Episodes

Wednesday May 03, 2023
Undercover Labor Organizing & the William Z. Foster Playbook with Chris Townsend
Wednesday May 03, 2023
Wednesday May 03, 2023
William Z. Foster was one the most recognized and respected labor leaders in U.S. history. Chris Townsend is his prodigy. A long-time union organizer and, with the support of others, is instrumental in the unionization of Starbucks stores across the country.
Book:
Working Class Giant by Arthur Zipser
https://www.intpubnyc.com/browse/working-class-giant/
Links:
The Undercover Organizers Behind America’s Union Wins-Portside
https://portside.org/2023-04-04/undercover-organizers-behind-americas-union-wins
Secret Union Tactic Fuels Unprecedented Labor Wins- Bloomberg News Original- YouTube:
https://youtu.be/6xDlvGn0F6A
Greg's ZZs Blog:
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Friday Apr 28, 2023
Friday Apr 28, 2023
The promise that you can “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” is central to the story of the American Dream. Not so fast…. Acclaimed journalist Alissa Quart argues that at the heart of our suffering is a do-it-yourself ethos, the misplaced belief in our independence, and the conviction that we must rely on ourselves alone.
Alissa Quart website:
http://www.alissaquart.com/
Book:
Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream by Alissa Quart
https://www.kingsbookstore.com/book/9780063028005
Economic Hardship Project
https://economichardship.org/
Podcast:
Going For Broke
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-for-broke/id1585501973
Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
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Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
”The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism” with Carlos Garrido
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Carlos Garrido provides a comprehensive development of his concept of the purity fetish, tracing the outlook to the Eleatic school of Ancient Greek philosophy and showing how it has appeared in 20th and 21st century Western Marxism and contemporary U.S. socialism.
Book:
"The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism" by Carlos Garrido
https://www.midwesternmarx.com/books.html
Please subscribe to the Midwestern Marx YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@MidwesternMarx
Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
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Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Nathan Robinson is the editor of Current Affairs magazine and is a leading voice of millennial left politics. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, The Nation, Salon, The Guardian, and elsewhere.
We discuss his new book where he gives a detailed explanation of how conservative arguments work and why we need to resist them, then goes through twenty-five separate talking points, showing precisely why each one fails.
Book:
Responding to the Right: Brief Replies to 25 Conservative Arguments by Nathan J. Robinson
https://www.kingsbookstore.com/book/9781250777744
Magazine:
Current Affairs: A Magazine of Politics and Culture
https://www.currentaffairs.org/
Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
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Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
Smedley D. Butler “War Is A Racket” with Bill Ehrhart
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
Our “friend of the show,” Bill Ehrhart returns to our podcast to discuss General Smedley D. Butler, one of the most colorful officers in the Marine Corps' long history; he was one of the two Marines who received two Medals of Honor for separate acts of outstanding heroism.
Butler and Ehrhart are both cut from the same cloth, Marines, opinionated, and on the correct side of politics.
Supplemental pictures and videos:
https://ComingFromLeftField.com/sb
Books:
War Is A Racket by Smedley D. Butler
Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire by Jonathan M. Katz
Devil Dog: The Amazing True Story of the Man Who Saved America (Pulp History) by David Talbot (Author), Spain Rodriguez (Illustrator)
Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
#BillEhrart#WDEhart#WarIsARacket#SmedleyButler#MarineCorps#MetalHonor#Ultra#RachelMaddow#GregGodels#zzblog#PatCummings#ComingFromLeftField#Podcast#BuisnessPlot#BonusArmy#OverthroughRoosevelt#Facisim

Thursday Feb 09, 2023
“Strongmen: From Mussolini to Present ” with Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University. She is an MSNBC Opinion Columnist and commentator on CNN, MSNBC, and other media outlets about authoritarianism, Fascism, and threats to democracy around the world.. Her latest book, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present, looks at how illiberal leaders use propaganda, corruption, violence, and machismo - and how they can be defeated.
The book:
Strongmen- Mussolini To The Present
https://www.kingsbookstore.com/book/9780393868418
Substack:
#RuthBenGhiat#RuthBen-Ghiat#Strongmen#MussolinitoPresent# authoritarianism #Factism#Facist#propaganda#machismo#Trump#illiberal#Putin#Lucid#GregGodels#zzblog#PatCummings#ComingFromLeftField#Podcast

Thursday Jan 26, 2023
“The Footpaths of Justice William O. Douglas” with Tom R. Hulst
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Tom Hulst was a policy advisor to Washington Governor Daniel J. Evans, an administrator in the State Office of Public Instruction, superintendent of Peninsula School District, and college political science teacher. His book “The Footpaths of Justice William O. Douglas” is a remarkable tribute to Douglas, hiking, place, and family.
Tom’s book:
The Footpaths of Justice William O. Douglas: A Legacy of Place
https://www.kingsbookstore.com/book/9780595330409
Greg's ZZs Blog:
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Thursday Jan 12, 2023
Jan 6, Big Lie, and American Myths with Anthony Conwright
Thursday Jan 12, 2023
Thursday Jan 12, 2023
Anthony Conwright is a writer and educator based in New York City. He contributes to Mother Jones, The Nation, Huffington Post, New Republic, and others. He is a remarkable journalist, always with a refreshingly unique perspective on our modern political economy. Follow his works on:
https://www.motherjones.com/author/anthony-conwright/
https://www.thenation.com/authors/anthony-conwright/
https://www.huffpost.com/author/aconwright-628
Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
ERRATA 20:13 Michael Brown was the young man killed in Ferguson, MO (2014), not Freddie Gray
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Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
“Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes” with Tariq Ali
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
Tariq Ali is a writer, activist, and longtime public intellectual. He has authored many books and is a member of the editorial committee of the New Left Review. He contributes to The Guardian, CounterPunch, and the London Review of Books.
His most recent book is a critical review that exposes Churchill’s leadership in the context of forgotten Imperial crimes.
Book:
“Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes” with Tariq Ali
https://www.versobooks.com/books/3971-winston-churchill
Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
#TariqAlil#WinstonChurchill#Empireft#Colonialism#WWII#WarCrimes#ChurchillWarCriminal#TimesHis Crimes#BritishEmpire#BengalFamine#CarolineElkins#BBCGreatestBritons#GregGodels#zzblog#PatCummings#ComingFromLeftField#Podcast

Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
“Behind the Decline of the U.S. Left” with Stansfield Smith
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Stansfield Smith is a member of Chicago ALBA Solidarity, formerly the Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban 5. Stansfield is a long-time anti-war activist and opposed U.S. interference over the years in Latin America. He is a prolific writer, and his works have appeared in publications such as CounterPunch, Dissident Voice, MLToday, Black Agenda, CovertAction Magazine, and MultiPolarisia.
Links:
Part 1: National Security State Censoring of Anti-Imperialist Voices the Latest Phase of their Long-Term Strategy to Divide and Control the Left (Jun 23, 2022)
Part 2: Behind the Decline of the US Left (Nov 28, 2022):
Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
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