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Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

#1720 Building an Organized Left, the Eternal Oxymoron

Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Jay Tomlinson

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4.63.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 242 minutes

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Summary

Air Date 7/2/2025

The militarization of Trump's deportation regime and response to protesters is the clearest example of his desire to implement a fully authoritarian government. Pure and simple.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: America Hates The Left & We Need A Plan - Olurinatti - Air Date 12-8-24

KP 2: America Has No Left Wing with Vivek Chibber - Factually! with Adam Conover - Air Date 6-18-25

KP 3: What's 'Left' in America?: The Moral Apathy of Liberal Optimism - Cheyenne Lin - Air Date 9-2-24

KP 4: Ralph Nader’s Message to Doomers: "Stop Making Excuses!" - Current Affairs - Air Date 6-22-25 

KP 5: The Worst People in Politics Are LOSING IT Over Zohran Mamdani - Current Affairs - Air Date 6-25-25

KP 6: “We Fight for Working People with No Apology”: Zohran Mamdani Beats Cuomo in NYC Mayoral Primary - Democracy Now! - Air Date 6-25-25

(00:45:01) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On how to fund the politics we need

DEEPER DIVES

(00:56:26) SECTION A: PROTESTS

(01:25:24) SECTION B: HISTORY & INFIGHTING

(02:01:22) SECTION C: SUBVERSION & THE RIGHT

(02:38:02) SECTION D: ORGANIZING

(03:24:46) SECTION E: THEORY

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Description: Photo of a grid of multi-colored Zohran Mamdani political posters that say “Zohran For Mayor” and a photo of Zohran.

Credit: “Zohran for Mayor” by Eden, Janine and Jim, Flickr | License: CC BY 2.0 Changes: Cropped and expanded background

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0:00.0

Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left podcast. A disorganized left

0:08.5

right with infighting and disagreements about the paths forward is nothing new, and it won't

0:13.3

be coming to an end anytime soon. So the best we can do is understand the political dynamics

0:19.3

and in detail, frustrating as they are, and get to work.

0:23.7

For those looking for a quick overview, the sources providing our top takes in about 45 minutes

0:28.0

today includes Aloranadi, factually with Adam Conover, Cheyenne Lynn, current affairs,

0:34.8

and Democracy Now.

0:36.1

Then in the additional deeper dives half of the show,

0:38.2

there will be more in five sections. Section A protests, followed by Section B,

0:43.4

history and infighting, Section C, Subversion and the Right, Section D, Organizing, and Section

0:50.4

E, Theory. But first, a reminder to check out our new show solved on the best of

0:55.4

the left YouTube channel. We're really proud of the show we're making and think it's actually

0:58.4

pretty unique for a new political talk show. We're all about quality over quantity, and we focus

1:03.5

on developing unifying themes in our discussions. Plus, we animate ourselves and produce songs

1:08.9

about our conversations each week to help get our ideas stuck in their head.

1:13.0

Last week, we talked about the importance of making enemies in politics, because it turns out that having enemies is an absolutely critical key to getting anything worthwhile done.

1:22.8

One of the biggest problems with moderates who stand in the way of progress can be more or less summed up by their

1:27.8

desire to enact the style of politics that doesn't make any enemies. We really think you'll like it,

1:33.1

and you checking out the show will help us find new viewers on YouTube, so thanks in advance

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for all of your views, likes, subscribes, and comments. That's all on the best of the left

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YouTube channel, linked in the show notes. And now all on the Best of the Left YouTube channel, LinkedIn the show notes.

1:44.9

And now, on to the show.

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