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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

Former Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court Leo E Strine Jr joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the history and meaning of Delaware's Chancery Court, how he would change America's corporate governance, and how woke talk should be met with woke action.Show Notes:Strine's paper on sustainable capitalism

Founder of Short Order Production House Zach Phillips joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about his latest essay in technical.ly and how capitalism is the most poorly designed game in history.Note: there is a minor echo in Zach's audio, tried to edit it down so it shouldn't be too badShow Notes:Remaking Murdertown PodcastZach's essay in technical.lyEllora Derenoncourt tweet on the Great MigrationChallenge Program

We live in an age of statues and bus heroes, mass uprisings and fascists. General Secretary of the Delaware Antifa Chapter Kristin Bricker joins Rob and Karl in the backyard bunker to talk about some of the greatest figures and stories of these developments in Delaware.Show Notes:Delaware Young Republicans postKristin's Antifa credentialsPetition to name Rodney Square after the hero juggaloElmo's Antifa monologueThe Dover police monument story

The organizers of this Saturday's March Towards Justice in Dover join Rob in the bunker to talk about how they got into organizing and what the march stands for.March Towards JusticeSaturday, June 20th, 3:00-5:30pmJohn Wesley AME Church, 217 West Division Street, Dover, DE 19904RSVP here.