The Coup In Venezuela Is An Assault on the Whole World
Donald Trump's overthrow of Nicolás Maduro sets a terrible precedent that severely erodes international sovereignty. Can other countries depose any leader they accuse of a crime?🇻🇪 Read the article:...
6 Tammi 18min
How Zohran Mamdani Defeated the Democratic Establishment
In the fall of 2024, Zohran Mamdani was a long-shot challenger taking on New York City’s political establishment. Today, he’s the mayor. In this early interview with Current Affairs, recorded shortly ...
2 Tammi 31min
Michael Pollan Is Lying to You About "Ethical" Meat
John Sanbonmatsu is a professor of philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the author of The Omnivore’s Deception: What We Get Wrong about Meat, Animals, and Ourselves.The book is a response...
1 Tammi 40min
What the Government Shutdown Actually Revealed for Democrats (w/ Ettingermentum)
Joshua Cohen is a political theorist and writer of the Ettingermentum Substack: an exceedingly thorough and insightful resource for anyone hoping to understand what the hell is going on in American po...
27 Joulu 202550min
Gaza, Ukraine, and Why Trump’s "Anti-War" Rhetoric Is a Lie (w/ Medea Benjamin)
Medea Benjamin is an anti-war activist and one of the co-founders of CODEPINK: Women for Peace. She’s spent decades fighting the American military-industrial complex, organizing protests against the i...
19 Joulu 202547min
Candace Owens and the Decay of the American Brain
How can someone so delusional attract an audience of millions? What does it say about us that Owens is listened to by anyone other than a psychiatrist?🧿 Read the article: https://www.currentaffairs.o...
16 Joulu 202528min
MAGA Megadonors Are Recruiting Mayors to Criminalize Pro-Palestine Speech
Right-wing megadonors flew mayors to an all-expenses-paid summit in New Orleans, where they pushed a policy framework that codified mainstream criticism of Israel as “antisemitic.”📰 Read the article:...
11 Joulu 202531min
Why Democrats Keep Failing Working People (w/ Nina Turner)
Nina Turner is a former Ohio State Senator, national co-chair of Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign, and one of the most forceful advocates for working-class politics in the United States. She...
10 Joulu 202539min
