Philosophy professor Irami Osei-Frimpong joins Briahna Joy Gray to talk about the SCOTUS affirmative action decision, Jonah Hill text scandal, Keke Palmer, and whether the thread that connects them all is a core failure of the American family.
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcastJacobin founding editor and president of The Nation Bhaskar Sunkara joins Bad Faith to discuss his recent article arguing that Cornel West should run in the Democratic primary. He and Briahna debate the pros and cons before moving on to analyze why it is that the left no longer seems to prioritize Medicare for All the way it did just a few short years ago. What happened to the left? Does it all come back to Force The Vote?
Two of the best student debt experts around join Briahna to break down last Friday's SCOTUS judgment, evaluate how serious Biden is about his "plan B," and discuss next steps for the movement. Persis Yu is Deputy Executive Director and Managing Counsel at the Student Borrower Protection Center, and Sparky Abraham is a strategist with the Debt Collective and founder of Jubilee Legal.
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Briahna speaks with two UPS workers, Luigi Morris and Greg Kerwood, and Teddy Ostrow, a journalist who has been covering the labor dispute between the Teamsters and management, about the two-tiered wage system, substandard working conditions, and other work place issues that have led UPS workers to the brink of a strike. With 350,000 workers, a UPS strike would be the largest strike against a single employer in US history. Learn what's at stake and what the left can do to support UPS workers.
This is the most detailed examination of RFK Jr's statements on vaccines you will hear. Briahna listened to half a dozen interviews in which RFK Jr. discussed Covid vaccines, manufacturer liability, autism, vaccine injuries and more; and invited epidemiologist Dr. Vinay Prasad on Bad Faith to help her call balls and strikes. You may be surprised by what you hear. Can you really call RFK Jr. "anti vaxx?"
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Brie speaks to longtime antiwar activist and Code Pink cofounder Medea Benjamin as she returns from Ukraine about what peace really means, and how to distinguish good faith antiwar commitments from mere political rhetoric as we evaluate the 2024 candidates. Also, what's going on with the lack of a peace movement from left elected, and what exactly went wrong at the Rage Against the War Machine rally?
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges returns to the podcast to talk about his relationship with the Cornel West 2024 campaign, ballot access, electoral strategy, RFK Jr. & more. Also discussed are the nurses and teachers unions' endorsement of Joe Biden, the problem of business unionism, & whether RFK Jr. is accurately representing his family legacy.
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast 2016 Green Party Vice Presidential candidate Ajamu Baraka returns to Bad Faith to discuss RFK Jr.'s appeal and the strategic advantages of running as a Dem vs a third party candidate. Is Cornel West hamstringing himself by running outside of the Democratic Party? Is there an advantage to being included in polls during the primary process? Does the #forcethedebate movement help expose the Democratic Party in a way that wouldn't be possible if RFK Jr. & Marianne Williamson were running as third party candidates? Even so, do those candidates loose more than they gain by their association with the Democratic Party? Can you truly run a left campaign "as a Democrat"? And if the answer is no, why? Is the real issue that you can't be adversarial to the Democratic Party as a Democrat, or that no one whose tried has never opted to run in a way that's truly oppositional to the corporate duopoly? Brie also asks about the odds Cornel West will win the Green Party nomination, whether there is tension with Howie Hawkins within the party, & more.
In this deep dive with 2024 independent Presidential candidate Dr. Cornel West, Briahna presses him on his decision to distance himself from the Movement for a People's Party, eliciting details about his prospective affiliation with the Green Party that other interviews haven't captured. Is there a chance he won't be the Green nominee? If not, what then? Also, Dr. West explains in detail why he thinks RFK Jr. dramatically misunderstands the plight of Palestinians and fails to apply the same logic he uses to argue against funding Ukraine to funding Israel. They talk campaign strategy, ranked choice voting, and more. A must-listen.
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Since we last talked Cop City, things have escalated. A SWAT team raided a house where activists were raising legal support and bail funds, and over 40 Cop City protestors have been charged with state domestic terrorism. All this comes after a new autopsy report confirms police were not acting in self defense when they killed 26-year-old forest defender Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán. Kamau Franklin returns to the podcast along with Micah Herskind and Mariah Parker, two other Stop Cop City activists, to give us the lay of the land and connect the criminalization of protests and the fascist funding of the police training center by national corporations to broader trends across the country.
