America Has No Left Wing with Vivek Chibber

Factually! with Adam Conover

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🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

At the No Kings protests this past weekend, millions of Americans demonstrated against the fascist right wing. Despite the staggering number of people willing to take to the streets, why does it still seem like the left is powerless to stop the right on a political level? This week, Adam sits with NYU professor Vivek Chibber to discuss how America is really a country of two right wing political parties, the failings of the left to create a durable party, and what must be done to stand up to the right in a lasting way. Find Vivek's book at factuallypod.com/books

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0:00.0	This is a headgum podcast.
0:05.0	I don't know the truth.
0:08.2	I don't know the way.
0:10.8	I don't know what to think.
0:13.6	I don't know what to say.
0:16.6	Yeah, but that's all right.
0:19.4	That's okay.
0:22.0	I don't know anything.
0:27.7	Hi there.
0:28.4	Welcome to Factually.
0:29.4	I'm Adam Conover.
0:30.4	Thank you for joining me on the show again.
0:32.1	You know, right now, the radical right wing in American politics is achieving its
0:36.3	longest- held dreams.
0:38.5	Outright fascists are on the attack against immigrants, scientists, students, most women, park rangers, universities, and, oh, by the way, the entire city of fucking Los Angeles, and they are winning.
0:52.1	You know, the right wing has gotten to the top of America's political power structure,
0:57.4	largely by casting the left as an all-powerful force that dominates American politics and culture.
1:05.0	And it's bizarre because that doesn't seem to actually be the case.
1:08.6	Liberal and progressive Democratic politicians like Barack Obama or Gavin Newsom are made out to seem like Mao be the case. Liberal and progressive Democratic politicians like Barack Obama or
1:11.7	Gavin Newsom are made out to seem like Mao by the right, even though their policies are
1:16.7	centrist, if anything. And if you look around, there actually is not really that much of an
1:22.4	organized left wing at all in America. There are no political power structures that are organizing for working people on a mass scale.
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