76. Is Joe Biden really the new Roosevelt?
The Owen Jones Podcast
Owen Jones
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🗓️ 29 April 2021
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez declared that Biden's administration had exceeded progressives' expectations, she caused fury: from some on the US left who believed it sowed undeserved illusions in the US President, and from conservatives who believed it confirmed his dangerous radicalism. What's the truth?
I'm joined by author Kate Aronoff and leading political organiser Waleed Shaheed to discuss whether the US left has won meaningful concessions, what the failings and problems of the Biden Administration are - and what strategy the left should now pursue.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, this is Owen Jones, welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:10.6 | Is Joe Biden Roosevelt, hmm, already I think quite a lot of consternation caused by even |
| 0:17.2 | saying these things? |
| 0:18.2 | Is a good jumping off point for discussion about Joe Biden's administration, he's not |
| 0:24.2 | someone from a progressive background, but have the US left become a power managed |
| 0:31.4 | to extract concessions from him? |
| 0:33.5 | What should the relationship be to Joe Biden's administration? |
| 0:38.5 | Is it something which actually is just a, you know, a unprogressive administration that |
| 0:45.2 | has been forced to take drastic measures, but actually will not leave a transformative |
| 0:51.8 | imprint in the United States, and that's without even talking about foreign policy, because |
| 0:55.5 | those bombs have already been dropped under Biden's administration. |
| 0:59.0 | To talk about this and the nuances, I am joined by the brilliant author, writer Kate |
| 1:05.1 | Arunov, and also, Wallid Shihid from the Justice Democrats, who's helped organize to get |
| 1:11.5 | progressive politicians elected, including, of course, Alexandria, Occasia Cortez. |
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| 1:40.9 | With that said, please enjoy. |
| 1:44.5 | Today is Joe Biden the new Roosevelt, already quite a few arched eyebrows, probably quite |
| 1:50.9 | a lot of angry people. |
| 1:51.9 | My cat, as you can see, is deeply perturbed by the question and is already stolen the |
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