It Could Happen Here

James chose to return to the end of the first series he and Robert made about Myanmar. This episode profiles some of the young men and women of the PDF.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The podcast discusses hyperobjects and liminal spaces, exploring their characteristics, impact, and interconnectedness. It also touches on flying in electric planes, regional air mobility, and our perception of reality. The episode emphasizes the need to address the urgent problem at hand and provides recommendations for further reading.

The podcast discusses media bias in covering the Palestine-Israel conflict, highlighting misleading headlines, misrepresentation of Arabic words, and conflation of pro-Palestinian activism with anti-Semitism. It also explores the challenges faced by journalists covering the conflict and the importance of recognizing biased reporting. The episode emphasizes the need for individuals to share the truth, boycott biased news outlets, and celebrities using their platforms to support the oppressed.

The podcast discusses the failure of the tech industry in improving quality of life, the toxic ideology within the industry, and wrongful convictions. It explores the negative impact of big tech companies, the concept of blitzscaling, and skepticism surrounding the metaverse.

Topics discussed in this podcast include breaking free from Zionism, experiences of Jewish volunteers in the Spanish Civil War, personal views on Zionism, gaslighting and misattributed graffiti, weaponizing 'anti-Semitism', violence in public swimming pools, addressing the humanitarian crisis at the Southern Border, exploring the workers movement and the lumpen proletariat, the fusion of racism and sexism, urgent call for support at the United States Southern Border, productivity and the distinction between productive and unproductive labor, the racist myth of the welfare queen, complex alliances and perceptions in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, stopping genocide in Armenia, conflict and discrimination in Armenia and the Azeri Republic, conversations, ads, and podcast recommendations, the border crisis with detention, camps, and community assistance, treatment of individuals under Border Patrol custody, lack of responsibility and finger-pointing, supporting AFSC and finding more podcasts.

James sits down with borderkindness and Pedroconsafos to discuss their mutual aid response to the ongoing open air detention of asylum seeking refugees, border issues and aid in rural communities, the debate on detention at the national border, processing and support at the border, transportation challenges, witnessing the inhumane treatment at the US-Mexico border and lack of government support for border issues.

Discussion on the invasion of Artsakh by Azerbaijan, highlighting the historical background and complex alliances. Emphasis on the urgent need for international intervention to stop the genocide. Podcast also includes mentions of various podcasts and sponsors.

In this episode, Mia, a historian and researcher on the history of class discourse, delves into the transformation of the distinction between productive and unproductive labor into a moral category. She explores the origins of Nazi race science and the ideological basis of national socialism, highlighting its reflection of Marxism. The episode also discusses the dehumanization of Jews in Auschwitz and Reagan's exploitation of the welfare queen myth to fuel racial divisions.

Challenging misconceptions about class in the US, exploring the history and manipulation of the labor theory of value, discussing the broader base of the workers' movement, delving into the concept of the lumpen proletariat, highlighting the consequences of claiming superiority within the movement, exploring the split within the workers' movement, and discussing undervalued labor, care labor, and the impact of racism.

Shereen, James, and Robert are joined by visual artist and Anti-Zionist activist Adam Broomberg to talk about his experience growing up in apartheid South Africa, attending Zionist schools, and how German society is weaponizing antisemitism at an institutional level. https://www.instagram.com/adambroomberg See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.