Gas, Groceries & Gaza, and the Triumph of the Swill: A post-election interview with Arun Gupta

On this episode of No Borders Media, we continue our interviews and analysis in the aftermath of the 2024 US Presidential Election. On today’s show, we speak with New York City-based investigative journalist Arun Gupta. Arun has contributed to various mainstream and progressive publications, including The Nation and Jacobin. Arun has written several analytical articles prior and after the election. He was inside Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally in New York City in the final weeks of the election, and covered the pro-Palestine protests outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago back in August. He’s provided a scathing analysis of the Democratic campaign. In his words: “Harris was so committed to American Empire she was willing to lose the election.” In this interview, Arun provides analysis of Gas, Groceries and Gaza, and the other factors at play in the recent election, especially the direct and indirect impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Biden/Harris response. He gives an insider view of the Trump MSG rally, the post-truth, post-fact, conspiratorial world of Trump’s multicultural MAGA supporters. Arun explains the concept of “discounting racism” from Obama to Trump, and looks at the possibility of social movements to organize under both Democrat and Republican presidencies in the past three decades. Importantly, he grounds his insights in the inescapable centrality of the ongoing genocide in Gaza perpetrated by Israel. As he puts in, genocide is the end goal of fascism, and that is exactly was has happened in the past year, with the active complicity and involvement of the Biden/Harris administration. Background: - Arun Gupta on Substack: https://substack.com/@arunnews Triumph of the Swill (November 1, 2024): https://arunnews.substack.com/p/triumph-of-the-swill - Gas, Groceries, and Gaza is the reason Harris Lost, But Not for the Reasons You Think (November 5, 2024: https://arunindypendent.substack.com/p/gas-groceries-and-gaza-is-the-reason - No Borders Media (From August 2018): A Discussion on Anti-Trump Resistance, with Arun Gupta (New York City Investigative Journalist): https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/arungupta Show Notes: Interview recorded on November 12, 2024 Interview uploaded to SoundCloud on November 14, 2024 Produced by Jaggi Singh, for No Borders Media.a —-- No Borders Media shares and creates content in support of the struggles of the working class and oppressed peoples and in opposition to capitalism and colonialism. You can hear us on the first Thursday of every month from 5–6 PM, as part of Off The Hour on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal (ckut.ca). Check out No Borders Media on SoundCloud and our active social media, including Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, Threads, Twitter, and Mastodon, for links to upcoming and previous shows. You can also get in touch with us at nobordersmedianetwork@gmail.com