In part one of Mia's investigation into why Americans are so weird about class we go back to the ideology of the 19th and 20th century workers movement and how its weaknesses allowed capitalists to make a counter-attack

In part one of Mia's investigation into why Americans are so weird about class we go back to the ideology of the 19th and 20th century workers movement and how its weaknesses allowed capitalists to make a counter-attack

It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future. Every day Robert Evans, Garrison Davis, Mia Wong, and James Stout take you on a jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world and towards a better one that lays just on the horizon.

It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future. Every day Robert Evans, Garrison Davis, Mia Wong, and James Stout take you on a jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world and towards a better one that lays just on the horizon.

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Class and the Culture War Part 1: The Labor Theory of Value And its Discontents

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Mia discusses the long arc of the Pax Americana, its roots in the US Navy, and how Trump’s war with Iran has blown it up.

Sources:
https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-2/endnotes-misery-and-debt
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/encyclopedia/war-and-military-affairs/alfred-thayer-mahan/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-promised-economic-d-day-203113113.html

Mia discusses the long arc of the Pax Americana, its roots in the US Navy, and how Trump&rsquo;s war with Iran has blown it up. Sources:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-2/endnotes-misery-and-debt">https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-2/endnotes-misery-and-debt</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/encyclopedia/war-and-military-affairs/alfred-thayer-mahan/">https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/encyclopedia/war-and-military-affairs/alfred-thayer-mahan/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-promised-economic-d-day-203113113.html">https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-promised-economic-d-day-203113113.html</a></li>
</ul>

The Death of American Hegemony

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Garrison talks about the former rising star of the alt-right being deported to the UK, the beef between Milo and Laura Loomer, possible issues with his green card, and how his deportation may relate to his ongoing divorce.

 

Sources:
https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2093428821835796688?s=20

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093387128717951297?s=20
https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093491920001749378?s=20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5pSX84h9K8

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/at-gays-for-trump-party-the-former-fringe-celebrates-trumps 
https://hyperallergic.com/milo-yiannopoulos-manuscript-art/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/milo-yiannopoulos-deport-milo-twitter-new-sponsor-peadophilia-podcast-altright-a7600641.html

https://news.berkeley.edu/2017/02/01/yiannopoulos-event-canceled/

https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827112633224544256?s=20

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/milo-yiannopoulos-ex-gay-b1815296.html

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2033500725008081185?s=20

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2046016856184717814?s=20  
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-celebrating-milo-yiannopoulos-deportation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPcfkSWQjOk

Garrison talks about the former rising star of the alt-right being deported to the UK, the beef between Milo and Laura Loomer, possible issues with his green card, and how his deportation may relate to his ongoing divorce.
&nbsp;
Sources:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2093428821835796688?s=20">https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2093428821835796688?s=20 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093387128717951297?s=20">https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093387128717951297?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093491920001749378?s=20">https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093491920001749378?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5pSX84h9K8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5pSX84h9K8 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/at-gays-for-trump-party-the-former-fringe-celebrates-trumps">https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/at-gays-for-trump-party-the-former-fringe-celebrates-trumps</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://hyperallergic.com/milo-yiannopoulos-manuscript-art/">https://hyperallergic.com/milo-yiannopoulos-manuscript-art/</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/milo-yiannopoulos-deport-milo-twitter-new-sponsor-peadophilia-podcast-altright-a7600641.html">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/milo-yiannopoulos-deport-milo-twitter-new-sponsor-peadophilia-podcast-altright-a7600641.html </a></li>
<li><a href="https://news.berkeley.edu/2017/02/01/yiannopoulos-event-canceled/">https://news.berkeley.edu/2017/02/01/yiannopoulos-event-canceled/ </a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827112633224544256?s=20">https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827112633224544256?s=20 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/milo-yiannopoulos-ex-gay-b1815296.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/milo-yiannopoulos-ex-gay-b1815296.html </a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2033500725008081185?s=20">https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2033500725008081185?s=20 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2046016856184717814?s=20">https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2046016856184717814?s=20</a>&nbsp; </li>
<li><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-celebrating-milo-yiannopoulos-deportation">https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-celebrating-milo-yiannopoulos-deportation</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPcfkSWQjOk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPcfkSWQjOk</a></li>
</ul>

What Happened with Milo Yiannopoulos?

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In this episode Dana El Kurd talks with Hossam El-Hamalawy, a journalist and socialist from Cairo, who was among the organizers of the 2011 uprising. He has been involved in the labour movement and the fight against police brutality in Egypt for many years, and holds a PhD in political science from Free University of Berlin. Hossam is author of the new book "Counterrevolution in Egypt: Sisi's New Republic".

 

Sources:

Hossam’s substack - https://barracks.substack.com/

Hossam’s book - https://www.versobooks.com/products/3225-counterrevolution-in-egypt?srsltid=AfmBOoo0NJfxdpH2uIJsXqXLfdSs10LtMgK9hCiKx7TeLHQO4OzTWF-L

In this episode Dana El Kurd talks with Hossam El-Hamalawy, a journalist and socialist from Cairo, who was among the organizers of the 2011 uprising. He has been involved in the labour movement and the fight against police brutality in Egypt for many years, and holds a PhD in political science from Free University of Berlin. Hossam is author of the new book "Counterrevolution in Egypt: Sisi's New Republic".
&nbsp;
Sources:
Hossam&rsquo;s substack - <a href="https://barracks.substack.com/">https://barracks.substack.com/</a>
Hossam&rsquo;s book - <a href="https://www.versobooks.com/products/3225-counterrevolution-in-egypt?srsltid=AfmBOoo0NJfxdpH2uIJsXqXLfdSs10LtMgK9hCiKx7TeLHQO4OzTWF-L">https://www.versobooks.com/products/3225-counterrevolution-in-egypt?srsltid=AfmBOoo0NJfxdpH2uIJsXqXLfdSs10LtMgK9hCiKx7TeLHQO4OzTWF-L</a>

Counterrevolution in Egypt

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