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Welcome to Coming From Left Field, a conversation about politics, books, and current events.
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Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Our guest today, Eddie Smith, is a political scientist with expertise in anti-imperialism and socialist projects. He is co-host of the popular podcast, Midwestern Marx, which has over 24,000 subscribers. Today we discuss Michael Parenti’s classic, Blackshirts & Reds, and other topics regarding class, capitalism, and contemporary Marxism.
Links:
- Midwestern Marx YouTube: (https://www.youtube.com/c/MidwesternMarx/ )
- Midwestern Marx Tik Tok: (https://www.tiktok.com/discover/midwestern-marx )
- Eddie’s July 3, 2021 article: American Slavery and Global Capitalism (https://www.midwesternmarx.com/articles/american-slavery-and-global-capitalism-by-edward-liger-smith/ )
- Website WTF Happened in 1971 (https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/ )
- Link to Greg's blog: ZZs Blog (http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/)
#EddieSmith #EdwardLigerSmith #midwesternmarx #marxism #parenti #michaelparenti #blackshirtsandreds #polticalanalysis #greggodels #zzblog #zzsblog #patcummings #ComingFromLeftField #podcast #racism #politicaleconomy #slavery #capitalism #KyleKulinski
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Our guest today, psychiatrist Dr. Joanna Moncrieff, has created quite a buzz with her recent journal article that capsized the brain chemistry imbalance hypothesis of depression. The article is scientifically sound and well respected by her peers; however, it is a threat to the big pharma industry and other narratives regarding the individual defect theory of mental health.
- Marx, Spinoza, and the Political Implications of Contemporary Psychiatry | CounterPunch by Bruce Levine | June 7, 2022
- The Political Economy of the Mental Health System: A Marxist Analysis | Frontiers in Sociology by Joanna Moncrieff | Jan 17, 2022
- The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella review of the evidence | Molecular Psychiatry by Joanna Moncrieff | June 21, 2022
#JoannaMoncrieff #UniversityCollegeLondon #seritonin #depressioin #mentalhealth #molecularpsychiatry #politicaleconomy #Frontierssociology #brainchemisrty #bigpharma #counterpunch #greggodels #zzblog #zzsblog #patcummings #ComingFromLeftField #podcast
Friday Jul 08, 2022
Friday Jul 08, 2022
One of our favorite guests, Dr. Gerald Horne, joins us today to discuss his book, “Jazz and Justice: Racism and the Political Economy of the Music.” A remarkable scholar discusses the history of jazz, “the story of a beautiful lotus, growing from the filth of the crassest form of human immiseration.”
Order the book: https://www.kingsbookstore.com/book/9781583677858
Link to Greg's blog (ZZs Blog): http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
Spotify Playlists Jazz Musicians by Location
New Orleans: https://spoti.fi/3Is9AXs
Kansas City: https://spoti.fi/3uA7jn4
St. Louis: https://spoti.fi/3yOAaqu
New Jersey: https://spoti.fi/3OS8xm0
Chicago: https://spoti.fi/3yqGcvX
Pittsburgh: https://spoti.fi/3OUHSoA
Cuba: https://spoti.fi/3ynYm1r
New York: https://spoti.fi/3NW6N9Q
Memphis: https://spoti.fi/3Rde87Q
#geraldhorne #marvinhorne #jazzhistory #jazz activism #anti-fascism #charlesmingus #archieshepp #jazzjustice #greggodels #zzblog #zzsblog #patcummings #ComingFromLeftField #podcast #racism #politicaleconomy #music #jimcrow
Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
Today we talk with Stephen Gowans, a political analyst, and writer who shows how capitalism, its incentives, and its power dominate the political process and impeded the protection of public health.
Order the book, “The Killer's Henchman: Capitalism and the Covid-19 Disaster”
Link to Stephen’s blog (What's Left): https://gowans.blog/
Link to Greg's blog (ZZs Blog): http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
#StephenGowans
#Gowans
#KillersHenchman
#The Killer'sHenchman
#COVID
#CovidDisaster
#WhatsLeft
#CapitalismCovid
#GregGodels
#ZZblog
#ZZsblog
#PatCummings
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#podcast
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Today we talk with Angel Krempa, a former Starbucks shift supervisor in Buffalo, New York, who was fired in retaliation for organizing one of the first successful unionization efforts against the coffee giant. In 2020, not a single one of the company's 9,000 stores had a union. In the past few months, more than 150 Starbucks voted to unionize, and the corporate overlords are not happy.
