Highlands Bunker

Delaware Law School librarian Janet Lindenmuth joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about some Delaware history fun facts. Then, historian and foreign policy expert Daniel Bessner joins Rob to talk about the rise of our current foreign policy consensus, and how it relates to the politics of Joe Biden and Chris Coons.Show Notes:Delaware's segregation lawsDelaware blue lawsDaniel's bookThe False Promise of Liberal OrderA Peoples' Policy for the Americas

Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about why people don't trust the police, the criminal justice system in Delaware, and how change gets made in the system.Show Notes:Delaware Call

British writer Alex Hess joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about how capitalism has ruined (non-American) football. Go Spurs.Show Notes:How Capitalism Changed Football for the Worse

Canio Caputo and Jason Scott from Delaware Liberal join Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the Biden/Harris fanfare in Delaware, whether or not it's important to vote for Biden here in Delaware, and what the implications are of a Biden presidency.Show Notes:A sample of the previous podcastNixon election interferenceWhat Putin didThe Delaware Call

Student activist Vasu Jayanthi joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about her recent op-ed in the News Journal, and how young activists can change our government for the better.Show Notes:Vasu's op-ed in the News JournalVolunteer for JessGet an absentee ballot or check your status

Professor Harvey J Kaye joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about Marx and Gramsci, American radicals from Thomas Paine to A Phillip Randolph, and how these ideas, figures, and movements can inspire activism today.Show Notes:Bill Clinton on Kwame TureMore on A Phillip Randolph and economic democracyNew Deal descendants open letter to Joe Biden

Rob and Karl the Producer hold down the bunker this week, talking about the recent passing of left media figure Michael Brooks, the importance of compassion in organizing, and how the end of the world isn't quite what it seems.Show Notes:Right-Wing MandelaRemembering Michael Brooks

State Representative candidate Madinah Wilson-Anton and UD Professor Victor Perez join Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about what a Green New Deal for Delaware would look like on a policy level, a scientific level, a social level, and a political level.Show Notes:Green New Deal for DelawareDr. Perez's research on Rt 9 neighborhoodsProperty tax reassessment articleDealing with spotted lanternfliesDonate to MadinahVolunteer for Madinah

School board candidate Sarah Fulton joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about her background in progressive activism, some of the racial issues in the school board, and what progressives should do when they lose a vote or an election.Show Notes:The Panel ProtestsSarah's siteArticle in questionResult of the Red Clay SRO voteList of School Board election polling places

Journalist and activist Andray Domise joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the attempted corporate cooptation of the Black Lives Matter movement, the history of black radical movements, and the importance of a systemic analysis of racism.Show Notes:Matt Taibbi review of White FragilityMark Fisher's Capitalist RealismJP Morgan's Juneteenth celebrationJP Morgan's actual history on slaveryMichael Parenti yellow video