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Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and DemocracyPost-Roe: The Next Phase in the Fight for Reproductive Justice (Repost)Air Date 10/09/2020 Today we take a look at the future of abortion rights and the broader reproductive justice movement in the face of a conservative super-majority on the Supreme Court Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Transcript BECOME A MEMBER! (Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content) SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: How The GOP Ended Up Hating Abortion - AJ+ - Air Date 8-4-19 Republicans and their base used to be more supportive of abortion r...2021-09-161h 19
Capitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadThe Socialist Feminist Way To Beat the NRA and MilitarismOn this week's CHH, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano take on the NRA and militarism. The massive well funded lobbying of the NRA, disguised as a non-profit, has paid for friendly lawmakers.We can change that and enact and enforce laws to spur connection and fight male violence. We can change the culture of violence from gun shows to the glorification of violence in the media. We can join the rest of the world in emphasizing peace and negotiation on every level. We know how to do it!2021-04-2928 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadCapitalism's Connection to America's Mass ShootingsOn this week's CHH, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano talk about the intersection of capitalism with mass shootings. Why has the US had more than one mass shooting every day for a month? We are outliers. No other developed nation has had more than 18 mass shootings in the last 50 years. The shooters are overwhelmingly male. Fraad and Forlano look at the mutually shaping influences of capitalism, the NRA and guns sales, along with mass outsourcing of well paid male jobs, gender dislocation for men, and American retreat from connection with others in unions, bowling leagues, community organizations, and families...2021-04-2227 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadShould Andrew Cuomo be Impeached?The movement to impeach New York's Governor Cuomo raises complex issues. Cuomo's sexually inappropriate gestures towards 10 of the women he employed, does not match the rape and sexual assault cases against Trump. While Cuomo's behavior is inappropriate and sexist, is it criminal? Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano talk about this, the corruption in US politics and the polarization of America.2021-04-1529 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadShelter As a Human RightThis is part 4 of the 8-part series on capitalist commodification, Fraad and Forlano talk about shelter as a basic human need. 500,000 Americans are homeless, countless others face impossibly high rents.2021-03-1826 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadHealthy Food- A Basic Need for Human SurvivalIn this part 3 of the 8-part series on capitalist commodification, Fraad and Forlano talk about the need for healthy food for basic human survival. Making food a capitalist commodity for profit is leaving our rich nation's citizens, and especially our children, hungry. How do other nations feed their people? What can we do about America's hungry people? Fraad and Forlano explore the answers to these questions.2021-03-1129 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadWater is a Human RightIn this second episode of the 8-part series on capitalist commodification, Fraad and Forlano discuss water rights. 8.8 million people in Texas are still having issues with their water supply. Capitalists have taken control of and privatized a basic human right and need, the access to a safe and clean water supply.2021-03-0426 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadTexas's Energy Disaster: A Crisis of CapitalismIn this part 1 of an 8-part series on capitalist commodification, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano talk about the importance of heat and electricity. They discuss the devastation and the loss of human lives that resulted from the extreme cold temperatures and energy mismanagement in Texas. Fraad and Forlano argue that what we saw in Texas is what happens when you entrust basic human needs to the profit-making capitalist system.2021-02-2530 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadKristen Ghodsee on the Decommodification of Sex - Part 2On this part 2 of 2, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano continue their conversation with author and Professor Kristen Ghodsee about the interdependence of women's sexual relationships, fertility and motherhood to their economic independence.2021-02-1129 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadKristen Ghodsee on the Decommodification of Sex - Part 1On this week's show, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano talk with author and Professor Kristen Ghodsee about the interdependence of women's sexual relationships, fertility and motherhood to their economic independence. This is part 1 of 2.2021-02-0428 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadThe Role of Emotions in Our Personal and Political LivesOn this week's episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano discuss emotional needs and desires and how they permeate every aspect of our lives. They also suffuse every political movement whether socialist, fascist, or neoliberal. We bring ourselves to everything we do. We are emotional beings. We study emotion's role which rarely appears in the credits.2021-01-2829 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadSex Under SocialismOn this week's show, part 4 of the 4 part series on the intersection of sex, sexuality and capitalism, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano discuss author Kristen Ghodsee's book "Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism" and examone at the differences between sex and relationships under state capitalisms versus socialism. 2021-01-2127 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadThe Capitalist Commodification of SexOn this week's show, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano present some of the ways that sexual sales operate.The utter failure of America's sex education curriculum removes relationship and humanity from sexuality. Sexual need is hyped for men and forbidden for women. Sex becomes a scarce commodity that women can sell within our gender unequal capitalist society. This is part 3 of a 4 part series on the intersection of sex and capitalism. 2021-01-1428 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadThe Capitalist Problem with Sex Education in the USThis is part 2 of a 4 part series on the intersection of sex and capitalism. On this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano discuss how sex education under US capitalism is failing our kids and undermining our society.2021-01-0729 min
It's Not Just In Your Head(Crossover Episode) Social Medicine On Air: "Mental Health, Individualism, and the Economy"Here is a crossover episode we did with the hosts of Social Medicine On Air, a podcast very similar to our own but run by two physicians. Listen to the original episode here and be sure to check out their other episodes, all of which are extremely important fascinating! https://anchor.fm/social-medicine-on-air/episodes/14--Mental-Health--Individualism--and-the-Economy--Its-Not-Just-In-Your-Head-eo8ieq
"Welcome to Social Medicine On Air, a podcast where we explore the field of social medicine with healthcare practitioners, activists, and researchers. Social medicine hopes to work for a world of justice and health - especially for the most marginalized - and...2021-01-0456 min
Social Medicine On Air14 | Mental Health, Individualism, and the Economy | "It's Not Just In Your Head"Podcast crossover episode! Harriet and Max, hosts of the "It's Not Just In Your Head" podcast, join us today to discuss mental health, how capitalism accelerates inequality and social breakdown, and how most approaches to mental health care support neoliberal individualism. They explain the connection between personal and social liberation, our need for one another, the value and pitfalls of medication-based approaches, the need for a strong labor movement and organizing, and how mental health is inextricably bound to social conditions. "It's Not Just In Your Head" is a po...2020-12-3056 min
Capitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadCapitalism and Sexual Exploitation: The PornHub ScourgeDr. Fraad and Professor Forlano discuss the recent New York Times editorial by Nicholas Kristof, The Children of Porn Hub, and the intersection of capitalism with sex. Dr. Fraad presents some very interesting alternative approaches to sexual education and normalization from countries far closer to socialism than our own capitalist USA. Professor Forlano provides some much needed media criticism of the editorial as well as kudos when they are due.2020-12-1729 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadDoes Capitalism Kill Creativity? Let's Count the Ways.On this week's show, Dr. Fraad and Julianna Forlano discuss the difference between the life of a Walmart worker with that of a Mondragon worker. Some folks say that socialism inhibits creativity while capitalism enhances competition which spurs creativity. That is not the case. In our capitalist nation, the mass of workers come home depleted and disempowered by work days that are long ,boring, and anything but creatively empowering.2020-12-0328 min