Ep. 20: The Half Baked Politics of Half Measures (feat. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor)

Jan 17, 2020

01:20:04

forum

Ask episode

view_agenda

Chapters

auto_awesome

Transcript

info_circle

Episode notes

The failures of liberal half measures, compromise and "third way" politics has opened the door for right-wing demagogues to take power. It has also re-awakened a militant and energized left to combat both the wackadoodle right and the tepid center. We're seeing this play out in American politics and the 2020 Democratic primary.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is a scholar, author and activist. Her writing and speaking has incisively and ferociously exposed the failures of capitalism and the necessity of a fierce struggle to overcome it. She joins Michael to discuss how the hell we got here and how we liberate ourselves.

**********

"Five Years Later, Do Black Lives Matter?"

https://jacobinmag.com/2019/09/black-lives-matter-laquan-mcdonald-mike-brown-eric-garner

"How Real Estate Segregated America"

https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-real-estate-segregated-america-fair-housing-act-race

Read about and order Keeanga's books here:

http://www.keeangataylor.com/books.html

Follow Keeanga on Twitter here:

https://twitter.com/KeeangaYamahtta

********************

Subscribe to “RUMBLE with Michael Moore” on:

Apple