Branko Marcetic, a journalist and columnist for Jacobin, Matthew Hoh, a veteran and Green Party candidate, and Yasmin Nair, editor-at-large at Current Affairs, explore the complexities of Graham Plattner's candidacy. They discuss the left's troubling embrace of military candidates, the fetishization of veteran identity, and the implications of Plattner's background. The panel debates the authenticity of politically driven veteran narratives, the moral challenges of supporting such figures, and the nuanced perspectives on anti-imperialism within this context.
