Before Bernie and Mamdani, There Was Eugene Debs

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membershipBenjamin Moser is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Sontag: Her Life and Work and the new book Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History.He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss the long history of Jewish opposition to Zionism, the contradictions of liberal Zionism, the relationship between Zionism and antisemitism, and whether Israel has actually made Jews safer.🔥 Purchase Benjanjamin Moser's Books: https://www.benmoser.com/books🔥 Follow Benjamin Moser on Twitter: https://x.com/BenMoser123🔥 Follow Benjamin Moser on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benjaminfmoser/?hl=en0:00–7:47 The Zionist Fairy Tale and Its Colonial Origins7:47–13:22 The Contradictions of Liberal Zionism13:22–21:38 How Genocide Becomes Morally Justifiable21:38–25:04 Does Israel Actually Make Jews Safer?25:04–27:40 Reading Theodor Herzl27:40–31:55 The Jewish Pariah and the Tradition of Dissent31:55–33:52 Are Anti-Zionists the Most Jewish Jews?33:52–43:37 How Zionism and Antisemitism Reinforce Each Other🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership There is no such thing as a red state. The toxic Republican Party can be defeated everywhere. But Democrats have to show they can deliver. If they squander this moment, it will be short-lived. 🌹 Full article by Nathan J. Robinson:  https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-myth-of-red-states-has-collapsed 🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership 🦩 Merch: https://shop.currentaffairs.org/

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membershipThe NYC mayor is trying to build a city that functions like a city in a children's picture book, where people aren’t caught in a web of lies and scams.🌹 Full article by Nathan J. Robinson: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/mamdanis-richard-scarry-socialism-can-make-city-life-simple-again🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership🦩 Merch: https://shop.currentaffairs.org/

🌹 Use the code "ZOMBIES" for a 20% discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membershipJon Greenaway is a writer, critic, and co-host of the podcast Horror Vanguard. He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson, along with editors Emily Topping and Alex Skopic, to discuss his new article “Zombie Simpsons and the Cultural Undead,” which appears in the upcoming print issue of Current Affairs.🧟 Buy Jon Greenaway's book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/740011/capitalism-a-horror-story-by-jon-greenaway/🧟 Jon Greenaway's article on Obsession: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/obsession-and-the-horror-of-treating-people-as-products🧟 Jon Greenaway's article on Backrooms: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/backrooms-shows-the-vast-meaningless-maze-of-capitalism0:00 Monopoly Go and the Death of Culture6:05 How Culture Becomes Intellectual Property12:28 “Zombie Simpsons” and Capitalist Realism24:14 Why the Left Needs a Critique of Culture31:39 The Pointless Harry Potter Reboot38:09 The Hollowness of Jimmy Fallon44:48 Horror Movies You Should Watch🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership

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🌹 Use the code "KRYSTALKYLE" for a 20% discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membershipKyle Kulinski is the host of The Kyle Kulinski Show, co-host of Krystal Kyle & Friends, and a co-founder of Justice Democrats. He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss his new article on Bill Maher, which will appear in the next print issue of Current Affairs!🔥 Subscribe to the Kyle on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SecularTalk0:00–4:38 Why Bill Maher Used to Matter4:38–10:49 How Bill Maher Moved Right10:49–16:37 “Progressive Except for Palestine”16:37–21:20 Abdul El-Sayed21:20–26:04 Idiocracy26:04–27:42 When “Skepticism” Becomes Anti-Science27:42–31:04 Apocalypse31:04–37:18 The U.S. the World’s Biggest Terrorist37:18–40:55 “Centrism” Isn’t Actually Moderate🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membershipWill McCaffery is a leftist content creator focused on anti-imperialism, anti-Zionism, and anti-capitalism, and the author of a new Current Affairs article on Israel’s upcoming election.He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss what Israel’s elections reveal about the limits of liberal democracy, the political consensus behind apartheid and occupation, and what those same dynamics can teach us about elections and empire in the United States.🔥 Read Will's Current Affairs article: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/israels-elections-like-ours-show-how-much-the-parties-agree-on🔥 Follow Will on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/willz.talks/?hl=en🔥 Subscribe to Will's Substack: https://willztalks.substack.com/0:00–4:52 How Western Media Frames Israel’s Election4:52–7:53 Can an Apartheid State Be a Democracy?7:53–9:54 Why Have Arab Parties in an Ethnostate?9:54–13:37 “Pragmatic” vs. “Evocative” Fascism13:37–19:08 The Ethnic Supremacist Consensus in Israeli Politics19:08–22:13 Why Israel’s Far Right Is More Honest About Zionism22:13–29:28 Bringing the Critique Home to the American Empire29:28–32:43 The Iran War and Whose Lives American Politics Values32:43–37:54 The Victims of Empire Don’t Get a Vote🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membershipJulian Andreone is a Capitol Hill reporter for Drop Site News, where he confronts lawmakers with tough questions they’re often unprepared to answer.He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss his approach to journalism and why ordinary people can do this kind of accountability reporting too. Julian’s piece on his experiences reporting from Capitol Hill will appear in the next print issue of Current Affairs!🎤 Read Drop Site News: https://www.dropsitenews.com/🎤 Follow Julian Andreone: https://www.instagram.com/thejulianandreone/0:00–7:57 What Julian Andreone Does on Capitol Hill7:57–14:56 How He Prepares to Confront Politicians14:56–17:48 Exposing How Little Politicians Actually Know17:48–23:31 John Fetterman’s Hostility to Drop Site23:31–26:21 Shri Thanedar Chooses Party Leadership Over His Voters26:21–30:21 James Clyburn: “I Don’t Do Foreign Policy”30:21–34:45 Shontel Brown’s Contempt for Her Constituents34:45–40:45 Why Anyone Can Do This Kind of Journalism🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membershipShawn Gude is the former editor of Jacobin and author of American Socialist: The Life and Legacy of Eugene V. Debs. He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss how Debs went from moderate railroad unionist to one of America’s most influential socialist leaders.✊ Get the book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/American-Socialist/Shawn-Gude/97816680567380:00–3:51 Why Eugene Debs Still Matters3:51–10:10 How Debs Became a Socialist10:10–18:30 Debs’s Personality and Political Appeal18:30–25:28 When Socialism Thrived in the Midwest25:28–29:24 What Socialism Meant to Debs29:24–35:31 The Defeat and Decline of Debs’s Movement35:31–40:26 What Debs Can Teach the Left Today40:26–43:28 What Shawn Learned About Debs While Writing the Book🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membershipIn Michigan and Maine, a tale of two campaigns.🌹 Full article by Nathan J. Robinson: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-consultants-will-kill-you🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership🦩 Merch: https://shop.currentaffairs.org/