Link to Greg's blog: http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
#AngelKrempa
#Starbucks
#Worker Unitied
#HowardSchultz
#RossannWilliams
#Union
#GregGodels
#WorldFederationTradeUnion
#WFTU
#ZZblog
#ZZsblog
#PatCummings
#ComingFromLeftField
#podcast
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Today, we welcomed Kent Garrett and Jeanne Ellsworth to discuss their book, " The Last Negroes at Harvard," a story of 18 remarkable Black men admitted to Harvard’s class of 1963. The book is equal parts memoir, group biography, and history of a turbulent civil rights era.
Book: The Last Negroes at Harvard (2020)
https://thelastnegroesatharvard.com/
Podcast: available on Spotify and Apple Podcast
Link to Greg's blog :
#KentGarrett
#JeanneEllsworth
#LastNegroesatHarvard
#Classof1963
#Harvard
#CivilRights
#Memoir
#GregGodels
#ZZblog
#ZZsblog
#PatCummings
#ComingFromLeftField
#podcast
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Today, we welcomed Dr. Mark Vonnegut to discuss his book, "The Heart of Caring: Reflections from a life lived in medicine." Dr. Vonnegut, son of writer Kurt Vonnegut, has practiced pediatrics for the last forty years. We discuss the crisis in the health care system and how for-profit influences are harming the mission of helping patients.
Books:
The Heart of Caring: Reflections from a life lived in medicine (2022)
Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So: A Memoir (2011)
The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity (1975)
Link to Greg's blog :
# MarkVonnegut
#TheHeartofCaring
# Pediatrics
#MentalIlness
#Memoir
#SubstanceAbuse
#KurtVonnegut
#BiPolar
#Godels
#ZZblog
#ZZsblog
#Cummings
#ComingFromLeftField
Wednesday May 18, 2022
Wednesday May 18, 2022
Today, we welcomed Sam Quinones to discuss his book, "The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth." The book follows his 2015 release, Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic. Both books are critically acclaimed.
In January 2022, The Least of Us was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) award for Best Nonfiction Book of 2021.
Book:
The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth (2021)
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate (2015)
Link to Greg's blog :
#SamQuinones
#TheLeastofUs
# Dreamland
#Podcast
#Meth
#Fentanyl
#Homeless
#Drugaddiction
#GregGodels
#ZZblog
#ZZsblog
#PatCummings
#ComingFromLeftField
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
Today, we welcomed Carlos L. Garrido to discuss Marcello Musto's book, "The Last Years of Karl Marx: An Intellectual History," and his research focus, including Marxism, Hegel, and early 19th Century American socialism.
Book:
Marcello Musto's book, "The Last Years of Karl Marx: An Intellectual History"
The Midwestern Marxist YouTube channel: (https://www.youtube.com/c/MidwesternMarx/) and website: (https://www.midwesternmarx.com/ )
The article mentioned: A Critique of Western Marxism's Purity Fetish
Link to Greg's blog: http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com
#Carlos L Garrido
#MidwesternMarxist
# Marcelo Musto
#The Last Years of Marx
#GregGodels
#ZZblog
#ZZsblog
#PatCummings
#ComingFromLeftField
Friday Apr 08, 2022
Friday Apr 08, 2022
We welcomed today Chris Townsend to discuss his four decades as a union organizer and the relevance of William Z. Foster’s book, “American Trade Unionism” on today’s labor struggles.
Book:
American Trade Unionism by William Z. Foster
https://www.intpubnyc.com/product/american-trade-unionism/
Link to Greg's blog: http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com
#ChrisTownsend
# American Trade Unionism
#WilliamFoster
#UE
#ATU
#podcast
#Amazon
#ChrisSmalls
#GregGodels
#ZZblog
#PatCummings
#ComingFromLeftField