Embracing Tragic Optimism

Air Date 12/10/2024

In a moment of darkness, it's important to not only look for light but also understand how to create your own. Today we're exploring the philosophy of Tragic Optimism, the differing frameworks of freedom-from and freedom-to, and the slow progress of democracy but also the organizing strategies that are themselves the best coping mechanisms and path to progress.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: The Tragic Optimist's Guide to Surviving Capitalistic Nihilism - Dasia Sade Part 1 - Air Date 11-29-24

KP 2: Where Do We Go From Here? Featuring Kali Akuno - Millennials Are Killing Capitalism - Air Date 11-10-24

KP 3: How To Fight Fascism In America - Why, America? with Leeja Miller - Air Date 11-20-24

KP 4: Timothy Snyder: Is Freedom Misunderstood? - The Agenda - Air Date 10-9-24

KP 5: Neoliberalism Borrowed From Lenin, Why Can’t We? - Unf*cking The Republic - Air Date 11-22-24

KP 6: The Tragic Optimist's Guide to Surviving Capitalistic Nihilism - Dasia Sade Part 2 - Air Date 11-29-24

(49:55) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

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DEEPER DIVES

(52:31) SECTION A - ORGANZING

A1: Organizing in Rural America (w/ Luke Mayville) - Know Your Enemy - Air Date 11-27-24

A2: The Quest for the Offline Left with Cecilia Guerrero: Organizing the South - Fucking Cancelled - Air Date 11-3-24

(1:11:16) SECTION B - COPING

MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions)

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