The Entry Level Left Podcast

Consider donating a tip to the creator of this content: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft Solidarity Forever! Learn the facts about socialism from Economist Dr. Richard Wolff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Bi-q89j5Y   Nordic Economic Model A.K.A Welfare State Capitalism: https://bit.ly/1KKjLFg   The Principles Of Communism: https://bit.ly/1PwDfz6   The Communist Manifesto: https://bit.ly/1gPDLW4   Music produced by @willdoesmusic on Instagram Remix by friend of the show, Phil Buck A.K.A Juicy Mane End theme: Original Folk Song Pillage, Plunder by host of the show, M.R! Find the full recording and associated album here: https://volun.bandcamp.com/album/old-wounds  

Consider donating a tip to the creator of this content: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft Solidarity Forever! Music produced by @willdoesmusic on Instagram Remix by friend of the show, Phil Buck A.K.A Juicy Mane

Consider donating a tip to the creator of this content: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft Solidarity Forever! Music produced by @willdoesmusic on Instagram Remix by friend of the show, Phil Buck A.K.A Juicy Mane

Consider donating a tip to the creator of this content: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft Solidarity Forever! Music produced by @willdoesmusic on Instagram Remix by friend of the show, Phil Buck A.K.A Juicy Mane

LISTENER QUESTION - ANSWER (Q&A) UNLOCKED! Consider donating a tip to the creator of this content: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft Solidarity Forever! Music produced by @willdoesmusic on Instagram Remix by friend of the show, Phil Buck A.K.A Juicy Mane

HOW CONSPIRACY THEORIES OPERATE TO DISINFORM AND DISTRACT Consider donating a tip to the creator of this content: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft Solidarity Forever! Music produced by @willdoesmusic on Instagram Remix by friend of the show, Phil Buck A.K.A Juicy Mane

UNLOCKED BONUS ON CONSERVATIVE TROPES, REACTION IN VENEZUELA, AND PROPAGANDA Consider donating a tip to the creator of this content: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft Solidarity Forever! Music produced by @willdoesmusic on Instagram Remix by friend of the show, Phil Buck A.K.A Juicy Mane

 Listen to the full episode here: https://anchor.fm/entrylevelleft/episodes/UNLOCKED-Bonus-10-Neo-Bidenism-e1jao49 Consider donating a tip to the creator of this content: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft Solidarity Forever! Music produced by @willdoesmusic on Instagram Remix by friend of the show, Phil Buck A.K.A Juicy Mane

The ELL gang talks about the U.S university and college education systems, cultural mythology of The American Dream, the profit motive, and how higher learning has been made in the image of the market. Consider donating a tip to the creator of this content: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft Solidarity Forever! Music produced by @willdoesmusic on Instagram Remix by friend of the show, Phil Buck A.K.A Juicy Mane    

 Listen to us yak about stimulus checks, neoliberal bureaucracy, and Capitalism's insidious, Lovecraftian tendrils of cultural influence in this Patreon exclusive bonus episode. Consider donating a tip to the creator of this content: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft Solidarity Forever! Music produced by @willdoesmusic on Instagram Remix by friend of the show, Phil Buck A.K.A Juicy Mane

The ELL gang talks about liberal academia, the cultural manufacturing of performative politics, and their contradictions. Radical Academics for the Status Quo: https://bit.ly/2KQg749 Consider donating a tip to the creator of this content: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft Solidarity Forever! Music produced by @willdoesmusic on Instagram Remix by friend of the show, Phil Buck A.K.A Juicy Mane

Consider donating a tip to the creator of this content: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft   The ELL gang talks about the new Netflix documentary called "The Social Dilemma" to break down the bullshit. Music produced by @willdoesmusic on Instagram Remix by friend of the show, Phil Buck A.K.A Juicy Mane

  Consider donating a tip to the creator of this content: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft   The ELL gang talks to friend of the show, PhD student - Management and Sustainability, Luiza Brabo Catala about Energy Democracy, Fuel Poverty, and the union struggle for decentralizing energy systems.   Strategies of Energy Democracy - James Angel: https://bit.ly/3ei8MFx   Resist, Reclaim, Restructure; Unions: https://bit.ly/2TKssII   Political Power & Renewable Energy Futures: https://bit.ly/3212vco   Music produced by @willdoesmusic on Instagram Remix by friend of the show, Phil Buck A.K.A Juicy Mane

