaeffer. Published on September 16, 2024. Original article: https://democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com/p/marxism-is-democratic-republicanism?utm_source=publication-search

Obama and The Breakfast Club . By Luke Pickrell. Published on August 22, 2024. Original article: https://democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com/p/obama-and-the-breakfast-club

Is the Constitution Unconstitutional? By Daniel Lazare. Published on August 9, 2024. Original article: https://democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com/p/is-the-constitution-unconstitutional

Luke talks with Thomas Geoghegan about how undemocratic political institutions such as the Senate shape our country. Tom is a longtime labor lawyer, and the author of The History of Democracy Has Yet To Be Written . He has also written two important articles: “ The Infernal Senate ,” published in 1994, and “ Abolish the Senate ,” published in 2020. In the interview, Tom discusses the Senate’s unde...

Luke talks with Daniel Lazare about Trump’s return to the White House. Dan is the author of The Frozen Republic , The Velvet Coup , and America’s Undeclared War . He has written several articles for the Democratic Constitution Blog, including two in the lead-up to the election ( here and here ) and one immediately after ( here ). Lucas and Luke previously talked with Dan in May. In his second inte...

Past, Present, and Future . By Luke Pickrell. Published on October 28, 2024. Original article: https://democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com/p/our-project

We Need Clarity and Consistency, Not More Nuance . By Luke Pickrell. Published on October 11, 2024. Original article: https://democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com/p/no-nuance-needed

What Should DSA Do After the Election? By Luke Pickrell. Published on October 31, 2024. Original article: https://democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com/p/what-should-dsa-do-after-the-election

Electoral College Redux . By Luke Pickrell. Published on September 18, 2024. Original article: https://democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com/p/electoral-college-redux

The Crisis of Democracy and the 2024 Election. By Daniel Lazare. Published on October 21, 2024. Original article: https://democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com/p/the-crisis-of-democracy-and-the-2024

Fighting for True Democracy: A Socialist Primer on the Constitution’s Structural Provisions . By Ian Forgie. Published June 26, 2024. Original article: https://democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com/p/fighting-for-true-democracy-a-socialist?utm_source=publication-search

A Perfect Storm? By Daniel Lazare. Published on Oct 25, 2024. Original article . https://democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com/p/a-perfect-storm

Luke talks with Robert Ovetz, author of the recent book We The Elites: Why the US Constitution Serves the Few, which is available in paperback and coming soon as an audiobook . Robert has also written several articles about labor issues and democracy for Dollar & Sense , The Chief , and Cosmonaut . Robert covers several topics in the interview, including how he teaches students about U.S. poli...

Lucas and Luke discuss the history of the Socialist Party of America (SPA), including its constitutional critique during the Progressive Era. They also discuss the significance of the SPA’s clear and consistent definition of democracy in its platforms, the more extensive constitutional critique during the Progressive Era, and the “marooning” of constitutional critique during the 20th century. Reso...

Lucas and Luke talk with Samuel Moyn, author of several books, including Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times, and the co-author of a recent article in the New York Times , “ The Constitution is Broken and Should Not Be Reclaimed .” Sam’s also the author of “ The Liberal Plot Against Democracy ” in Compact . Sam covers several topics in the interview, inclu...

Lucas and Luke talk with Aziz Rana about recent SCOTUS decisions, reactions to  The Constitutional Bind  from the political center and left, and the current discourse around SCOTUS and the Constitution from the Democratic Party. Aziz also discusses the utility of holding a mock constituent assembly, the pitfalls of the Article V amending process, various responses (especially fear) to changing the...

Lucas and Luke share a few thoughts about the recent presidential debate. Topics include the Electoral College, bills getting (or not getting) to the President’s desk, immigration and scaremongering, the Green Party and third-party possibilities, judicial reform, and what the rest of the left is doing. Correction: Luke said the election comes down to 40,000 people. The correct number is closer to...

Lucas and Luke talk with Harvey J. Kaye, author of several books, including  Thomas Paine and the Promise of America ,  Thomas Paine: Firebrand of the Revolution ,  The British Marxist Historians , and  The Fight for the Four Freedoms . Our conversation focuses on Tom Paine, including his upbringing and political development; his works, such as  Common Sense  and  Rights of Man ; and his legacy, i...

Lucas and Luke discuss aspects of the Civil War and Reconstruction, emphasizing the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution (also called the Reconstruction Amendments). How did the Constitution change during Reconstruction, and did it stay the same? Who were the Radical Republicans, and what was the potential of the Reconstruction period? What role did the Supreme Court play in defeati...