The Michael Brooks Show

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Public feed for The Michael Brooks Legacy Project, conversations about Michael Brooks' life and work. Also the home of old public TMBS shows and newly unlocked shows from before Michael's passing.

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TMBS ReAir 54 - Why South African Land Expropriation Is Good

TMBS 54 aired on August 24th, 2018. Episode summary: We investigate white nationalist attempts to undermine the destruction of the apartheid system in South Africa. Shoutout to Lula for continuing to fight and rise in polls for the coming Brazilian Presidential election despite the ongoing coup attempt. Steven Pinker's prayers and misleading arguments. For the Griscom economic update we talk about the ongoing prison strike and the conditions that lead to their exploitation. In a TMBS first, we t...

Jun 23, 2022•1 hr 55 min

TMBS ReAir 53 - GOP Resegregation & Down Goes Manafort ft. Sam Seder

TMBS 53 first aired on August 21st, 2018. Episode summary: We talk about the attacks on the right to vote in Georgia. We talk about the cynical way that the Right has been attacking candidates with debt. The legacy of Kofi Annan. Shoutout to Vic Mensa for helping out the community while highlighting the dystopian hell-word we live in. David Griscom breaks down Elon Musk's meltdown and explains why the market-oriented politics of the US create plenty of contradictions. We throw fact-checkers and ...

Jun 14, 2022•2 hr 4 min

ReAir TMBS - 52 - The West Is A Fiction & Ben Shapiro Wants AOC? ft. Trevor Beaulieu

TMBS 52 aired on August 14th, 2018. Episode summary: Michael breaks down why the idea of the West is a myth and not a very good one. Then, we explain why we support Lula Livre and why you should too. Our Shoutout goes to Rashida Tlaib, the Democratic Congressional Candidate looking to replace John Conyers in his Michigan district. From the start of her campaign she has promoted a progressive critique of the Democratic Party establishment. We throw a Queen's landlord in the Gulag. Sam Esposito of...

Jun 14, 2022•2 hr 4 min

TMBS 51 ReAir - Strikes Go Viral & The Strange Drone Attack In Venezuela ft. Derek Davison

TMBS 51 aired on August 7th, 2018. Episode summary: We break down the viral wildcat strike video and what we will need to do build union power in the US. Shoutout to ATU 689 for refusing to participate in WMATA's bizarre proposal to give special cars to white nationalists. Michael has a message for the alt-right crybabies. Derek Davison (@dwdavision9318) calls in to talk about Trump's dream of "WORLD PEACE," the reality of the devastations sanctions Trump is imposing on Iran, and the drone attac...

May 31, 2022•1 hr 35 min

TMBS ReAir: 50 - Dave Rubin's Dumb & Sorry To Bother You Is Great ft. Ana Kasparian & Briahna Gray

TMBS 50 aired on July 31st, 2018. Episode summary: Michael breaks down the failures of the third way idea is dead. Shoutout to King James for speaking denying Trump's nonsense. Ana Kasparian (@AnaKasparian) host/producer of The Young Turks calls in and destroys Dave Rubin. Griscom talks about supercommuters, rising housing costs, and why tech-UBI isn't going to save you. We throw Joe Lieberman into the gulag for his attacks on AOC and being a weirdo in general. Crew and senior politics editor at...

May 24, 2022•1 hr 56 min

TMBS 49 ReAir: Mandela Vs Israel's Jim Crow ft. Mehrsa Baradaran

TMBS 49 aired on July 24th, 2018. Episode summary: We talk about Israel's history of apartheid and how the recent law passed in Israel enshrines its apartheid character. Shoutout to Tahirah Amatul-Wadud (@tahirahaw) a progressive candidate campaigning on Medicare for All, who is running for Massachusetts First Congressional District. Also, shoutout to Kaniela Ing (@KanielaIng) a DSA member who is running for Congress in Hawaii and challenging Mark Zuckerberg's nonsense. Author of The Color Of Mo...

May 17, 2022•1 hr 50 min

TMBS ReAir: Ep 48 -Centrism Isn't Sexy & Are Russian Spies Among Us? ft. Matt Taibbi & Julia Salazar

TMBS 48 aired on July 17th, 2018. Episode summary: Michael breaks down Obama's address honoring Nelson Mandela and the common values that we align ourselves with centrists Shoutout to Julia Salazar who is running in for NY State Senate in District 18 for running a campaign based on empowering the working class and opposing the real estate developers who are making her district unaffordable. For the Griscom Economic Update David talks about FANG and the potential opportunities that are presented ...

May 09, 2022•2 hr

TMBS ReAir: 47 - SCOTUS v. Democracy & What Beats Fascism ft. Harvey Kaye

TMBS 47 aired on July 10th, 2018. Episode summary: Michael breaks down the events in Brazil, the Pink Tide in South America, and the crew examines the importance of an international Left-movement. Shoutout to the UK who celebrated 70 years of the NHS and Jeremy Corbyn as he hopefully prepares a challenge for 10 Downing Street. We throw Chuck Schumer and Akil Amar gulag for failing to understand what to do in this moment. For the Griscom economic minute David talks about Trump's trade war and who...

May 03, 2022•2 hr 2 min

TMBS ReAir 46 - Ocasio-Cortez's Winning Socialism & WTF John Oliver w/ Jake Flores & Briahna Joy Gray

TMBS 46 aired on July 3rd, 2018. Episode summary: We break down the meaning of Mexico's presidential election and the embarrassing way John Oliver covers Latin America. Shoutout to all of the mobilizations last week against ICE. Chris Maisano contributing writer at Jacobin calls in to talk about the effects of the Janus decision on labor organizing in the US. We throw the pathetic and delusional attempt by a Morgan Stanley lawyer to create a third way bankers party into the gulag. David Griscom ...

Apr 26, 2022•2 hr 15 min

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