TMBS ReAir 141 - Trump's Arms Race & We Need Class War ft. Dustin Guastella
The Michael Brooks Show
Michael Brooks
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🗓️ 14 May 2024
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
TMBS 141 aired on May 26, 2020.
Episode summary:
Donald Trump is destroying international arms control & threatening the globe.
Dustin Guastella joins us to talk about his recent piece in Jacobin on Bernie’s loss and to chart a course to build the labor movement needed to win power.
During the GEM, David breaks down Argentina’s default and their fight against bondholders.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Michael Brooks Show, everybody. |
| 0:13.6 | We're broadcasting live from the ongoing lockdown zones with super producer Matt Leck. |
| 0:21.6 | Yo. |
| 0:22.6 | Economist. |
| 0:24.6 | And I was gonna say man about his, about town, but it's really it's man about the apartment these days, David Griscombe. |
| 0:31.6 | Pretty much. How's it going? |
| 0:33.6 | Going well on this week's program, Dustin Guestella, Dino, from the Teamsters and from Jackman. |
| 0:40.0 | We're talking about why Bernie lost, what the strategy and the game plan is moving forward. |
| 0:46.8 | Can we ever build a viable left? |
| 0:49.7 | And what would that actually look like strategically? |
| 0:53.0 | What habits would have to be let go of? What new habits would have to be cultivated? Very excited to talk about that with Dustin and Reed, his indispensable piece in Jacobin, jam-packed post game. We're talking about stunning new footage in Brazil of a cabinet meeting, talking about |
| 1:14.8 | overt moves to fascism, in fact. I mean, literal fascism in Brazil. With an update on the |
| 1:23.3 | Bolivian coup regime, they are not only, of course, mishandling corona, they are not scheduling |
| 1:29.3 | new elections. |
| 1:30.3 | Remember, Evo Morales was removed in a coup after winning the last legitimate elections |
| 1:35.8 | that happened in Bolivia. |
| 1:37.9 | Iranian oil tankers coming to Venezuela, both opposed by the aggressive Trump administration |
| 1:49.0 | and United States efforts at undermining both governments. |
| 1:54.0 | Plus, of course, a debunk and much more with Ben Burgess. |
| 1:58.0 | And the main show, we've got a lot more to look at, including as always a gem. |
| 2:02.6 | What's going on with a gem, Dave? |
| 2:04.6 | Oh, we're talking about dead imperialism again, and Argentina's a fight for basic human dignity. |
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