Full Episode: https://anchor.fm/entrylevelleft/episodes/TEASER-Bonus-7-The-Gang-Lives-in-A-Society-e1jao2l/a-a81fc2g Consider donating a tip to the creator of this content: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft Solidarity Forever! Listen to us critique and review Hollywood blockbuster "The Joker" in context of Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher. Music produced by @willdoesmusic on Instagram Remix by friend of the show, Phil Buck A.K.A Juicy Mane

Consider donating a tip to the creator of this content: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft   Read Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher in pdf form for free here: https://bit.ly/3f7yFXj   01:40: What is Capitalist Realism and why is it relevant today? 05:00: How does capitalist realism perform anti-capitalism for us? 15:00: How has capitalist ideology led us to accept that everything should run as a business?   24:00: What is liberal communism and how do we see it playing out today?   36:00: How do we understand increased bureaucracy under capitalism?   47:15: How does Fisher link these concepts to mental health and education?   54:30: How does capitalist realism shift capitalism’s failure from individuals to government?   60:00: How does the left move on from a romantic attachment to politics of failure?   Music produced by @willdoesmusic on Instagram Remix by friend of the show, Phil Buck A.K.A Juicy Mane

  Listen to the full episode: https://anchor.fm/entrylevelleft/episodes/UNLOCKED-Bonus-6-Conspiracies-e1jao3e   Consider donating to help keep this important educational content accessible online: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft Solidarity Forever! Music produced by @willdoesmusic on Instagram Remix by friend of the show, Phil Buck A.K.A Juicy Mane

Consider donating to help keep this important educational content accessible online: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft Solidarity Forever! 08:08: What are the differences between police abolition and reform?   10:00: Concepts of reform vs abolition for policing https://bit.ly/2Z9HMBO   22:00: Can toxic law enforcement culture be resolved by simple reform?   30:00: Why are concepts of class and race inseparable in the U.S context?   37:35: What were the differences between Luxembourg and Bernstein’s positions?   41:00: What are our ideas on reform vs. revolution?   52:16: Are we witnessing a revolutionary moment right now? Music produced by @willdoesmusic on Instagram Remix by friend of the show, Phil Buck A.K.A Juicy Mane

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft     In this episode, we invite our friend Ian Hinson of Los Angeles CA on the show to report back about protests, riots, and looting.        Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram Remix by comrade Phil Buck - nematoderecords.com    

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft   1:10: Why do we work in the first place?   13:40: Right to work laws defund and disempower unions.   19:00: Bourgeois law formalizes the elevation of business over human life.   25:30: The American economy is built on fairy tales and lies.   28:45: The business owner-operator as a vector of neoliberal ideology   30:30: Economies of scale and the decline of small business https://bit.ly/35fcIlC   31:10: What is company culture and what are the limitations imposed by capital?   32:20: Samsung chairman gets 18 months for union busting https://tcrn.ch/3bQHq75   33:20: A third of employees have been employed by a gig service. https://bit.ly/3bQaE66   38:05: What are some common gripes about applying for jobs?   39:00: Gender, sex, and racial disparities in the hiring process https://pewrsr.ch/2YjinGa   42:30: Capitalism incentivizes discrimination and ableism in the hiring process.   56:40: Work doesn’t necessarily stop when you clock out.    57:30: How does your identity intersect with the workplace?   1:04:30: You’re more likely to be depressed without a job https://bit.ly/2VOQdRK       Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram Remix by comrade Phil Buck - nematoderecords.com    

    Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft   Recorded 4/3/2020: Our friend and guest Ian comes on to talk with us about Bernie, DNC incompetence, contradictions within capitalism, and political economy in the age of the Covid-19 Pandemic.  Check out @hinsonmusic on Instagram to follow Ian   Stay safe and much love from the ELL gang!       Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram Remix by Phil Buck - nematoderecords.com