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NEW PATREON EP robbie reads and provides analysis and commentary on the opening chapter of the classic book "Inventing Reality: The Politics of the Mass Media" by Michael Parenti
upstream@upstreampodcast.bsky.social · 3w agoNEXT WEEK'S PATREON inventing reality: the politics of news media (reading)
NEW PATREON EP robbie reads and provides analysis and commentary on the opening chapter of the classic book "Inventing Reality: The Politics of the Mass Media" by Michael Parenti
upstream@upstreampodcast.bsky.social · 3w agoNEXT WEEK'S PATREON inventing reality: the politics of news media (reading)
the report on cuba today is the latest in 60 years of state department propaganda alleging that US activists are front groups for Cuba. the only difference is that this report reads like it could have been pulled from a KKK recruitment pamphlet
communism is not why your rent has skyrocketed. it's not why Blackrock is buying up millions of houses. communists are not the CEOs of health insurance companies nor are they building data centers. they weren't in the epstein files or on his island
NEXT WEEK'S PATREON inventing reality: the politics of news media (reading)
NEXT WEEK'S PATREON inventing reality: the politics of news media (reading)
our conversation with mohamed khougali helps make sense of what's happening in Sudan through a deep dive into its history and politics, from the perspective of a Sudanese psychotherapist who participated in the 2018-2019 revolution www.patreon.com/posts/163482...
NEW EP mohamed khougali joins us to explore sudanese history from a class struggle perspective to help us better understand what's taking place right now and what forces are responsible for the brutal civil war in the country
upstream@upstreampodcast.bsky.social · 4w agoNEXT WEEK sudan pt. 1: the irrational revolution w/ mohamed khougali
NEW EP mohamed khougali joins us to explore sudanese history from a class struggle perspective to help us better understand what's taking place right now and what forces are responsible for the brutal civil war in the country
upstream@upstreampodcast.bsky.social · 4w agoNEXT WEEK sudan pt. 1: the irrational revolution w/ mohamed khougali
NEXT WEEK sudan pt. 1: the irrational revolution w/ mohamed khougali
NEXT WEEK sudan pt. 1: the irrational revolution w/ mohamed khougali
EARLY RELEASE! we're joined by august nimtz for a discussion on the american revolution, the writing of the constitution, donald trump, 250 years of bourgeois democracy, and whether this grand experiment of a country can be salvaged
upstream@upstreampodcast.bsky.social · last mo.NEXT WEEK'S PATREON: 250 years of bourgeois democracy w/ august nimtz
EARLY RELEASE! we're joined by august nimtz for a discussion on the american revolution, the writing of the constitution, donald trump, 250 years of bourgeois democracy, and whether this grand experiment of a country can be salvaged
upstream@upstreampodcast.bsky.social · last mo.NEXT WEEK'S PATREON: 250 years of bourgeois democracy w/ august nimtz
NEXT WEEK'S PATREON: 250 years of bourgeois democracy w/ august nimtz
NEXT WEEK'S PATREON: 250 years of bourgeois democracy w/ august nimtz
NEW EP the inimitable cecilia guerrero did a bunch of research on the Democratic Party and joined us to reveal its sordid history and how understanding its past is key to understanding its present role in co-opting and defanging left movements
upstream@upstreampodcast.bsky.social · last mo.NEXT WEEK: the democratic party w/ cecilia guerrero
REPUBLICANS: we're gonna bomb a school full of children in Iran DEMOCRATS: ok but get 👏 congressional 👏 approval 👏 first 👏
NEW EP international law and globalization expert elina xenophontos joins us to discuss the most recent us-iran deal and how it could end as a neocolonial trap for the islamic republic
upstream@upstreampodcast.bsky.social · 2mo agoNEXT WEEK'S PATREON iran pt. 5: is the US-Iran deal a trap for iran? w/ elina xenophontos
NEXT WEEK'S PATREON iran pt. 5: is the US-Iran deal a trap for iran? w/ elina xenophontos
NEXT WEEK'S PATREON iran pt. 5: is the US-Iran deal a trap for iran? w/ elina xenophontos
NEW EP indigenous activist and educator gregg castro joins us for a wide-ranging and heartfelt discussion of robin wall kimmerer's "the serviceberry," weaving in personal anecdotes about growing up in the bay area and his own ramaytush ohlone heritage
upstream@upstreampodcast.bsky.social · 2mo agoNEXT WEEK honorable harvest: indigenous economics w/ gregg castro
NEW EP indigenous activist and educator gregg castro joins us for a wide-ranging and heartfelt discussion of robin wall kimmerer's "the serviceberry," weaving in personal anecdotes about growing up in the bay area and his own ramaytush ohlone heritage
upstream@upstreampodcast.bsky.social · 2mo agoNEXT WEEK honorable harvest: indigenous economics w/ gregg castro
NEXT WEEK honorable harvest: indigenous economics w/ gregg castro
Just about finished listening to a deep dive on Taiwan on the fantastic @upstreampodcast.bsky.social podcast. I had an idea how the West doesn't care about the people there and just wants a military base next to China, but I had no idea just how much political oppression has gone on there